by Jess | Interviews, Podcasts, Products
Have you ever thought about outsourcing the production of your handmade goods? Maybe you want to grow beyond what one person can achieve. Perhaps you want to outsource the making so you can spend more time dreaming and designing. Whatever the reason, figuring out...
by Jess | Interviews, Motivation, Podcasts, Self-Care, Time Management
Do you ever feel like you’re not a ‘real entrepreneur’? Yeah, me too. And so does my guest this week, Kate Toon – who happens to be the author of How to be a Misfit Entrepreneur. I met Kate at the Artful Business Conference this year, and...
by Jess | Community, Interviews, Marketing, Money, Podcasts, Products
This week, I’m bringing you something special! When I was in England recently, I had a Thriver meetup – and 5 wonderful makers (who also happen to be Thriver Circle members) came along. We spent 2 hours talking all things creative business! In the...
by Jess | Interviews, Money, Podcasts
Do you ever feel like you will never make any money from your art/craft… or, even worse, that you don’t really deserve to? That it is somehow noble or the ‘right thing’ to not charge for what you create? That taking money for it will...
by Jess | Interviews, Podcasts
In this Episode I discuss all things SEO, website creation, and online marketplaces with Jonathan Peacock of Zibbet. In the beginning, Jonathan developed Zibbet as an online sales platform for friends of his who were fine artists, as there wasn’t really an...
by Jess | Interviews, Podcasts
Daisy Forster runs a creative business selling her hand-dyed yarns. She started her business selling online via Facebook, and has since grown to offer yarn club subscriptions, and also run dyeing workshops and retreats as well as business retreats to assist other...