PJ's Gift Shoppe Diary

To Twitter or Not To Twitter...

noreply@blogger.com (Janey Loree) — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:27:00 +0000

To Twitter or Not To Twitter...that is the question! RainToday.com, the Premier Site for Marketing & Sales for Professional Services, sent out an interesting email "Why You Need to Use Twitter to Grow Your Business". They are saying that the big companies are using Twitter to "tighten their ad spending with social media clearly becoming the next marketing frontier".

Once the website renovation is complete, I feel that this might be a good move for PJ's. It will be interesting to see if this helps generate traffic to our gift shoppe.

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Website Renovations Activated...

noreply@blogger.com (Janey Loree) — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:34:00 +0000

It has been extremely hard to find time to work on the website during this past year. Working 10 hour days plus half a day of Saturday does not leave much time to put in the time necessary to bring the quality website that represents Phyllis and Janey's endeavors over the past 6 years. However, it is a top priority to complete the renovation and website optimizations.

While you wait for the rest of the site to come to fruition, please check out PJ's new Apple Blossoms 'n' Butterflies design and the first paper dolls added to PJ's Corner Gift Shoppe!

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Phyllis 'n' Janey

Happy New Year!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Janey Loree) — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:38:00 +0000

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Happy Valentine's Day...

noreply@blogger.com (Janey Loree) — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:14:00 +0000

My mother, Phyllis, and I would like to wish you a Happy Valentine's Day from PJ's Corner Gift Shoppe!

This is a special day to let you loved ones know how much you love them. In PJ's Corner Gift Shoppe you will find items that will let them know all year 'round!!

p.s. we are still working on the website and because of the major changes being incorporated, it looks like our "Grand Opening" will be postponed until the end of the month. I will keep you posted on our progress.

Janey Loree

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Almost completed...

noreply@blogger.com (Janey Loree) — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:31:00 +0000

We are in the final stages of making our website more navigable! Instead of having design pages plus product pages, I have cut out the product pages. When I am finish you will only see the design pages, paper doll pages and the admin pages in PJ's Corner Gift Shoppe.

As you can see in this screen print, I am working on the Travel Memories 'n' Fun page.

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PJ's Website Temporarily Closed...

noreply@blogger.com (Janey Loree) — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:44:00 +0000

We have temporarily closed our website to complete the major changes to ensure easier navigation and a pleasant visit to PJ's Corner Gift Shoppe!

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New Navigation Bar for www.pjscorner.net...

noreply@blogger.com (Janey Loree) — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 07:58:00 +0000

I created this new navigation bar for the website. I am starting to experience some unstableness in FrontPage 2003. Some of the web components are not working, such as the link bar. Yesterday I was unable to save the changes to our homepage. I could always upload my changes through an FTP service, however after reading that I could have different problems with this line of action, I called Register.com. After talking with the representatives at Register.com, and finding out that FrontPage 2003 is notorious for becoming unstable on websites with more than 80 pages, they uninstalled and reinstalled my FrontPage extensions on their server and was unable to fix the problem. However, Second Level fixed the problem before midnight and I was able to continue with my original plans to downsize the website.

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For Profit or Not For Profit...

noreply@blogger.com (Janey Loree) — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:14:00 +0000

This post is entered in the BLOG VILLAGE "Much Ado About Money" Carnival hosted by MARSHAMLOW.

This blog is the "blogvoice" for www.pjscorner.net, where you will find in-depth product descriptions, reviews, new product releases, links to product pages, and diary posts of day to day operations of what happens in PJ's Corner Gift Shoppe! Filled with nostalgically handcrafted cards, stationery and paper dolls that help people keep in touch with their family, friends, and acquaintances, PJ's Corner Gift Shoppe is a place that you can bring the whole family.

We do not have a walk-in store, so our home office has been turned into a workshoppe! With paper dolls and greeting cards pasted on the walls, and cut out paper dolls filling the shelves, Mom and I enjoy the uh, quote unquote, solitude of our workshoppe! Because our designs are created with family in mind, using the artwork of our in-house artist: Phyllis Mae Richardson Fisher, you will find flowers, butterflies, animals and nature as a recurring theme. Our gift shoppe is the home of "Twiglet" the Little Christmas Tree, a children's book about discoveries, miracles, and friendships, and "Neddy, the Little Teddy", the first animal paper doll created in PJ's Paper Doll Factory!

If our society wasn't based on money, then we could be a non-profit organization giving our products away. That would be fun though, just being able to create gift boxes, bags 'n' baskets to take to the children's wards! I can see sad little eyes turning bright as a little girl finds a paper doll to cut out or a little boy glowing from the praise he received for his coloring book masterpiece in crayon!

