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In my last article I talked about why you should have a WordPress - powered website and blog, on your own URL property, if you want to have a homestead business. You might think that blogs and websites are only for bloggers who are making a living by selling ad space on their blogs. Or [...]
Are you putting all your online marketing efforts into someone else’s business? Last week I had a conversation with an artisan jewellery maker. This morning I had the same conversation with a professional fiber artist. Both artisans are running their businesses via a Facebook page, without a website or blog. While in both cases [...]
This post is a joint-post with Robin and Chris Dalziel, of Joybilee Farm. Recently I visited a new blog, through one of my yahoo! groups. It was a farm blog with a website, raising farm grown mohair, wool, and French angora bunnies. It sounded like our farm, in the write up, so I was curious [...]
This post is a joint-post with Robin and Chris Dalziel, of Joybilee Farm. The internet is a noisy place. With millions of blogs and websites all vying for Google ranking and the attention of an audience with limited time, websites and blogs need to earn the right to audience attention. When Joybilee Farm went public [...]
I am personally putting together a really special weekend event in Grand Forks, to give you an artistic taste for the holidays. I’ve partnered with the Art Gallery, local musicians, and local artisans to give you The Boundary Artisan Christmas Faire. This isn’t your usual Christmas Craft Faire with the same old Christmas baking, generic [...]
Yesterday I signed up for NaNoWriMo, as a rebel, of course. Purple Sheep are the exception, rather than the rule and the road less travelled must entail doing what other’s aren’t, no? During November, I am a NaNoWriMo rebel because: I am writing nonfiction. I am working on improving my blog posts, writing an ebook, [...]
Virgin Coconut Oil, Gold Label - 1 quart
