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💸 Handmade Business Owners: Discover How Much You Deserve to Get Paid 💸

🎧 Listen to this blog post as a Podcast instead #18 - What should I pay myself, as a handmade business owner?

💙 Wondering what you should pay yourself in your handmade business? ... it can be a trick...

Steph Cole Lewis, owner of the handmade bosses looks stressed. People have clocks and mega phones behind her. With the Words 'overcome overwhelm' about her

😩 Overcome Overwhelm: Strategies for Handmade Business Owners 💙

🎧 Listen to this blog post as a Podcast instead '#17 - How to stop overwhelm in your handmade business'

😩 Are you feeling overwhelmed and like you're doing it all? I know how you feel and it's awful ...

💬 Unlock the Secrets: 💙 Top Must-Ask Questions for Handmade Business & Etsy Success 🔥

🎧 Listen to this blog post as a Podcast instead '#12 - My first LIVE episode answering your handmade business and Etsy questions'

Unlock the Secrets: Top Must-Ask Questions for Handmade Business &...

Steph Cole-Lewis smiles peacefully while sitting on her couch with the words 'stop overwhelm in your handmade business'

😩 How to stop overwhelm in your handmade business 😩

🎧 Listen to this blog post as a Podcast instead '#17 - How to stop overwhelm in your handmade business'

😩 Feeling overwhelmed and like you're doing EVERYTHING? You're not alone...I promise ❤️

🚦 In ...

Steph Cole Lewis, founder of the handmade bosses stands with her hand on her hip and a smile on her face. She is looking at the words Huge Ecommerce Changes for Handmade Businesses: What's New on Etsy, Shopify, Instagram, Canva & Pinterest

⚡️ Huge Ecommerce Changes for Handmade Businesses: What's New on Etsy, Shopify, Instagram, Canva & Pinterest ⚡️

🎧 Listen to this blog post as a Podcast instead '#21 - The BIG Update - Ecommerce world update - Etsy, Shopify, Instagram, Canva & Pinterest '

💙 Welcome back to the Handmade Boss Podcast

🚦 This is o...

😭 The Hidden Struggles of Running a Handmade Business (And How to Overcome Them) 💙

🎧 Listen to this blog post as a Podcast instead #16 This is why your handmade business is HARD (business lessons part 2)

⭐️ Back for more handmade business help?

💪 In part two of our business lessons...

from accounting to artistry how karen turned her passion i+for sewing into a thriving handmade business - this is written in green and yellow.

⚡️From Accounting to Artistry: How Karen Turned Her Passion for Sewing into a Thriving Handmade Business 🧵

🎧 Listen to this blog post as a Podcast instead '"There's something about you that clicked...and I invested in myself" ... Live with Handmade Bosses student Karen'

💙 In this special episode I'll b...

Steph Cole Lewis, business coach and founder of the handmade bosses is looking shocked. There is an eye emoji, a shocked emoji and a learning emoji. All focused on a chalk board with the title 'The HARD Handmade Business Lessons NOONE Talks About'

🤯 The HARD Handmade Business Lessons NOONE Talks About 🤫

🎧 Listen to this blog post as a Podcast instead 'The HARD Handmade Business Lessons NOONE Talks About'

✋ Are you ready for some real talk?

💪 In this episode, we're diving into the hard business le...

Steph Cole Lewis, founder of handmade bosses, is leaning over a laptop that has colourful emails flying from the screen. The title of the image is 🚀 This is when you should start an email list ✉️ when you have a handmade business on Etsy or your own website (Shopify) 💰

🚀 This is when you should start an email list ✉️ when you have a handmade business on Etsy or your own website (Shopify) 💰

🎧 Listen to this blog post as a Podcast instead 'When should I start an email list?'

✉️ Are you wondering when to start your email list?

⏳ In this episode I'll be helping you decide when the time ...

Steph Cole Lewis looking cool, peering over the top of her sun glasses. There is a green background with the title 'do you need social media?" for your handmade business. With little images of hearts, social media likes and shares

🙋‍♀️ Can you have a handmade business without social media? 🤯

🎧 Listen to this blog post as a Podcast instead 'Can you have a handmade business without social media?'

A question I'm asked on a regular basis is "do I have to be on social media to make sales i...

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Steph is a top 0.1% Etsy seller and published author that has helped over 75,000 handmade business owners with her weekly tips and tricks and over 600+ creative business owners in her coaching programmes and 1-1 work. She's worked with clients across all niches and specialises in helping people start, run and scale their business to a 6-figure level. Steph doesn't want you to focus on "hacks and gimmicks" and the latest "shiny thing you have to focus on" but instead wants to help you build a sustainable and long-lasting legacy business.