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The Most Popular Jewelry Trends of 2017

2017/10/03

Jewelry is going to some new and exciting places this year, and you do not want to miss some of these new pieces, gem combinations, and hybrids. The latest pieces to walk down the catwalk will surprise you and make you giddy with their big, bold cuts and takes on color. In your own shop, reach for rough-cut gems, bright colors, and big, crazy combinations to put yourself on the cutting edge of what’s trendy and happening right now. Your own collection of gemstones needs to be a lot more colorful

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Review of the Top Bookkeeping Apps for Makers

2017/06/20

Bookkeeping! Every creative entrepreneur’s favorite topic. One of the first steps with setting up shop is to choose and set up a bookkeeping system for your business. It can be challenging to navigate the murky waters of options if you aren’t totally clear on what you should be looking for in a bookkeeping system. As a maker myself AND an accountant, an ideal bookkeeping set up for makers includes the following: Easy to use (user-friendly and easy to set up) Reliable (cloud-based) Makes tax-time

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5 Easy-to-Fix Mistakes I Made That Seriously Hindered...

2017/06/13

You have a crafty hand. People always compliment your work and say, “you should totally sell these!” Then your wheels start turning, “how CAN I sell them? Maybe online? In a store?” You do some slight research to see if those people were right about you selling your “stuff.” You’ll most likely come across Etsy on your hunt for information. You’ve probably already heard of Etsy since it’s been around awhile and you probably know someone you has

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7 Lessons I Learned From Running A Full Time Etsy...

2017/06/06

Do you ever look at your competitors’ or your peers’ businesses and got all frustrated at why your business doesn’t take off as quickly? Here are 7 lessons I learned from running a full time Etsy shop (plus two other businesses) and homeschooling two toddlers. Firstly, let me say that I don’t know about you, but for me, it’s not that I don’t think I’ll get there. It’s that it takes me time. A really LONG time. You see, I not only run two full time Etsy shops, I also

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How To Prevent Burn Out When Running A Creative Business

2017/05/30

You run a handmade business. It’s combining your passion with your dreams and you want to do everything you can to turn it profitable. But now you’re going to bed late, struggling to be present during time with your family or friends because business is ALL you can think about. It’s what drives you to keep moving forward, but you’re slowly starting to feel like you’re losing your mind. If you’re not spending every waking moment working on your business, it

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7 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started My Handmade...

2017/05/23

You’ve got a crafty hands and an imagination that’s encouraging you to sell your products online. You’re oozing with ideas for the potential products, maybe even a couple of social media handles already in place. Slowly you’ve started to gather materials to start a website. Things are moving along, but you stop to think, fairly often, someone has got to have some insight how to do this!? After some time, you’ve officially perfected your handmade product and made an amazing

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What To Do If Your Social Media Handles Are Taken

2017/05/09

Are you starting a new business? It seems like there is so much to go into at it, especially at the beginning. Making products, finding a niche, looking for target customers, the list goes on. What about constantly searching for the best possible business name? Do you have a hard time finding it because you HAVE to have the most perfect name for your online shop? But what can you do since it seems ALL the good names are already taken? Trust me. You’re not the only one who’s been

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Calming the Cranky Customer: Big Customer Service for...

2017/02/21

Do you ever open up your inbox only to find an email from a dissatisfied customer? You first start to think to yourself, “how the heck did that happen??” How can you possible make this customer happy after the message you’ve just read? Many shops have had an experience where a customer wasn’t necessarily thrilled about a delayed package, damaged product or questions your handmade items. The Cranky Customer I am sure we have all had one… a cranky customer who is seemingly

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How I Made Over $2K in My First Two Months On Etsy

2017/02/07

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if you could just add your products to your Etsy shop and the sales just started rolling in? Customers would leave you nice, positive comments. You’d be the top shop of the search engine for your products. Easy peasy. If only it didn’t take some major research and smart work to get there. The market would be even more saturated if it were that simple. You’re probably wondering, how the heck can I sell over $2k?! Well, first thing is the 1989 movie

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5 Practical Tips On Balancing Business And Motherhood

2017/01/24

Are you a mom and feel like you can never get any work done for your business? Do you often feel guilty when you spend extra time on your business instead of with your children? How can you let these precious moments with your children go on the back burner occasionally so you have make your dreams come true? Balancing the titles between a Mom and a Business Owner can be extremely difficult. I’ve got 5 tips that might be able to cure that guilt and allow you to have a healthier balanced

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Accounting 101: 4 Things You Probably Aren’t...

