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Your regular dose of handmade business reality

Update to Tiers while we're on Sabbatical

130: Until next time...

128: Will your handmade shop benefit from a refresh in 2022?

127: How we finish the year strong, ready for the next one

126: 2x big 2022 announcements

125: What's your marketing DNA?

124: How to know when to quit or change tack?

123: The businesses we’ve run

122: Bookclub: Atomic Habits by James Clear

121: The Content Cycle - How to Save Time by Repurposing Content

120: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Influencer Marketing

119: Are you spending too much time on social media?

118: Do you need social media to succeed?

117: The UK/EU Tax Nightmare

116: Selling in different languages

115: How to choose what holiday promos to run?

114: Mid-year check-in

113: Book Club: Wolfpack by Abby Wambach

112: Critiquing Product Photos from our Patrons

111: Don't make these 9 product photo mistakes

110: What to do when you run out of creativity

109: The State of Handmade 2021 - Part 2: In-depth analysis

108: The State of Handmade 2021 - Part 1: How has Covid impacted handmade sellers?

107: Book Club

106: The ONLY way to succeed in a handmade business

105: But what if I don’t sell anything?

104: Stop putting other people’s problems/priorities before your dreams

103: Pricing - what if your products are time consuming to make?

102: Perceived value - what is it and why you need it

101: A Formula To Price Your Handmade Products

100: How we started, and where we're going!

99: why do women dominate the handmade industry

98: Book Club

97: Systems: How to create them (with minimum headaches)

96: Systems: Order Processing

The State of Handmade 2021 Survey - Have your say!

95: Systems - why they'll make your life easier (& some examples!)

94: Preparing for 2021: 3 tools to help you plan

93: Wrapping up 2020 - part 2

92: Wrapping up 2020 - part 1

91: PATREON - Monthly/Quarterly tracking (and what to do with those numbers)? With bonus spreadsheet!

90: Why you need to pay attention to conversion rates

89: What marketing numbers should you pay attention to in your biz?

88: PATREON - How to plan, create and repurpose videos for your handmade shop

87: where can you use video to market your handmade biz?

86: Type of videos you can make to help sell your handmade products

85: PATREON - Q&A on website and marketplaces

84: Why should you sell your handmade goods on your own website?

83: why sell on marketplace sites like etsy?

Patreon: What we’ve learnt about being self-employed [82]

Short announcement - be back soon!

Patreon: Looking at the bigger picture to help you set priorities & let go [81]

Making time for the boring, tedious, little sh*t [80]

79: Shiny Object Syndrome

78 PATREON: How to pivot your handmade shop (and should you, really?)

77: Are you hesitant about marketing your work?

76: grit, resilience, and netflix

75 PATREON: CROSS REFERENCING

74: THE STATE OF HANDMADE SURVEY RESULTS PART 2

73: THE STATE OF HANDMADE SURVEY RESULTS PART 1

[72] live in the time of covid-19

71: seo - how to research and pick keywords for your shop

70: SEO: Pinterest, Google & Etsy

69: SEO 101: What it is + Why it matters

68: PATREON: Step by step to get customers from social to your shop

67: 8 traffic sources for your handmade business

66: Marketing: Then VS Now, a new type of hard

65: PATREON: Practical strategies to overcome mindset challenges

64: What to do when your inspiration disappears

63: Expectations vs. Reality

62: Changes are coming - our plans for TBOM in 2020

61: Making Your Vision Happen [From the Vault]

60: Clarifying Your Vision for the Year [From the Vault]

59: How to get everything out of your head when you're overwhelmed with business ideas

58: Do what you love and the money will follow?

57: what we hate about business

56: different ways to bring in income

55: Fear of failure (and success)

54: Favourite online business tools/apps

53: Email marketing mistakes you might be making

52: TBOM one year anniversary - celebrating our 1st year: the story behind the podcast

51: what if you don't want to grow? on keeping your biz deliberately small.

50: Learn how to say no

49: Accountability buddies

48: It's all figureoutable

47: How to create a planning system?

46: Setting social media boundaries

45: Raising kids & running a business

44: Do you really need to spend money to make money?

43: You don't have an 'Etsy Business'

42: how to sell more at handmade markets & craft shows.

41: Countdown to Christmas - It's Time to Plan!

40: Why finding a support network is crucial - and where to find it.

39: how to prepare for handmade markets & craft shows

38: self-care: what is it and why it's important in your handmade business

37: The 9 biggest lessons we've learnt about being creative entrepreneurs

36: Should you sell at craft markets and shows?

35: How open should you be about polarizing topics in your handmade business?

34: What email marketing software should you use for your handmade shop?

33: Social media is only the start of your customer journey!

32: 3 different ways to launch your handmade products

31: What should you be sending to your newsletter subscribers?

30: Why having a mailing list for your handmade business is vital

29: Q&A series 2 - answering your handmade business questions

28: Motivation - Where Does It Go And How To Get It Back.

27: should you use paid advertising to grow your handmade business?

26: 8 ways to help other makers succeed

25: Q&A Series - #1: Answering questions from our Patrons

24: How to work out what pain point your handmade product solves

23: Who am I to do this? How to deal with imposter syndrome in your handmade business

22: How to raise your handmade product prices

21: can you survive & thrive selling one-of-a-kind handmade items?

20: how to name your handmade business

19: Productivity hacks to help you focus

18: Should you be blogging for your handmade shop?
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17: Product Photography F.A.Q for Handmade Product Sellers

16: Don't ignore your money

15: the juggle - business, job (& maybe kids too).

14: discounts and sales - should you do them?

13: Your pricing checklist - what to include

12: Planning your marketing around special events and holidays

11: Transitioning to Running your Business Full-Time

10: Why we don't like New Years Resolutions (but set them anyway...)

9: Planning for 2019 Part 2 - How to Make your Vision Happen

8: Planning for 2019 Part 1 - Clarifying your Vision for the Year

7: How we find the energy to do our work

6: Can you support handmade and also shop at Big Box stores?

5: How to Choose a Mentor you can Trust

4: Branding - What's good enough when you're just getting started

3: Treat Marketing as an Experiment

2: Maker Myth: 'I'll get to make all day!'

1: What makes something handmade?

0: Who are the Maker Mavens?