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Business planning, putting it all together in order to make progress on your goals and put them together in a way that gives you leverage.
Creative Biz Foundations Marketing & Growth Mindset, Motivation & Productivity

My Handmade Biz-Business Planning, Putting it All Together

Business planning, putting it all together in order to make progress on your goals and put them together in a way that gives you leverage. We’ve come to the end of our seven-week challenge on using business planning to create growth in traffic, customers, and most importantly income. Much of what we’ve talked about so …

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When you stay in your comfort zone you are limiting your potential. Yes, you can make progress by doing what you’ve always done – but it will be slow and maybe even kinda painful.
Creative Biz Foundations Marketing & Growth Mindset, Motivation & Productivity

My Handmade Biz-Business Planning, Leaving Your Comfort Zone

Leaving your comfort zone is required in order for your handmade or creative business to grow.  We have to try new things and learn to embrace the stuff we’re not good at – yet. Scary stuff I know. In case you missed one of the other posts in this 7-week challenge, here is what I’ve …

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The simple act of setting a goal, even if it’s just in your head, doubles your chances of success. But, if you take it a step further and actually write those goals down, you’re 10 times as likely to succeed.
Creative Biz Foundations Marketing & Growth Mindset, Motivation & Productivity

My Handmade Biz-Business Planning, Writing Things Down

Writing things down is the most important part of business planning and goal setting. In the last 4 weeks we’ve talked a bit about business planning and goal setting.  Have you been thinking about what your plans and goals are?  More importantly, have you been writing things down?  Most people don’t and that’s a HUGE …

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Sometimes business planning involves working backwards in order to set goals for your handmade or creative business.  Wondering how this works?
Creative Biz Foundations Marketing & Growth Mindset, Motivation & Productivity

My Handmade Biz-Business Planning, Working Backwards

Sometimes business planning involves working backwards in order to set goals for your handmade or creative business.  Wondering how this works? Business planning and goal setting are often tough things to do. Mainly because we tend to set vague goals for ourselves and our business. How to work backwards to set your business goals. One …

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Increasing traffic, subscribers, and customers is how you grow your income to boost your bottom line.  We all know that.  But, where do these new subscribers and customers come from?  That’s the tough part.
Marketing & Growth

My Handmade Biz-Business Planning, Increasing Traffic

Increasing traffic, subscribers, and customers is how you grow your income to boost your bottom line.  We all know that.  But, where do these new subscribers and customers come from?  That’s the tough part. Welcome to Week 3 of our Business Planning challenge! Today it’s finally time to talk about some of the things you …

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Business planning involves knowing where you’re at right now in order to measure growth and figure out what you should be working on.
Creative Biz Foundations Marketing & Growth Mindset, Motivation & Productivity

My Handmade Biz-Business Planning, Know Where You’re at Now

Business planning involves knowing where you’re at right now in order to measure growth and figure out what you should be working on. If you’re ready to take your handmade business to the next level (whether it’s through baby steps or explosive growth) over the coming months, it’s important to stop and look at where …

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7-week business planning challenge. Week 1-My Handmade Biz-Business Planning, the Secret to Success
Creative Biz Foundations Marketing & Growth Mindset, Motivation & Productivity

My Handmade Biz-Business Planning, the Secret to Success

Business planning is the secret to the success of your handmade or creative business.  Do you set aside time regularly to plan out what it is that you want to do in your business? Over the next seven weeks, I want to share some tips with you that may help you with this whole business …

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Feeling burnt out? Stop & take some time for you.
Mindset, Motivation & Productivity

Feeling burnt out? Stop & take some time for you

Are you feeling burnt out?  If so, it’s time to stop and take some time for you! WHEW, I don’t know about you, but the last 3 months have left me feeling pretty burnt out – leaving me feeling exhausted and having trouble concentrating. For many handmade and creative business owners, having our own business …

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