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Episode Archive
Episode 1 – How Anna Anagno Grew her Jewellery Biz into her Full-Time Occupation
Episode 2 – This is What’s Holding You Back
Episode 3 – How to Provide Outstanding Online Customer Service
Episode 4 – The 5 P’s of Successful Business
Episode 5 – Tips for Wholesaling your Handmade Goods with Melanie Augustin
Episode 7 – Customer Service Do’s and Don’ts at markets and shows
Episode 8 – How to Deal with Copycats
Episode 9 – Camila Prada on How to Run a Successful Crafty Kickstarter – The Create & Thrive Podcast
Episode 10 – 8 Steps to Turn Your Passion into a Successful Business
Episode 11 – How to Find Your Authentic Voice
Episode 12 – 10 Things You Must do to Have a Successful Online Craft Business
Episode 13 – How to Take Stand-out Product Photos with Jeffrey Opp
Episode 14 – 5 Ways you’re Sabotaging your Success
Episode 15 – How to Advertise your Business on a Shoestring Budget
Episode 16 – How to Change your Life by Changing your Morning Routine
Episode 17 – Should you Sell Your Craft Online?
Episode 18 – Five Mistakes You’re Making with Your Etsy Shop, and How to Fix Them
Episode 19 – The Right Time to Start is Right Now
Episode 20 – Handmade Biz Holiday Prep Checklist
Episode 21- Why Pay for an E-Course when you can Google the Information for Free?
Episode 22 – Social Media: How to Spend Less Time and Get More Results
Episode 23 – What is Profit, and Why is it Important?
Episode 24 – Blogging, Content, and Design Essentials with Arianne Foulks of Aeolidia
Episode 25 – Essential Tips for Running a Handmade Business
Episode 26 – How a Natural Disaster Inspired Sonia McManus to Follow Her Creative Dream
Episode 28 – Sonia Lyne Wants Us All in Stitches
Episode 29 – Why You Should Keep Your Day Job… For Now
Episode 30 – Time Management Hacks You Should Try Today
Episode 31 – Kirsten Devitt on Creativity and Confidence
Episode 32 – Should You Diversify or Consolidate Your Sales Venues
Episode 33 – 5 Techniques to Reduce Stress and Relax
Episode 34 – Rie Natalenko on How to Run Outstanding Craft Workshops
Episode 35 – How To Take a Break from Your Handmade Business
Episode 37 – Farewell 2015, Hello 2016
Episode 38 – What Will You Change in 2016?
Episode 39 – Daisy Forster on Facebook and Thinking Inside the Box
Episode 40 – 5 Things You Need Before You’re Ready To Sell Craft Online
Episode 42 – A Guide to International Orders for your Handmade Business
Episode 43 – 5 Steps to Stellar Product Photos
Episode 44 – The Ins and Outs of Selling Handmade Goods Wholesale… from a Retailers Perspective
Episode 45 – Reactive vs Proactive Work
Episode 46 – The Power of Being True to You in Business – with Jill from For Strange Women
Episode 47 – How a Photo Can Make You Famous with Cath of My Bearded Pigeon
Episode 48 – Why a Mailing List is Non-negotiable
Episode 49 – 5 Steps to Prepare for Licensing your 2D Artwork – with Laura C George
Episode 50 – 5 Steps to a Better Brand with Julie Gibbons
Episode 51 – The Offbeat World of Able and Game
Episode 52 – How to Thrive in the Face of Illness and Injury with Heidi Fahrenbacher
Episode 53 – Why You Need to Find Your Micro-Niche
Episode 54 – Ways to Increase Your Profits
Episode 55 – 8 Places You Can Get Help with Your Handmade Business
Episode 56 – Are You In the Arena?
Episode 57 – How and Why to Take a Digital Sabbatical
Episode 58 – Why Perfection is a Dangerous Illusion
Episode 59 – 10 Tips for Established Handmade Sellers {Part 1}
Episode 60 – 10 Tips for Established Handmade Sellers {Part 2}
Episode 61 – Why isn’t My Marketing Working?
Episode 62 – Making the Transition from Hobbyist to Business Owner
Episode 63 – What’s Your Definition of Success?
