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Too Good to Be True? {Quit Your Day Job}

May 7, 2013

{Don’t Stop Believing by JoyfulSongGraphics on Etsy} If you, in a daring and wishful moment, share your dream of making your living online with another person, you’re likely to get some less-than-helpful negativity. Dream on, they say. Not gonna happen. Too good to be true. Even you supportive BFF might come back with a “helpful [...]

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Etsy Shop Ad Sale {Spring Ad Sale This Thursday!}

May 6, 2013

The Spring Ad Sale is Almost Here! If you’re looking for the best deal out there for advertising your Etsy shop, we think this is it! Every three months for the last three (plus) years, we’ve offered an advertising special for Etsy Shops only. We’ve kept the price low and work hard to keep people [...]

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Opportunity Is an Open Door

April 17, 2013

When you work full-time online, you start to see “connections” that lead back to your own stuff. You’ll see tweets, pins, and shares from people you don’t directly know talking about something you created. That might be a blog post, an item on your Etsy shop, or a review you wrote somewhere. Whatever it is, [...]

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75 Free Printable Labels {Make it Handmade}

April 16, 2013

Looking for some free printable labels, gift tags, and fun stickers for your handmade creations? Everything Etsy has teamed up with World Label and designer Erin Rippy of InkTreePress.com to provide you this incredible collection of printable labels and other goodies. All for free and available for download right here! All Downloads are PDF 8.5×11 [...]

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Dozens of Orders Shipped Easily With Stamps.com

April 15, 2013

As a long time Etsy seller, I’ve always dreamed of having a huge week where orders just seemed to keep on coming. Well, for me, last week was a dream come true! While I have had some very busy weeks during the holiday shopping season, nothing compares to what happened last week when our “I’m [...]

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Five Easy Tips to Build Your Brand on Etsy

April 3, 2013
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Most Etsy sellers I know have big dreams. You too right? You want to make something happen. You want to build something amazing starting with absolutely nothing so you can say “I rock, you know it.” Building that dream is a whole lot like a fantasy/adventure video game that requires players to reach certain levels [...]

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Why Etsy Sellers Should Have Their Own Website

March 18, 2013

Having your own website is one of the most rewarding and fun parts of building an online business. It provides you with so many opportunities. For example: A chance to create an individual space that is all you! A chance to share your story in depth A chance to tell more about your products and [...]

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Improve Your Product Photography {5 DIY Tutorials}

February 19, 2013

Great lighting can make your products look amazing! It’s no secret that product photos can make or break your Etsy sales.  You can have the coolest handmade product ever, but without an outstanding photo you might not be as happy with your response. Getting beautiful photos is not as hard as you think, but it [...]

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10 Social Media Tips to Make You a Rock Star

February 10, 2013

One of the neat things about building a blog with hundreds of posts is that comments keep coming in even months or years after posts are first published. As a result, I hear from lots of people every single week about the challenges they face in social media. I’ll let you in on a secret: [...]

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Free Photo Editing with iPiccy

January 24, 2013

Free photo editing has never been easier or more feature rich. Tools and websites designed to crop, edit, and enhance your photos are almost as abundant as places to share them! It’s no secret that I’m a Pinterest fanatic (EverythingEtsy on Pinterest), I love Instagram, and I’m in constant need of photo editing for my [...]

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3 Priorities to Make Your Low Traffic Blog Useful

January 14, 2013

Blogging is a great way for a business to “connect” with customers. This is pretty much a universal truth and applies to all businesses, but it is especially true for online businesses such as an Etsy Shop. The simple fact is that online businesses have pretty much zero opportunity to make an in-person connection so [...]

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Social Media Page with Rebel Mouse {Blogging}

December 2, 2012

Get All Your Social Media on One Pinterest-Like Page {Fun!} I’m so excited about the newest page on Everything Etsy! Tim just threw it together for me a few minutes ago and I just had to share. The page, found here, can always be reached using the new “social” tab in the main menu above. [...]

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