If you are handmade business owner like myself, chances are that you have been looking for new avenues where you can sell your products. I try to make sure that I’m not only selling on my website, but I want to sell on other platforms to increase my traffic and …
As I sat down on Friday, I realized that my blogging had really suffered this past week. So I grabbed my planner and started jotting down everything that I needed to do. The purpose was to prioritize for the weekend and next week. The first thing that I needed to …
I had been in a creative funk. I won’t lie. Trying to come up with new ideas and designs has been a difficult task. Especially when sales are slow. It’s hard to push through when you don’t feel appreciated. But I also know that the busy season is coming, and …
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 …
When you have a business that is a handmade business and the website goes down, social media becomes your best friend. While I couldn’t upload to my website, I was still able to post what I was working on to my social media platforms to get my customers interested in …
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 …
While you probably think that running my handmade business means that I’m constantly stuck behind a sewing machine, you would actually be surprised to learn that most of my time is spent just like this: Behind the screen of a computer. I could spend my time creating and posting beautiful …
With summer time here, this is the time when I can usually clear up any lingering projects and work on inventory for my online handmade business. It is also the time when I begin any major sales. Depending on what it is that you sell, you may notice that once …
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 …
When it comes to organizing your handmade business, you may have an idea of how you want to set up your workspace or studio, but what about organizing all of the paperwork that you’ll need when it comes to tax time? One of the best sources that I have found …