Episode 64 – Making the Functional Beautiful with Clare Collyer of Zillpa
Episode 65 – How to Start or Get Featured on a Podcast with Katie Wyatt
Episode 66 – Expectations Vs Reality
Episode 67 – Ignite Your Creative Spark with Katy McCullough
Episode 68 – The Future of Online Selling with Jonathan Peacock of Zibbet
Episode 69 – How to Run an Effective Giveaway
Episode 70 – How to Organise a Professional Photo Shoot with Christina Lowry
Episode 71 – Why You Should Treat Social Media Like a Cocktail Party
Episode 72 – Stop Focusing on Number of Sales and Start Focusing on the Numbers That Really Matter
Episode 73 – Handmade Holiday Biz Checklist 2016
Episode 74 – 5 Key Steps to Setting Up Shop Online
Episode 75 – How to Spring Clean Your Website
Episode 76 – How to Create Professional Packaging with Kara Irvine
Episode 78 – Behind the Scenes of Epheriell: Order Processing
Episode 79 – How to Make the Most of the Slow Times
Episode 80 – What do YOU Want on the C&T Podcast in 2017?
Episode 81 – How to Overcome Creative Block with Christina Lowry
Episode 82 – How to Deal with Unhappy Customers
Episode 83 – How to Grow Your Instagram Account with Steph Wallace
Episode 84 – How to Help Your Customers Feel Good About Your Business
Episode 85 – Thank you, see you in 2017!
Episode 86 – Planning for the Year Ahead
Episode 87 – Enticing People to Your Mailing List
Episode 88 – Avoid Burnout with Laura Brassie
Episode 89 – Mastering SEO with Feuza Reis
Episode 90 – Collective Store Pros & Cons with Christina Douglas
Episode 91 – 7 Tips for Work at Home Creatives
Episode 92 – REDUX: 5 Time Management Hacks You Should Try Today
Episode 93 – How to Successfully Combine Art and Design with Annie Everingham
Episode 94 – How to Use the Subscription Model to Grow Your Handmade Business
Episode 95 – The Pros & Cons of Amazon Handmade & Shopify with Linda Blume from Rustica Jewelry
Episode 96 – Passive and Alternative Income Streams
Episode 97 – How To Expand Your Business with Poppy Treffry
Episode 98 – The Power of Putting Yourself Out There with Stacie Bloomfield of Gingiber
Episode 99 – Making Friends with the Tyranny of Never Being Finished
Episode 100 – 10 Truths About Running a Handmade Business
Episode 101 – In The Fire of Transformation with Claire Anderson
Episode 102 – How to Choose the Right Ideas to Action with Kez Tutton
Episode 103 – Finding the Space to Just Be
Episode 104 – Developing Your Signature Style with Caitlin from Ink & Spindle
Episode 105 – Should You Start a Second Shop?
Episode 106 – Staying Open to Possibilities with Lisa Congdon
Episode 107 – Top Takeaways From Artful Business Conference and More
Episode 108 – Stop Trying to Do Everything at Once
Episode 109 – The Digital Tools I Use to Run my Business – 2017
Episode 110 – Business Intensive with Judy Carlson
Episode 111 – Handmade Business is Hard Work
Episode 112 – How to Rock Facebook Live with Jackie Muscat
Episode 113 – Seeking Freedom with Beth Kempton
Episode 114 – The Starving Artist Myth with Kerstin Pressler
Episode 115 – Business Intensive with Steph Wallace
Episode 116 – Do you still think that a job is the best way of making a living?
Episode 117 – Round Table Q&A with Thrivers in Winchester, England
Episode 118 – The Only Race is With Yourself
Episode 119 – 10 Steps to Wholesale Readiness
Episode 120 – Can you make a successful living selling OOAK items online?
Episode 121 – How to Embrace Change
Episode 122 – How to be a Misfit Entrepreneur with Kate Toon
Episode 123 – The 4 Things Holding you Back from Succeeding [REDUX]
Episode 124 – The Legalities of Handmade Business with Christina Scalera [Part One]
Episode 125 – Can I have a successful handmade business without Etsy?
