All About M.E.

"Got Any Brilliant Ideas?" Contest

Hi All,

I have been mulling this issue around in my head for quite some time thinking that, if I put it just out of reach of my conscience, it will solve itself, give me the answer, I will have a sudden "AH-HA!" moment and all will be well again. But I've been chewing on this for long enough - I'm realizing that I need others to help me brainstorm and come up with something amazing.

I need your ideas, people!!

So what is my issue? Okay... here it is. I want to rename a few of my Collections. I have not been truly satisfied with a few of them, they have worked well enough these last (almost) two years, but I want, need, desire, must have new names that are brilliant and descriptive!!

Currently, on the left hand side of my website pages (except the homepage), there is a list of categories - or Collections. Some of them will remain (as indicated below). But others can be done away with or combined with another Collection (if that makes more sense), or completely renamed. I could even create new categories... this is my website, for pete's sake, I can do what I want, right?! (well, as long as my designer says it's okay, that is hahaha).

So without getting to technical and nitpicky (I should warn you that I lean towards the nitpicky and overly technical - which is my problem, really... I need to be more of a creative genius and unfortunately I'm just more of a nerd LOL!) here is the ultimate goal: I would like to have categories that group the clippies together in such a way that they attract the highest number of shoppers based on what is most popular in hair accessories. Got it?

I am open to changing or combining pretty much anything but the two that really bug me the most are "For Babies" and "For Moms". I think that the "For Babies" Collection could be changed to something like "Infant Snap Clips" (because they are really popular), but there are other accessories in that Collection, so do I keep it JUST a collection of snap clips? or find another name? The "For Moms" Collections is not right, because you certainly do NOT need to be a mother to wear my handmade hair accessories. I toyed with "For Big Girls", but that just sounds awkward LOL! I'd like to have a Collection that has a more mature tone and indicates that clippies are not just for little girls. Also, a Collection that attracts the tweens/teens. Any other ideas?

Oh, did I say it was a contest? oh yah! So here's the deal... I will give you a free clippie for each of your Collection Ideas and/or Suggestions. Limit 5 per family. And of course, the satisfaction of visiting my site and seeing your suggestions on-screen! Only serious suggestions will qualify for the free clippie. I'm not looking for ultra-specific groups like "Purple Clippies", or "Fairy Clippies". They need to work within the general scope of what I currently offer and what the majority of shoppers are looking for :)

I will eventually branch out to offer more variety to my customers (i.e. a "Sports" Collection, "Dog Clips" or a "Beach" Collection), but that will be another endeavor for some other time. Below is the list of current Collection names.

$1 Featured Clippie - no change

Specialty Collection - no change

Single Clippies - ?

Pairs & Sets - ?

Animal Print Clippies - ?

Bows & Flowers - ?

For Babies- ?

For Moms - ?

Headbands - ?

Crocheted Creations - no change

Handmade Skirts - no change

Birthday Party Packages - no change