Creating buzz for your business
When customers are looking for your products, can they find your shop?
Are you getting found quickly in Etsy search results?
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) can be a confusing topic to maneuver, but it's so important to get straight for making Etsy sales.
Richie Peplin, the co-founder of Marmalead, an Etsy SEO and market research tool, shares with us The Top Five Ways To Get Your Shop Seen On Etsy With SEO!
Are you ready to make the most out of this holiday season?
The fourth quarter of every year is the best time for anyone who sells a gift product.
But like everything else in running a business, you can't skip telling people about your products!
That's what marketing is all about.
It doesn't have to be sleazy, salesy or uncomfortable.
Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend is just around the corner. Make use of this in your marketing!
You can promote your products this holiday season and tie in with this major sale weekend to end the year with a bang.
Don't fret about figuring this stuff out on your own.
These little things you can do in your business can mean making an extra two (or two hundred) sales, so make sure you do the work!
Here are ten exact steps you can take to boost holiday sales and make the most out of Black Friday and/or Cyber Monday.
Are you on Instagram promoting your Etsy or handmade products shop?
There are several tried and true methods for quickly growing your Instagram following.
You can achieve rapid growth too with your Instagram profile!
In this 80 minute Blab video, Beth Anne Schwamberger and Sarah Korhnak from the amazing group, Brilliant Business Moms chats with me and Cheri Tracey of Orglamix on how we both successfully worked with influencers.
In this video, we chat about:
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Are you using Facebook to promote your handmade business?
But you're frustrated because no one's seeing your posts.
Why should you even bother with Facebook anymore?
When I started Creative Hive Co., in 2015 one of my big dream goals for this business was to teach a class on Creative Live.
If you've never heard of Creative Live before, it's an amazing resource where you can watch live online workshops – for free – and interact with instructors in real time.
I knew Creative Live wouldn't come knocking on my door.
Good things don't just fall from the sky.
So I knew I had to set some things in motion.
Just a few months into this new business, I scoured the Creative Live course list to see what wasn't already being taught and what I knew I could teach.
For a while when I started Creative Hive Co., I didn't feel good enough because my consulting business was so new. I knew I wasn't lacking in experience with marketing know how, but I was intimidated because I'd never done something like this before.
I could have waited until I was more ready and feeling more confident.
But I knew the longer I waited, the slimmer my chances were because my class ideas would get snatched up by someone else.
I mean, there are only so many ways you can talk about selling wholesale or marketing with Instagram.
So as nervous as I was, I sent an email to Creative Live.
I didn't tell anyone about doing this except my husband. I was so worried I would jinx it!
A couple of weeks go by and I hear nothing.