Alliance of Shopkeepers on CP
Alliance- merging of efforts or interests by persons, or organizations. This group is not about promoting my cafepress shop. It is about partnering with other shopkeepers to collectively get more exposure. You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.
A True Partnership
ASKCP is going to be different than a lot of the other Squidoo Groups out there for shopkeepers on cafepress. I, any of my friends, nor any other shopkeeper will not reap the benefits of membership more than any other member of the group.Exposure is the key! Squidoo and sites like it are great ways to drive traffic to your shop. There are a lot of cafepress groups in the communities and much invaluable information for new and experienced SKs to learn from, however the lensmasters that publish that information are benefitting the most (in many circumstances) through the increased rankings and visits to their lenses and sites. This increased exposure, in turn, will place them higher in most search engine rankings, generating more hits on their shops.
What we are trying to do here is level the playing field. No one Squidoo lens or cafepress shop will be put above another. There will be no Plexo voting that rewards the sites that have been on the longest. Featured Lenses and Lensmasters will be rotated on a weekly basis.
How are we going to pull this off? Fairly simply I think.
ASKCP Membership will not be denied. Every shopkeeper will have one Suidoo lens accepted- whether you have been selling for three days or two and a half years. In return, you will be asked to visit every current members Squidoo lens and Favorite It, and post it to Twitter, del.icio,us, StumbleUpon and Digg (or any of the services you are registered with). In addition, you are asked to visit and post the member's CP shop itself and any CP related blogs linked to the Squidoo lens.
All of this should be completed in a reasonable amount of time and in return I, personally, will will do the same to you. You, as a member in good standing, then will need to return to the group's Website and "return the favor" for any new member that should have done the same to you as an existing member when they joined. Again, in a reasonable amount of time.
It all sounds a little to simple? Well... I think it is, but I think it is all legal and should benefit everyone equally as long as no one tries to take unfair advantage of everyone else. I'm sure it is going to take a certain amount of trust and I will try to keep an eye on things, but I really hope everyone follows the simple rules and no one gets the boot from the group.
So what are you waiting for? You scratch my back...
Featured Lenses
Rotated Weekly
All ASKCP Featured Lenes are rotated weekly on a random basis.
Join this group now!
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Children's Birthday
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Children love knowing their birth date. These fun birth-date, birthday t-shirts and gifts are the perfect thing to help them learn and remember their very own month and date. (Birthdate gifts now come in adult sizes too!) You can find 365 birth dates...
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Eco-Friendly T-Shirts, Buttons, Stickers and More!
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Environmental t-shirts and environmental gifts on Cafepress and Zazzle. Unique earth-friendly apparel for the treehugger on your list. "Save the planet" organic cotton t-shirts for children and adults. "Think Green" buttons, stickers, tote bags and...
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Breast Cancer Awareness Pink Ribbon T-Shirts, Bumper Stickers, Mugs, Buttons
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October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month. Show your support by participating in the 3 day breast cancer walk. Promote awareness for Breast Cancer with these Pink Ribbon T-Shirts greeting cards and gifts. Join in the fight against cancer. W...
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Too Long Dog T-shirt Shop
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An informative and hopefully entertaining look at the Cafe Press store Too Long Dog. See some design samples, get a chance at a free T-shirt, post a message.
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Everything Fun!!!
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Hello, my name is Sharon. I have a store at cafepress.com. You can veiw it at http://www.cafepress.com/sharon330 My store has fun gifts for everyone. I have alot of designs, and new styles weekly. From clothing,to book bags, journals, and more. Come...
Featured Lensmasters
Rotated Weekly
All ASKCP Featured lensmasters are rotated weekly on a random basis.
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Recently Updated Lenses
Skeetz Teez: Pop Culture T-shirts and Gifts, Breast Cancer Christmas Cards, T-Shirts, Buttons and More!, Eco-Friendly T-Shirts, Buttons, Stickers and More!
