My business journey begins...

Links

2009-03-10T21:58:30+01:00

Thanks for reading the entries!. The 100 entries are now complete!. They have provided my website with alot of hits over the last year!.

Below is a few links so you can keep in touch with the business, add me as a friend on asittingducktv and subscribe!. The Facebook group has over 500 artists as members so its a good start if you want to network with cool new artists.

Website: www.asittingduck.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=20000194683&ref=ts

YouTube: http://uk.youtube.com/asittingducktv

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Tips on becoming a famous artist...

2009-03-10T21:54:22+01:00

Every June thousands of young artists leave university with degrees in art. Quickly to find out that they can't sell their work for the price they thought they would.

If you want to become a famous artist you need to be patient. You need to start local, and don't start at the posh galleries, start with the government, the council, librarys and the community. If the general public love your work they will write about in blogs and tell their friends on facebook. Sometimes galleries want young artists to struggle for 10 years so dont fight them, if your good and your getting newspaper coverage they will email soon enough!.

Get your work out there, take photos and document it well on your website. Link with popular art websites and become facebook friends with as many creative people as you can!. 5,000 spaces on there so fill them!.

Price your work up and sell it!, most artists make more off prints so push the prints!.

Thanks

David

www.asittingduck.com

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Cardiff's newest design company!...

2009-03-10T20:40:12+01:00

Its nearly finished, the website, designer networking on Facebook, and the items for sale.
Its really important to have a good launch and press release in June when I move into the new office. Get the relative links up and a photoshoot.

The sales should follow!.

David

www.asittingduck.com

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Stop sending me news emails!.

2009-03-09T23:45:24+01:00

Noone is interested in news emails anymore, its enough having 50 event invitations everyday, never mind all the group invites and cold calls. 10 years has past since the internet kicked off properly so people are wise to signing up for news emails. If you are a business and your main place you sell is on your website then offer a fun alternative of keeping in touch, something thats more chilled out like subscribing to Youtube or Joining a Facebook group. If you get tons of Facebook messages then you can always leave the group with a couple of clicks, with news emails they always seem difficult to stop.

So think of your customers and offer them an alternative!.

Thanks

David

www.asittingduck.com

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Google Ranking may take quicker than you think!...

2009-03-09T23:32:05+01:00

Once you have built your website, set your .com email up and registered it with google, it usually takes a week or 2 to see it when you search for it. Once its there you have a google listed website, thats when you have to think what can you sell or what service can you provide. Once you figure that out over time google will scan your website to find out in the code what its all about. For instance my website is selling prints and t-shirts, so google will look at it and find that its relevant to illustration art and t-shirts by finding the key words in the google sentence and within the contents of the website.

Once thats done the only thing that stands between you and other websites really is how much you want to spend on adverts and how many backward links you have.

So my plan is pretty simple but its hard work, slowly but surely I get enough people to link to my website, say 10 popular websites about art and design link to me. That should get about 300 fresh new people clicking on the website every month, if they join the facebook group or subscribe to the youtube channel then I've got them as a contact for the future, if they keep seeing new designs and stuff through posting pictures on Facebook and videos on Youtube then after a while they will either buy something or even better they buy something and are that pleased that they write a blog about it or post a link on there own website.

So I would suggest leave the advertising for a while if your short of cash. Build a blog of what you are doing, think what you want to sell long term, if its products then what type and price range, if its a service dont under value your service, be patient, if its an entertaining website which your hoping lots of people click on and earn money from advertising then good luck!.

* Set up a blog.
* Build your Facebook up with relevant contacts in your chosen field.
* Make your website colourful and fun.
* Have a Youtube channel and video camera ready to broadcast yourself!.
* Keep your customers happy, package your product well and send an email to confirm.

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GRAPHIC DESIGN

2009-03-09T22:25:29+01:00

One of the most popular courses to sign up for in university, a cool title for a job when your out on a Saturday night and if you manage to get a first class honours from a top university then you could earn up to 50K for some companies. But there are more people with graphic design degrees than there are graphic design jobs. So what can you do?, start up your own business!. There is no harm in buying a website and posting some of your Adobe work on there, even if you decide to go in another direction, its always something you can update and keep for the future. What you need to do is go to www.101poundwebsite.com say asittingduck sent you, buy a website and go for the extras like stats and video content, then your away!.

