Friday Features - Awareness

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and many Etsians have items for sale where they donate all or part of their sales to Breast Cancer Awareness organizations. I love that so many people are willing to help out and give back for such a wonderful cause!

Today I am featuring items in which ALL proceeds will be donated to a Breast Cancer fund.

Pink Ribbon Breast Cancer Paisley Wine Glass

by FlutterbyGlass

Leather Wrap Bracelet

by iheartjenna

PINK BEADED TWIST BREAST CANCER AWARENESS BRACELET

by tibooks

Set of 4 Cards

by DragonflyPapers

Cheery Memories

I just love the color combo for this album! The colors just look so happy and cheery...ready for all those fun memories!!!

Memories Photo Album - Pink and Orange

This is another one of my 4x6 photo albums that were made with both the scrapbooker and non-scrapbooker in mind :) There is no cutting or gluing! Just add your photos and go!!!

And as always, if you're looking for custom colors or titles, just let me know :)

Wordless Wednesday-A River View

Survey Says

A while back I added a survey to my Paypal checkout to see how buyers were finding me. Google Analytics can be helpful, but if people are willing to just tell you, it's much easier :) I was going through my 3rd quarter sales tallying up sales tax and while I was at it, I tallied up my survey results as well.

Etsy Search: 8

Google: 3

Other: 3

Facebook: 0

My Blog: 0

This data can be very useful in determining what I'm doing right and what I can work on. I would say that my Etsy results are great. I am being found in searches and when people find me, they buy :) Google on the other hand could use some work. From my Google Analytics account, I know people are finding me through google search, but this tells me they aren't buying. I may need to work on my titles, keywords and tags. Google only picks up so many characters of your description, so many of your tags and so much of your title. I need to have my key words front and center! I know people are finding me on facebook because I make direct sales through there. But I was a little disappointed with my Blog results. I work hard to blog everyday and share a variety of info. and stories. But this shows me where I can work more. I think I might add the LinkWithin widget to my posts for a starter. And I have to keep in mind that this survey is optional and only about half of the people answered it.

Would you like to add the Paypal Survey to your account as well...it's super easy:

1) Login to your PayPal account 2) Under "my account" click "profile" 3) Under "selling preferences" click "custom payment pages", then click "options" and go to "merchant service options" 4) Check "add a customer service survey" and fill in the blanks* 5) Make sure you click "SAVE" before you exit

I'd love to hear your results if you add the survey!

Spoiled?

For an outdoor kitty, I'd say so :)

Friday Jesse worked on putting a new front door on our house. The cats kept sneaking in and after so many times of putting them back out, we just let them stay. At one point I went in the living room to find Chevy fully enjoying his time inside!

I sat down to get some work done on the computer and it didn't take him long to make his way in to visit me :) How could I resist!

10-10-10

Today I want to share a layout with you I did a while back. Looking at the calendar and seeing 10-10-10, it automatically made me think of this layout :) This layout is about 4 years old, but in reading through it, I realize that I love Jesse for all of the same reasons I did back then :)

(click on photo to enlarge)

1. The little things you do for me.

2. Your work hard/play hard manner.

3. Your need for adventure.

4. That fact that you love to get out and have a good time. 5. The way you come up behind me while I'm cooking and give me a hug...just to show you love me :)

6. The way you love the animals and spoil them.

7. The love you have for your family.

8. Laying on the couch with you getting to tickle your back.

9. The fact that you are perfectly happy sitting home watching movies on a Saturday night.

10. The way you are with children and the way you play with Dawson. (And now, Brody and Nicole too.)

What 10 things do you love about someone or something? Take time to jot it down today :)

Team Treasury Times Three

This week I have three team treasuries to share! I love how different each one is...yet they are equally awesome!

Chasing Rainbows by HoneyFromTheBee

Etsy Bloggers: Neutrals by lydiasarah

Etsy Bloggers Team: Orange You Glad by tesorojewelry

Click on each photo to be taken to the treasury. Stop by, click around, leave a comment...and thank our curators :)