Where Creativity and Social Media Networking Collide

by

Tania Murphy


Showing posts with label journey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label journey. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Jewellery with Purpose

I have been lead down a path of discovery lately with a number of important people arriving in my life. Some of these people are helping me with my self journey and sparking different interests in me that were somewhat hidden but waiting to emerge.

These interests have lead me to think more about the jewellery designs that I create. I love jewellery with natural components so it has lead me to combine two things I love, Lampwork beads and gemstones.

I am on a learning journey with the gemstone as to with my skills in lampworking. I get daily inspiration from colleagues and friends which makes it easy to expand.

I have a range of jewellery called "Healing Heart" - this range is made with the properties of the gemstones in mind. The designs can be custom made to the wearer if a certain stone is needed and I am happy to work with clients looking for a special piece that will complete them or help them reach their higher good.

Here is a piece that I made today which combines Citrine gemstones and my artisan lampwork beads! - Enjoy

This combination of colours reminds me of earthly tones and connects with the solar plexus chakra.
The smooth yet natural shaped nuggets of the citrine semi-precious gemstones secretly hide flecks of gold colour where the natural layers of the gemtones have been created in its formation.
The smooth rounded lampwork lentils have been created in my own studio from Italian glass - a topaz base colour with raku frit decoration. The lampwork beads have been kiln annealed for durability.
The bracelet has been constructed with gun metal copper wire and finished off with a brass toggle closure with a little extra room for easy connection.

Measures:
Bracelet approx 21cm long

Lampwork lentils approx 1.8cm on average
Citrine Nuggets approx 2cm on average

Citrine

Citrine is the traditional birthstone for November

Citrine is also associated with the Solar Plexus Chakra (under the rib cage) : symbolises personal power, fulfillment, abundance, courage, self confidence.

Citrine is a powerful cleanser and regenerator, carrying the power of the sun. It never needs to be cleansed, as it absorbs, transmutes, dissipated, and negative energy. Citrine activated the crown chakra and open the intuition.

Citrine is one of the stones of abundance and teaches how to manifest and attact wealth and prosperity, success and all good things.

Price is $69 Aud and free postage within Australia

You can purchase at my website


With the purchase of this bracelet you will receive information about the gemstones used. The stones will be cleared of any negative intentions and the stones will be recharged with the energy and intentions for the new owners highest good.

Monday, May 24, 2010

Putting in the Social Media Networking Hard Yards

Today I have put a few hours into tweaking my blog and social media networking tools. I am already seeing the results in numbers, followers and fans. No wonder I did not dedicate a lot of time to this when I had the retail store as there is so much to learn, read and consider. This has been a bit of a full time job in itself.

What I want to provide you on my blog is a bit of a middleman approach to social media networking as I test things out. I would like to share with you what I feel has worked and what is not working for my business, and maybe you can take some of this information and use it in your businesses.

In the time I had my retail store which was nearly four years I would hate to tell you how much I shelled out on paid print media advertising, it would be over $20,000 and for a small business, that to me is a lot of money that I felt I got little return from.

I was promised the moon and stars but instead I felt like I was eating dirt and worms. I cringe every time I get a phone call from a print media organisation regarding advertising in their publication.

I am on the war path with advertising and feel that there must be a better way.

These are my tips so far

Get a google account.
Get a twitter account.
Get a Personal Profile on Facebook - and from that start your business fan page - both the personal and fan pages are used for your business - if you want a personal fan page to talk about your personal life with friends and family have that as a separate account - I will explain in another post why you need to separate them.
Get a blog - I am now using Blogger , I have used Typepad and looked at Wordpress - but I prefer blogger so far.
Get a Website.

In further posts I will talk about each media and how I have it working for me

So for today I suggest you get a Google Account then go to Google Places if you have a business. If you business is already on Google Maps make sure everything is correct - this service is free. This is mine so you know what it looks like Jet Beads & Craft Google Place. Google places with give you statistics which shows you over time if people are searching for you and by what means they found you . People don't use the yellow pages book or the UBD anymore. So you have to be digital and accessible.

So what did you think? I always love hearing your feedback, so please leave me a comment down below with questions, thoughts, or feedback. And please share this post with your Twitter and FB friends by clicking on the share buttons below. I totally appreciate it!! Thanks so much for spending time with me here today!

Before I go - here are some featured sewing patterns from my website that were loaded up today - if you register on the website you will go on my newsletter mail out list which contains special discount codes which will apply to your orders.



Cheers Tania

Saturday, May 22, 2010

The Social Media Network Challenge

I am currently on the biggest technical challenge that I have ever embarked on - Social Media Networking. I have dabbled, flirted, and toyed with the concept for a while, but now I am more serious than ever. Since closing our retail store and not having the impulse customer dropping a few dollars my way, I have had to look seriously at how to maintain my net profit and also the awareness of my business.

I would like to share with you my journey and experiences with this amazing world of social networking and when I find information that is insightful and relevant I will post about it.

My friend and fellow facebook/blogger companion Amanda Foy was kind enough to share with me this info on facebook today - It is a little video from a lady called Katie - never heard about her before today but I think I will be frequenting her site quite often to pick up helpful hints

How I Got My Blog to a Page Rank of 5

I have sort of cheated with this last bit and took her advice to ask for you feedback - so here it goes LOL!

So what did you think? I always love hearing your feedback, so please leave me a comment down below with questions, thoughts, or feedback. And (yes, here’s my call to action) please share this post with your Twitter and FB friends by clicking on the share buttons below. I totally appreciate it!! Thanks so much for spending time with me here today!

Ok - so there may not be a share button below yet - but I am working on it - only so many hours in the day. {EDITED - There is now - Sharing is Sexy}

I never like doing a post without a photo so here it is

Ella would also like you to shout it out and share this blog with your friends

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