Thanks

David

www.asittingduck.com

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Competition for backward links... a sitting duck!...

2009-03-09T22:19:11+01:00

In the webdesign world or art world competition in the Uk is getting stronger. I've been checking out the top website on searches relevant to my business and the page one of searches is above 100 on the backward links.

Uk search:

Illustration : top website on google : backward links: 143
Digital Art : top website on google : backward links: 1490
Design : top website on google : backward links : 1430
Web Design : top website on google : backward links : 156
Paintings : top website on google : backward links : 38
Artist : top website on google : backward links : 4,440
t shirts : top website on googe : backward links : 25

So thats all the key word searches I'm going for to work on, out of interest the artist that has 4,440 backward links is "Banksy", as he is popular on the internet with bloggers and art websites!.

Thanks

David

www.asittingduck.com

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Backward Links! - Found something out!...

2009-03-09T21:26:15+01:00

Probably in the top 10 for youtube channels ever is smpfilms. I typed into google link:http://www.smpfilms.com to find out how many backward links he has. Surprising he only had 6. Yet Kidrobot had over 1,200. Maybe some business's look into paying experts to create backward links, as smpfilms is not short of hits because it gets a large amount of traffic through the youtube channel. Just interesting to find out, try any website type link: before the full http://www.asittingduck.com, mine is only 7 at the moment but I'm going to look into whats available, link for link takes ages!. I'd be happy with traffic from the youtube channel but backward links are the strength for any website business as with youtube you can be world famous one week and the next noone wants to know. Hope this was of interest, probably my most interesting entry so far if you are thinking of building a .com empire!.

Thanks

David

www.asittingduck.com

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Backward Links! - Tougher than I thought!.

2009-03-09T21:03:03+01:00

In the vinyl toy and designer world the biggest name is Kidrobot, http://www.kidrobot.com its because they are cool, its a well established brand that has been running for a few years and the stuff they sell is worth talking about. I need to take a leaf out of their book. What I need to do is build the logo and brand up, offer a range of t-shirts and prints and have cool photos to look at, this way people will want to share the website with their friends and family. Photos I'm definately looking into and videos, it inspires people and hopefully enough to get posts!.

But it is tougher than I thought and could cost alot to get models and a pro photographer to sort this out. I'll look into it, hopefully should be ok!.

Thanks

David

www.asittingduck.com

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A Sitting Duck - More backward links needed!...

2009-03-09T20:50:11+01:00

In order to rank high on google the main thing you need to do is get your links!... Links, Links, Links!... Whether it be Facebook, Youtube or your blog its important to create links to your website. One way to do this is offer a link for link, this can be time consuming and a very slow process. Ideally you just want people to mention and link your website, the only way to do this is if your website looks good and has cool pictures or interesting stuff to read or just simply worth someone telling people about it. This will be far more rewarding in the long run than posting hundreds of links every week on websites.

What I'm looking to do is create a website and brand that is cool and worth blogging about. Its an easy website to remember so I think people will remember how to type it in. But the main thing is the links. What I'm going to have to do is upload good videos onto asittingducktv. Youtube is definately an inspiration for many bloggers and they enjoy finding videos to embed into their website or blog. This creates a cult following, something that tv will only broadcast in a few years after everyone knows about it. But the links that you will create will be awesome!.

If anyone likes my website and would like to mention it on their blog or website, that would be a big help!.

Thanks

David

www.asittingduck.com

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Website Company Deal...

2009-03-08T18:35:39+01:00

I have a good understanding of Adobe Illustrator now, I'm looking more into Adobe Flash to create animations for my website and asittingducktv on Youtube. With my knowledge building and the website traffic moving, I'm looking to seal a deal with a web hosting company. At the moment they spend £400 a month on advertising in the yellow pages, what I want to do is offer a better alternative with targeted traffic so that I could earn the advertising revenues and also the web hosting company will be happy with the extra sales they make.

