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Business Corner by Ro: Downloadable Cassette Music?
Note: Prior editions of this series (which is currently focusing on business plans) can be found on my blog.
Industry
Your business plan must contain thorough research about the industry you plan to enter. Often, we are attracted to a certain industry because it seems interesting to us or we believe that we have come up with the next block-buster idea that will attract the attention of the industry. However, we may be running on assumptions that may cost us dearly.
Occasionally, I have been asked to consult with individuals who wish to start a business. After agreeing to the terms of the engagement, I give them a list of questions that they must answer before we can continue. If they can’t answer the questions, I know that they aren’t ready to receive the help that they desire. The questions I ask are generally questions regarding industry knowledge.
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What industry are you planning to enter?
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Who will your major competitors be?
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Do you know who they are for a fact or are you just guessing?
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How much of the market share do you believe these competitors currently enjoy?
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Why should customers buy from you instead of your competitors? (What is your Unique Selling Proposition)
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How do you know who your competitors are?
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How large is the industry you wish to enter?
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Can you find any actual statistics on the industry? (Surveys, government reports, etc.)
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What is the past history of this industry?
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What is the anticipated future of this industry?
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What problems might you encounter if you enter this industry?
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How do you plan on overcoming these problems?
As I have spoken with these consulting clients, I have found that the problem often lies with their unwillingness to research adequately. Because they feel sure their idea is good or their approach is unique, they believe their opinions must be true.
Let me see if I can come up with a faulty business idea in which an individual hasn’t prepared adequately. To protect the innocent, we’ll say that I am the brain-child behind this particular plan.
Okay, let’s pretend that I have come up with the latest, greatest idea: downloadable music which will be played on cassette players. I believe it is a great idea because no one else is doing it and people have cassette players in their cars. And, cassettes are cheap… and it is easy to record music on cassettes… and people have cassette holders to put their cassettes in when they drive around in their cars. Oh, and lots of people have unused cassette players hanging around, too. And – I know – you can get cassette players very inexpensively at second-hand stores, so the equipment will be accessible to people who can’t afford expensive mp3 players.
Oh, gosh! I think I do have a big idea. It shouldn’t be too hard to set up downloads of the music. I can use some of those free download services that I have read about. I can write music (I do have a music degree and a piano, after all) and I know lots of musicians, too. I’ll bet they would like to do it with me. Who wouldn’t want to get in on this plan? Maybe the word would spread and it would be super popular.
Oh! I have another great idea: I’ll start a message board where we can talk about downloadable cassette music. Yeah. That sounds good. And, I’ll blog about it, too. Blogs are popular.
Okay, I have my idea, my suppliers, my distribution model, my customers and my marketing plan. I think I’m onto something.
So, I’ve figured it all out. I believe I understand the industry: My industry is downloadable music which is to be played on cassette players. My suppliers are musicians that want to do it with me and my customers are people with computers and cassette players.
“Uhhh… not so much, Ro,” the sensible part of myself warns. “Hold on. This is a silly idea. Besides, you haven’t researched it at all.”
“Why not?” the excitable part of me retorts. “I like the idea. If I work really hard at it, it will be a success for sure.”
The business hat side of me patiently replies, “Did you Google the idea and find out if anyone else is doing it? Are there manufacturers for blank cassettes? Have you talked to any potential customers about the idea?”
“I don’t need to do that,” I argue back. “It’s
a good idea and I believe in it. Go away. You’re bugging me.
Besides, I can’t have any negativity injected into my positive
flow. I don’t need your help anymore...”
Stop!
If I research before I go any further, I would discover that...
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Cassettes technology is past its prime
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There isn’t a smooth way to move music from computers to cassettes
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My distribution model is inadequate, should the idea take off
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I don’t have any idea how many people actually own cassette players. I am assuming that people still have them because I have three in my closet.
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I can’t locate any competitors which is a very bad sign. A lack of competitors means that my idea is either hatching too soon and the road is going to be really hard for me (because people will have a hard time understanding the concept) or I am too late – the idea-ship has sailed and sunk.
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Even if I located some customers, I don’t have the foggiest idea why they should purchase anything from me.
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I haven’t talked to my musician friends about the idea yet. I’m assuming they will want to participate.
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I haven’t actually talked to anyone who understands business about the idea yet. I should do that.
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I don’t even know if I can find blank cassettes in stores anymore. I haven’t thought about them in a long time.
