Today, we’re doing a little spring cleaning. This episode is for personal projects and for business owners. If you’re not a business owner, you can skip the last half, but if you are, I’ve got a few good nuggets of info to help you spring clean your shop!

Below is the outline I used while making the podcast. I thought it would be beneficial to include it her on Substack just incase you’d rather read than listen.

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Links

Podcast episodes mentioned:

* Creative Retrospective Episode

* Carla of Shark City Slicker Episode

* Danny Brito Episode

Websites mentioned:

* To compress .jps: https://tinyjpg.com/

* To compress .pngs: https://tinypng.com/

Personal Projects De-Clutter

* Listen to the Creative Retrospective episode #6

* What works, what doesn’t work, what needs some tweaking?

* What is fulfilling to you mentally, physically, spiritually?

* Take time to journal or just think on these questions.

* Decide what projects you want to concentrate on and organize

* Do you have half-finished projects that you want to finally see through?

* Are there half-finished projects you want to let go of? Things you tried that didn’t really click?

* Organize in a way that makes it easy for you to pick up and go.

* Clean out supplies and donate to a reuse store

Basic Product Based Business Audit

* Website Audit

* Do your available products match your inventory?

* Are there new photos you could take? Can you compress your photos? Do your photos have alt tags for accessibility and SEO?

* Are your menus and collections up to date? Can you make it easy for folks to find what they need in three clicks or less?

* Inventory Audit

* Sort your inventory by best to worst sellers and determine what’s moving and what’s stagnant. Can you have a sale? Is there enough for a mystery box promotion? Can you add slow sellers as a ‘free with purchase’ to move it out?

* What do you like making vs. what’s selling well? Gauge your interest with your customers’.

* Space Audit

* Just clean your workspace! Are there products that still need to be packaged? Props from the last photoshoot hanging around? Is your desk a nightmare? Take a day to reset your space. You might even find extra inventory!

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