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Why More Followers Won’t Magically Grow Your Handmade Business (And What Will)

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How Handmade Sellers Are Making £1k in Just 7 Days (Without a Huge Audience)

🎧 If you’ve ever thought “I just need more followers to start making decent sales,” this...

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📈 Marketing has changed since 2020. Here's what's working now (backed by research) ✅

🎧 Listen to this blog post as a Podcast instead: #45 - Marketing has changed since 2020. Here's what's working now (backed by research)

📱 Marketing as we used to know it has changed! If you've notice...

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🗣️ The Communication Game: Should You Speak with 'We' or 'I'? 🗣️

🎧 Listen to this blog post as a Podcast instead: #44 - The Communication Game: Should You Speak with 'We' or 'I'?

🩵 In this episode Handmade Bosses founder, Steph, dives into the great "I vs. We" deb...

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🎙️ Interview with Charly Bee Designs: From Passion to Full-Time Handmade Success 🎙️

 

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

 

 

 


 

Introduction The world of handmade business is an e...

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

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

👉 Join me as I chat with handmade busin...

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🚨 The BIG Ecommerce World Updates for Etsy and Instagram You Need to Know 🚨

🎧 Listen to this blog post as a Podcast instead #30 - The BIG Ecommerce World Updates for Etsy and Instagram: Everything You Need to Know

💙 This is our BIG UPDATE episode for Etsy and Instagram.

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🚀 Boost Your Handmade Sales: Reach Your Dream Customers Online! 🧨

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

 

👉 If you want to learn how to create an engaging brand presence and create m...

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👀 How to Find Your Target Audience as a Handmade Business Owner 🔎

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

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

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Etsy Q&A Part 2 | Christmas Products 2023, Occasions, Branding, Photos, Lost Parcels

Today we have another Q&A I did recently and wanted to share some of the best bits with you all, we were talking Christmas, branding, occasions, photos! 

Let's Talk Christmas!! What do I need to be t...
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Etsy Q&A 2023 | Questions on Pricing, Sales, Listings, Shipping, T&Cs

I recently held a live Q&A and as usual I LOVED it! So I thought I would share with you some of your top questions I answered in that live. 

How can I price commission pieces? 

So you are still goin...

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