Okay, enough of the silliness. And, by the way, just for fun I decided to look up this goofy idea. There is downloadable cassette music available today and you can get it if you’d like. You just need to understand that Cassette is a punk rock band!
My very best advice on today’s topic? Do the work involved in researching your potential industry. Make sure you understand it as thoroughly as possible. Write paragraphs about what you learn in your business plan. Have enough information that what you write would make sense if you were to present the information to a banker.
Your future depends upon it.
- Ro
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another person's problems, or to cover topics completely. One does
not have to agree with musings to enjoy them just as one does not
have to be the same as someone else to appreciate who they are.
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Enjoy an eBook collection of Ro's
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Way Cool Stuff Product
Review: ScrapSimple Alpha Templates
ScrapSimple Alpha Templates are wonderful to use, because they
can give you ultimate flexibility in designing your titles to work
with the rest of your layout. Often, titles are left as one of the
last design pieces of your layout puzzle, squeezed in at the last moment
in any available space, with limited visual appeal. ScrapSimple
Alpha Templates change all that.
A basic design principle is the idea of repetition.
It is important for elements such as shapes, colors and themes in your
layout to be repeated in more than one spot. This gives your layout
a sense of continuity, and helps lead a viewer’s eye from one
spot to another as their brain tries to find things that “match.”
So what does this idea have to do with ScrapSimple Alpha Templates?
The fact that you can manipulate the templates in so many ways allows
you to follow the principle of repetition in your layouts and incorporate
your title into your layout in a deeper way, by including “things
that match.” You can use colors, shapes and themes to make these
templates help tell your overall story on your layout.
In this layout, I wanted to talk about the love my husband and our
Basset Hound, Rey, have for each other. They love to play together
and I love that my husband has somebody else to torture... um,
I mean play with. I knew that I wanted to have hearts as a main shape
and theme throughout my layout, but I couldn’t find a pre-made
alpha that fit the look I had in mind. The ScrapSimple Alpha Templates:
Stitched by Erica Hite were close to what I wanted; they had stitching
on them, which matched the stitching on my photo and border, and they
were large and blocky, which fit with my “manly” subjects.
But, there were no hearts!
There was a very simple fix for this. Since
the Alpha Templates are provided in layers, I was able to simply slip
a felt heart in between the fabric tag template background and the
letter “T.” This
easy fix can be done with flowers, hearts, stars, rainbows, muddy footprints,
buttons... anything you can think of that will help repeat elements
from other areas of your layout.
Compare the finished layout below to this
layout without the heart. Without the heart, my title looks okay, but
not nearly as connected as it does with the heart. This easy addition
helped tie my title to the rest of my layout, and reinforced my “love” theme.
Because of the unique layered properties of the ScrapSimple Alpha
Templates,
it’s a snap to do, and improves your layouts immensely. Give
it a shot with your favorite ScrapSimple Alpha Templates today!
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Review written by Heidi Dillon
Heidi Dillon lives in a bungalow in Utah
with her one outdoor-enthusiast husband, Dan, and two indoor-enthusiast
dogs, Rey the Basset Hound and Clementine the Redbone Coonhound. When
not working on websites or scrapbooking, Heidi has been known to read
classic novels, watch episodes of the Simpsons, and attempt to teach
her dogs to dance.
Online Classes Available
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Scrap Girls is looking
for qualified digital scrapbooking teachers to teach Photoshop
and Photoshop Elements classes. Teachers will be required to
create class PDFs that will be reviewed prior to class. Teachers
have complete flexibility in scheduling classes.
Candidates must have strong skills in Photoshop and/or Photoshop
Elements and have strong layout design skills. Knowledge of
both programs is a plus. They must be warm and friendly, comfortable
handling fast-paced chat room situations, and able to easily
handle questions that arise regarding their particular software
area of expertise.
Candidates will be required to audition for this paid position.
There will be a list of topics available from which classes can
be developed, however, the teachers are encouraged to present
their own ideas for approval as well.
Please contact Jan Hicks at [email protected] for
more details. If you are interested in applying, please forward
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All of our Online Training Classes are currently full. Please check back soon for more exciting learning opportunities!
What's Happening at Scrap
Girls?
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you know that you can subscribe to Scrap Girls RSS feeds? Look
for this icon at the bottom left-hand corner of the message board
forum listing. We have two feeds:
1. Scrap Girls Digital Scrapbooking Message Board (See
the latest chatter on the board.)
