Handmadeology

In less than six months, my sales more than tripled.

These are the key changes I made in order to promote my shop and be more present:

It occurred to me that, for many of us, your Etsy shop isn’t just a hobby, it is a small business, and small businesses should have plans for unforeseeable circumstances.

The Handmadeology Team is looking for guest writers that are ready to grow their network and gain more recognition for their brand.

Do you have a business plan for your handmade business? You should. It helps you wrap your head around each step of your business. You can’t plan for the future success of your business if you don’t know where you want it to go.

Anyone who has ever started a blog knows that the saying “build it and they will come” is a myth. It’s challenging to grow an audience from scratch.

I’ve learned how to gain better perspective, protected my dreams, and set realistic goals to attain them.

For those days when things are hectic, Etsy treasuries are a fantastic way to keep your blog fresh.

With Facebook soon going public, Etsy’s actions today signal to the financial world that Etsy is in the game, too, but playing by their own rules.

In the second part of Planning for Facebook, we will explore four more categories: Invitation, Promotion, Seasonal and Visualize. They will also help you organize your business and creative information in clear and logical streams for quick and engaging updates when you need to catch your Facebook likes attention.

Tophatter offers sellers a great opportunity to introduce their craft to people that could normally miss it on other websites.

We all know that maintaining a lively and exciting Facebook page is a great marketing tool for your handmade craft business. So, you create your page, spread the word about it, attract your first likers and then you post your first status updates.

Today I want to talk about being what I call “over inspired”. It sounds like a contradiction because being inspired is a good thing, so how can you have too much of it? Here’s what I think:

Some handmade artisans are afraid of people copying their work and stealing their ideas, but I prefer to thank imitators in appreciation for the sincerest form of flattery: imitation.

Handmadeology has teamed up once again with Tophatter.com to bring you Handmadeology’s second live auction! Here is your chance to pick something up for mom that is handmade and unique! RSVP HERE

Cinder blocks are cheap and you can even find them for free on Craigslist! Here are 5 diy cinder block projects you can tackle this weekend!