Beautiful greeting cards are one thing, website ranking is another.

For years we designed beautiful handmade greeting cards that were a labor of love. Some designs could be done in about an hour and some took as long as 18-20 hours. We started about ten years ago when the internet was still fairly new and developing quickly. We gave little thought to keywords and website ranking as the Art and Creating always took precedent. As a result our cards were beautiful and our sales were almost entirely local,(which is a good place to start).

About two years into the business we turned our attention to keywords, search engine optimization and other not-so artistic, but very important matters. With a few focused changes our business began to rank higher and higher on search results and sales began to come in from all around the world. Local business soon became the minority percentage as we sold cards to England, Israel, Morrocco, India, Lithuania and more. We were truly astonished. We now rank in the top 10 on google for the keywords 'handmade greeting cards' and 'handmade birthday cards' as well as the top 50 for 'handmade wedding invitations'. Go ahead and search those keywords in google and when you see http://www.creativecards4u.comthen you have found one of our very first sites. Word of mouth was a great start, however to really grow and sustain your small business, a website is priceless.

The reason I am sharing this with you is that as a Creative person and you know if you are one, it helps to know the importance of getting started on your website as soon as possible. It can and will open up a whole new world for your Art and lead you to places you may have never dreamed of going. As a result of our success we are currently developing over 15 different websites that will be premiering worldwide very soon.

So while you are perfecting your designs,and we know how that goes,get your site going and the two (your Art and the site ranking) will gel at the right time.
After 10 years of using many different site builders and host we are truly comfortable recommending the following link:
Free Website Builder - You will love it!
It will allow you the artistic freedom you need while offering tons of video tutorials to guide you through every or any step you want help with.

We will be posting our personal tips on building your Art business right here, so check back regulary or follow this blog. All our Best.