Ami (he writes for the German Spreadshirt blog) sent me a link to this article from a shop partner with 5 ideas for promoting your Spreadshirt shop. Here is a summary of the 5 ideas, click here to read the entire article.

1. Create a myspace/facebook/linkedin profile for your website and add people you know.
2. Buy one of your own shirts out of the shop.
3. Do something newsworthy while wearing your shirt.
4. Post on T-shirt and clothing line blogs.
5. If your flat out broke, Look for something in your household you’d be willing to part with for free.

Ami, found this via Summize.com - which is an awesome little site that lets you search Twitter. I just did a search for IheartPGH and found all sorts of interesting stuff. I am adding the Summize feed for a search on Spreadshirt to my google reader right now. I think this is also a cool way to see what people are saying about hot topics on twitter. I might just try a search for Obama, Clinton and McCain to see whats happening in the presidential race.

To celebrate the warm weather we brought out the grill for a company wide potluck bbq lunch here at Spreadshirt.  Everyone brought some tasty treats and Ben and Steve did a great job with the grill.

We have just added categories to the Holidays & Occasions section of the marketplace for Weddings and for Birthdays. Both are great occasions for a custom gift and this should make it faster to find the perfect design for the perfect gift.

Clearly I am big big big fan of blogging.  Last year I walked in to the Spreadshirt office and was talking about blogging this and blogging that and the other Lynsie said to me tomorrow you are going to come in and tell me how blogging can cure cancer.  Well blogging might have something to do with curing cancer someday because blogging is a great way to get people communicating about things online and to share information.  Chris Brogan, who I know from PodCamp has a great blog conveniently located at ChrisBrogan.com. 

Yesterday he wrote a post - “How Does Your Blog Relate to Your Business?” asking people to share how they use their blog for their business.  The responses are really interesting - right now over 30 people have shared how they use their blog.

So I thought I would ask Spreadshirters if and how they blog and how it relates to your shop.  My shop is a great accessory to my blog about Pittsburgh.  I have the shop in the side bar and I add new items every so often.  I also blog for Metroblogs - they have a great spreadshirt shop too.

Do you have a blog for your shop?  Do you write about your shop on your blog?  Do you hate blogging?

One of the easiest ways to sell more shirts is to make it easy for people to find your shop. You can create your own Spreadshirt URL. For example, my Spreadshirt shop is available at http://IheartPGH.spreadshirt.com. Your url with the numbers in it will still continue to work so you don’t have to go back and change old links.

Setting up the URL is easy:

• log-in to your shop
• click Shops
• click Linking
• type in your custom name
• click Save

You can click on this image to see a larger screen shot of the Linking page

More information and a detailed tutorial is available here.

You have one more day to save 20% on womens products (* minimum purchase $20).

Click here for the coupon code.

Click here to see some of our favorite gifts for mom.

(Photo: Xander!)

One cool website that I stop by every so often is Indiepublic - it is a social network for indie sellers, I think I first learned about Indiepublic from the Etsy message boards, so there are lots of crafters and DIY sellers who contribute.

There is a lot of great info about running an online business here.  So I created a group for t-shirt sellers to share tips and tricks.  The group is called SellMoreShirts - click here to check it out, you may have to join Indiepublic first.  You can set up your own profile, click here to see mine, and connect to friends.  Many people upload pictures of their items for sale too.   Indiepublic is built on Ning, so if you are already a member of another Ning community (Threadchat is built on Ning too) then your login should work on Indiepiublic too.

Yes, that special day where you tell your mom she is great is almost a week away. Here are some of our favorite items for Mom. Don’t forget about the mothers day sale which ends May 5, 2008. Click here for details and coupon codes.

1. Women’s Heather Jersey Tee
2. Women’s Lightweight Tee (Design by ibisdesigns)
3. Apron (Design by birdy27 )
4. Women’s Plus Size V-Neck tee
5. Women’s Bamboo Tee (Design by tentbandits)