Episode 126 – The Legalities of Handmade Business with Christina Scalera [Part Two]
Episode 127 – Self-Leadership with Karen Gunton
Episode 128 – The Fears We All Face
Episode 129 – Stop, and Focus on What You’re Grateful For
Episode 130 – When a Hobby Should Stay a Hobby with Amanda Adams
Episode 131 – #LookBackMoveForward – a Yearly Review Process
Episode 132 – How to Have an Effective Monthly Planning Day (Premium Episode)
Handmade Biz Tip #1 – It’s a Marathon, Not a Sprint
Episode 133 – Outsourcing Production with Britta Boeckmann
Handmade Biz Tip #2 – Unfollow Your Competition
Handmade Biz Tip #3 – Find Your Micro-Niche
Episode 134 – Sharing Our Success Stories
Handmade Biz Tip #4 – Claim Your Name
Episode 135 – Top Tips for Launching a New Product
Handmade Biz Tip #5 – The Customer Isn’t Always Right
Episode 136 – Why you Need to Stop Feeling Bad about Charging Money for your Craft
Handmade Biz Tip #6 – 5 Qualities of Successful Business Owners
Episode 137 – Set Up an Effective Sales Funnel with Chanelle White
Handmade Biz Tip #7 – Use the Right Keywords in your Product Titles
Episode 138 – Satsuma Street: a Success Story
Handmade Biz Tip #8 – Set Up an Order Processing System
Episode 139 – How Max & Me Became a Smashing Success with Stacey Howard
Handmade Biz Tip #9 – Sell on Etsy
Episode 140 – Goal Setting Do’s and Don’ts for your Business (Member-Exclusive Episode)
Handmade Biz Tip #10 – None of Us are Ever Finished
Episode 141 – Grow your Side Hustle with Chris Guillebeau
Handmade Biz Tip #11 – Build your Courage Muscle
Episode 142 – Success Story: Bare Hands Bracelets
Handmade Biz Tip #12 – Brand your Craft
Episode 143 – Growing a Jewellery Design Business with Priyanka Kedia of AYVA
Handmade Biz Tip #13 – Use Trello (or Something Like it) to Capture and Organise your Ideas
Episode 144 – The Power of Pinterest [Member-Exclusive]
Handmade Biz Tip #14 – Underpromise and Overdeliver
Episode 145 – Erin Dollar of Cotton & Flax
Handmade Biz Tip #15 – Use Etsy Shop Updates to Get Seen
Episode 146 – Set up Good Systems with Marina Darlow
Episode 147 – The Circle of Control {Member Exclusive}
Handmade Biz Tip #17 – Use Linktree on Instagram
Episode 148 – How and Why to Take a Digital Sabbatical {REDUX}
Handmade Biz Tip #18 – Everything is Figureoutable!
Episode 149 – Improve your Handmade Biz Workflow with these Awesome Digital Tools
Handmade Biz Tip #19 – Use ‘I’ Not ‘We’
Episode 150 – 10 Unmissable Episodes from the Last 3 Years
Handmade Biz Tip #20 – Celebrate the Wins
Episode 151 – Being Boss with Emily Thompson
Handmade Biz Tip #21 – Keep Your Books
Episode 152 – How to Get More (& Better) Product Reviews {Premium Episode}
Handmade Biz Tip #22 – What’s Your Why?
Episode 153 – New Etsy Seller Fees – Let’s Compare the Cost…
#MakingItPodcourse: Mindset | Lesson 1: Facing Fear
#MakingItPodcourse: Mindset | Lesson 2: Expectations vs. Reality
#MakingItPodcourse: Mindset | Lesson 3: The Pitfalls of Perfectionism
#MakingItPodcourse: Mindset | Lesson 4: Confidence & Courage
#MakingItPodcourse: Mindset | Lesson 5: Overcoming Overwhelm
#MakingItPodcourse: Mindset | Lesson 6: The Pull of Procrastination
#MakingItPodcourse: Mindset | Lesson 7: How to Make It
#MakingItPodcourse: Mindset | Lesson 8: What’s Your Money Story?
