Imagine spending MONTHS making your product and building your online store from scratch. You’ve poured your time, energy, and hope into getting everything ready for launch. And then your very first customer leaves a one-star review. That’s exactly what happened to me. My new shop’s very first review was one star. No easing into it. […]

In the early months or even years of running a new business, it can be difficult to tell how well you’re really doing.  Even when you feel like you’re getting the hang of things. You’ve got a solid website, you’re making some sales here and there – but it might seem like there’s no concrete […]

Starting your own handmade business is a real learning experience.  I’ve had to make a lot of tweaks and adjustments along the journey to where I am now.  It’s easy to look back and think about what you might have done differently but I’m also a believer that everything happens for a reason. So today, […]

Welcome back to another one of my Fiverr reviews! In this video, I’m going to review three separate product description writers on Fiverr. I’ve used my own jewelry from Tiny Hands jewelry as the guinea pigs for this test. These are products that are newer in my shop and I never got around to getting […]

For today’s post, I thought I would do something a little different. I’m going to flip through and talk about my very first business journal from 15 years ago. That’s right! This is from when I just started my business at the very beginning, and I’ve never shared this with anyone before. I’m so glad […]

As my final post for 2020, I wanted to write a review of the entire year and share with you the mistakes I made along with other things that went wrong.  This way, you and I can both learn from those experiences and make the new year an even better year.  I have to preface […]