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Want Lots of Holiday Sales? {Etsy Business}

September 4, 2012
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Holiday sales on Etsy can really make your year!  There are a few things you can do to get your shop ready to make the most of the busy shopping season.  Awesome sales don’t just happen on their own…you have to be prepared. Creating a great shopping experience for your customers will do wonders for [...]

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Using Etsy as a Springboard to a Future Online!

August 29, 2012

One of the things I love most about my sweet husband, Tim, is the fact that he never stops dreaming about what’s possible. He’s always thinking about how one thing can lead to another and sometimes he can be downright motivational! He wrote just such a post on Etsypreneur.com today. Here’s the first part… ——— [...]

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What’s Your Favorite Social Media Site??

August 26, 2012

Social Media is a valuable tool for your Etsy shop or blog!  Growing your friends through social media sites helps you reach out, meet new people, and promote your wonderful work!  And it’s FREE…ya gotta love that! I didn’t start off loving social media {at all}, but over the years I’ve really learned to love [...]

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Take Blogging Step One Today {Free WordPress Blog Set-Up}

August 24, 2012

(Special offer by Tim Layton – Kim’s husband and developer of EverythingEtsy.com) Holy Cow! When did setting up a WordPress blog get to be so confusing? When Kim and I set-up our first blog it seemed so much simpler than it seems now, yet it was still a daunting task that I entered into with [...]

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6 Reasons People Buy on Etsy

August 17, 2012
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If you’re selling handmade on Etsy then you are part of something important. Something big. Something that will change, is changing, the world we live in. People love handmade. Not just because it’s the cool new thing either. Our reasons are much deeper. More soulful. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that [...]

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Time Spent Blogging is Time Well Spent

August 2, 2012
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Money or Time… you’re going to have to invest at least one of the two if you want to succeed selling on Etsy.  In truth, this applies to success in any business. Always has.  Probably always will. If you’ve got the money to invest and you’ve got a good business model that will attract customers [...]

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Are You Being Yourself Online?

July 24, 2012
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{You Are Beautiful by Fresh Words Market} No woman is an island. We may wish we were on an island, but that’s a different story altogether. The point I’m making is that we’re all part of a community, or more accurately a number of communities. We’re friends, daughters, moms, etsy sellers, craftahaulics, vintage freaks, bloggers, [...]

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Sell More on Etsy by Telling a Story

July 10, 2012
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Are you looking for ways to kick your Etsy Shop sales up a notch or two? Here’s a quick but effective idea for you… Tell a Story! How a Florida Lobsterman Can Help You Sell On Etsy Tim and I were browsing the local Whole Foods Market in Naples, FL the other day (Love Whole [...]

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Life is a Great Big Canvas {Free Printables}

June 25, 2012
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I love this quote! Life really is a great big canvas and I’m excited to be living it in a creative environment and throwing on all the paint I can! Well, to be totally accurate, I usually spray my paint on! That still counts right? Here are a couple of free printables you can download [...]

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Craft Show Tips – DIY Displays

June 7, 2012
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Every weekend there’s a craft show going on around here and I honestly can’t get enough of them!  There’s nothing like seeing all that handmade goodness in one spot and getting to meet the people behind the lovely creations.  Craft shows rock! Awesome displays get my attention right away so it’s important to take the [...]

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Old-Fashioned Business in a Modern World

May 29, 2012
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Don’t let the Starbucks full of laptops, iPads, and smartphones fool you. Things really haven’t changed all that much. At least not the important things. Family, friends, community, faith, and the all-important Venti Iced Coffee all remain pretty much the same. As does the 100 degree/100 percent humidity Florida summer I’ve lovingly endured for the [...]

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Instagram Weekend Fun

May 19, 2012

Do you use Instagram?  I’m pretty new to it, but I already know I love it!  You can share your life, work, whatever through photos with great little filters that make everything look better…like my Mother’s Day cup of coffee. Here’s a bit of my life in photos… The harbor…view from lunch at The Crab [...]

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