Ever feel like you HAVE to do something?
When I just started out, I was EVERYWHERE.We’re talking Etsy, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest with an eye out for snapchat and more, and more and more…I was trying to juggle everything simultaneously, posting to facebook thrice a day, once a day to instagram, producing new products and pinning while I was in the bathroom (seriously) because […]
Continue readingThe Ultimate Guide to Group Boards on Pinterest
In the last post we established that Pinterest is huge for your Etsy shop.And we also learned how to convert to a business account, verify our website and pin. pin. pin away!So what’s the next logical step?To get more traffic, of course. Because traffic translates to shop visitors and shop visitors convert to buyers, feeding […]
Continue reading3 Signs You Should Raise Your Prices
Are you charging as much as you think you’re worth?Do you have a pricing system or are you just shooting in the dark, hoping to hit a clay pigeon, 200 miles away from you, flying at 300mph?As creatives our first instinct is to undervalue our work and charge a ridiculously low price for it.Another common […]
Continue reading3 Top Ways to Use Your Competitors to Your Benefit
Nobody really thinks their competitors are a good thing… Right?Wrong! Your competitors are probably the best thing that has ever happened to you.That’s because your competitors have gone through the long, winding road called your creating a successful business.They’ve done it all, long before you came: they found your ideal customer, they tested out what […]
Continue reading5 Reasons to Keep Your Day Job While Starting Your Etsy Shop
We’re all running the race for freedom.I mean, this is why you built your business, right? To do what you love, when you want, and get a consistent income that pays your build and helps you build a brighter future.But there are pretty awesome benefits to keeping your day job until you can stay on […]
Continue reading3 Top Ways to Get More Traffic and More Sales
There is only one universal issue that hangs over the neck of every Etsy seller and threatens to drown them in the sea of unfinished products and unpaid bills.It’s not enough traffic.Let’s do the math together, OK?An average e-commerce store (that would be your Etsy shop) converts at about 100:1.That means that for every 100 […]
Continue readingHow to Write Great Product Descriptions for Your Etsy Shop
One of the most mysterious subjects in Etsy-dom is what to write in your product descriptions.I’ve seen some pretty hilarious product descriptions on Etsy – people that really understood branding and their ideal customer and then I’ve seen one-liners or descriptions riddled with grammatical mistakes and nonsense information and I’m here to tell you, there’s […]
Continue readingConquer Social Media Overwhelm With These 25 Post Ideas for Your Etsy Shop
Are you burnt out on social media? Do you have no idea what to post next? Conquer social media with these 25 post ideas for your Etsy shop.You know how it starts. You get all excited about a shiny new social media platform (or you read somewhere that you just HAVE to use that platform […]
Continue readingThe Ultimate List of 50+ Stock Photography for Etsy Sellers
In a world where copyright is infringed upon left and right, it’s hard to come across high quality, free for commercial use photos. That’s why I compiled the ultimate list to free stock photography for Etsy sellers.This list compiles the creme de la creme of all stock websites. Yes, I manually went through hundreds of websites […]
Continue readingIs Your Etsy Shop Slow? Try These 8 Ideas to Get Back on Track
Phew. You managed to go through Thanksgiving without gaining more than 5 pounds, you blasted through Black Friday (week) without spending our entire yearly income, only to be hit by Christmas while tumbling through through New Year’s without losing your sanity or your self control (I hope!) and here you are. At the dawn of a […]
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