#MakingItPodcourse: Money | Lesson 9: Charge What You’re Worth
#MakingItPodcourse: Money | Lesson 10: You May Not Make Money Right Away… & That’s Okay
#MakingItPodcourse: Money | Lesson 11: Get a Handle on Your Bookkeeping
#MakingItPodcourse: Money | Lesson 12: Make More Profit
#MakingItPodcourse: Money | Lesson 13: Alternative & Passive Income Streams
#MakingItPodcourse: Money | Lesson 14: How to Make It: Money
#MakingItPodcourse: Marketing | Lesson 15: What is Marketing?#MakingItPodcourse: Marketing | Lesson 16: Tell Your Story
#MakingItPodcourse: Marketing | Lesson 17: Improve your Visual Marketing
#CTMonthInTheLife – A Photo-a-Day Instagram Challenge for Makers – Starts August 1, 2018!
#MakingItPodcourse: Marketing | Lesson 18: Improve your SEO
#MakingItPodcourse: Marketing | Lesson 19: Use Your Mailing List
#MakingItPodcourse: Marketing | Lesson 20: How to Use Social Media
#MakingItPodcourse: Marketing | Lesson 21: How to Make It: Marketing
#MakingItPodcourse: Business Management | Lesson 22: Manage Your Expectations
#MakingItPodcourse: Business Management | Lesson 23: Manage Your Focus
#MakingItPodcourse: Business Management | Lesson 24: Manage Your Energy
#MakingItPodcourse: Business Management | Lesson 25: Manage Your Time
#MakingItPodcourse: Business Management | Lesson 26: Manage Your Workflow & Business Systems
#MakingItPodcourse: Business Management | Lesson 27: Manage Your Schedule
#MakingItPodcourse: Business Management | Lesson 28: Making It: Business Management
#MakingItPodcourse: Wrap-Up, Reflection, & a Special Offer!
Episode 155 – Magnetic Marketing with Shannon Bush
Episode 156 – You Don’t Have to Market the Way Everybody Else Does! {Members-Only}
Episode 157 – Leverage your Etsy Shop with Danielle Spurge
Episode 158 – 10 Steps to Put Boundaries Around your Work
Episode 159 – Top Tips for Selling your Handmade Goods Wholesale with Melanie AugustinEpisode
Episode 160 – Focus on the Small Steps [Members-Only Episode]
Episode 161 – The number 1 reason handmade businesses fail (and 3 strategies to overcome it)
Episode 162 – 7 Reasons to Sell your Craft Online
Episode 163 – PR: How to Pitch with Brigitte Lyons
Episode 164 – Should you Offer Free Shipping: the Pros and Cons {Members Only}
Episode 165 – 10 Things I’ve Learnt in 10 Years in Business
Episode 166 – Pricing & Branding with Megan Auman
Episode 167 – Art & Travel with Alice Tams
Episode 168 – Check out my NEW podcast – The Business of Making!
Episode 169 – Key Takeaways from the Etsy Search Update [Members Only]
Summer Series 2018 – Grow your Side Hustle with Chris Guillebeau
Summer Series 2018 – Set up Good Systems with Marina Darlow
Summer Series 2018 – How Max & Me Became a Smashing Success with Stacey Howard
Summer Series 2018 – Being Boss with Emily Thompson
Summer Series 2018 – Magnetic Marketing with Shannon Bush
Episode 171 – 8 Reasons why your Traffic isn’t Converting to Sales
Episode 172 – How PR can Help you Grow a Niche Handmade Business with Aidan Mackinnon
Episode 173 – What Do I Send to my Email List? {Premium Episode}
Episode 174 – Growing a Business via Customer-Led Product Development with Jacinta Taylor
Episode 175 – The Journey to Create a Brand that Stands Out with Catherine Hildner
Episode 176 – Overplanning vs. Underplanning: How to Balance the Pros & Cons
Episode 177 – It’s Okay to Stay Small {Premium Episode}
Episode 178 – Social Activism & Your Craft Business with Cath Young
Episode 179 – Selling One-of-a-Kind Online with Kriket Broadhurst
Episode 180 – Don’t be Afraid to Put your Etsy shop in Holiday Mode.
Episode 181 – 5 Non-Negotiable Keys to Selling Your Craft Online
Episode 182 – The Stats to Track for your Handmade Business {Inc. Downloadable Spreadsheet}
Episode 183 – Handmade Shop Policies: What you MUST Include (with Etsy-Specific Guidance)
Episode 184 – How to Teach In-Person Workshops on your Craft
Episode 185 – 4th Anniversary Q&A – I answer your handmade business questions.
