DramatiqueDesigns has graciously agreed to be first. We'll be finding out about more than just what she sells but also, about who she is, how she made the decision to open her shop on Etsy, what she'd like us to know about what goes on behind the shop, and where she hopes her path will lead.
The features will include not just the people and the art, but ideas on marketing, if they've advertised, where, and how it worked out (I'm currently doing Facebook Ads), tips for handling shows, how to handle the various joys of dealing with customers both the good and the ones that teach us new things about managing our businesses. A recent topic that seems to keep coming up, how to calculate international shipping and if that's where you want your shop to go. Different questions for different shops, and the unique people behind them. From the 1st to the 1000th sale, and the journey in between.
I will also be posting a master list of shops that will be featured in the future, and shops that have already been featured. There is nothing more frustrating than finding out about a great shop, and then not being able to find it again. Or reading some great advice and information, then not being able to go back and reference it.
There is a very long list of shops that have already signed on to be featured, so to try to get thru some of those during the summer show season, I'll be having bi-weekly features, and will announce when the change from a weekly feature, to a bi-weekly feature will happen in the coming weeks.
Please check in and read about the shops that are the same teams you're on, in the same forums, clubs, and just shops you've come across. It's a great way to support each other, and you never know who will share that little piece of information that helps drive traffic to your shop and increase sales.
I can thank Kat of H2OWorks, for introducing me to my very first group, the ParadiseBnR forum, and that has resulted in an increase in sales for us and turned things around from Etsy being a chore to be done, into something that is actually growing our business and something we enjoy. It's one of the reasons I wanted to start doing features, because we all have knowledge, but no central place to share it.
So welcome, I hope you meet some new friends, find some great new shops, and find out some things that will help lead your shop to become what you want it to be, whether it's from a part-time income, to a full-time job and eventually into a growing business adding employees of your own, or keeping it just the size it is now but generating greater income.
We all started in different places, with different ideas, and our paths have all led us here together in one place. I am trying to share the how, why, who, when, and so much more.
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