It’s great to hear testimony from “real live” people like magnetlady28 and Dawno that blogging works and is fun.

Justatish brings up some more great social-media sites, and I’d only add that some of them are bookmarking sites. I sang the praises of these in another recent “Grow your business” post.

Swati and fireseed give an idea how well people love discussion forums — it’s only a matter of finding the one(s) that really speak to you, and work for you.

Google Analytics is a really superb, and free, tool that I’ll have to write about soon. It can help you tailor your online store and/or blog to perform wonderfully! Like fireseed, I recommend it once you’ve done the work of setting up your pages.

For anyone who’s got online stores it’s easy to check with Google Analytics where people are coming from to see your listings. Using some kind of statistic checker can really help you see which of your marketing techniques is drawing the most attention.

I know the glass forums I belong to have show and tells, so guessing that jewellery and other art form forums do the same. The trick is to make sure you have the item in your online store before you post it in the show and tell. That way if someone falls in love with it, it’s really easy for them to make the purchase.

Great blog post Rings & Things!