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Updated: 15 September 2024
Well then, here we are! A heartfelt hello to you, and a big hello world! Welcome to the all new Anita Richards Designs website. It is exciting to be starting this new space and I’m anticipating a great journey here. 
Lots of work ahead to build this website into a meaningful space with a true content blog. My mission here is to establish a thriving ecommerce store supported by comprehensive Learn to DigiScrap resources, filling the virtual shelves of the Design Shop with quality products and running a few fun and a few socially significant projects. I also plan on monetising the site so that the basic costs are fully covered in order to be able to provide high quality product at better value for you.
All of which brings me squarely to the focus of this post, this website and the years ahead. 
ownWORD Tradition
To help me retain focus on the task of building this business, late in 2019, I scrapped my motivational word for the year ahead, publishing my page on New Year’s Eve. Since that time, I’ve repeated that exercise each year. Now it’s a tradition I look forward to each year. From humble beginnings, through an incredibly difficult time that included the pandemic, I still believe in myself. Despite all the abuse, hardship and heartache I’ve suffered, I am keeping on, keeping on.
Social Media Connections
Briefly, some of the social media and other online spaces that will be utilised to enhance your experience include: Facebook® and Instagram® (the virtual pigeon pair), Twitter®, Pinterest®, and Bloglovin’®. Plus, I am considering adding Tiktok® into the mix … who would have thought that that space would become a thing, but then that same was said of Facebook in the very early days. Boom.
Additionally, I will be using YouTube® and SoundCloud® to enhance and support the user experience in this space from time to time. YouTube is going to be a work in progress down the track but SoundCloud is good to go now and I have uploaded a few samples of my podcasts over there. I will, however, be keeping all podcasts hosted here on the blog. More on that in the future. (Edited 2022, January 1: After discovering some issues with some sites scraping content and hotlinking, SoundCloud is the content delivery network that I have started using for all podcast hosting.)
For now though, if you would like to put the sound of my voice to my work, please be my guest and listen in on this brief sound byte:
LinkedIN® will also play a role which leads us to looking at things from the business perspective, so here’s a quick elevator pitch:
Inspiring people to create beautiful works of art, celebrating and preserving their precious family memories and life stories. Adoring what I do because it empowers my patrons to effortlessly dream up and bring into being elegant and stylish art, knowing that all my designs are lovingly crafted to suit their needs regardless of the subject theme.
Creating a Website Structure for this Business Model
The website structure and business model also incorporates a monetisation strategy including hardware and software products that are specifically curated for digital and hybrid scrapbooking, together with cameras and lenses as well as a selection of related equipment needed to finesse your scrapbooking. Judicious placement of advertising is also something that will be implemented to further support the mission.
My Wish for You
It is my deepest wish that you find the digital scrapbooking product offerings, the resources, the projects and the curated product recommendations meaningful, useful and above all that you are inspired and impelled to create beautiful works along your digital scrapbooking journey.
I look forward to making the journey together with you.
Welcome one, welcome all.
Enjoy!
