There’s been a rather lengthy discussion taking place over at The Creative Empire about whether you should have an online shop through Etsy or your own e-commerce site. Which transitioned into whether Big Cartel was a better choice than Shopify. While reading this thread (which does have plenty of useful information) I realized that so many …
Today I want to share an obvious but often overlooked fact: your business is only as successful as the people you surround yourself with. In Good to Great, Jim Collins shares that enduring great companies worry first about who will be involved in the company, and then what the company will make or do. This …
Whether you’ve been an Etsy seller for five years or five months, you probably had dreams for your business before discovering Etsy. What were they? Did you always dream of selling your crafts, and Etsy made that possible? Did discovering Etsy help you realize a dream you never knew you had? Or has running an …
When you’re self-employed and running a creative business, it’s really easy to be lax when it comes to routine. You can structure your days however you want. You can do what you’d like when you feel like it (or so many people seem to think). You don’t have to conform to a normal working day, …
How often have you heard the saying, “It’s nothing personal, it’s just business.” Now, I don’t know about you, but in my experience, running a creative business is always personal. It seems like my emotions are always tied up in the success or failure of my business. Take yesterday, for example. I was reading this …