I have finally finished merging the majority of my websites. I still have about 10 more items to include in my catalog, and then I should be able to fully start my promotion campaigns. The change in doing this has been almost immediate. I’m no longer having to focus on …
My Handmade Business: Feeling the strain
This past weekend I halted all work. It’s rather rare for me to take a break from things that I enjoy, but I needed to step away from everything and look at it all from a new perspective. I talked it over with myself and bounced a crazy idea off …
My Handmade Business Journey
This summer I plan to take on my biggest challenge to date: growing my handmade businesses. While I do have approximately 10 websites that I blog on, 4 of those are ecommerce sites where I sell my handmade items. I plan to track my goals and grow my businesses this …
What the new Google changes mean for you as an online business owner
Google will soon be making changes, and those new Google changes mean that you, as an online business owner or blogger, will need to adapt if you are going to be successful online. Writing using AI (Artificial Intelligence) software has become the newest rage. Currently I’m still experimenting with the …
Getting Ready to Grow Your Business
Are you waiting until just the right time to start growing your business? Are there certain markers that you feel must be met before you can take that next step? That’s how I felt, too! I kept telling myself that I wasn’t ready to just go all out because: The …
The importance of branding
On Monday I went out to lunch with my son and a friend of his. The waiter who seated us said something quickly, and I immediately took notice. Perhaps it was the way he said or the intentional rhyme, but his catchphrase of “I’m so ridiculous, they call me Nicholas, …
Biggest lesson learned as a handmade business owner
I’ve owned several businesses over the course of the last 20 years and most of the time it has been a handmade business. While I have enjoyed my handmade business, there were things that I struggled with on occasion. I learned much of what I know the hard way. I …