2. Scrap Girls Radio Digital Scrapbooking Podcast (This is a
sound broadcast with tips and tricks, inside news and dirt, chat/crop
updates and more. Ro is your show host.)
You can listen to the podcast with QuickTime, Windows
Media Player, iTunes, or even your iPod - if you load the mp3 file
it on it. Just download the mp3 file to your computer and away you
go... or simply click on the podcast link and the podcast will start
right in your browser. You can also access the podcast through the
Scrap Girls Radio forum on the message board.
What's Happening at Scrap
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Scrap
Girls Book Club Reveal Chat
Thursday, February 7th -
9:00PM ET
You asked for it! You got it! It's the newly
formed Scrap Girls Book Club! Please join me (PV
Mom of 2) and Zaz in
the chat room on Thursday, February 7th at 9 pm EST for the revealing
of our very first book selection! Come one, come all! We want
this club to rival Oprah's!
Not sure what time 9 Eastern is in your neck
of the woods? Click HERE! Hope
to see you all there!
High
Noon Crop
Wednesday, February
13th -
12:00Noon ET
Join your host Betsy for
the High Noon Crop every Wednesday at Noon eastern time. These
crops are designed to allow you to work on your own photos and
themes, simply giving participants a one hour goal, and a fun,
new challenge each week!
On Feb. 13, we'll do a pattern challenge!
Create a layout using at least three different patterns!
You'll have one hour to create a layout and
upload to the special High Noon Crop gallery. You'd be amazed
what you can get done in just one hour! Meet new friends and
have fun in the chat room! We hope you'll join us!
Sketch
Crop Challenge
Thursday, February
14th - 9:00PM ET
Join me, sprinklz,
for a
special Valentine's edition
of the Sketch Challenge and Crop, Thursday, February 14th at
9pm ET in the Scrap Girls Chat Room!
Like getting a little jump start on your layouts?
Then this challenge is for you! A few hours before the challenge
begins, I'll post a sketch for you to use as the starting point
for your page. You can be inspired by the basic arrangement,
the amount of photos, or copy it literally. All interpretations
are welcome and encouraged!
Looking forward to seeing you there! We'll
be meeting in the "Chat_and_Crop" room of the chat. To join,
click on the "Live Chat" link (above right). Once you are in
the lobby, click on the "Show Rooms" button (on the upper left),
then select "Chat_and_Crop" from the list on the left side.
Recipe
Challenge Chat
Friday, February 15th
- 9:00PM ET
Join Danna (ScrappyLibrarian)
to chat about this months recipe card challenge! We will share
our recipes, tips, and tricks and have fun getting to know one
another. We will be in the chat room at 9 PM EST and look forward
to seeing you there!
Check the message board on Thursday, Feb 14th for this month's
recipe theme!
Scraplifting
Crop
Sunday, February 17th
- 5:00PM ET
Join AngelaNussbaum and TysMommy for
a Scraplifting Crop. A few hours before the crop we will tell
you the name of a Scrap Girls Team Member, and you will be able
to chose one of their layouts to be your inspiration.
During the crop we will also help explain about scraplifting,
how to use a layout as inspiration, and the importance of giving
credit. Scraplifting is a lot of fun! So come join us, you're
sure to enjoy it!
New
Member Chat - Early Edition
Tuesday, February 19th - 3:00PM
ET
Join Dee Decker (DDecker)
for the early edition of our New Member chat at 3:00 Pm EST.
Everyone is welcome to join us as we meet new members and answer
questions about the Message board, Chat room, Gallery, Chocolate
and anything else that may come up!
Life Moments Crop
Tuesday, February 19th - 4:00PM
ET
Please join Ang(rocamp) and Pat (pbarnes) as we continue to work on our personal albums, one layout at a time!! For this Life Moments Crop we'll be focusing on the most influential people/person in our lives. People can have such an impact on our lives and mold us into who we are. Join us for this crop and create a layout that shows who has been most influential in your life and expresses why that person is important to you. You don't have to scrap and chat at the same time, but we'd love for you to join us to discuss and share our layouts!
High
Noon Crop
Wednesday, February 20th
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12:00Noon ET
Join your host Betsy for
the High Noon Crop every Wednesday at Noon eastern time. These
crops are designed to allow you to work on your own photos and
themes, simply giving participants a one hour goal, and a fun,
new challenge each week!
