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Etsy Shop Not Getting Sales? The Real Reasons Your Shop Feels Quiet

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HBSA Student Interviews

๐Ÿช‚ Crafting Success: Charly's Journey to Niche Mastery and Business Resilience ๐Ÿช‚

๐ŸŽง Listen to this blog post as a Podcast instead: #38 Crafting Success: Charly's Journey to Niche Mastery and Business Resilience

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๐Ÿš€ How Joining HBSA Boosted Vicky's Conversion Rate From 0.2% to 5.4% - An interview with HBSA student Vicky ๐Ÿš€

๐ŸŽง Listen to this blog post as a Podcast instead: #28 How Joining HBSA Boosted Vicky's Conversion Rate From 0.2% to 5.4% -ย  An interview with HBSA student Vicky

๐Ÿ‘‰ Join me as I chat with handmade busin...

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๐Ÿคณ ๐Ÿค” What is a social media home hub and how do you find yours? ๐Ÿ’ป

๐ŸŽง Listen to this blog post as a Podcast instead: #26 - What is a social media home hub and how do you find yours?

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๐Ÿ’™ In this episode of the 'How to Be a Handmade Boss' podcast, Steph introduces the...

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๐Ÿฅฐ Discover Why Leigh Calls The HBSA a "Business Hug" for Students ๐Ÿค—

๐ŸŽง Listen to this blog post as a Podcast instead Discover Why Leigh Calls The HBSA a "Business Hug" for Students

๐Ÿ’™ We delve into the compelling story of handmade business 'Viva La Diva', a maverick br...

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๐Ÿš€ Boost Your Handmade Sales: Reach Your Dream Customers Online! ๐Ÿงจ

๐ŸŽง Listen to this blog post as a Podcast instead #23 Skyrocket Your Handmade Business Sales with These Proven Strategies

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๐Ÿ‘‰ If you want to learn how to create an engaging brand presence and create m...

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๐Ÿ‘€ How to Find Your Target Audience as a Handmade Business Owner ๐Ÿ”Ž

๐ŸŽง Listen to this blog post as a Podcast instead #22 Discover Your Target Audience: Tips for Online Handmade Business Owners

๐Ÿš€ How hard is for you, as a handmade business owner, to identify and unders...

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๐Ÿชต From Woodworking to Apparel โ›ฐ๏ธ How One Entrepreneur Diversified His Mountain-Inspired Brand ๐Ÿ‘•

๐ŸŽง Listen to this blog post as a Podcast instead #19 The HBSA "helped us get set up properly right off the bat... it's a really nice community that makes it a little bit easier to not just be stuck in ...

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Etsy trends (what you need to know)

Trends have been a real hot topic in the handmade business world for a while now, where we have collectively observed many different waves.ย 

A trend is an influx of people repeating the same action a...

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Top 3 Ways to Optimise Your Listings

I wanted to talk to you about the top 3 ways to optimise your Etsy listings. This is looking ahead, as I write this we are well into Q4 so the Christmas orders will be coming in, I know a lot of my HB...

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Running a handmade stall at a Craft Fair? Top tips to be a HUGE success

Top tips for craft fairs! I go to a lot of craft fairs and I mean a lot and its a very fine line between not interacting at all and being pushy!

I find there is a lot of people who will sit behind th...

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