Have a look at the web hosting company : www.101poundwebsite.com

Its an excellent service and price compared to whats available in the market. Its easy for me to sell the websites as I actually have one myself from this company.

If you have a look at the example websites, theres about 15 on there at the moment, it will give you an idea... Also if you go to buy a website just mention "a sitting duck"...

Thanks

David.

www.asittingduck.com

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Places to buy t-shirts in Cardiff...

2009-03-07T23:54:31+01:00

I had a look around Cardiff the other day to buy a t-shirt. I wanted to look at the styles on offer and how much they cost. I'm talking about round neck t-shirts with a printed design on the front. Average cost was around £15.00, but there was not many I liked, I like shopping in Topman but I've never been a fan of their t-shirts, not that there is anything bad about them, its just that so many are sold. The only place I did find cool t-shirts was in Footlocker. Black t-shirts with bright neon flex designs on them, really cool!. They cost £25.00 which I didn't really want to spend at the time because I wanted some change for a pub lunch!.

I ended up ordering one online, but I would go to Footlocker in the future and theres a place above that called size which has cool trainers.

Thanks

David

www.asittingduck.com

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Urban Art and Design...

2009-03-07T22:39:43+01:00

I've been thinking alot about the way forward in the look and feel of my work I sell. I want to create a cool brand, I want "A Sitting Duck" to be well known for urban art and design. It will be a website that is like a mini factory where characters are created and sold as prints and t-shirts. I have a good looking logo which reflects the style of the company by the paint splashes, people start to know what its about just from the business cards, but before I blast youtube with really cool videos for my channel I want to make sure I can back the web traffic up with cool urban art items.

This will be my main aim over the next few months, to build a strong unique batch of characters that will be well liked by people and build personalities over time. The sales will follow and hopefully the brand will become a strong name, I knew when I was lucky enough to buy the domain name it was something special. All the millions of people in the world and none of them thought to buy and keep the domain before me. The term is used in newspapers, magazines and blogs everyday, so its great for website traffic, I just want to have a website that is kept simple and easy to use, where people know my style and know what they are getting.

Thanks

David

www.asittingduck.com

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Designs by David Edwards... Cardiff Street Artist and Designer...

2009-03-07T17:52:40+01:00

When it comes to drawing or painting, it is easy to do it for fun, but when you have a client that wants something specific, thats when it gets a bit more tricky. My website is the main place where people go to buy my art. I also offer a design service, whether it be an original painting or maybe a new company logo!. Its important to find out what colours a client likes and what style, at the end of the day, they will want my style because thats what they liked about choosing me to do the work, but you always have to ask!...

Thanks

David

www.asittingduck.com

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Painting in Cardiff!...

2009-03-07T17:10:06+01:00

Cardiff has a few art galleries, but it seems to be quiet on the exhibition side of things, if there are exhibitions, they are not being promoted to the public, just to people that live in the art world. What "A Sitting Duck" is looking to do is make affordable art for the public to see and buy in the streets and main stream shops. Illustration art is becoming really popular, as its more chilled out, people feel relaxed about paying £25 - £30 for something, rather than stress over a print that costs £600.

I'm planning on holding a street exhibition in the summer to launch year 2 of "A Sitting Duck". It should be cool as there are alot of people interested in illustration art in Cardiff and Wales. What you find is the best day for street and shop sales in Cardiff is a Saturday. This is the day where people drive from all over Wales to Cardiff to spend there hard earned money and its nice to walk away with something different.

What I'm looking to do is concentrate on the print sales this year, as the web traffic builds up to 2010 I'll start uploading the original paintings collection which will be a collection of 5 paintings, maybe 10, I'm not sure yet, but will definately be interesting to look at and worth buying for your living space.

They will be paintings on canvas, that way there is no hassle for people to mount them or frame them. I'm going to experiment with different paint, its between oil or acrylic paint. Possibly water colour for some drawing work!.

