Zazzle Spain

Just was checking out Zazzle.es to practice my Spanish, and IMHO Zazzle needs to re-think their front page choices for Spain.  Here's some of the products I found featured there:

OK, their "Cosas Nuevas" (New Things) look fine, but the Crea Tu Producto section  (Create a Product?)...really?  They couldn't find any more interesting templates than "Your Image Here" to feature?   And since that's not even in Spanish...well, you can see the problem.  Makes me re-think some of my photo template designs that have "Your Photo Here" in stead of a cover photo in the frame.  I wasn't thinking of how that would translate (or not translate) to other languages. 

Anyways, just kinda made me chuckle.  Really makes me appreciate how they've re-done the front page on the US version of  Zazzle.com. 

The Facebook 20% Rule

I gather facebook recently changed the rules regarding Cover Photos on business pages--Text in your photo can now only cover 20% of the area.  So what does that look like?  EosGrafx provides a tutorial here on how to make a graphic that  conforms to the new rules.

POD Giveaways

One regular feature I'd like to have here is giveaways from various print on demand services and POD shops.  Here are some POD giveaways I found online...


POD Artist Giveaways
These giveaways are for items from individual POD artist shops.

Scribbleprints Stickers + Ad Space/Other Stuff (1/20) - Zazzle

A Better Me Day By Day Tote Bag (1/22) - Zazzle 

Original Custom Logo, Mugs and Print by  AbundanceLoveTrip (1/31) - Zazzle



CafePress Giveaways 
These giveaways can be used for items in the CP marketplace


CafePress iPad Case at Sammi's Blog of Life (1/17)

$25 CafePress CG at Susy Homemaker (1/18) 

$25 CafePress GC at She Scribes (1/18)

$25 CafePress CG at Missi Rose's Coupons (1/18)

$25 CafePress GC at Mamma in Flip Flops (1/21)

$25 CafePress GC at Pandora's Deals (1/21)

$25 CafePress CG at Lucky Ladybug (1/22)

$25 CafePress GC at Party of Three (1/23)  

$25 CafePress GC at And the Little Ones Too (1/25)

$50 CafePress GC at Baby Loving Mama (1/25)

$25 CafePress GC at Learning to Limit (1/27) 

$25 CafePress GC at Peanut Butter and Whine (1/30)

$25 CafePress GC at Thrifty Ninja (1/31)

$25 CafePress GC at Moms Review 4 You (2/1)

$25 CafePress GC at Our Crazy Boys (2/3)

$25 CafePress GC at Bless Their Hearts Mom (2/3)
$25 CafePress GC at Cookies and Clogs (2/3) 

$25 CafePress GC at Misadventures of a First Time Mom (2/3)

$25 CafePress GC at Cookies and Clogs (2/4) 

$25 CafePress GC at Frugal Plus (2/4)

$25 CafePress GC at Mommy Wants Freebies (2/4)

$25 CafePress GC at Cheerios & Lattes (2/5) 

$25 CafePress GC at Blogfully.net (2/7)

$25 CafePress GC at Kiddies Corner Deals (2/7)

$25 CafePress GC at As Mom Sees It (2/8)

$25 CafePress GC at A Mom's Take (2/8) 

$25 CafePress GC at Mama 3 Munchkins (2/11)

$25 CafePress GC at The Crazy House Reviews (2/11)

$25 CafePress CG at 3 Boys and a Blog (2/14)

$25 CafePress GC at Arizona Mama (2/14)


Zazzle Giveaways

Zazzle Mug (2/21)



If you know of another giveaways by a PODs or POD artist please let me know and I'll add it!  If you would like to sponsor a giveaway on this blog, please e-mail me at ecarian@yahoo.com.

New Squid-Rules for Sizing Zazzle Images

Hello!  I know a lot of Zazzlers also use Squidoo, so I thought I'd share a squidoo tip for posting Zazzle products on Squidoo today. For those who aren't travelling here by blog hop and don't know what Squidoo is, it's just a place where you can make nifty little web pages about any topic you choose, and maybe earn a little money for yourself or a charity in the process.



As you know if you've been reading this blog, you can easily grab Zazzle product images and resize them as you please.  (Click here to learn how to do this.)  In Squidoo the <DIV> attributes (in red in my article) are automatically removed.  I usually remove them before hand so I can line everything up. 