2017/01/17

You’re a small business owner, and sometimes as a creative you find it difficult to manage some of the more “business” aspects of your business. You think you’ve finally got a system down with some of these tedious tasks, ahem, like taxes, and then you hear about just one more thing you should be doing. Does the “should-do” list ever end? How can you honestly remember to keep track of everything? Well it’s time you sat down to really focus on taxes because

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2016 Annual Income Report For My Handmade Business

2017/01/10

Have you ever been curious about how much other people make from their jobs? I know I have, and the first place I look at is GlassDoor.com where employees of specific companies share reviews for the businesses they work for. But more interestingly, they also share their annual income. This is great data for job seekers and college students picking a major. Unfortunately, this kind of data for handmade businesses is not readily available for public viewing. This is one of the few reasons why I do an

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Why Your Competitors Are Your Secret Weapon To Success

2016/12/20

“Your enemy can be your best teacher”- Dali Lama It’s natural that as an artist or maker, every single item you create has a little bit of you in it. It was your creative vision that made it, and your nimble hands that painted the brush strokes, cut that pattern with a scalpel or turned that stone into a pendant. It was your time you sacrificed away from your friends or family, or mostly in my case Netflix and gym visits, to make that beautiful piece of art. So when we think about successful

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5 Things You Need To Know About Etsy Teams

2016/12/06

If you’re a handmade business owner with a shop on Etsy, you could be worried that your shop is stuck in a rut. You’ve read blog posts, articles on Pinterest, but your sales are not coming in. How do you find the support need?? You’ve started an Etsy shop. You’ve perfected your SEO. Now you’re at a dead end. You have nothing to do and nowhere to go, except sit and wait for those sales to come rolling in. But more often than not, they don’t come quite as fast as we’d like.… The

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7 Tips for Running a Home-Based Business with Little...

2016/11/29

I can see you now: you’re a mama who loves both her family and her work. The twist is that you own your own business, work from home, and have little ones at home with you. You feel torn in two, needing to work on your business but also needing and wanting to care for the family you love. I see you because I’ve been you. Hi! My name is Revka (long E), and I’m the proud mother of 5 darlings, currently ages 13, 12, 11, 8, and 5. I’ve had my own … The post 7 Tips for Running a Home-Based Business

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A Six Step Guide to Brilliantly Branded Packaging For...

2016/11/02

If you’re a handmade business owner, you might be thinking about how to level up your packaging. It’s really cool how we have so many options for how to design our product packaging, but when it comes down to it, it can get really overwhelming, right? If you’re the kind of person who already loves to design, creating beautifully branded packaging will be one of the most exciting parts about starting your own business. But if you prefer pouring over numbers and figures than over

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How I Grew My Pinterest Engagement By 1200% in 30 Days

2016/10/25

Whether you’re a business owner, blogger or freelancer, having a Pinterest is crucial if you want to get more traffic, engagement, and ultimately, sales. Pinterest has migrated from a social media platform to a powerful search engine to rival Google and Bing. As a business owner and blogger who works with creatives, adding Pinterest to my strategy was a no-brainer. I’ll show you how – after only 30 days of re-focusing my content and services with Pinterest in mind, I grew my engagement by

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8 Easy Tips for How to Teach Your Craft Online!

2016/10/18

Tutorials, videos, live streaming… these are all great ways to get yourself and your business out there. If you want to make something people will share, knowing your stuff isn’t enough, you have to know how to teach. So is teaching some magic thing? Well, for some people it is, they instinctively know what to do. But for the rest of us, we need a bit of structure. You’ll be a natural. Follow these steps, and you’ll be a natural, too. Tip 1: Who will you teach? Think about who you

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How To Promote Your Crafty Biz With How-to Videos

2016/09/01

When we hear the word “video”, we can’t help it, we tense up. It’s a word that puts us on the spot, can make us immediately feel like an imposter and honestly, start running for the hills! But it doesn’t have to be that way. Growing up on film sets, video was always a very natural way-of-life for me… but when I was fourteen, a very well-known actress at the time told me I was too overweight and unattractive to ever be in front of the camera. The biggest bummer? I … The post How To Promote

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Dream Business Plan: The Five Numbers You Need To Get...

2016/07/26

You’ve got an Etsy shop, a website, you do craft shows or you do all three. You think you’re doing okay. I mean, you’re making stuff and it’s selling! But how do you know if, when and how this can become your dream business? We’ll be giving you a map that shows you how! It’s like painting by numbers – you draw your own map with the help of magical formulas and numbers we’ll give you. Don’t panic! Formulas are your friends. You enter numbers in them and they provide the

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