I'm hoping that it will inspire the local government to give me the funding for a proper exhibition or even an investor that would invest enough cash for me to hold a week exhibition in a London art gallery.

Thanks for reading!,

All the best!,

David.

www.asittingduck.com

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Adverts - Expensive stuff...

2009-03-07T10:57:42+01:00

So you've build your website, it looks good, easy to use, and you have good designs and products to sell. Now all you have to do is get people to get interested in them and buy them. Also with the internet being so big you have to get them to your web shop first.

I started by making friends on Facebook, asking them if they would place a link on their facebook group, in return I'd place a link on mine. That works for a while, but for the amount of effort it takes there is little reward.

Youtube can be powerful as you make friends with popular channels, they may find something interesting on your website and mention it in their Vblog. That may not be a physical link that someone clicks on, but if the website is easy to remember and type then that could be a better option. So if say "Mr Safety" at SMP films says in one of his Vblog's, I love the t-shirts and wall prints at a sitting duck .com, he has a big influence on thousands of Youtube fans. He is one of the select few that is paid by Youtube to make cool videos as a full-time job!.

So there is Facebook and Youtube, both take time, it takes about a year on Facebook to build up 5,000 friends and thats if your adding about 30 every day for a year, because not everyone will accept your friend request.

Youtube takes even longer to make 5,000 friends, it would take you about 5 years if it was just you requesting other channels as friends because I've noticed alot of channels don't accept friends just subscribers, and it takes alot of negotiating for a sub for sub, its not worth the hassle. All you have to do is film yourself, be yourself and keep the videos under 3 minutes to give them a chance to go viral.

Blogging is great, because it creates links on google, I'm writing this blog as 100 entries, the 1st year of my business. Its getting close to the end of the 1st year, its gone so quick, much quicker than I if worked in another sales job.

Keep on plugging your site, my advice is don't spam your wasting their time and yours. Use your personal space on the internet to do it, like your own facebook, youtube, blog and website. Try it because adverts can be throwing money down the drain and you never know, people may like you!.

Thanks

David

www.asittingduck.com

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Internet TV in Cardiff, London and Tokyo...

2009-03-06T22:39:43+01:00

Internet TV is big business now, with more and more people to busy to watch tv and are to hooked on blogging and social networking to sit still and watch tv. I find the internet more entertaining than tv as you can feel your doing something and it brings out the nature that we all have of discovering new stuff!.

There are millions of websites on the internet and there are lots of internet tv channels. What I'm going to do is use asittingducktv as the main channel, with some cool videos on art and music.

Should be good!.

Thanks

David

www.asittingduck.com

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Cardiff Graphic Design Office...

2009-03-06T20:51:39+01:00

Teaming up with another company, I'll be opening an office in Cardiff in August. Offering a design service and website hosting service. It will be a great point of call for business's in Cardiff to have a full new look, new logo, new website design and new designs for their paperwork. This will make Cardiff a strong contender for number one city in Europe. It does make a difference, if a company has a well designed logo, signage and website it certainly helps gain new customers and builds a strong brand in the minds of existing customers. Even if you have a logo and website, its worth spending a few hundred pounds updating your look and site, even if your happy with your design there is a great feature that the hosting offers, which is statistics and the ability to update your website easily without having to learn code.

The plan is to move into the office and start filming videos for the youtube channel, explaining how the hosting works and what a good logo can do for your business. Even if you don't have a business yet, its worth having a website just in case, if you have a talent or idea build a website and if you day job is not going so well, you can always put more effort into blogging and Facebook and Youtube to build your website traffic and sales.

I have around 1,000 unique hits a month now and 5,000 hits. With the Youtube channel I'm hoping to increase that by 10 times over the next year, creating 10,000 unique hits a month and 50,000 hits. With the Facebook group that should increase over time, figures with that I'm chilled out about, its just a place artists can share their work with each other.

So with all that in mind, its good to write my business thoughts in this blog, as it gets me focussed on what I need to do as a business, rather than before I drew and painted for fun.

With the website at the moment I make links for other artists in the news feed, I'm thinking of having a links page instead and keeping the news about what I'm working on.

