Creativity by Ken Robinson for my Indie Etsy Artfire Friends

I discovered TED today. I want you to know about this wonderful collection of video moments.

Four all-time favorite TED talks

If you're new to TED, these are the talks you should start with.

Ken Robinson on the need for more, much more, creativity in schools

Hilarious story-telling contains an irresistibly inspiring message.
I think all of us who are creative need this video to spread to the lost parents and educators of the world who kill the creativity in our children. They have often made us artistic types feel like failures but they will not win. They didn't in my life or yours.

Finally opened my New Artfire Shop

Finally opened my New Artfire Shop http://beadsofglass.artfire.com

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Marketing Your Handmade Jewelry Through Press Releases

We may be on Etsy, Artfire, have our own website and spend lots of time trying to get people to link to us. Getting customers seems to be a full time job so do something extra to get an edge. We often forget that we(meaning small handmade jewelry artists and designers) are just as entitled to writing Press Releases as any large company. I found a website I thought was very helpful in learning how to write a Press Release.Click Check out Send your press release to a syndication site such as PR.com. Here's a list of free PR Release websites.
An added benefit to sending out press releases is that it gets you link backs all over the web and that's a good thing.
If you would like to make this entire process really easy I recommend this program. It really made the whole process a breeze and it was cheap.
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