That would be reward or "money" enough for me...in the meantime, we do make several of our coloring book pages available for FREE download. With the changes scheduled for our website, we will be adding a FREE paper doll and featuring our Kid's Coloring Book page in a more prominent place on our website.

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Website Under Construction...

noreply@blogger.com (Janey Loree) — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:41:00 +0000

Even though our website, www.pjscorner.net, is under construction, you can still buy products in our CafePress Gift Shoppe and order giclee prints of mom's paintings over at Fine Art America.

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pjscorner.net - Traffic Details from Alexa

noreply@blogger.com (Janey Loree) — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:01:00 +0000

As of today, our website, Pjscorner.net, has an Alexa traffic rank of: 3,328,951. I will look into how to bring our traffic rank up. When I searched for our blog stats, only the traffic rank of: 12 came up for blogger.com.

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PJ's Joins BlogCatalog...

noreply@blogger.com (Janey Loree) — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:05:00 +0000

Look for this link back button in the left-hand column to vote for PJ's Gift Shoppe Diary:

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PJ's Adds "FuelMyBlog" to Directory...

noreply@blogger.com (Janey Loree) — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:57:00 +0000

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PJ's Business Profile Listed on About.com...

noreply@blogger.com (Janey Loree) — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:13:00 +0000

Here is proof that a blog can help your business. In our last post, "Effective Blog Marketing For Home Businesses ~ Make Your Blog Work For You", I shared with you an article that I found in Randy Duermyer's About.com Home Business Newsletter.

As a direct result of posting that article, PJ's Corner Gift Shoppe now has a "Business Profile" on About.com.

You will also find more valuable home business information on Randy's blog. Drop by to gather viable information to run your home business successfully.

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Effective Blog Marketing For Home Businesses - Make Your Blog Work for You

noreply@blogger.com (Janey Loree) — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:27:00 +0000

Happy New Year! This is the year of the "Home Business". Well, it is the year for PJ's Corner Gift Shoppe!

PJ's subscribes to Randy Duermyer's About.com's Home Business newsletter and a link to Blog Marketing in today's article drew my attention!

Effective Blog Marketing For Home Businesses - Make Your Blog Work for You from Sherri Lonon, a guest author for About.com.

While the article has a lot of very valuable information, the sidebar links need investigating as well! The first statement to catch my eye in the article is "In terms of cost, blog marketing is probably the second least expensive form of marketing after word-of-mouth promotion, and the truth is, other than your time, blog marketing can be done for free."

In essence, when you think about it, blog marketing is word-of mouth promotion on the web. And I have been looking for a way to market PJ's Corner Gift Shoppe in a more effective way. In an effort to search and peruse this article without loosing it's link, I utilized "Send to Blogger" from my Google Tool Bar. Automatically, a link was created in a new post and I have a way to keep tabs on this informative article.

We look forward to a successful year, not just for PJ's Corner Gift Shoppe, but for your home business as well.

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Inventory Complete...

noreply@blogger.com (Janey Loree) — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 07:32:00 +0000

It is inventory time and it took Mom and I two weeks to complete it! We started on the 16th of November and completed it on the 30th. Everything is in its place now and the workshoppe is organized. As you can see we utilize every inch of space!!

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Who.is

noreply@blogger.com (Janey Loree) — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:14:00 +0000

Have you ever wanted to know a little more about that new website you just found on the net? You can go to Who.is and found out more information on a particular website. This doesn't work for blogspot blogs because blogspot.com is registered to blogger.com.

Besides the creation date of a website, you will find a screen print, Alexa ranking, last update date and website status. This will come in handy to see if you have found a website that has been in business for awhile or just getting started.
It looks like our Alexa ranking is pretty high right now at:
Alexa Trend/Rank: 1 Month: 4,530,790 3 Month: 3,442,100

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New Design ~ Winter Homestead 'n' Elk...

noreply@blogger.com (Janey Loree) — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:09:00 +0000

Our latest Christmas design, "Winter Homestead 'n' Elk" was taken from a painting that my mother painted back in 2000. From memory she drew a red 'n' white homestead replete with a red 'n' white barn and an elk looking on from afar. This scene was painted on a cross section of a tree trunk so the radiating lines that you see in the picture are part of the trunk.

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PJ's Guestbook...

noreply@blogger.com (Janey Loree) — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:30:00 +0000

Phyllis and Janey welcome you to make memories in PJ's Corner Gift Shoppe. We would also love to hear from you. Positive and constructive criticism is accepted in the light that we want to make your experience in PJ's Corner Gift Shoppe a memorable one.

