Miscellaneous

2022 is here! After a couple of weeks of spending time with family (and off of the computer... just a bit), Marc and I are back to creating for you!

You'll be seeing new Graphics Creator template sets, new content, and additions to our new Create A Scene series!

Because we want this to be a fantastic new year for you, make sure to let us know here what you'd like to see from us in 2022.

Happy New Year! ???? ????

Hello Creatorpreneurs!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS, MERRY CHRISTMAS, AND A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL! ????

Over the past year, Lisa and I have found some really great online tools that have really helped us with our Laughingbird Software business.

In this newsletter, we wanted to give you all a gift...The gift of knowledge ????

Hopefully, this fun list of resources will come in handy for your 2022!

Keep this list somewhere and refer back to it when the holidays are over and you want to get a running start with your online ventures.

Hey Creatorpreneurs!

It's a busy time of the year. So, we're going to make this newsletter short but sweet!

#1- Read below to get a little direction on where to go with your seasonal promotions and to deal with holiday insanity.

#2- Black Friday is almost here! ... Keep a lookout for new graphics and products from Laughingbird Software that'll motivate you and inspire your creativity!

Can you solve the logic puzzle below?

It's obviously simple enough... rrright? Or maybe you're thinking too hard. Or maybe you can come up with more than one answer.

Having your own business often feels like you're doing a puzzle just like this. Your great ideas make you feel bright and cheery and you dream of taking a tropical vacation once you've made enough money!

But, maybe it's been more difficult to achieve your goals than you thought (definitely feeling this way today!).

So, here's one word of advice... "engagement".

Get visitors to engage with you or your offer... without person-to-person interaction, sales will come in slowly and you can forget that vacation!

A brain teaser puzzle like the one below is a super-easy way to engage with your visitors. Because it only requires a short answer and it's actually fun to solve, wayyyy more people will respond than if they're asked to click a link to your site.

Yes, without a doubt, logic puzzles and brain teasers are a great way to get more engagement on social media. If you're in our Facebook group (we'd love to have you join us here), you've likely seen us post them and get tons of responses!

And if you're wondering how to create puzzles like these, check out what else is below!

Lisa 🙂

As you can probably guess, Marc is a Photoshop expert. He worked with Photoshop long before I even met him (trust me, that's a super long time... I don't have enough fingers and toes to count the years).

But, let's face it, most of us don't understand Photoshop and/or have no desire to spend the time to learn it and use it. Lucky for me, I can just ask (well, beg) Marc to edit a photo or graphic for me (and begging isn't really any fun either).

Plus, I'd rather save my time and his! Still, I don't want to spend the money to hire someone to do it for me.

Instead, I recently spent my time searching for options. This is how I found the Creatorpreneur Tool of the Week!

-Lisa

September is not too early to start making goals for Holiday season. Holiday decor is already being put up onto the shelves. In order to compete, you should be starting now!

Your first goal should be to make sure you're visible. The tools we're talking about today will help!

Hi Creatorpreneurs!

Hope your week is going great. ????

There are some new changes in store for Laughingbird!

Lisa and I have been running the website on WordPress for almost 17 years (!). Everybody knows WordPress, because it's free and it's probably what you use to run your own website.

But over the years, it's caused a ton of headaches for us. Crashed sites due to conflicting plugins, incompatible themes that don't look consistent page to page, lots and lots of plugins that slowed down the site.

It was too much and honestly, I got tired of being an IT guy instead of creating graphics for Laughingbird.

So, after meditating on what to do (...okay, maybe I shouldn't call it meditating, I'll call it 'staring in front of the computer and looking at 12,000 other websites to see what was working), I came across a YouTube video that changed everything! I've included it below.

It helped us jump from WordPress and onto a different platform called:

SHOPIFY!

Have you heard of it? It's amazing.

Laughingbird Software can now sell software AND "Print On Demand" items like customized Wall Art (you can personalize the text and have it packaged and shipped right to your door in a matter of days)!

We can also create customizable t-shirts and hoodies and coffee mugs that YOU as a customer can personalize!

You can create a shop too - and you don't need to store any of the items in a warehouse! They're only printed after your customer orders them.

In my humble opinion, Shopify is SO (so!) much better, easier, and just more fun to use than WordPress... and it opens up a new world of possibilities.

You can decide to start a "print on demand" business on Monday, get your website up and running by Tuesday... and start making sales by the end of the week.

Hello Creatorpreneur Family!

Welcome to another super informative edition of The Creatorpreneurs Newsletter! (If you've missed any back issues - Check them out here. ???? )

Today my friendly neighborhood entrepreneurs, I'd like to talk about a website called "AppSumo.com".

AppSumo was created by well-known entrepreneur Noah Kagan in 2010. The platform has expanded since then and today is well recognized in the marketplace as the “#1 software deal site for entrepreneurs”.

If you’re like Lisa and I ... automating busywork, social media management, SEO craziness, video creation... etc. AppSumo helps us quickly discover really cool products that help grow our business and save us time.

Hop over to AppSumo and check them out.

(if you click my affiliate link, we'll both get $10 for your first new tool!):

http://fbuy.me/v/laughingbirdpromotions_3

Let me know what you get?

Among the different types of tools available on Appsumo you'll find:

• marketing automation — email automation tools.
• customer relationship managers (CRMs)
• courses.
• SEO tools.
• video-making, graphic design tools.
• copywriting tools.
• ...and hundreds more!

You will DEFINITELY get a good deal on the apps you purchase!

Marc, our 3 kids, and I just spent a week in hot, humid Florida visiting family (for the first time in 2 years!). Naturally, we thought we'd get some work done while we were there. But, not surprisingly, we didn't accomplish as much of our to-do list as we planned.

It's hard to get a lot done when you're "on vacation".

The truth is that some businesses find that sales slow down as summer heats up. That's how it is for us... especially as late July and August hit. Businesses need a way to keep moving forward.

So, as we head into higher temperatures and distractions that keep us away from actual work, here are some ways to keep your customers engaged:

Hi there !

Welcome to issue #3 of the Creatorpreneurs Newsletter. (if you've missed past issues, take a look at them here).

Every week, Lisa and I will show you some awesome tools that'll make your online life easier and show you some unique ways to grow your business... with graphics!

This week, I was asked by one of our awesome Laughingbird Creatorpreneurs if The Graphics Creator could ever import Photoshop files. (alas, as of now... no. But it's not impossible one day ????).