marketing – Careful Crafters

I’ve started a Lego Blog!

Posted on May 7, 2025June 9, 2025 by Maria Bo in blog, content creation, youtube

It’s been a while since my last post. I’ve also been on and off traveling pretty consistently over the past year 2 years and so it’s easy for me to disappear for a while. Last year, I started making Lego content for my YouTube channel. The Lego content is often based on the ASMR style for the purpose of providing calming to the viewer. On the about page, I explain a little bit about the endeavour.

This year I completed Google’s Marketing and E-commerce certificate to help me elevate some of my projects. While some of that learning was well over my head, it was clear that I needed to focus on improving my marketing approach – it’s not something I have ever sat down and studied properly. As a result, I have upgraded my handcraft website with a stronger background story. For my YouTube channel, I followed the learning advice and built a blog that I could share to other social channels, to help get my content noticed more. Of course this also helps the search engines to discover my content as well. On that note, here’s a reminder to pay attention to labelling images with proper titles and descriptions since images can’t be read by a search engine otherwise. By embedding the original video in the blog post, the additional views are added to the source video. I have found YouTube can be disappointing at times, when it comes to getting content viewed. If you’re interested in Lego content creation, please subscribe to Build With Bo and my Curious Bo YouTube channel. Also, check out my improved Bo Handcraft website – featuring a blog with interesting and related content. Below is a crosspost of my latest Lego blog post.

Lego Build ASMR: Cute Bunny 🐇 – Creator 3 in 1

Affordable Business Card Deal for Canadians

Posted on April 2, 2024June 26, 2024 by Maria Bo in design

I have come up with this affordable and streamlined service to make it easy for you to get a business card design and pack of cards in your hands quickly. Often, people don’t know where to start and therefore just put it off. But you don’t have to! So if you’re itching to get your project or idea off the ground, this service might be for you. This product can be turned around quickly however I ask for a few days to complete the project. After the card is approved it will be sent to the printer and shipped to you most likely within a week. This service is intended for personal and start-up projects. Should you wish to seek out corporate services then you will be given a corporate rate of $100.00 CA an hour.

For $100.00 CA, you will receive:

3 Canva design mock-ups
1 Final template & PDF proof
50 standard business cards professionally printed and shipped to you
Project file so that you can edit the card and reprint as you need

Here’s a better view, click to enlarge:

Payment through etransfer or cash. Payment is required upfront. There is no refund.

Please note: Due to shipping restrictions, this deal is available for Canadians only.

Alternatively, Americans can still buy this service and then access the file to print in Canva independently. The price remains the same.

Contact me to get started.

Soft Paw Reiki Marketing Package

Posted on November 27, 2022March 5, 2024 by Maria Bo in content creation, Digital, mindfulness

This is a great package for a Reiki practitioner who is wanting to set up a business working with animals.

You get high quality graphics, here’s what you get:

1. Business card 3.5 x 2 inch front and back digital design
2. Facebook banners – 5 images / designs
3. Instagram images – 10 images / designs
4. Logo – 5 variations including transparency
5. Large poster size 18 x 24 (inches) – 2 images / designs (can be printed smaller)
6. Gmail account – all you have to do is sign in and change the password
7. Blog – easily accessible, already formatted and attached to the gmail (you can see it at https://softpawreiki.blogspot.com)
8. Double sided 11×8.5 inch trifold company brochure
9. Cat and dog Chakra 5.5 x 4.25 inch postcard
10. Up to 1 hour of technical support or orientation

Bonus tools: Intake form pdf for your clients animals

This is one of a kind package, only you will have this particular design and name. This will not be replicated. All designs were created in the professional (paid) version of Canva.com, but use your email to easily sign up and continue making free images for your needs.

Send me your name and I will update it on the business card and brochure and send the files to you on through email. From there we can set up your 1 hour of orientation / technical help on whatever system works best for you.

Please note: I cannot guarantee that someone else might not be using the same name in your area, the planet is a big place. You may or may not need to get creative for name picking depending on what social media you set up on.

Why buy my work? You are supporting an individual who works outside of the unethical corporate grind while still employing professional work ethics and goals.

This already build system is waiting to be taken over at $500.00 (Canadian).

TikTok Video Challenge

Posted on May 7, 2021August 6, 2022 by Maria Bo in Digital, elearning, tiktok

Make 5 tiktok videos & have fun!

Did you know that video has become the #1 media format consumed on the Internet today? And with almost 700 million users on TikTok spending at least 1 hour a day on the platform, means it’s the perfect time to get in on the action, and it’s never been so fun and easy!

The following video exercises are designed to acquaint you with the tools on TikTok. Each video should be 30 seconds or less and must contain your own video footage stored on your smartphone.

Before we begin, please create an account with a user name through ‘edit profile’ settings. I will provide a short introduction to TikTok’s environment and community ethics.

Videos:

Inspirational: Upload a video clip, add soundtrack, text, title, description, tags.
Music Video: Clips synced with a soundtrack, add effects, filter, title, description, tags.
Educational: Selfie green screen filter, add soundtrack, effects, title, description, tags.
VoiceOver: Clip(s) and features from above, add title, description, tags.
Collaborative: Duet or stitch a video, add sticker, title, description, tags.
Bonus! Filter Face: Use any selfie face filter, add soundtrack, title, description, tags.

Prerequisites: Some computer navigation and smartphone camera experience.

Requirements: You will need a smartphone with camera accessibility and your video clips situated on your smartphone.

Disclaimer: I am not personally responsible for any of the impacts you incur with your TikTok account, be it negative 😦 or positive 🙂