On Feb. 20, we'll do a design elements challenge!
Create a layout using the design principle of repetition! not
sure what that means? We'll explain and discuss at the crop!
You'll have one hour to create a layout and
upload to the special High Noon Crop gallery. You'd be amazed
what you can get done in just one hour! Meet new friends and
have fun in the chat room! We hope you'll join us!
Faith Journey Crop
Wednesday, February 20th
- 9:00PM ET
Join us for the "Faith Journey" Crop! All
faiths are welcome! Look for more details on the Message board
and newsletter.
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February
Events
February Board Game: Bingo
Yep, it is time for everyone’s favorite
game... Bingo!!!
I know you want to play, so here is how you
do it. Please pick 25 of the 80 words and phrases listed in the
thread on the message board and send them in an e-mail to [email protected].
Please make the subject of your email "BINGO Card" and
include your Scrap Girls forum user name (for example: BINGO
CARD wxchic or BINGO CARD AngRoCamp). Please PUT THE
SAME THING in your e-mail followed by your 25 words. I don’t
need your real name, just your screen name!
You have until Midnight EST on Sunday, February
3rd to sign up for the first round of Bingo! Any e-mails received
after that will be included in the next round of Bingo. I cannot
be held responsible for misdirected emails. You do not have to
register for each round of Bingo once you are playing. Your card
is good through all the rounds. (You will receive a response
from me that I have received your card. If you do not get that
response within 24 hours, let me know!)
On Monday, February 4th, the welcoming committee
will start calling words 5 at a time and keeping calling 5 words
a day (weekends NOW included) until someone posts that they have
a Bingo. What is a Bingo? You have a Bingo when they have called
15 of your 25 words. If the Bingo is valid (which we will verify
using the e-mails that you've sent us), we'll clear the cards
and start over.
Want to know what you're playing for? Each
winner will receive a $5.00 Gift Certificate to the Scrap Girls
Boutique! Have fun! Remember you may only win ONCE. We want everyone
to have the chance to be a winner!
February Layout Contests:
Layout
Contest: February is here and love is in
the air! It’s time for chocolates, roses and romance.
Do you have a special Valentine? Who is the special someone
you trust your heart and soul with... the person you would
do anything for? Let’s pay tribute to these wonderful
people by creating a layout for the February Layout Contest!
Post your layouts to the February Layout Contest section
of the Gallery before February 29th at Midnight EST for a
chance to win a $10 Gift Certificate to the Boutique. Good
Luck!
Mid-January
Layout Contest: The new year can be a time for new beginnings
and fresh starts. Maybe you've recently reorganized a room,
put an addition on or remodeled your home. Or, maybe you are
working on turning over a new leaf in your life. We want to
see your layouts about something that's giving you a fresh
start (past or present). Post your layouts in the correct gallery,
and if your layout is chosen, you'll win a $10 GC to the Boutique! All
layouts are due by February 14, 2008 at Midnight, ET!
Ongoing Opportunities
Customer
Muses: It occurred to us recently that it
might be wonderful for our readers to share with each other
their own versions of Ro's Life Muses. We know each of you
has a wonderful story to tell. To have your own essay considered
for publication as a muse in the column for our special Saturday
newsletter, send your essay to [email protected].
If your essay is selected, you will receive a $20 Gift Certificate
to the Scrap Girls Boutique.
Way
Cool Scrap Girl: We are so excited to have
all of you meet some of the amazing people that have become
Scrap Girls! We'd love to introduce you to our readers, too!
If you would like to be spotlighted, send the following items
to [email protected] :
- 500-900 word essay about your
experience with digital scrapbooking, Scrap Girls, and specific
examples of how we have helped you.
- A 600-pixel wide, 72 dpi copy of a layout you've created that
uses Scrap Girls products.
- A complete list of any and all supplies used on the layout.
- A 100-pixels wide, 72 dpi picture of yourself. (How fun to
see who you are!)
- Permission to use your statement.
If your entry is selected, you'll
win a $25 Gift Certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique!
Customer
Freebies: We get a lot of requests from you
asking if you could share a freebie with your Scrap Girls
friends, and we have come up with a way to do it. On Saturdays
we will be sharing freebies created by you, if they are available.
