What is the Craft Retailer Research Study? Earlier this spring, you may have seen an invitation to participate in a survey of craft retailers. Stitchcraft Marketing, along with BERNINA, The National Needlearts Association, and Creative Retailer, partnered with Audience Audit, a third-party research company specializing in...
Google Analytics 4 Replaces Universal Analytics Soon! Overview of GA4 Do you use Google Analytics to track your customer activity? If so, are you using Google’s Universal Analytics (UA) or Google Analytics 4 (GA4)? If you’re on UA, it’s time to pay attention. On July 1, 2023, Universal Analytics will...
What is accessibility and why should you be thinking about it? Accessibility is about ensuring your website and content is usable to as many people as possible. While we have traditionally thought about accessibility in reference to those with disabilities, it is really more all...
Many of our clients are content creators and are always eager to learn more about new platforms that make engaging with followers and creating membership communities to access their paid content easier. Today we’ll explore Searchie, a platform that we’re hearing about frequently as a...
In a world increasingly awash with large volumes of data, it’s hard to know how best to collect that information, particularly in a format that allows you to review the data, spot trends, and make informed business decisions. At Stitchcraft Marketing, we encourage our clients...
Customers have learned to value their data privacy, and are increasingly opting out of sharing their information. Even if you don’t realize it, much of the data you use to strategically market to and reach your customers is owned by platforms like Google and Facebook....
It’s been a tricky year navigating a world still affected by an ongoing pandemic. Thankfully, the challenge has presented opportunities for innovations in how we approach and manage business. As we near the end of 2021, we’d like to take a look back at some...
To begin to implement an effective Search Engine Optimization (SEO) strategy, you need to focus on the keywords that customers use in their Google search queries. Simply put: what search terms do customers use when searching for problems you can solve or items that you...
Blogging 101 Blogging has long been one of the best and easiest ways to connect with others online. Going back to the 80s and 90s, with global communities like LiveJournal and Blogger, blogs were a means to reach people anywhere in the world. So it only...
Embedding images with alt tags is an important part of an accessible, search-optimized website and social media presence. In the context of a website, alt tags (or alt text) live within HTML coding and describe in some detail the images being displayed on your website....