Welcome to the CraftyPod, a craft podcast all about making stuff.

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In this show:

- Crafting with neckties: it's addictive! Here's why...

- Where to find ties, and what to do with them.

- Lots of fun necktie project ideas.

- Even a little necktie history, just for fun. Necktie Linkies:

- Check out Artful Ties, a blog about necktie projects.

- Here's a little treatise on making a necktie quilt, from LoveToKnow.com.

- An absolutely stunning necktie quilt.

- . . . And even more necktie quilts!

- Lee did a great roundup of necktie projects on Threadbanger.

- Here's a tutorial for the necktie rosette.

- Rick Rack Ruby makes some stunning necktie bags, like this one, this one, and this one.

- Here's a great tutorial for the classic necktie skirt.

Welcome to the CraftyPod, a craft podcast all about making stuff.

Click the “Play” button at the bottom of this post to listen!

In this show:

- An interview with Jennifer Perkins about something she does exceptionally well: marketing crafty work online.

- A rundown of online marketing tools: which ones are best? How can you tell they're working?

- Finding the time to keep lots of online marketing efforts going.

- Getting over your fear of rejection and maximizing your online opportunities. Bring On The Links:

Visit Jennifer's home on the web: her website, and her blog.

Check out Jennifer's book, The Naughty Secretary Club: The Working Girl's Guide to Handmade Jewelry.

And then, see how Jennifer's using all these online tools:

Naughty Secretary Club Etsy shop

Naughty Secretary Club on Flickr

Jennifer on Twitter

Naughty Secretary Club on MySpace

To find Jennifer on Facebook, you have to be logged in.

Naughty Secretary Club on Indiepublic

Naughty Secretary Club on My Craftivity

Naughty Secretary Club on ThisNext

Jennifer on LibraryThing

Jennifer on Shelfari

Jennifer on Goodreads

Some other tools mentioned in this podcast (or not):

If you need a free source of website/blog stats, try Sitemeter or Google Analytics.

If you sell anything on Amazon, try Amazon Connect.

We also talked a little about Plurk.

. . . And Jennifer also mentioned Problogger.

WHEW.

Welcome to the CraftyPod, a craft podcast all about making stuff.

Click the “Play” button at the bottom of this post to listen!

In this show:

- Interviews with Christina Loff, a publicist at Chronicle Books, and Kate McKean, a literary agent.

- Find out what really goes into writing and publishing a craft book.

- Discussion of agents: do you need one?

- And how has the blogosphere affected craft book publishing? Bookish Links:

- Visit Chronicle Books online.

- Christina Loff has a blog and an Etsy shop.

- Kate McKean can be found online at the Howard Morhaim Literary Agency website.

- Kate mentioned Publishers Marketplace as great resource for keeping track of craft book deals.

- Christina mentioned Publisher's Weekly.

- Here's a good outline of what goes into a book proposal.

- Here's a very thorough article on proposal writing.

- Definitely read this post on book proposals from an editor's view, at the Chronice Books Blog.