Episode 186 – 9 Strategies to Overcome Analysis Paralysis [Premium]
Episode 188 – Belle and Union – the Realities of Running a Brick & Mortar Biz
Episode 189 – The Power of a Unique Brand – with Jill from For Strange Women
Episode 190 – Steps to Pinterest Success {Premium}
Episode 191 – Branding Blunders to Avoid with Julie Gibbons
Episode 192 – Roadmap to Success with Catie Miller
Episode 193 – How Craft Saved SuzAnne Taylor’s Life
Episode 194 – 6 Tactics to Organise your To-Do List [Premium]
Episode 195 – The Challenges of Going from Job to Business with Katherine DaSilva
Episode 196 – Why you should (maybe) keep you day job.
Episode 197 – How to Plan your Next Project… Properly! With Kate Hutcheson.
Episode 198 – Setting Boundaries in your Handmade Biz {Premium}
Episode 199 – 5 Ways to Find Shops to Stock your Handmade Products
Episode 200 – An Interview with Jess’ Husband Nick – His Side of the Creative Journey
Episode 201 – Heidi Luerra and the Work of Art
Episode 202 – How & Why to Document your Business SystemsEpisode
Episode 203 – Emails that Get Attention with Katie Salmon
Episode 204 – Grow your Handmade Biz via YouTube with Patrick Adair
Making It Podcourse – Week 1 – MINDSET
Making It Podcourse – Week 2 – MONEY
Making It Podcourse – Week 3 – MARKETING
MakingItPodcourse – Week 4 – BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Episode 205 – How to choose the right platform for your handmade website & shop
Episode 206 – When you want to quit
Episode 207 – So you want to run an Instagram challenge…
Episode 208 – How to deal with unhappy customers (Redux)
Episode 209 – 16 Strategies to Survive the Silly Sales Season
Episode 210 – 6 years, 12 employees, and $1 mil revenue… the inspirational story of Popov Leather.
Episode 211 – Selling via subscription & my Earring-of-the-Month Club story
Episode 212 – Etsy SEO Live Workshop Replay (with info direct from Etsy themselves)
Episode 213 – 10 Things I Wish I’d Known when I Started my Handmade Busines
Episode 215 – Stop looking for the ‘secret of success’ in business – do this instead.
Episode 216 – How to make your online jewellery biz thrive with Raphaela of Fifth Heaven Designs
Episode 217 – Finding the Confidence to Start Your Handmade Biz
Episode 218 – De-Risking the Move to Self-Employment with Matt Baker
Episode 219 – Are You your own Worst Enemy?
Episode 220 – Weaving a Business with Jen Duffin of Nova Mercury
Episode 221 – What’s the point of your biz – and why should people care?
Episode 222 – How Branding Shapes the Story of your Business with Katie Saunders
Episode 223 – COVID-19 & Your Handmade Business (Coronavirus)
Episode 224 – 24 Years & Counting with Christine Tenenholtz
Episode 225 – 9 Steps to Name your Handmade Business
Episode 226 – Modern Stained Glass Artist Lauren Earl of Szklo Glass
Episode 227 – Don’t leave your customers with obvious questions!
Episode 228 – 5 Key Steps to Selling Handmade Online
Episode 229 – Product Photography Top Tips with Amy Eaton
Episode 230 – 7 Types of Handmade Product Photos you Should Be Taking
Episode 231 – The Wonderful Paper & Wood World of Zack Mclaughlin
Episode 232 – 5 Things to Avoid when Taking Handmade Product Photos
Episode 233 – Beci Orpin’s Multi-faceted Art Career
Episode 234 – What is an ideal customer, and why does knowing who they are matter?
Episode 235 – Self-Awareness, Creativity, & Self-Worth with Erica Ando
Episode 236 – 5 Reasons you Should Use Pinterest to Promote your Handmade Business
Episode 237 – How to use video & Pinterest to grow your Biz with Naa Ardua Flohic
Join me for the #PinterestChallenge in September!
