To try to keep things clean on the other threads, I have started this thread for questions and comments on the crazy train. Please post your questions and comments here. If you need to sign up or find out who to promote, please follow the instructions below.

To sign up for the crazy train, follow these steps:

 

1) Please click here http://www.artfire.com/modules.php?mop=modload&name=Chatterbox&file=viewtopic&topic=8516&forum=13 and post your name, shop name, shop website address, and blog address.

2) Email Picard Creative with "Crazy Train" in the subject line (do not email the information from step one).

3) Click this link http://www.artfire.com/modules.php?mop=modload&name=Chatterbox&file=viewtopic&topic=9279&forum=13 to find out who you should promote each week.

4) If you are scheduled for the upcoming week and need to change your day, email Picard Creative.

I've been tweeting and facebooking and stuff for this. I have blogged about it, too. I saw some blogs where some of the seller of the day's pics had been loaded to a promoters blog. I tried to do that and had no luck. I ended up just posting a link to the item. Can anybody tell me how I can post an item pic in my blog? I'm on blogspot. I tired doing it the blogspot way and still couldn't get it to work. I will also admit that I am better with beads than techno stuff, so if you have an answer for me, please speak slowly and distinctly. LOL! Thanks

If you cannot open the spreadsheet, don't worry about it. Upcoming sellers are listed on the forum.

If you do not see your name on the spreadsheet, don't worry it does not mean that you are not going to be. There are currently over 100 sellers on that list and it keeps growing.

This promotion has been a lot of fun and I hope all of you get lots out of it!

Dancing I use blogspot and use ImageShack and sometimes photobucket for the promo pics of other sellers items. From either one (ImageShack or PhotoBucket) you can upload a pic from a URL. Simply right click the photo in the shop, save location then go to the photo host and paste it in where you upload from web or URL.

Then when you write your blog post paste in the HTML for the photo in your edit HTML tab.

If you don't get what I am saying I can take screen shots and post step by step directions. I am better with photo descriptions myself.

DancingWindDesigns - do you use byhand.me? If so, you could create a spotlight there, view the spotlight, click on the globe icon, select a version (I use "mini"), copy the code, and paste it into your blog post where you want the spotlight to appear. If you have any problems with this, please let me know and I'll try to explain it better tomorrow when I'm not falling asleep.

i have been blogging on blogspot & joann, plurking, twittering,facebook,spotlighting on  byhand, kaboodle and this next. i hand out my card when i meet someone in the fabric shop or anywhere and we get to talking.

i copied the URL of the images from the seller's studios and then while you're at blogspot's writing page, hit the image button, it will load a new window, and paste in the url in the "url box" (it's on the right side)

hope that helps :)

In all honesty if you want the image tostay on your blog so that if people go back through the posts you have made it is better to right click the photo in their shop and then select save image and then save the item to your computer and then upload it using the image upload from your computer. It means the image will be there even once the item is sold and disappears from the original site. This means your blog looks better when archived.

I also always link the photos back to the item. To do this, once you have loaded the photo, go to the compose tab then click on the photo to highlight it. Then click on the hyperlink button, enter the address of the listing and ok it. This makes the photo a live link to the items listing.

Every time I try to post to this thread I get logged out.

*sigh*

I'll try again.

ArtFire studio Stats:

Friday afternoon                Item Views 4501                Studio Views    4645

Saturday afternoon                                 4506                                            5187

Sunday Morning                                      5152                                             5432

Monday Morning                                       5592                                           5756

I've signed in several times after getting dumped trying to post google analytics. If you want the info, email me.