If you are interested in participating, download this
PDF with the specifications and you'll be on your way.Please
note that if you choose to use any Scrap Girls tools or templates
in your submission, commercial licenses for those products
are required. (Even our own designers must purchase commercial
licenses for any items they wish to use in a non-personal
manner!) If your freebie is chosen, you will receive a $10
Gift Certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique!
Suggest
a Challenge, Win a Prize! Have a great idea for
a gallery layout challenge? Submit it to [email protected].
If your challenge idea is chosen, you will win a prize (such
as a brush set, paper set, embellishment set, etc.). The
prize will be a surprise, but you'll be sure to like it because
you will get to pick out the one you like best (from the
category you'll be assigned to shop in when you are notified
that we are going to use your challenge idea). Friday will
be Customer Challenge Day so keep an eye out on the message
board calendar. It will be fun to see what YOU come up with
for us to do!
 Note
from Ro: Scrap Girls is
now giving away birthday gifts to our message board members! Of
course, it is a surprise what you will get because birthday
presents are always surprises! But you will like it for sure
because most people like money... Oops! Did I say that? No.
I didn't say that. You did NOT hear me say that.
Anyway, make sure your message
board email address is current and that you have the correct
date entered into your profile or you'll miss out on the birthday
present! (You will only be entering the month and the date so
don't be shy. We won't know how old you actually are!) |
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at Scrap Girls. All event times are given in Eastern Time Zone unless
otherwise noted. Need help converting time zones? Check
out the World Clock - Time Zone Converter. (Use 'USA-New York'
as the location for the Eastern time zone.)
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* There is a "free download"
button on the details page for each gift. You don't need to put them
in your shopping cart unless you are shopping for other items. Also
note that if you are slow reading your newsletter, you may find this
freebie has already been retired, as the freebies are only available
as gifts for about two newsletter cycles.
Free Digital Scrapbooking Starter Kit
The free digital scrapbooking stater
kit section is a standard newsletter feature for the benefit of the
large number of new subscribers that join our list every day.
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Would you like a chance to try
digital scrapbooking yourself?
Scrap Girls Refresh Collection
Biggie offers you samples of some of our most popular product
types. Try making a layout, your own paper with a ScrapSimple
Paper Template, a fast layout with a ScrapSimple Digital Layout
Template, or experiment with a brush.
We know you'll love digital
scrapbooking as much as we do, and we have thousands of products
to feed your new addiction!
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If you read nothing else, read
this!
15 Things You NEED to
Know to Become a GREAT Digital Scrapbooker. It's
so addictive; it ought to come with a warning label!
Free eBook "starter
kit" turns your dreams of digital scrapbooking
into reality today!
This dynamite eBook is 65 pages
- packed full of the information, ideas and help people need
when they are about to dive into this great hobby. It answers
questions about digital scrapbooking that Ro is asked all
day long, every day of the week, and each day of the year.
You don't have to wonder about important questions like how
to back up your files, whether you need a 12x12 printer to
scrapbook digitally (and which one to buy), or what type of
computer software is required to create digital scrapbooking
layouts. The answers are all here for you - in one easy to
use eBook!
Bonus! Download the fun "Warning"
Label, too. It was created for you by Valerie Randall as a
little bit of extra fun!
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Downloadable Cassette Music?
Thursday, February 7, 2008
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In this issue:
- What's New in the Scrap
Girls Boutique?
- Business Corner by Ro
- Way Cool Stuff Product Review: ScrapSimple Alpha Templates
- Online Classes Currently Available
- What's Happening at Scrap Girls?
- Contests
- Ongoing Opportunities
- Designer Freebie
- Free Digital Scrapbooking Starter Kit
- Scrap Girls Clubs
- Educational Products
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The Scrap Girls newsletter is
created for you by a virtual army of Scrap Girls team members.
Without them, we couldn't possibly share these resources with
you, and I'm very grateful for their ongoing help and support.
I hope you enjoy today's issue as
much as we enjoyed putting it together.
Ro
CEO - Scrap Girls, LLC
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Scrap Girls Clubs
Scrap Girls Monthly Club |
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Join
the Scrap Girls Monthly Club and you can have fun with
the newest traditional digital and printable scrapbooking
looks while saving! (A $26.93 value for $9.99 or less!)
The Scrap Girls Club contents
are released on the 1st day of the month (or the closest business
day to the 1st).
With the Scrap Girls Club, you
will receive:
Layout by Brandy Murry using
February's Scrap Girls Club
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Created for you
by Syndee Nuckles
Remember, these items are available
separately in the Boutique at regular prices for those who would
rather not join a club.
