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Top Five Ways To Get Your Shop Seen on Etsy with SEO

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 […]

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10 Exact Steps You Can Take To Boost Holiday Sales

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 […]

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How To Work With Instagram Influencers

Are you on Instagram promoting your Etsy or handmade products shop? There are several tried and true methods for quickly growing your Instagram following. Collaborating with Instagram influencers grew my Instagram account to my first 10,000 followers in just a few short months. You can achieve rapid growth too with your Instagram profile! In this […]

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Top three mistakes you might be making with your Facebook fan page

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?

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Want more sales? Come join me at Creative Live - Crafty Marketing Techniques

Leap before you’re ready 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 […]

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How to respond to "I could make that" in your handmade business

You’re busting your butt doing a craft show on a hot and humid Saturday. Your booth catches the eyes of two women and they walk over. They look interested! They flip your product over and look for a price tag. Oh uh, sticker shock. They don’t quite notice you standing there in your booth. One of […]

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Unlock a Profitable Handmade Business in Just 12 Weeks WITHOUT USING ETSY OR SOCIAL MEDIA

Don’t chase success the hard way. Follow the same simple step-by-step system that I used to build multiple 6- and 7-figure online handmade businesses. Even if you hate selling, don’t have a large following, and aren’t techy.

How to get influencers, bloggers and celebrities to make your product go viral  

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How to create demand for your brand and products and turn customers into raving fans

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How to automate your store, reach more customers and make sales while you sleep

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