If you happen to want to put these images on Squidoo, module sizes have recently changed, and this sizing guide may help:


New Text Module Size:  714 pixels

1 Product Picture - While you can go up to 714 pixels, I suggest 499 pixels to avoid getting a watermark. 

2 Product Pictures - 357 pixels each

3 Product Pictures - 238 pixels each

4 Product Pictures - 178 pixels each


Note...if you would like to center these you can use the following code in Squidoo:

<p align="center>
(Your product code here)
</p>

Rows of 1, 2, and 3 products fit the width exactly though, so centering should not be necessary.

Another way to ad Zazzle products to Squidoo is with the following widgets.  I don't know whether these still work well with the recent changes, but they do have some nice features like adding a "buy" button.

Zazzle to Squidoo Tool

A handy tool to help make adding multiple squidoo items to your lens easier and quicker.

Zazzle to Squidoo Tool | J32design.com

Integrate your Zazzle products quick and easy with the Zazzle to Squidoo Tool.

Grabbing Zazzle Images, and Resizing Them

Zazzle makes it very easy to grab images from their site.  There's a link button on each product page that lets you grab code to paste on your website or blog  (on some pages it's under "Share This").

Here is an image I grabbed without changing the code...

Scribbleprint Clover Sticker by scribbleprints
See more Clover Stickers

Below is what that code looks like.  I've colored it for clarity.  The red code is what makes this centered (and does some other formatting which I haven't figured out the importance of).  The purple code is what turns the picture into a link.  The green code is the image code, and the bolded part is the image URL.   The code in blue is the text under the sticker. 

 <div style="text-align:center;line-height:150%"> <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/scribbleprint_clover_sticker-217936943026651546?gl=scribbleprints&rf=238984407003792011"> <img src="http://rlv.zcache.com/scribbleprint_clover_sticker-p217936943026651546en8ct_325.jpg" alt="Scribbleprint Clover Sticker" style="border:0;" /> </a> <br /> <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/scribbleprint_clover_sticker-217936943026651546?gl=scribbleprints&rf=238984407003792011">Scribbleprint Clover Sticker</a> by <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/scribbleprints*">scribbleprints</a> <br /> See more <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/clover+stickers?rf=238984407003792011">Clover Stickers</a> </div>

Now lets look at just the image URL.  

http://rlv.zcache.com/scribbleprint_clover_sticker-p217936943026651546en8ct_325.jpg 

Notice the number right before the jpg.  This is the pixel size.  Below, I've changed that pixel size to 200.

 

  

Now, you can make any Zazzle image as big as 499 (after 500 they put a watermark over it) or as small as you want.

POD Giveaways

One regular feature I'd like to have here is giveaways from various PODS and PODs shops.  I'll be happy to sponsor a giveaway for you, or if you are having one on your own blog I'm happy to help you promote it.

Here are some POD giveaways I found online...

CafePress Giveaways

$40 CafePress GC at Attic Girl (12/29)

$25 CafePress CG at The Steady Hand (1/10)

$25 CafePress GC at Harper Household (1/11)

$25 CafePress GC Plumb Crazy About Coupons (1/12)

CafePress iPad Case at Sammi's Blog of Life (1/17)

$25 CafePress CG at Susy Homemaker (1/18) 

$25 CafePress GC at She Scribes (1/18)

$25 CafePress CG at Missi Rose's Coupons (1/18)

$25 CafePress GC at Mamma in Flip Flops (1/21) 

$25 CafePress CG at Lucky Ladybug (1/22)

$25 CafePress GC at Party of Three (1/23) 

$25 CafePress GC at And the Little Ones Too (1/25)

$50 CafePress GC at Baby Loving Mama (1/25)

$25 CafePress GC at Peanut Butter and Whine (1/30)

$25 CafePress GC at Misadventures of a First Time Mom (2/3)



POD Artist Giveaways
These giveaways are for items from individual POD artist shops.

$25 to Designed Identity (1/3) - Society6

Original Custom Logo, Mugs and Print by  AbundanceLoveTrip (1/31) - Zazzle


If you know of others please let me know and I'll add it!

Free Calendar Graphics for 2013

These calendar graphics can be used for free at verious POD shops. Make sure to read any terms listed and thank these people who are offering these!

Free 2013 Calendar Template by Gatterwe

Free calendar templates for 2013, which can be used anywhere, including Zazzle products.

Calendar Graphics | BedazzledByZazzle.com

Bedazzled By Zazzle has several styles of Calendar graphics that would work well on mousepads, poster, and more.

How to Make Your Own Calendars

Includes some info on how to make calendars with Inkscape

Here's an example of a Calendar poster I did using the Bedazzled By Zazzle template:

2013 Flurry Calendar Blue by scribbleprints