I've been pretty bad about posting, but for good reason. I've been preoccupied with a side project called Hangdowns (www.hangdowns.com). It started off as an experiment or proof of concept. I wanted to see if you could build a small ecommerce site off nothing but free Google tools. Turns out - you can.
Using Blogger and Goggle Checkout I put together a site to sell Lego Necklaces and Scrabble Necklaces that a friend of mine assembles in his spare time. We launched it over a week ago, and have actually be getting sales. Nothing to make you quit your job for, but enough to entertain us.
The only marketing we are using right now is facebook (well and Twitter - but not really). So it's fun getting to play around with facebook ads for something like this. Much better product for the facebook crowd compared to trying to market Strasburg product there.
I'll write more about the social marketing aspect of the project later. Until then, join hangdowns facebook group - or follow us on Twitter @hangdowns.