(Note: The Scrap Girls
Club contents are always available for sale elsewhere in the
Boutique at their regular prices once the associated club month
is released. But all club contents are totally brand new, never
seen before product releases for each month!) |
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ScrapSimple Monthly Club |
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Join
the ScrapSimple Monthly Club and you can enjoy the newest
ScrapSimple looks while saving! (A $13.95 value for $6.99
or less!)
The new ScrapSimple Club
contents are released on the 15th day of the month (or the closest
business day to the 15th).
With the ScrapSimple Club, you
will receive:
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1 ScrapSimple Paper Templates Set
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1 ScrapSimple Embellishment Template
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1 Brush Set
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1 ScrapSimple Layer Your Own Brush Set
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1 Designer's Choice Item
A Commercial Licensed version of the ScrapSimple
club is also available here.
Layout by Theresa Kavouras
using January's ScrapSimple Club
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Created for you
by Melissa Renfro and Theresa Kavouras
If you prefer not to join a club,
the ScrapSimple club contents are available at regular prices
in the Boutique. You can easily find them right now by checking
the What's
New? section of the Boutique.
(Note: The ScrapSimple Club contents
are always available for sale in the Boutique at regular prices
once the associated club month is released. But all club contents
are totally brand new, never-seen-before product releases for
each month!) |
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Educational Products
MORE Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed! |
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*NEW!* MORE
Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed! for Adobe Photoshop (Versions
6, 7, CS, CS2, CS3)
MORE
Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed! for Adobe Photoshop Elements
versions 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 & 5.0
It's time for you to stop playing
catch-up in Photoshop and start having a blast doing the more
advanced tricks that you see other people and professional
digital scrapbookers doing.
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Take the world's easiest shortcuts to
creating your own backgrounds, embellishments, and alphas.
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Make sure that you don't make the biggest
mistakes that digital scrapbookers make when they create
layouts.
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Learn fantastic tricks for using Scrap
Girls ScrapSimple products.
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Dip your digital scrapbooking self into
some of those "other" cool tools that are sitting there
waiting in your software for you to use such as paths,
masks, the drawing pen, and more.
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See how easy it is to install and manage
new Custom Shapes and Styles in Photoshop so that you
can make things that are creative and unique.
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Learn advanced tricks for using tools
that you already know and love.
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Watch me make some beautiful papers and
get a chance to peek inside of my layers. (Oh dear...
That is the last frontier and I might be out of my mind
to let you do it... NOBODY likes people to see inside
of their layers. It is like having visitors peek inside
of your dresser drawers. Very private stuff.)
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See a new way for coloring doodles. (I'm
betting that it will surprise you what tool I've used
to do that with, too...)
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Get "IN" on creating your own brush sets.
(You do NOT have to have those impossibly long brush sets
frustrating you anymore. In fact, when you learn this
trick, you will wonder why you haven't been using it all
along.)
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Find out why Custom Shapes are so important
to you. (Bet you didn't know...)
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Learn how to cut out a title from a background
or a photo.
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And even more...
Note: These are NOT beginning
tutorials. If you get this training and you have never used
Photoshop before or if you aren't pretty sure of yourself
in the software, you are going to be lost. You simply have
to understand layers, where things are located, and all of
the basic, important skills that Ro teaches in her Scrapbook
Software Secrets Revealed series before you try
to use it. |
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Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed! |
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Scrapbook
Software Secrets Revealed for Photoshop Elements 6.0
Scrapbook
Software Secrets Revealed for Photoshop Elements 5.0
Scrapbook
Software Secrets Revealed for Photoshop Elements 4.0
Scrapbook
Software Secrets Revealed for Photoshop Elements 3.0
Scrapbook
Software Secrets Revealed (Photoshop)
Scrapbook
Software Secrets Revealed for Paint Shop Pro (PSP) X
Scrapbook
Software Secrets Revealed for Paint Shop Pro (PSP) 9
Are you wishing you could learn
how to scrapbook digitally, but feeling kind of intimated by
it? These tutorials allow you to actually watch Ro scrapbook.
You'll see her working on her computer and hear her talking about
why she is doing what she is doing. It's easy to watch the short,
one-topic movies over and over again until you have it down.
It's like having Ro come to your home and give you private scrapbooking
lessons. You could be digitally scrapbooking today!
