Handmade Sellers

Etsy is a great way to sell vintage or handmade goods, but some people are daunted by the prospect of starting an Etsy shop. Etsy sellers know how hard it is to get noticed. If you already have a storefront on Etsy, how do you grow your store and increase your sales? One of the best ways to do this is by using Pinterest as a tool for generating traffic, growing sales and improving your brand. Many businesses, like Etsy sellers, have made their brands into huge successes due in part to their use of this website. The platform has more than 400 million active users, so there's a lot of potential for your Etsy shop. In this episode, Jenny will discuss how you can use Pinterest to grow sales on Etsy and build audience of potential customers who may buy from you later.

What you'll Learn

• Creating a business account on Pinterest (and more on pins and boards)
• Following people translating into more followers for you
• Picking and finding your competition

Resources for Handmade Sellers on Etsy

• Join our FREE Facebook Group, Etsy Sales & Marketing Strategies for Handmade Sellers
• Join the Free 5 day Etsy SEO Visibility Challenge here.
• Join Etsy Accelerator Coaching Program here - get daily personalized support with your shop in a private Facebook group and weekly live zoom coaching calls to chat with other members too. Community, content, collabs.
• Get the SEO Mini Masterclass, and Learn how to write SEO, titles and tags to increase your shop visibility and sales.

Championing creativity and entrepreneurship since its inception, Etsy's mission is to keep commerce human--and they do just that by empowering creative entrepreneurs with the tools needed to start and scale their own businesses. This week, we're taking a deeper look into our Etsy Accelerator program and how it helped our member and fashion designer, Sarah Sustainable, to boost her online sales from 20 to 200.

An award winning fashion designer, Sarah Sustainable (Sarah Davis-Ata) graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology with a BFA degree specializing in intimate apparel. Her love for lingerie, and passion for sustainability drives an extraordinary collection that features attention to detail, sprinkled with sparkle and lace that will dress up any outfit, pioneering for sexy style in the eco-friendly fashion space. As part of her sustainability campaign, she promotes a "treasure, not trash," philosophy that is no waste from start to finish. She walks her talk by crafting her items using high end remnants and luxury materials that have been salvaged from the fast fashion industry, subtracting excess directly from the landfill.

What you'll Learn

• The difficulties of having your own website compared to paying the Etsy fees
• How the pandemic has changed Sarah and her 10-year Etsy shop
• Benefits of utilizing stats in building one's shop

-Sarah Sustainable

Connect with Sarah Sustainable

• Instagram: @sarah_sustainable_fashion
• Facebook Group: Sarah Sustainable Fashion Group
• Facebook Page: Sarah Sustainable Fashion
• Sarah’s Etsy Shop: SarahSustainable

Resources mentioned on this episode

• Sarah Sustainable: Dress Better

Resources for Handmade Sellers on Etsy

• Join our FREE Facebook Group, Etsy Sales & Marketing Strategies for Handmade Sellers
• Get the SEO Mini Masterclass, and Learn how to write SEO, titles and tags to increase your shop visibility and sales.
• Join the Free 5 day Etsy SEO Visibility Challenge here.
• Join Etsy Accelerator Coaching Program here - get daily personalized support with your shop in a private Facebook group and weekly live zoom coaching calls to chat with other members too. Community, content, collabs.

We all know that mindset is everything. The right attitude can turn you into a powerhouse of productivity and creativity. The wrong one can leave you feeling like nothing is ever good enough. And when your job depends on getting results, it's important to be in the right frame of mind. For our today's episode, our guest Joe Graham will share to us the #1 sales mindset shift that grows your audience and revenue!

As a master salesman and a business coach, Joe has been in sales for over 15 years. He began the 150K Podcast where he helps you get to that first 6 figure and beyond. He teaches people the way to prospect correctly, follow up without being needy, and ask for the sale.

What you'll Learn

• Shift your sales mindset to sell more
• How diversifying your social media marketing content increases engagement and sales
• Your customers are your best referral to grow your audience of buyers

-Joe Graham

Connect with Joe Graham

• Facebook Profile: Joe Graham
• Facebook Page: Joseph Graham
• Facebook Group: The 150K Podcast
• Instagram: @150kpodcast

Resources mentioned on this episode

• Listen to Joe's '150k Podcast' here.

Resources for Handmade Sellers on Etsy

• Join our FREE Facebook Group, Etsy Sales & Marketing Strategies for Handmade Sellers
• Get the SEO Mini Masterclass, and Learn how to write SEO, titles and tags to increase your shop visibility and sales.
• Join the Free 5 day Etsy SEO Visibility Challenge here.
• Join Etsy Accelerator Coaching Program here - get daily personalized support with your shop in a private Facebook group and weekly live zoom coaching calls to chat with other members too. Community, content, collabs.

It is a well-known fact that the human mind has a tremendous influence over our lives. Mindset and confidence in growing your business has been proven to be one of the most important factors (as well as collaboration) when it comes to achieving success. Mindsets create patterns, which can lead you down paths or on journeys towards different destinations. In this episode, our guest, Dane Boyle, will discuss how mindset affects people's ability to grow their businesses, as well as what steps need to be taken to get there.

