New Retailer in Ottawa

Melissa Beth has finally landed in Ottawa- at the Ottawa Leather Goods Store.

"Ottawa Leather Goods reputation spans over 80 years of providing the best products with uncompromising service at competitive prices."

Visit their website Or store location @ 179 Sparks Street.

Ottawa Citizen: Cool Cosmetic Carriers

Great write up in the Ottawa Citizen this weekend!

Gear to go Cool cosmetics carrier

THE OTTAWA CITIZENMARCH 20, 2010

Your dazzling array of miniature toiletry products proves that you're the girliest of girly girls. Now you may as well store them in a case befitting the Queen of Estrogen. The Don't Leave Me Hangin' makeup case by indie designer Melissa Beth is an oversized vessel with six zippered compartments that are wipeable.

The exterior is a stain-resistant velour. Roll it up for easy storage within your luggage, or hang it on the bathroom door at your hotel for easy access. Best of all, it has a pretty wallpaper-effect in the lining, and comes in sassy colours like seafoam, wasabi green and raspberry truffle.

- $48 at Ottawa Leather Goods (179 Sparks St.)

Want to look busy at work?

On the days where you cannot stomach doing another memo, phone call or any work for that matter, you should play Melissa Beth's ANAGRAM! Its simple and fun.

Try to make as many words as you can for points. You must find the 6 letter word to proceed to the next level.

All the clicking at the keyboard will impress your boss as you challenge your brain to find as many words in the board as possible.

Try and beat the high scorer!

If you can beat the high scorer by March 31st 2010 we will send you a make up case!!

BisBuzz: Tip of the week "Increase Your Newsletter Subscribers"

One of my goals for the year is to increase our newsletter subscribers. MelissaBeth.com sends out quarterly newsletters with special deals, new product info and upcoming events. Currently have about 3000+ subscribers. I would LOVE to double this number by the end of 2010.

I found a great article about ways to increase newsletter subscribers. Don't go back to the website and judge me yet- I haven't quite put these into effect yet. But I will! It is a work in progress. And, if you are reading this and you haven't signed up for our newsletter- SIGN UP NOW!!! Please!

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5 Tips to Increase Email Newsletter Subscribers by Online Marketing Inside Out

Here is a brief synopsis of the article... but the article goes into more detail about how to bring these ideas to life.

1. Run a Contest

2. Offer Coupons/Discounts

3. Ask at Checkout

4. Use a Pop-Up Window on the homepage

5. Promote it on ALL of your communications

BisBuzz: Tip of the week "Just Do It"

Sometimes I find I can get overwhelmed with all the tasks the week or day may hold for me.

Or sometimes a challenging large project can leave me wondering- how am I going to do that?

However, after close to 6 years in business. I have learned you have to just do it. Nike had it right when they created this slogan. You have to make the time, make a list (so you don't get caught up with distractions, like writing this blog LOL) and just do it. The rest will fall into place.

So my advice this week is just grab life by the horns and JUST DO IT.

The Decline of MacWorld

Last week I went to MacWorld to visit some customers and see what is new and cool in the Apple World. However, I couldn't help but notice the MASSIVE decrease in size, vendors and overall excitement about MacWorld! It was a bit lame. The only thing that stayed the same was that there was a about a 1:100 female to male ratio.

Has CES taken over MacWorld? Is the era of the trade show changing?

Check out this great article in Digital Trends about the decline and MacWorld's future.

"Is MacWorld Dead?"

Attn Model Mayhem Members/CraigListers

Melissa Beth Designs is NOT looking for models.

Melissa Beth does NOT have any affiliation with Model Mayhem or ANY agents that claim to represent Melissa Beth. Melissa Beth does not have any postings on Craigslists.

Melissa Beth is NOT creating a jean line or a clothing line and we are NOT looking for models for ANY type of product.

Yes, Melissa Beth is a cool company and should possibly consider these avenues but we LOVE bags that is our core focus.

If you have further questions please contact Dean at Model Mayhem

mods@modelmayhem.com

Model Mayhem has also updated their website to inform you about scams and how to further report these. Please see the link below.

http://www.modelmayhem.com/po.php?thread_id=575330

Or make sure to mark the craigslist posting as serious spam.

BisBuzz: Tip of the week

Small business owners:

My tip to you, is "when you can - pay by credit card!"

Charge it! It may not seem like an obvious choice, but credit cards offer many benefits for small businesses

1) If you do not get your goods/products/services you ordered from a company

Maybe they went bankrupt THIS RECENTLY HAPPENED TO ME!, or they just failed to ship you the goods or your products just arrived damaged. If the company will not fix your problem you can file a chargeback and in most cases you will win.

2) You get an extra 30 days on paying your credit card bill

3) You may get points for air miles or travel. Why not get a free trip somewhere when you spend money?!

4) You will have an extremely accurate record of your expenses

5) Build business credit.

"A small business credit card provides a newly established business the opportunity to build business credit. This will be useful in the future as your business grows and you need capital in the form of credit lines or loans". Although you may not need a line of credit or a loan, you may need it one day in the future and building your credit can help you in the future when you grow your business.

However, make sure you pay your credit card bill on time, as credit card fees can be extremely costly!

Melissa Beth hits Signapore

Quintessentials is the newest store to carry Melissa Beth this season.

This ultra chic boutique is carrying the complete Melissa Beth collection.

Bina, Quintesstional's owner says "Our store is a multi-brand handbag and jewellery store we introduce new brands, looks and trends before they hit the mainstream. Some of the lines we have bought may have been just on the verge of media acclaim - Dewi Kroell, Botkier, Fiona Paxton, Kotur over the past few years. Our customers enjoy the pleasure of owning new "discoveries" and labels. We specialise in the unique, the quirky and the cool and because we buy in limited quantities they also enjoy being the only ones on this tiny island carrying or using their "discovery"."

ipad versus the netbook

source: cnnmoney.com

Apple's iPad vs. the netbooks

Posted by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

February 1, 2010 11:26 AM

By 2011, Apple will have captured 7% of the low-end computer market, says an analyst

So says Deutsche Bank's Chris Whitmore in a note released Sunday.

In fact, he writes, with the release of the iPad this spring, Apple (AAPL) will instantly add more than 50 million users to its addressable market.

"We expect the iPad to compete very well against existing low-end notebooks and netbooks, particularly in the segment of the market where surfing, reading, game playing and emailing dominate the usage model."

Apple's current share: 0%. Source: Deutsche Bank

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