I spent the last week binge watching both seasons of Blown Away, Netflix’s glass blowing competition show. (Yes, I did other work too. They are fairly short seasons!) Despite a few little quirks (it feels like they gloss over some pretty big parts of the process) it’s a fairly entertaining show that I think most …
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One of my projects last year was to launch a book club with my friend Amber. Each month, we picked a book that we both loved and then developed resources to help other takes action on the themes of the book. It was a project we were both excited about, as it really hit our …
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One of the reasons I started Artists & Profit Makers, my online mentorship program and community, was that I was tired of seeing artists and makers get tripped up on business advice that they’ve been told they just have to follow. There are lots of culprits, but the two big ones that I want to …
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A few months ago, I sat down inside Artists and Profit Makers and charted the growth of my online jewelry sales from 2011 (the first year I had a website outside of Etsy) to today. The goal of sharing this with my members was to show that growing your online business doesn’t happen overnight. That …
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There’s always so much pressure to hit the ground running when the year starts. And that’s especially true if the past year didn’t go exactly as planned. (Which lets face it, whose did?) So it’s not surprising if you’re feeling the pressure to do ALL THE THINGS in the next few days or weeks, in …