Long time no see

It's been a while. How have you been?

Okay, now that the pleasantries are out of the way, I have a favor to ask.

I'd really like to get serious about my jewelry business. I plan on doing more shows this year but I also want to increase online sales. Everyone says I need to have a blog and need to update it regularly. But what would make someone, like you, read a blog where the ultimate goal is to get you to buy jewelry and/or tell other people about it so they would read it and buy jewelry? Seriously, how many times can I say, "I make really cool stuff so please go to my website and buy it"?

So, I figure that I shouldn't really focus the blog on the jewelry stuff. I should maybe write stuff that people, like you, would be interested in reading and maybe tell their friends about. But every so often, (daily?) add a picture of a necklace or bracelet and a link to my shop. That way, I'm entertaining you or informing you but not hitting you over the head to shop. I mean, really, who is going to buy a new piece of jewelry every day or every week? Especially from the same person? But, if I can keep you informed or entertained, maybe the fact that I do make really cool stuff will stick in your brain the next time you need to buy a gift or want something special to go with a new outfit.

Sound good? I think so.

Now comes the part where I ask the favor.

What would make you keep coming back to read what I write? Are you interested in the minute details of my life? Do you want to know that I now have a cold that it seems came back with me from my Florida vacation? Yeah, I didn't think so. Do you want to hear my thoughts and ideas on raising children? I'm no expert, but I certainly did a lot of it with 6 boys. I have a lot of funny stories that I'm sure my sons would just love for me to share with the world. Or not.

I'm kind of leaning towards writing about television. I watch a lot of TV. Too much, probably. I also critique commercials. I don't think I could tell the ad people how to write a good commercial but I can certainly tell them what turns me off. If you are still reading this far, you're probably wondering how this could possibly tie in with jewelry. Well, my friend, I'm about to tell you. I could probably say something like this: I was bored last night because none of "my" shows were on and I've watched everything on my DVR. I took a chance and watched Courtney Cox's new show, Cougar Town. While I didn't laugh out loud at anything and I had no idea who was who or how they were all related, I was still slightly amused. I'd go on for a little bit about what or why I was amused or something like that and then I'd go on to say: Did you see the earrings that Courtney Cox was wearing? They were okay but I think something like these would have gone better with her outfit. And here is where I'd insert a picture of a pair of MY earrings. Sneaky, huh?

So? Would you read a blog like that? Would you come back to read more? Would you add your comments and keep a conversation going? (This is the part where you hit Comment and add your 2 cents - pretty please?)

P.S. I promise I won't always have such long posts. Unless you like long posts.