Tuesday 7 January 2014

HightonRidley Niche Blogs To Promote On, Issue1 now sent

I've been working with Mailchimp's tools (an online mailing services provider) to manage my growing emailing needs as I up my promotion game.

I haven't for a while, but when I fist started my promo blogs I was visiting the Zazzle store of everyone whose products were being posted. Where their store had a contact button, I then sent them a note and a link to their post, just so they'd know. I also had a copy of the email sent to me, so I had a record.

I spent a couple of hours today transferring their email addresses from the individual correspondence with them to a Mailchimp mailing list (sign up for it here).

I had to segregate the mailing list as some (two!) were on it who had already received the mailing. Once I'd done that, I sent a slightly revised version of the newsletter, HightonRidley Niche Blogs To Promote On, Issue1, to them. I had to revise it slightly to make it relevant to them but I think I did an ok job.

So now I'm watching the Mailchimp report on that mailing, watching out for but hoping not to receive any unsubscribes ;)


comments, likes, +1s, tweets are always welcome! :)

Monogram Carina Nebula Gas-cloud outer space image Table Lamp

A gorgeous outer space lamp design. Fill your room with these amazing colours! Click to fill in and see it with your monogram initials.


tagged with: monogram initials, star galaxies, deep space astronomy, cnbigc, star forming activity, stellar winds, young hot stars, carina nebula, hubble space photography, outer space sculpture, star nurseries, gas clouds

Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series A beautiful space photograph featuring the 7500 light year distant Carina Nebula. This Hubble image shows rich, interstellar gas clouds feeding the formation of new stars. As a proto star forms, the gas clouds get dragged to its surface and some gets emitted as tight jets of material travelling at hundreds of miles per second. These in turn help sculpt the gas clouds into weird and grotesque shapes, some looking like strange worms, swimming through space.
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image code: cnbigc

Image credit: NASA, the Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI) and ESA

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Linen Beige & Mocha Animal Print Custom Monogram Galaxy S4 Case

Cute Alert!

How cute a Samsung phone case design is this? Maybe you'd like to see your name / initials / monogram on it? Click to personalize and see!

here's a design from one of the greats - jenniferstuartdesign,
another talented creative from the Zazzle community!


tagged with: custom, personalized, monogram, name, initial, pattern, girly, animal print, zebra stripes, leopard, frame, ribbon, border, cute, modern, vintage, stylish, fancy, elegant, cheetah, jaguar, quatrefoil, clover, morroccan

Cute Modern Girly Trendy Chic Stylish Case Design with Zebra Stripes and Cheetah Leopard Jaguar Animal Print Pattern with Custom Personalized Monogram Name and Initial in a Vintage Morroccan Quatrefoil Clover Frame Border

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Cute Pink Pony Personalized Horse Necklace ~ Girls

A gorgeous design. What would it look like with your initials? Click to personalize it and customize it with the different available styles.


tagged with: personalized, horse, pony, girl, girls, horses, ponies, cute, pink, jewelry, necklace

Cute Pink Pony Personalized Horse Necklace for Girls. Add the name of any little horse crazy girl or the name of their favorite horse or pony.
Graphics by Angie Wenke at Resale Clipart.

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Fine Art Pony Head and Mane on metallic-effect Business Cards

A gorgeous best-selling design. Click to personalize. How would it look with your name or monogram?


tagged with: genbct1a, fineart, monochrome, black and white, minimalist, dartmoor pony, mare, wild horses, free running, hrbstslr hrmon251, mono

Metallic series A great generic business card template. Just upload your logo or use the image of the Pony provided. Then customise with your details and give a strap line, quote or personal message for that professional feel.

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This business card template with other artwork
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image code: hrmon251

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Cards covers for iPhone 5

An amazing iPhone Case design featuring a beautiful fractal. Click to personalize / customize.


tagged with: cards, poker, playing cards, games, gambling, art, fractals, digital art, hobbies, men, card player, sandi frunzi, card games

This Cards features playing cards on a red fractal background.