After you watch the Scrapbook
Software Secrets Revealed movies, you will...
- Create your own digital scrapbook layouts
using the latest, most popular techniques
- Manage all of the important basics that
digital scrapbook enthusiasts need to know to get started
- Understand how to save your files for
printing or sharing them with your friends and family over
the internet
- Make your own textured brush
- Learn how to install and use purchased
brushes
- Make your own simple backgrounds
- See how easy it is to manage transparent
embellishment files that allow digital scrapbooking layouts
to look like they are "real"
- Become a pro at managing the drop-shadowing
techniques
- Learn about transparency and lighting
effects
- Make your own digital torn paper edges
- Be able to isolate a single item in an
embellishment or alpha and be able to change the color to suit
your fancy
- Become a pro at repairing damaged photos
- Know the secret of putting text on a curve
or in a circle
- Laugh at how simple it is to make rounded
edges on your photos
- Use keyboard and tool shortcuts that make
digital scrapbooking a breeze
- Be able to place digital embellishments
on your digital scrapbook layout with ease
- Unlock the mystery of how to clip a digital
paper clip onto your layout so that it looks real
- Learn how to install and use purchased
textures
- Understand some advanced techniques such
as how to keep blue eyes blue on a black and white photo
- Learn how to adjust black and white photos
to sepia
- And lots more!
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Mastering Brushes |
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Mastering Brushes for
Photoshop Elements
This ebook was created from the popular online class Creative
Brushwork. It is perfect for the scrapbooker who wants
to go above and beyond the basic brushing techniques taught
in Scrapbook Software Secrets Revealed for Photoshop
Elements. Make your layouts shine with the polish that
advanced brushwork can bring!
Photoshop
version also available! |
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The Beginners Guide to Filters
and Plug-ins |
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If you're at all curious about
filters and plug-ins, then The Beginners Guide to Filters
and Plug-ins for Photoshop and Photoshop Elements (Windows) is what you need! This 70 page ebook contains everything
you need to know to get started - what they are, what they do,
how to set up your computer, where to find them, how to get
them into your software, and more.
Paint
Shop Pro (PSP) version also available! |
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Digital Photography Simplified |
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Digital Photography Simplified
eBook: This eBook (full of easy to understand information
and photographic examples) is tailored to the beginning digital
photographer who wants to take better photos. More advanced
photographers will also benefit from this eBook with the sections
that get you out of your comfort zone.
So get ready to turn that dial away from AUTO and start taking
extraordinary photos! |
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Ten Beginner Tips on Type |
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If you're creating a digital scrapbooking layout, it's almost guaranteed that you'll be using type on your pages somewhere. But did you know that type can make or break your page? What typeface will you use? What size font? Where will you place it on your page?
If you want to take some beginner steps towards improving the type on your layouts, and thereby improving the overall look of your layouts, then this eBook is perfect for you. It's written in a very simple style, focusing on one digitally scrapbooked layout while walking you through ten tips that take type from mundane and awkward to eye-catching and cohesive. |
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Scrapbook Secrets for Microsoft Word |
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Look here to see all
of the things that you will learn with Scrapbook Secrets for
Microsoft Word, as it has a different set of benefits. |
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Start to Finish eBooklets |
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Start
to Finish eBooklet - PSE: How to Make a Birthday Scrapbook Page
Nothing could be simpler than
learning to scrapbook digitally with Scrap Girls Start to Finish
eBooklets. Step by step written guidelines and detailed screenshots
will help you learn new digital scrapbooking skills. Included
with the eBooklet are the actual digital files you need to create
a finished project!
Start
to Finish eBooklet - PS: How to Combine ScrapSimple Paper &
Photo Templates also available!
Start
to Finish eBooklet - PS: How to use ScrapSimple Tools: Custom
Shapes & Patterns also available!
Start
to Finish eBooklet - PS: The Beauty of Blending Modes: Using
them with ScrapSimple Products also available!
Start
to Finish eBooklet - PSE: How to Emboss & Texturize with
ScrapSimple Templates also available!
Start
to Finish eBooklet - PSE: Making a Just Because Card Using ScrapSimple
Card Templates also available!
Start
to Finish eBooklet - PSE: How to Combine ScrapSimple Paper &
Photo Templates also available!
Start
to Finish eBooklet - PSE: The Beauty of Blending Modes: Using
them with ScrapSimple Products also available! |
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