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Photoshop Elements Tutorials: Transparent Backgrounds

February 3, 2011

Creating images with transparent backgrounds in Photoshop Elements is something that people ask about a lot. So I’m going to elaborate on JPEG, GIF, PNG, PSD, TIFF. KWIM? Why would anyone want to do this? Logos on websites and scrapbooks are two big reasons. Another is images that don’t have perfectly square corners. You might [...]

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Photography Help: 10% Discount and Huge Contest to Enter

February 16, 2010

Photographers, Clickin’ Moms will improve your photography. And bloggers, Clickin’ Moms can earn money for you. So many of you have already discovered what a great place Clickin’ Moms is. If you haven’t yet, it’s time. Take advantage of this 10% discount by entering discount code FRIEND. With over 4,000 members, there is always someone [...]

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How to Find Companies to Sponsor Contests on Your Blog

December 1, 2009

Contests and giveaways are huge in the blog-o-sphere right now. What’s so great about them? Well, for vendors, they’re a relatively inexpensive way to market products on a grassroots level. And for bloggers, there’s nothing like giving away free stuff to send traffic to your site. Jennifer of The Days I’ll Remember sent me an [...]

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Contests and Cards and Websites, Oh My!

November 13, 2009

Thank you all so much for your EXCELLENT advice about my photography wishlist! Does Santa accept revised lists? Because I will definitely be amending my letter to him this year. Keep your wishlists coming! The contest ends on December 3 and I’ll announce the winner of the Amazon gift certificate on December 4! way outnumbered [...]

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$20 Shutterfly Credit for You. Free Subscription to Clickin’ Moms to Giveaway on Your Blog.

November 4, 2009

If you’re thinking about upgrading to PSE 8, this might be the time to do it. Purchase Elements 8 or Premiere Elements 8 and receive a $20 credit at Shutterfly. Design the Christmas card that will wow everyone on your list, then print the cards at Shutterfly. I’ve been using PSE 8 for several weeks [...]

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New Contest to Enter

November 3, 2009

My friend KJude of Take Some Old Skin and Make It Better has jumped headfirst into the blogging world and is hosting her first contest! And it’s a good one too. You could win 1 of 4 wonderful beauty products. You just might not need any fancy Photoshop actions if you use enough of this [...]

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Earn Some Egg Money

October 26, 2009

As you guys know, Texas Chicks began selling its first products last week! To all of you who purchased the Sharpening Powerhouse or subscribed to the Texas Chicks premium actions and forum, THANK YOU for your support! And now, as a way to pay you back and to spread the word about Texas Chicks, I [...]

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Use Alexa to Boost Your Advertising Revenue

October 6, 2009

Ok, so you’ve set up your blog, experimented with Google AdSense and decided that you can easily earn more than Google will ever pay you. Lots of folks sell advertising space on their blogs. You are thinking that perhaps you should too. There are lots of ways to attract advertisers and quantify for them the [...]

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Use RSS Feeds to Reach More Readers

September 24, 2009

You probably see this orange icon on most websites and blogs that you read - it is the universal sign for Subscribe to this Feed. What is a feed and why should I subscribe? A feed is a method of sending new content to readers of frequently updated websites, like blogs. So, the Texas Chicks’ feed is the stream [...]

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Find People Who Want to Purchase Your Affiliate Products

September 12, 2009

My friend KJude has been busy building her blog, Take Some Old Skin (and Make it Better). She has written lots of content already, which (of course) is the most important thing for a blog to have. She also established affiliate relationships with the suppliers of her favorite products. And now, she needs to find [...]

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Find Blogging Sanity with the Thesis Theme

September 8, 2009

Welcome to Jennifer Wilson, today’s guest contributor! I first found Jennifer at her beautiful website, Simple Scrapper. Simple Scrapper uses Thesis (my favorite Wordpress theme), so today Jennifer is going to talk about a couple of reasons why she loves it! Thank you Jennifer, and congratulations on becoming the new editor-in-chief of DigiShopTalk! Why is [...]

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How many people are interested in what you have to say?

August 29, 2009

KJude, don’t dare feel lost This is where you star-ar-ar-art. Getting tired of my Beatles knock-offs yet? Last week I mentioned finding a tool to identify where your interest and passion that you want to blog about overlaps with what people want to hear about. What’s the easiest way to do that? Use free tools [...]

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Discount Codes & Contests

August 27, 2009

Just a quick post to point out a couple of new Texas Chicks features! First, I created a new page to track discount codes on products that would be useful either for photographers or bloggers. If you know of other discount/coupon/promo codes for good products, let me know and I’ll share them with everyone. They [...]

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ColorInc Gallery Wrap Contest, Coupon & Review

August 26, 2009

See details below for entering a contest to win a gallery wrap up to 20 x 24 inches, and get a coupon code for 15% off if you’d like to purchase a gallery wrap now. ColorInc contacted me a couple of weeks ago and offered me a gallery wrapped canvas to review. The timing was [...]

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