Its great to have the freedom of what direction I want the business to go in, at the moment I'm happy its just me and a few subcontractors, but in the future I may consider a deal with a large company.

Thanks for reading,

David

www.asittingduck.com

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Japanese style graphic design...

2009-03-05T16:03:13+01:00

I've been looking into a style to use, to create my paintings and art prints. I'm researching Japanese Graphic design and also the world of designer toys. The plan is to draw, design and paint a collection of artworks for people to buy on my website... Then some how I need to get the UK media attention, maybe just the Wales newspapers and news on BBC Wales or hopefully something that would get coverage on the main 10 O'Clock news on BBC. This would be awesome, as this would get bloggers, facebookers and youtubers writing clicking and talking about the artworks for sale on a sitting duck dot com.

At the moment I'm building friends through Facebook and Youtube. I've had 2,000 pages views so far from this blog, and as a finished piece of 100 blogs, I think that it could be an interesting read in parts in the future.

The office is looking good to move in officially in August 2009, so that will be good, hopefully will get a Cardiff local uplifting news story about a brand new Wales art and design business.

In a way its good that I don't get too many hits at the moment as I would rather show the world the website once it has a finished collection to buy and the support from a toy manufacturer to produce a vinyl toy, that way when you click on the website, there is a proper story on how it got established, mission statement on what "A Sitting Duck" wants to do for the world and what the website can offer people. As I've built a network of designers, I want to use them in the future, so maybe all the web design and graphic design work I will offer for a percentage and I'll try and keep myself free for the drawing painting and public relations. I don't really want to stick on the p.c. forever, thats part of the reason I started my own business was to try and give me more free time to draw, paint and spent time in the great outdoors!, although Wales has been cold this winter!.

Thanks for reading!...

David

www.asittingduck.com

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Cardiff Toy Shop in the future?...

2009-03-04T21:56:51+01:00

I was wondering where "A Sitting Duck" will be in 5 years time, in a real life shop, still online?. I'm not sure what the future will bring. One thing is for sure, I know this is what I want to do, I like being my own boss, drawing, designing and the thrill of promoting and sales. I have been in sales jobs in the past, 5 years in total working for limited companies for around 20k a year, the hours were ok, Monday to Friday 9-6pm usually, but its not the same selling someone else's logo or brand, and when you don't like the stuff your selling its hard work!, in sales you sell yourself the shift managers kept saying, while they sit at their desks downloading viral videos on the internet and passing them on to their mates in the other department.

I wanted out of all that, I have vowed never to wear a headset or a polyester shirt ever again!. The future for me is flip flops, 3/4 shorts and a sitting duck t-shirts. The business had some good news today. In August the plan is to move all my stuff into an office in Cardiff city centre, working with a new company called 101poundwebsite.com what this will mean is signage on the front of the office to build the brand, phones to answer for design sales and questions and also a new suite with all the Adobe packages!...

This will build the brand faster than ever, and with Cardiff becoming a sort after place to live in the world it should bring the attention to the media when they find out a new brand has been created in Wales!.

I'm looking to paint canvas paintings in the window as well, so passers by can see real art being made, I'm going to start producing more vectors for t-shirts and prints and I'm going to build the youtube fan base by launching videos live from the office, it should be awesome!.

The next few months will be about getting organised, finish the 100 entries on the blog so its complete and build the facebook contacts to its maximum.

So maybe not a toyshop in the future but defo big office chair!.

Thanks

David

www.asittingduck.com

A Sitting Duck recommends you get a website built at www.101poundwebsite.com So you can start a business as well!...

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Cardiff designer toy hunt - Coco Gulab x Kidrobot x Jon Burgerman

2009-03-04T21:15:20+01:00

Cardiff hasn't got a dedicated vinyl toy shop yet, so I went hunting around today to see if I could buy a toy in a real 3D shop instead of online for a change. Toys R Us is outside Cardiff City Centre, so I headed for Forbidden Planet opposite the castle.

