Viral Marketing Step 1

I printed out 38 pieces of paper to make a 6.5' long banner

taped them together and now i'm waiting till tonight to go put it up at Northgate. Which if you're not from here, it is the srtip of bars and shops north of campus with a giant cork board where people put flyers.

I'm going to cover it.

New "Oh the Huge Manatee" Shirt!

Our latest and greatest tee released today! Poking fun at Nature's sea cow, this t-shirt is 19.94 but if you use the Coupon Code "woot" you can take 25% off the entire order!

Using social media for marketing

So i have been an active member of social sites including, twitter, facebook, myspace, etc... The effectiveness of using these sites for marketing my t-shirt business has been less than poor. I realized today what I think I've been doing wrong.

I've always felt bad "spamming" my friends with bulletins or comments about buying shirts. So far however, it's only been friends that have been buying my shirts. Then it hit me... Don't use these social networks to sell my products. Use these applications to make more friends or better relationships. Make posts or comments that are interesting or informative.

I don't know, I haven't actually tried it yet but it is definitely worth a shot.

Now go to www.obstructees.com and BUY A SHIRT! (jk)

Well at least I'm getting better

I was checking this old forum i was apart of a couple of years ago and noticed my old signature with my first t-shirt company linked.

www.cafepress.com/pickupt

probably be deleting this shop pretty soon

Utilizing MySpace for a T-shirt company

1.) Free (unless specialized work is done)
2.) Can add friends like crazy
3.) Can reach all of those friends with a bulletin in seconds
4.) Targets different demographics

I had my MySpace set up about two weeks ago or something and it is pretty sweet.
I have over 1100 friends already and continually grow it. I post about one bulletin every other day so i don't spam everyone's news feed thing.

It was set up by a cool cat over at worriedmandesigns for I think $250.

He also did Bustedtees and Snorgtees MySpaces to name a few.

SEO for a T-shirt Company

Awhile back I started looking into SEO firms. That was a nightmare. I read into a couple of forums and said you should start out doing your own SEO so I thought I would do that, learn as much as I could about SEO, and then when i go talk to SEO firms again I would have a better understanding of what they are talking about.

I purchased some software called IBusinnessPromoter (IBP) it was like $261 with tax and definitely worth checking out. It will tell you everything you need to know about how to get your site listed in the top 10 listings of search engines for keywords of your choice.

T-shirt storage

So i went looking at some stores a couple of days ago looking for places that sell shelves for my shirts. I went to Pier 1, linens and things, Target blah blah blah and then recieved a kick of testosterone when I went to Home Depot and decided to build one myself out of pvc pipe.

(total cost for pvc pipe and spray paint was about $75, but thats nearly 350 shirts)

http://www.obstructees.com/