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Etsy Wedding Registry & Handmade Weddings

May 10, 2012
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{Photo by ArmoursansAnguish} Weddings are magical and handmade touches only add to the beauty!  We’ve share with you 101 Simple Handmade Wedding Ideas, but why not start off your new married life with fabulous handmade treasures from Etsy? Did you know you could sign up for Etsy’s Wedding Registry now?  I know if I was [...]

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Make it Happen — Shock Every Single One of Them

April 30, 2012
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Make it happen. Shock every single one of them. I’ve seen this phrase zipping around the Internet recently. I can’t tell you where it came from or who first uttered these poetic words, but I can tell you that I’m totally into it. People are funny. Even the ones that love you and really want [...]

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Still Loving and Learning Facebook — Cover Image Do’s and Don’ts

April 26, 2012

We hit 18,000 likes on Facebook a minute ago. Whoo hoo! What’s crazy is that we risked losing them all in one fell swoop by making a mistake on our new cover photo. Here’s the “you get to keep your 18,000 likes” version of the new cover photo: and here’s the “rebel without a clue…risk [...]

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Craft Show Tips {Display Ideas}

April 17, 2012
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Ever walk through a craft show and try to remember some of the more interesting and super crafty display ideas?  There are so many ways to create a display with cheap and easy projects that will make your booth stand out in the crowd. Display your beautiful work without spending a ton on some fancy [...]

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Nothing Is Working, No Etsy Sales — Help!

April 16, 2012
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Starting an Etsy business is such an exciting time. Picking a name, photographing your items, and telling people you’ve opened up shop are all fun. Sometimes, all that excitement is followed immediately by the moment you’ve been waiting for… cha-ching…your first sale! Yay! Other times, for one reason or another, that first sale just won’t [...]

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Twitter Tips for Etsy Sellers

April 9, 2012
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I’m amazed sometimes at the number of people who are now part of the Everything Etsy Community. We’ve got over 60,000 wonderful people involved in the various social media outlets. The first place I really started to enjoy social media was on Twitter. I now have over 17,000 Twitter followers and Twitter is still one [...]

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Support Esty Sellers!

March 30, 2012
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Who are Etsy sellers? They are your friends, neighbors, sisters, and mothers. There are so many moms that are trying to earn a little extra money while staying home with their children. Wouldn’t it be great to show them support and get wonderful gifts for your friends and family? I think so. {Well, maybe you could get a little [...]

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Free Three Week Etsy Success Series Starts Tomorrow

March 25, 2012
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Have you seen the new Etsypreneur.com yet? It’s been a busy place with lots of discussion and community involvement from subscribers to the Etsypreneur Daily Tips email. In fact, questions from subscribers have gone into a free Etsy Success series starting tomorrow. The questions to be answered and discussed include: 1. What are the top [...]

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6 Tips and Tools for Pinterest Lovers

March 21, 2012
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Pinterest is by far the hottest site on the Internet at the moment. The site enjoys millions of visitors each week, sometimes more than one million in one day. That’s a lot. It’s no surprise that Pinterest is as successful as it is. The site appeals to our visual side, both in terms of visual [...]

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The 10 Secrets of Successful Blogging

March 15, 2012

Pin It Here is a method that is helping thousands of Etsy sellers reach a wider market using their blog as a marketing tool. Identify a niche that you love and expand on it. So if you love printables and that’s what you sell, expand outward to organization or home decor. Find a large niche, [...]

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Craft Show Tips – Creative Displays

March 12, 2012
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In our last Craft Show Tips post there were some fabulous ideas in the comments that I just have to share! These are just a few from the many great ideas… I was happy we worked on our display ahead of time.We took a photo so we would remember how to set it up. {Jane [...]

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The Secret to Success Without Genius or Money

March 12, 2012
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{Image via typeeverything.com} I’ve been writing this blog for about three years. Want to know something awesome? A surprisingly large percentage of the people I first “met” in blogging about Etsy are still creating and selling online. They still have Etsy shops. They still have blogs. They’re still going strong. Some of them have had [...]

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