Upstairs is mainly books, but there are some cool designer toys locked in the glass cabinet. The one that caught my eye was the most colourful box in the cabinet, made in china, distributed by Kidrobot and designed and doodled by Jon Burgerman in Nottingham.

The toy was well packaged and presented. Colourful box inside was a silver foil Kidrobot wrapper and a card. The term for most assorted designer toys is "blind box", which means you don't know which one you will get. The one I had was called "Coco Gulab", the story behind this character is that he eats lots of veggie wieners!...

Jon Burgerman is definately an inspiration to all new designers, drawers and artists all over the world, he has a great website and facebook group, which he uses to promote exhibitions and his artworks.

Thanks

David

www.asittingduck.com

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japanese toy canvas painting

2009-03-04T10:44:47+01:00

I've been working on my paintings which will be released next year, its a collection of 5 paintings, based on the japanese vinyl toy culture. What I'll do is give people the chance to buy them as prints as well for a cheaper option. 5 originals and 5 sets of limited edition prints. In 2010 the Japanese toy culture will be bigger than ever. With Kidrobot moving from strength to strength and lots of graphic designers collaborating through "Facebook" and "Youtube" its no wonder its getting the media attention. "A Sitting Duck" is in its first year, I'm finding our style, meeting with other artists and designers to pick their brains on painting techniques, printing techniques in order to build a strong brand for 2010. For me its all about creating a cool looking website, which is easy to use and buy stuff from. Once thats set up and I have a cool style of characters, I think thats when I'll have the large investors and business's looking to stock my prints and t-shirts.

I've looked at the t-shirt market and one thing alot of the t-shirts websites have in common is they have too many t-shirts for sale, its over whelming and laborious to trail through a website to find a t-shirt, from the people and designers I've spoke to, they said 5 designs is enough, as you can change the colour of the t-shirt, mens, womens and childrens, so theres lots of options without having a huge website. So the plan is to have 5 banging designs, 2 different colour t-shirt options (black or white) and then a range of sizes s,m,l, for all ages.

I really need to work something out on the prints as well so I have a running theme and that people can say hey thats "a sitting duck" print, without reading the info. So that the t-shirts, prints and website as a whole becomes a brand.

I'm also going to make myself into a brand, I'm a bit reluctant as I'm not a show off, but public relations is very important in the life of a business.

In the first year it will be this blog of 100 entries, with links to my website, youtube and facebook. I'm also building 5,000 friends in Facebook, which are all involved in fashion or art of some sort, across the globe. This should have a good effect of people talking about the work, joining the group and telling their friends about the business.

I need a good write up for the "about" section of the website, I'm going to change the designers page to a picture wall of my work, and I'm thinking of changing the beak of the duck to blue to go with the designer toy culture!.

If I do all that over the next year, I think I'll be onto a winner. Stage 2 will be Youtube broadcasts on asittingducktv and then Stage 3 will be a range of vinyl toys launched with Kidrobot or one of the big toy companies in Japan.

Thanks

;]

David Edwards

www.asittingduck.com

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Envelope art - What do you do with it once you've bought it?

2009-03-04T09:46:16+01:00

I was looking around the internet to buy original art for my wall for under £100. On google I stumbled upon envelope art, drawings on a used envelope with a pen, theres a whole host of UK artists that do it and sell them for £50-£100. Some of the drawings are good, but what do you do with them?.

I'm currently working on a collection of 5 paintings which I'm going to sell in 2010.

Thanks

David

www.asittingduck.com

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Free Postage on all prints So you can put the change towards the frame!...

2009-03-03T22:49:38+01:00

"A Sitting Duck" is offering free UK postage on all illustration and digital art prints, so that you can spend the change on the mount and frame in your local frame shop.
Just a quick thought, imagine in the future, the only thing you have to buy face to face is a hair cut!.

Thanks

David

www.asittingduck.com

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"Funky Red Dog"

2009-03-03T21:20:26+01:00

A Sitting Duck is happy to offer a new t-shirt for sale, designed by "Funky Red Dog", titled "Dude Doodle" availble to buy now!. If you want to see artwork from the Funky Red Dog then click on the link.