New Lensmasters to the Group
Please Welcome
TaoRufeIsOnFire, dealshouter, LizArtDesign, WeSheepol, KOOLKIDZCLOTHING
Now on the cafepress Community Forums
How to Promote Your Shop
There are a couple of posts of interest on the cafepress forums. This one explains a little more about Link Exchanges which I think would be very easy to accomplish with members of our group: http://forums.cafepress.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/722104/m/9071013
The second is a thread discussing the formation of crossover blogging to help drive business directly to your shop: http://forums.cafepress.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/722104/m/400100352
As with this ASKCP Group, I don't know for sure if our efforts will actually result in any additional sales but it, certainly, can't hurt. You never know when your next sale is coming from!
You scratch my back...
and I'll scratch yours!Group Members: post contact information for your cafepress shops and blogs here so other members can promote and support you! Please update here when you give someone a scratch or if you would pass on any information that would benefit the group or members.
Here's hoping every member success!!
Skeeeeeetz wrote...
[in reply to dialectdesigns] Welcome to the Group.
I favorited your lens and posted it to Twitter and Facebook. I hope you find success and that you can help promote other members' in the same way.
Peace,
skeeeeeetz
dialectdesigns wrote...
hi everyone i'm also new to the group. thx for inviting me! feel free to check out my lenses and my sites!
www.cafepress.com/honeymoonshop
sharon330 wrote...
Hello, just wanna say that I have recentley updated my lens, and that I have new items available for Halloween, and thanz for letting me apart of the group! at my store on CafePress!
Come visit my store on CafePress!
Skeeeeeetz wrote...
Welcome Greg,
I hope you gain a little success from the group. Be sure to cross-promote other members when you find an opportunity to do so.
Good Luck,
skeeeeeetz
Skeeeeeetz wrote...
Hey Sharon,
Welcome. I posted your Lens and your shop, announced you on Twitter, Favorited and Rated your lens, Posted lens and shop to deli.cio.us and stumbledupon. If you start a blog or any other promotion post it here so we can help.
This group is all about cross-promoting each others' shops. You should take some time to browse the information available here, on members' lenses and blogs and then use any means you have at your disposal to link to their sites, favorite them, give them high ratings and just give them as much exposure as possible.
The increased exposure for all of us will give us better rankings with Google and the other search engines. I wish you luck and hope you enjoy and benefit from this group.
Peace,
skeeeeeetz
Blouse-Gap-Eliminator wrote...
Thanks for such a great group! I look forward to networking with you!
ashleymia wrote...
Hi skeeeeeetz,
This group on Squidoo is quite interesting as well as partnering with other shopkeepers.
Skeeeeeetz wrote...
Thanks MamaKay,
And welcome! I have returned the favor.
skeeeeeetz
Links to Members' shops
Vote for your favorite!...and be sure to support group members by visiting their site and giving them exposure when you can!
#1
http://www.cafepress.com/skeetzteez
A creative exercise to comment on pop-culture... O more...2 points
#2
#3
http://www.cafepress.com/SHARON330
My store has fun gifts for everyone. I<br /> more...1 point
#4
#5
#6
http://www.cafepress.com/nikiclix
0 points
#7
http://www.cafepress.com/Jenysie
0 points
#8
I love to swim
0 points
#9
http://www.cafepress.com/toolongdog
0 points
#10
http://www.cafepress.com/koolkidz08
In my site, you will find some of the coolest desi more...0 points
Member Poll
Your Two CentsWhat's Hot?
What's the hot selling product in your shop?No https please!
#1
New Big Brother/Sister Toddler T-Shirts
3 points
#2
Obama T-Shirts
2 points
#3
No Obama T-Shirts
1 point
#4
Maternity T-shirts
1 point
#5
Twilight Tees
1 point
#6
Bachelorette Party/Suck for a Buck T-shirts
0 points
#7
Childrens' Birthday T-shirts
0 points
All for One... or Two.
Any and all funds generated by this group will be donated to charity.
50% - Stroke Network