Episode 238 – I quit social media for a month (here’s how, and what happened…)
Episode 239 – Tracy Matthews’s Jewellery Journey
Episode 240 – 7 Ways you’re Sabotaging the Success of your Etsy Shop
Episode 241 – How to Undertake a Successful Re-brand with Aliya Hutchison of Soap Cult
Episode 242 – Should you start an Etsy shop?
Episode 243 – Standing out on Instagram with Chereen Leong Schwarz
Episode 244 -10 #WFH tips I’ve learnt from 10 years of self-employment
Episode 245 – How Sigriet Ferrer has Pivoted her Terrarium Business During COVID
Episode 247 -From Law Enforcement to Jewellery Making – Sarah Miller of Seaside Harmony Jewelry
Episode 248 – Finding Mindfulness via Puzzles with Kristy O’Kane of Okay Lady
Episode 249 – How quickly should you reply to customer messages?
Episode 250 -This couple wanted to work together – so they created their own homewares business
Episode 251 – How to beat overwhelm in the new year – Stop, Start, Continue…
Episode 252 – 20 Instagram Post Ideas (for Handmade and Product-Based Businesses
Join me for the Instagram Challenge in Feb 2021!
Episode 253 – Candles, COVID, and Working with Family – with Annie White-Brown
Episode 254 – 10 Etsy shop tweaks for more sales (that you might not have thought of).
Episode 255 -Pivoting from Markets to Selling OOAK Online with Upswitch
Episode 256 – 5 Books That Will Make you More Productive
Episode 257 – Should you bother posting daily to Instagram?
Episode 258 – How to manage your money when you’re self-employed
Episode 259 – Etsy Fees Explained
Episode 260 – How to grow a super-successful jewellery school with Jessica Rose
Episode 261 – 10 Ways to Improve your Product Photos
Episode 262 – 7-Figure Amazon Handmade Biz Owner Dana Midkiff Shares her Story
Episode 264 – Can you have a Successful Handmade Business WITHOUT Using Social Media?
Episode 265 – How I Organise my Life & Businesses
Episode 266 – Beautiful Branding – the Do’s and Don’ts: Kelly McElroy of Star Castle Studio
Episode 267 – Etsy Star Seller – Another Etsy Fail?
Episode 268 – Do these 5 Things BEFORE you Open your Online Shop
Episode 269 – How Amanda (Almost) Sold Out when her Etsy Shop Launched!
5 Reasons to Have a Mailing List – For Handmade Business
Episode 271 – Slow & Steady Business Growth and Success with Jenn Johnston
Upcoming Workshop: The Art & Science of Pricing Handmade Crafts
Episode 272 -You’re Probably Pricing Wrong – Handmade Business
Episode 273 – Pinterest Essentials for Makers in 2021 with Kate Ahl of Simple Pin Media
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Episode 274 -20 Questions to Ask Yourself BEFORE you Start a Business
Episode 275 – Etsy Success Tips with LL Divens
Episode 277 – How to Make Awesome Instagram Reels with Kar Brulhart
Episode 278 – 6 Lessons I’ve Learnt from 13 Years Selling on Etsy
Episode 279 – Clare Smythson of Ornately Lanterns
Episode 280 – I’ve made 65k from one product alone… the power of reproducible products
Episode 281 – How to Design & Sell Printables Online with Julie Berninger
Episode 282 – How to Deal with Unhappy Online Customers in your Handmade Business
Episode 283 – Growing your Handmade Business with Instagram: Yulia Anderson of Matryoshka Doll Shop
Episode 284 -My Thoughts on the Etsy Strike & Petition of 2022
Episode 285 – How Cassandra Pons Grew her Handmade Fashion Label
Episode 286 – How Etsy Search Works: all the things that affect your shop and product ranking
Episode 288 – Top Pinterest Tips for Etsy Sellers 2022
Episode 289 – Graphic Design Fundamentals for Makers with Ron Miller
Etsy Keywords 101: Fundamentals of Choosing The Right Ones (& FREE Download!)
6 Ways to Find and Refine your Etsy Keywords [291]
Etsy Purchase Protection – Will it Work for You? [292]
5 Ways You’re Sabotaging Your Own Success – In Handmade Business [293]
10 Tips for Etsy Success from a Full-Time Seller! [294]
Rank Higher In Etsy Search by Asking this One Question… [295]
5 Tips to BOOST your Christmas Sales! [296]