TSHIRT ENTREPRENEUR ONLINE

By: Len McDowall

Everyday we read about companies who have raised millions of dollars of capital to fund the growth and expansion of their business. The reality of raising these sorts of funds is much more complex than the newspapers make it out.

There are many different sources of capital – obtaining it depends on many factors. It also requires careful planning, the right advice and the right pitch. Whether you will get it or not also depends on what kind of business you have, what stage it is at, what industry it’s in, how profitable it is, how much experience you have and how the overall market is tracking. (more…)

By: E Lawrence Welch

1) Writing Articles - Without visitors to your store - you’ll make no sales. Writing articles is an essential SEO (Search Engine Optimization) technique. Learn to write quality articles covering a variety of topics relevant to your store. Publish these articles in a blog, publish them at websites such as EzineArticles.com, and submit them to sites like Digg.com. Spreading your articles around in this way will help you generate direct traffic and increase the inbound links to your website. Quality inbound links to your website are possibly the most important factor in SEO. The greater the number of quality inbound links - the better your search results. (more…)

Thinking about becoming a t-shirt entrepreneur? Wanting to expand your current t-shirt business? Zazzle gives some insight into what people are looking for:

Top 5 searches: Wedding Vintage Funny T-Shirts Native American Breast Cancer

Top 5 tags used: Photography Cartoon Cute United+States Fashion

Top 5 busiest contributors: kitty23 forsakenreality thecuteinstitute mildred ZekeySpaceyLizard

A word of advice however. If you are going to jump in with well established keywords and product designs be ready to fight your way to the top. If you’re not, then you could get very disappointed.

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J.J. Jackson is President of Land of the Free Studios, Inc. and Cafepress “Top Shopkeeper”. He has been selling t-shirts on-line since 2004 and is the owner of the T-Shirt Entrepreneur, a site dedicated to helping people get involved in the T-shirt Economy. He is also the owner of Funny When Wet T-shirts, American Infidel Tshirts, Uber Gamer T-shirts as well as many other online t-shirt and gift stores.

Cafepress announces that 2008 Calendars are now available for design:

Create a theme — think animals, architecture, humor — or showcase your body of creative work. Have fun with it! Calendar season is officially here, so make the most of it by targeting your gift-giving customers. Be on the ball and announce your new 2008 Calendar to generate pre-holiday buzz around your shop.

Full-bleed dynamic color printing

Durable 100-lb. cover weight high-gloss
  paper, wire bound

US holidays noted with plenty of room to jot
  down appointments

Vertical Calendar has 11″x11″ images
  for easy design

Oversized Calendar showcases 17″x11″ landscape images

Calendars are a top seller during the Holidays so be sure to add them to your shop!

and an upgrade to their keepsake boxes:

We’ve upgraded our Tile Box. Perfect for stylishly storing jewelry and mementos, this hardwood box showcases a ceramic tile. With the new Keepsake Box you’ll notice substantial improvements in overall quality, including these feature upgrades:

• High-shine piano lacquered wood finish
• Spring-loaded hinged lid
• Velvet-lined interior and felt-lined bottom
• Superior build quality

For more information, click here. If you already have Tile Boxes in your shop, this upgrade is automatic. If you don’t, add them now!