Handmadeology

More than likely, you take pride in your work. You work very hard on your fill-in-the-blank. No one anywhere puts more love and attention to detail into fill-in-the-blanks like you do.

Joanne Waring of JoArtyJo on Etsy is an artist from the United Kingdom. Her shop includes color-your-own pages, original artwork and bookmarks! She’s also a member of the Handmadeology Etsy Team. She fought long and hard to get to 100 sales. She’s now seeing business pickup, and feeling more confident about her shop and her products. Hear her Etsy story here.

If you are serious about getting your brand recognized, getting your items in the right hands or getting samples out of your items please, please, please make it worth your time and money. Goody bags, basically, if you’re gonna do ‘em, do ‘em right!

One of the keys to maintaining success is the mentality of it. It creates an illusion for not only myself, but those I meet. One of the keys to keeping people thinking about you is to appear to have something no one else has–especially some inner light no one else has.

There is a new Etsy app that just came on the scene called the Shop Marketing Helper that will help Etsy sellers save time by scheduling all their social media marketing efforts.

As we are all crafting and in business, our time is valuable—we build our careers with our own two hands. You’re probably starting the year off with new goals and resolutions, so it’s a great time to review these 7 productivity pitfalls to avoid:

I believe that businesses DO grow organically, but I also believe that you can fertilize your business for a more aggressive growth rate

For way to long the Etsy community has been taking screen shots of Etsy treasuries to show them off on our blogs.  Martin from Whale Shark Websites has made our lives so much easier!  He has created a very simple tool that allows you to place any Etsy treasury on a blog or webpage.  You [...]

January is the prefect time to sit down and make a list of business goals for your Etsy shop for the new year. Whether you want to take the leap with a new products or are looking to grow your existing product line, planning out what you want to accomplish can help you stay motivated and on task all year.

Lots of people have been asking me lately what they should know about setting up a shop on Etsy. Here I’ve gathered together the articles that have been golden nuggets of advice for me in a sea of information.

The buzz over the holidays has begun and you are about to enter the best time of year to be a handmade business. As more people crave shopping local and buying smaller what you do becomes increasingly important. But this is also a time to rev up for next year with some cash in your pocket.

The developers over at Statsy.org have just released their Clockbot.  This new feature allow you to set up your Etsy listing to automatically renew. The Clockbot utilizes the Etsy api with the new secure OAuth system (read about the OAuth here) Here is a short tutorial on how to set this up! 1. Head over [...]

When your product is trending, it’s a golden opportunity to recruit new customers. The style of jewelry I make at the Energy Shop is a hot trend right now.

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.

OneTimesTwo Says: Here is onetimestwo’s tips on having a jewelry party at home from the ning: I had a successful and fun open house jewelry selling party over the weekend and here are some of my tips and learnings… Mine was a 2 hour open house style (no “presentation” needed) on a Saturday afternoon. I [...]