Handmadeology

If you just realized that you have clicked your refresh page button for your Etsy shop for the 10th time within the last hour, it is time to do something slightly more productive to get your online shop found again. Here are

A tutorial in layman’s terms about getting your Etsy shop found.

If you want to get your shop or product noticed, I think you should consider that in the beginning, any publicity is good publicity. I’m here to tell you not to underestimate the power of your peers. Getting featured on a blog is a free service often overlooked.

So these are my thoughts on the total marketing package and in one way or another you should incorporate all of these into your marketing plan. Enjoy.

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.

Polymer Clay Jewelry for everyday life

My name is Erin and I design jewelry and accessories using polymer clay. I love how there are endless possibilities when working with clay and I am constantly discovering new techniques and applying them to my creations.

There are days that the stress creeps in and doesn’t leave. On days like those I find it’s particularly important to breathe and take a step back. Somehow when you slow down things start to fall into place like they wouldn’t have or couldn’t have otherwise. I end up making fewer mistakes, I get to enjoy the moments and I feel like a good mom at the end of the day.

Etsy recorded their highest day in sales to date on Cyber Monday. Etsy saw over 15 million visitors between Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The introduction of the new Etsy App helped push traffic from mobile devices to a 350% increase from 2010.

Beantown Handmade is home of high quality handmade dog sweaters and dog hats, cat sweaters and accessories for all your furry (and hairless) friends.

I want to start off with my favorite quote from the book, Think and Grow Rich: “You must climb to where opportunity can see you.”

That quote is a refresher from part 1, when I asked that you keep an open mind, because possibility and opportunity depend on it.

Zephyr Vintage specializes in offering a diverse collection of vintage costume & fine jewelry and accessories ranging from Victorian era to the 1980′s.

The following interview is serendipitously related to two topics of great interest to me personally: literature and art.

Your business goals should always stretch you, but at the same time, they need to be realistically attainable. For example, earlier in the year I had created an affirmation that went something like this, “I have 500 sales this month.”

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.

Summer arrived while I wasn’t totally paying attention.  The days got hotter and longer; the girls got stronger and picked the first sweet fruits of tomato, zucchini, cakes and sugar snap peas.  We watched the sparrows fledge; the super smart baby rabbits devour the perfectly perfect crispy radishes; the catbirds feed their saucy fledglings, (and [...]

Would you like to have something small as final touch on your holiday table? Let me share cute placement cards that will be great for Thanksgiving or just fall-themed party.

How to Gain 100 New Customers this Month: Part 1

I ask you to come to this article, and everything you read about business, with an open mind. Take a moment to notice that your perspective of your small business is always askew—you’re simply too close to it, it’s personal, and you probably carry a lot of fear and negative “what if’s” around with you.

Etsy just released their official App just in time for the holiday shopping season. Etsy’s app will give buyers the ability to browse and buy. It will also allow sellers to manage their Etsy shop on-the-go.