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Aztec Worship iPhone 5 Cover

An amazing iPhone Case design featuring a beautiful fractal. Click to personalize / customize.


tagged with: pattern, decorative, design, digital, fractal, art, pretty, attractive, 3dimentional, modern, itsallgoodamanda, amanda rain

A dark but striking 3D abstract design

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Welding Business Cards

An impressive metallic-effect business card design. How will it look with your name and business details? Click to personalize and find out!


tagged with: business, building, construction, builder, contractor, industrial, commercial, metal, metallic, remodeling, template, templates, luckyturtle, lucky turtle designs, bigcowdesigns, big cow designs, lucky turtle

Simulated metallic business cards with shiny metal look background and text layout you can easily customize the text color or font style. Designed for welder, construction company, industrial or commercial business. Let's you hand out your business cards in style.

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Santa and Reindeer Buddy with Snowman Journals

Featured Product!

A gorgeous design. Click to customize and personalize. Maybe you'd like to see your name or initials on it?

here's a cool design that is sure to work out for you. It was created by HightonRidley,
another talented creative from the Zazzle community!


tagged with: snowman, santa clause, reindeer, best buddies, family presents, xmaswrp hrfptraz, snowscene, christmas message, present checklist, gift wish list

Christmas Series A great family wish list booklet featuring Santa and a reindeer, standing together as buddies and on the back, a snowman. Everyone in the family writes in it what they hope Santa will bring and then Santa will know what to bring on Christmas Eve to put round the tree
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Fashionable Powderpuff 2014 Calendar Mouse Pad

Cute Alert!

How can you resist this cute puppy design? Maybe you'd like to see your name or initials on it? Click to customize and personalize...

after scouring the Zazzle market place for a while, I settled on this as my choice for today. By EMangl,
another talented creative from the Zazzle community!


tagged with: back to school, funny little dog, cute puppy, chinese crested dog, adorable hairless breed, comical animal, elegant, graceful, dressed like a girl, white fur

nicely dressed with kilt and red pullover - maybe on the way to college?

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Autism Awareness Neck Wear

A fantastic tie design. Maybe you'd like to see your initials / monogram on it? Click to personalize and see what it looks like.


tagged with: autism, autistic, awareness, jigsaw puzzle, patterns, special needs, autism awareness, support, aspergers, april, jigsaw, puzzle, pieces, red, blue, yellow, child, children, autistic child, aspergers syndrome, texture, textured, textures, neckties, neck ties, ties, fashion, accessories

Autism awareness necktie. Click on the customize button to add your text. Image can be rotated or resized.

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"Two Cute Dragonlings" iPhone 3 Case

Cute Alert!

How cute a Samsung phone case design is this? Maybe you'd like to see your name / initials / monogram on it? Click to personalize and see!

wow! This one caught my eye, I hope you like it. By strangeling,
another talented creative from the Zazzle community!


tagged with: artsprojekt, art, fantasy, eye, eyes, big eye, dragon, fairy, dragons fairy, dragon fairy, dragons, dragonling, purple dragon, green, dragonlings, baby dragon, baby, big eyed, jasmine, becket-griffith, becket, griffith, jasmine becket-griffith, jasmin, strangeling, artist, goth, gothic, gothic fairy, faery, fairies, faerie, fairie, lowbrow, low brow, big eyes, strangling, fantasy art, original

"Two Cute Dragonlings" is the title - a PAINFULLY cute painting with one of my big eyed dragon fairies and her darling little dragonling pets! You probably know my Dragonlings from my collectibles with the Bradford Exchange & Hamilton Collection, but this is one of the actual paintings! These cuties are sitting out in a grassy field.... is that a storm approaching? My own original acrylic painting.

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Girly, Teal, Glitter Black Damask Personalized

Cute Alert!

How cute a Samsung phone case design is this? Maybe you'd like to see your name / initials / monogram on it? Click to personalize and see!

here's a design from one of the greats - DamaskGallery,
another talented creative from the Zazzle community!


tagged with: damask, personalized, monogram, girly, stripes, sohpisticated, fun, cute, monogrammed, teal, stylish, create your own, affordable, elegant, chic, back and white

Girly, teal glitter printed, black and white damask you can personalize with your monogram initial and your name. A cute monogrammed design for her. Glitter is a PRINTED photo effect. Elke Clarke©

»visit the DamaskGallery store for more designs and products like this
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