Get techie with it

The past week has been a very techie one for me. One of my big February goals is to set up a new mailing list database. In trying to download a free trial of Bento, suggested by art biz coach Alyson Stanfield, I found that I needed to update my computer system for it to be compatible. After updating my system I realized I could finally consolidate my old external drives onto my new external backup drive. Now I'm back to square one (albeit a little zippier and less cluttered) where I can finally get around to downloading a free trial of Bento to see if it will fit my needs.

Earler in the week I also spent a huge chunk of time (as in 2 full days) working on updates for my website. I had let some areas of my website slide for a while, so this was a major organizational undertaking. It's all good, though, because I have new goal and checklist systems in place so a major back slide won't happen again. Yet it all made me wonder... does anyone care? do people look at these pages on my website?

Well, here's an interesting post I found on Crafting an MBA, a great resource for looking at your art or craft as a business. Megan Auman of Smaller Box wrote a guest post about Google Analytics and your online shop... she's a bit of an expert seeing that she's written an  e-book about it all. Reading that will have to be one of my spring goals maybe for April. I hate to put it off, but after a full week of being techie it's definitely time for me to get my hands in action on some new jewelry designs!

I have several Riverstone Bangles in process on my bench right now for my newest store, the Bellevue Arts Museum gift shop in Bellevue, Washington as well as some unfinished new designs; shown above: Riverstone Bangles, photo by Linda Savitz, © 2011 Kathy Frey