Running a handmade business takes heart, hustle, and a whole lot of coffee. These posts help you stay motivated, organized, and confident — even when the creative chaos takes over.
Learn how to use Evernote & Trello to get organized! How many times have you: Sounds like it’s time to sharpen your organizational skills! Evernote is a free app You can use it on your smartphone, tablet and your computer. It’s designed for note taking, organizing, task management, and keeping track of everything you could …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