Leave your comments and make sure to check the box if you would like to receive follow up comments! Comment moderation has been enabled, so just as soon as I read your comment it will be posted!!

If you would like to exchange links with PJ's Corner Gift Shoppe or our blogs, include your website or blog in your comments and I will get back to you a.s.a.p. Let us know how you found out about us, too!

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PJ's Paper Doll Cut Outs | Twiglet's Book | Mustang 'n' Cowboys | Notes That Touch The Heart | The Fisher Family Singers | Starlo's Paw Prints | PJ's Corner Gift Shoppe | PJ's Gift Shoppe Diary

PJ's Extras...

noreply@blogger.com (Janey Loree) — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:43:00 +0000

PJ's Extras category was created to incorporate the few pages that don't fall into the other categories.

En Espanol | Personalized Items | Phyllis' Portfolio | PJ's Kid's Coloring Page

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Product by Article...

noreply@blogger.com (Janey Loree) — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 08:22:00 +0000

Open For Business...

noreply@blogger.com (Janey Loree) — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 06:48:00 +0000

Today I reactivated the shopping cart for the PJ's Corner Gift Shoppe. I will be working on the revamping of each of the pages, one page at a time. The "Twiglet the Little Christmas Tree" page was redesigned and added to the Product By Design Column.

I am adding a "price tag" and "add to cart" to each of the products and linking the products to their individual pages in the store front to these images.

This should make the order process much easier to navigate. A "view cart" image 'n' link has been placed in the top left hand corner and in the center below the product listed on the page as well.

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A banner for The Gatekeeper...

noreply@blogger.com (Janey Loree) — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:09:00 +0000

This is a banner that I created for The Gatekeeper. Over at Pieces Of Me you will find an excerpt from a novel by Deborah L. Alten titled "Swords of the Watchers".

"Swords of the Watchers will appeal to the new and growing market for the Christian Science Fiction/Fantasy genre. It is the first book of a trilogy. This novel is character-driven with the strong message that spiritual warfare is real and affects us all. The story itself will intrigue young adults, both Christian and non-believers, and will reveal that without a foundation in God the battle for their lives and souls is lost." The Gatekeeper

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BLOG VILLAGE Stats as of November 1, 2007...

noreply@blogger.com (Janey Loree) — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:10:00 +0000

BLOG VILLAGE Stats: As of November 1, 2007

PJ's Gift Shoppe Diary = 10/392
PJ's Paper Doll Cut Outs = 34/392
Twiglet the Little Christmas Tree = 37/392
Mustang 'n' Cowboys = 255/392
Notes That Touch The Heart = 39/392
The Fisher Family Singers = 55/392
Starlo's Paw Prints = 44/392

BLOG VILLAGE Stats: As of October 23, 2007

PJ's Gift Shoppe Diary = 424/441
PJ's Paper Doll Cut Outs = 282/441
Twiglet the Little Christmas Tree = 86/441
Mustang 'n' Cowboys = 136/441
Notes That Touch The Heart = 174/441
The Fisher Family Singers = 118/441
Starlo's Paw Prints = 234/441

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PJ's joins "Blogging Chicks...

noreply@blogger.com (Janey Loree) — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 07:41:00 +0000

PJ's Gift Shoppe has joined Blogging Chicks, a blogroll for women, whose mission is to take over the internet one blog at a time. In this blogging chicks' case that was six blogs at one time!

Mustang 'n' Cowboys was not added to the list for obvious reasons...and because Travis and Tony will be helping with the posts once they get their computer.

PJ's Gift Shoppe Diary

To Twitter or Not To Twitter...

Website Renovations Activated...

Happy New Year!!!

Happy Valentine's Day...

Almost completed...

PJ's Website Temporarily Closed...

New Navigation Bar for www.pjscorner.net...

For Profit or Not For Profit...

Website Under Construction...

pjscorner.net - Traffic Details from Alexa

PJ's Joins BlogCatalog...

PJ's Adds "FuelMyBlog" to Directory...

PJ's Business Profile Listed on About.com...

Effective Blog Marketing For Home Businesses - Make Your Blog Work for You

Inventory Complete...

Who.is

New Design ~ Winter Homestead 'n' Elk...

PJ's Guestbook...

PJ's Extras...

Product by Article...

Open For Business...

More Satellite Problems...

A banner for The Gatekeeper...

BLOG VILLAGE Stats as of November 1, 2007...

PJ's joins "Blogging Chicks...