Visit Funky Red Dog : www.funkyreddog.com

Thanks

David

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Getting my t-shirts on UK TV!...

2009-03-03T19:39:17+01:00

I have a nice range of t-shirts on the website, I have it all set up with "Spreadshirt", so that selling thousands a week will not be a problem. Q.So how do I get sales? - A. By getting thousands of people clicking on the website every week. Q.How do I get thousands of people clicking on the website? A.By getting the t-shirts on TV.

This is the plan, I'm going to pitch the BBC and Channel 4 to take on the t-shirts, CBBC presenters and T4 presenters are always looking for t-shirts that are a bit different from TOPMAN.

Hopefully after 100 emails sent to the channels I should get the t-shirts on TV.

Stay Tuned!...

David Edwards

www.asittingduck.com

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Welcome to "A Sitting Duck"

2009-03-03T19:19:18+01:00

Welcome to A Sitting Duck!,

The place that has a reputation for creativity, excellence and innovation. This growing website already works with some of the best designers in the world.

The collaborative nature of the business means that illustrators can work with graphic designers to produce amazing results which appeals to all walks of life.

By the time you have looked at the different styles of prints for sale, you'll have an all-round taste of the professional work that is being produced.

As with all the items available, you can be sure you'll leave with something a bit different. If you want to immerse yourself in culture, get a new t-shirt or even buy a website!, there are plenty of opportunities waiting for you at asittingduck.com.

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Spotify deal - Tune Chunky Monkey!...

2009-03-03T09:44:31+01:00

With Spotify being downloaded in nearly every home in the UK this week, "A Sitting Duck" is looking to strike a deal to create characters for the company.

Spotify is great as you can whack your tunes on, minimise it and get on with emails, facebook and your work!...

www.asittingduck.com is looking to branch out into the music industry, as it has had alot of interest from music artists...

Stay tuned!.

www.asittingduck.com

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How to get tons of web shop sales...

2009-03-03T01:16:38+01:00

There is a running theme on the internet. To start people when searching to buy something don't guess the names of websites any more. They type what they want into google. The most popular sites are top, with the companies that have dug deep in their pockets on the side to become a sponsored link. So if your not on page one of google you have lost out on thousands of sales. If you have managed to get to page one, then congratulations!... My main aim is to get to page one for a few different searches:

* T-Shirts
* Illustration Art
* Digital Art
* Web Design
* Design

They are the 5 main key words I'm looking to get top on, because that is what I sell, products in the form of t-shirts and prints and a service designing logos, posters and websites.

So from a normal guy or girl in the street's point of view, they would go for a product, a new t-shirt for a holiday or a print for their new home. If I'm on page one for any of those key words I'd get at least 1,000 unique hits a day, alot more depending on where "a sitting duck" is placed on the page. Now if your on page one and your getting at least 1,000 fresh unique hits a day then the chances are your going to make a tidy profit.

If you are looking at the website from a business point of view, your going to want a fast reliable service, a poster or website designed and ready within a week. Thats where the website is really clever, with its connections, I can have a website designed and built and even a fresh new logo for a company with 5 days, if a business wants flash, then it would be built and ready within 14 days.

If your website is not on page one of google for your targeted key word search, don't stress, chances are you've only been online with your website for 1 year or less. It does take time.

Try this, use what you already have:

* Facebook
* Youtube
* Blog
* Hotmail
* Google Apps

Email all your contacts in these, with a brief outline of what your website is all about. don't ask them to buy or to tell their friends, just say, hey I want feedback on my website.

That should get you about 100 unique hits in a day. If you have an interesting picture or service it should go around the net, if not have a think of what you would pass on...

Thanks

David

www.asittingduck.com

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More t-shirts!...

2009-03-02T22:02:27+01:00

A Sitting Duck is an online store that sells t-shirts and prints. It also offers a design service. With summer 2009 fast approaching "A Sitting Duck" has launched a range of designs on "organic" white t-shirts.

Get on there, get involved, buy a t-shirt, take a photo of yourself and upload it as your profile picture!.

Thanks

David

www.asittingduck.com

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