Explore Your Enthusiasm

What's the best piece of advice I've received for my business? Today I'm answering a question from one of the listeners to talk about three different pieces of advice that have shaped my business.

• MadebyMEE
• IttyBiz.com
• Havi Brooks
• Kari Chapin
• Cooperative Press
• Market Yourself
• Gary Vaynerchuk's Document, Don't Create
• my YouTube channel
• Take Care of Yourself with Tara Swiger
• @taraswiger on IG
• @essentialenthusiasm on IG

• Intro
• It starts at home
• I learn to knit
• Debbie Stollar changed my life
• Move into cubicle land
• Into self-employment

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I follow my enthusiasm by reading…a lot. And once a month, I share (some of) the books I read last month and the books I intend to read this month. You can join the informal book club by sharing your own list with me on Facebook and find all the posts here.

(The usual disclaimer applies.)

• The Crossroads of Should and Must, by Elle Luna
• A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle
• Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dia Sijie
• Kindred, by Octavia Butler
• Novels from Book of The Month: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, Not That I Could Tell, by Jessica Strawser
• More Novels read: Pretties, Specials from the Uglies series I talked about last month
• More on my GoodReads

• Crushing It, Gary Vaynerchuk

• Libby app
• Read Harder Challenge
• Book of the Month is my FAVE way to find new fiction. Here's my link! 

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It’s my 200th episode! To celebrate let’s hear from you, the listeners!

Thanks so much to the callers who left a message!

• Nicole at Colleke Creations
• Deb at Scienceknitster
• Karen of Karen George Designs
• Amy of Antemortem arts
• Mary of Elemental Fiberworks
• Sarah Wallworth of TricotEdit

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In celebration of my 200th episode, Joeli Kelly is interviewing me! We talk about the mindset shifts I had to make to build this business, the lessons I'm learning and what I'm most enthusiastic about it right now.

• Joeli and her podcast editing services
• Episode 1
• How I changed my relationship with money
• How to change YOUR relationship with money
• Pay Yourself
• My essential oil business and podcast

Listen in at TaraSwiger.com/podcast199

Knowing your numbers is powerful. By knowing your profit margins and your goals, you can make a monthly, weekly, and daily plan of exactly what you need to do in order to make the amount of money you need to make. So stop flailing around and get knowledgeable, so you can spend your time as effectively as possible.

• Pay Yourself
• Call in and leave a message and we'll include it on the 200th EYE show: (567) 393-8272

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There is no pressure to be perfect.

Because of Instagram and Pinterest, I feel like I have to have it all together - I need to take prettier pictures, I need to have the perfect house, I need to only be eating organic greens and homemade cupcakes with handmade banners on them!

Do you know that feeling? Are you feeling pressured by Instagram to pretend like your life is perfect? Let’s talk about your own role in this pressure.

• My instagram
• @abeautifulmess
• @westknits
• @negharfonooni
• @Iamkristabel
• @meandorla
• @garyvee
• @galadarling
• @yespleaseplanning

Listen in and get your free transcript at TaraSwiger.com/podcast197

I follow my enthusiasm by reading…a lot. And once a month, I share (some of) the books I read last month and the books I intend to read this month. You can join the informal book club by sharing your own list with me on Facebook and find all the posts here.

(The usual disclaimer applies.)

• Four Tendencies, by Gretchen Rubin
• The Man Who Loved Books Too Much, by Allison Bartlett
• You are the Placebo, Joe Dispenza
• Celebrity biographies: The Magnolia Story, Troublemaker
• Novels read: Uglies, The Wife Between Us, Two Girls Down, Murder at the Vicarage, A Study in Scarlet Women

• Crushing It, Gary Vaynerchuk

• Better than Before, by Gretchen Rubin
• More about the Four Tendencies in your creative business
• Libby app
• Read Harder Challenge
• Book of the Month is my FAVE way to find new fiction. Here's my link! 

Listen in at TaraSwiger.com/podcast196

In this week's episode I'm answering tons of YOUR questions!

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"How can I feel ok about what I charge? How do I stop apologizing for my prices? How do you stand by your prices?"

This week I was asked this question and I want to dive deeper into this because it is so so vital for the health of your business and your mental well being. The more confidence you have when discussing your prices, the more sales you'll make.

• #bizconfidence challenge
• Map Your Business
• Pay Yourself

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What do you when sales are low and you feel awful? We just survived January, which in many industries is the slowest, lowest-sales month of the year. I got a message on Instagram this week of a maker who was having a REALLY bad month. Her sales were at at all-time low and she felt horrible. She was asking me what was something she could do to increase sales? So today I'm going to share with you what I told her.

• Pay Yourself

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