Dane is an uplifting, motivating confidence, self-care and self-esteem coach who has made it his mission to help others live their best lives. Also a personal trainer, a motivational speaker, a business owner, he is the host of the 'Turn Positivity Into Possibility' podcast. Raised by his parents with an open mind, heart and spirit to explore the world around him from a young age - Dane has put together his thoughts on life which are known as #DANEish. As someone who loves life, adventure, and travel, he loves to listen to others' dreams and vision for their future. His dream is to help other women believe in themselves like he believes in them.

What you'll Learn

• Importance of having a positive mindset
• Having a little thick skin with regards to other people's perceptions and reviews
• Transmuting Positivity Into Possibility

-Dane Boyle

Connect with Dane Boyle

• Facebook Group: Create a Life You Love
• Facebook: Trainer Dane Boyle
• YouTube: Dane Boyle Fitness
• Instagram: @trainer_dane
• LinkedIn: Dane Boyle

Resources mentioned on this episode

• Dane Boyle Fitness: Prepare | Plan | Execute
• Listen to Dane's 'Turn Positivity Into Possibility' podcast here

Resources for Handmade Sellers on Etsy

• Join our FREE Facebook Group, Etsy Sales & Marketing Strategies for Handmade Sellers
• Get the SEO Mini Masterclass, and Learn how to write SEO, titles and tags to increase your shop visibility and sales.
• Join the Free 5 day Etsy SEO Visibility Challenge here.
• Join Etsy Accelerator Coaching Program here - get daily personalized support with your shop in a private Facebook group and weekly live zoom coaching calls to chat with other members too. Community, content, collabs.

How many Etsy listings do you need? Etsy SEO titles are short or long, which should you use? How should you prioritize your time in managing your Etsy shop? These are some questions that Jenny will answer in this episode. Etsy is a great marketplace for you, sellers to sell your products and reach a larger audience than you could otherwise. But it's not easy to get those products found with so many other sellers! Also in this episode, Jenny will present tips on how to optimize your Etsy search listings so that your items can be found more easily by buyers.

What you'll Learn

• Benefits of having a right and targeted SEO
• Strategizing your titles in order to drive direct traffic
• Focusing on your 'needle movers'

Resources for Handmade Sellers on Etsy

• Join our FREE Facebook Group, Etsy Sales & Marketing Strategies for Handmade Sellers
• Get the SEO Mini Masterclass, and Learn how to write SEO, titles and tags to increase your shop visibility and sales.
• Join the Free 5 day Etsy SEO Visibility Challenge here.
• Join Etsy Accelerator Coaching Program here - get daily personalized support with your shop in a private Facebook group and weekly live zoom coaching calls to chat with other members too. Community, content, collabs.

Etsy is a great place for people who want to start their own business and make money from home. Etsy provides the tools that will allow you to create your own shop, upload products, and market yourself in ways that work best for your unique style. Etsy also provides an opportunity for you to grow into a Full-time seller with the right amount of hustle! In this episode, we'll be hearing from our member Charlotte Wade on how can you take your Etsy shop full time on your own time.

Bringing your Etsy shop to the next level can be a challenge. Luckily, Charlotte has figured out how to make her Etsy shop full time with a little help from our Etsy Accelerator program! She now runs her little Etsy store full-time from home and she just loves making and creating gifts that make people smile. Listen to this episode to learn about this creative Etsy artist who turned her favorite hobby into an awesome career!

What you'll Learn

• Charlotte's positivity aspect of her artworks
• Recognizing your target audience and creating a theme and focus for your Etsy shop
• How venturing into Etsy has helped Charlotte amidst the pandemic

-Charlotte Wade

Connect with Charlotte Wade

• Charlotte's Etsy Shop: CWPhotoArt

Resources for Handmade Sellers on Etsy

• Join our FREE Facebook Group, Etsy Sales & Marketing Strategies for Handmade Sellers
• Get the SEO Mini Masterclass, and Learn how to write SEO, titles and tags to increase your shop visibility and sales.
• Join the Free 5 day Etsy SEO Visibility Challenge here.
• Join Etsy Accelerator Coaching Program here - get daily personalized support with your shop in a private Facebook group and weekly live zoom coaching calls to chat with other members too. Community, content, collabs.

Do you want your Etsy shop to be successful? Do you struggle with Etsy sales and not sure what to do next? If so, this episode is for you!

As Etsy sellers, our Etsy shops are our lifeblood. We want our shops to be successful. You know Etsy is a great place to sell your handmade goods, but have you been feeling stuck lately? How are Etsy shop sales going for you? Maybe you've been at the same sales level for a while now. You're not sure how to get past that plateau and take Etsy shop sales to the next level. In our today's episode, Jenny will be discussing some ways that Etsy sellers can break through plateaus and start seeing their Etsy shop sales grow again!

What you'll Learn

• The importance of uplevelling in gaining momentum
• Strategies over tips: what will take your business to the next level
• Making your momentum a habit

Resources for Handmade Sellers on Etsy

• Join our FREE Facebook Group, Etsy Sales & Marketing Strategies for Handmade Sellers
• Get the SEO Mini Masterclass, and Learn how to write SEO, titles and tags to increase your shop visibility and sales.
• Join the Free 5 day Etsy SEO Visibility Challenge here.
• Join Etsy Accelerator Coaching Program here - get daily personalized support with your shop in a private Facebook group and weekly live zoom coaching calls to chat with other members too. Community, content, collabs.

If you're listening to this podcast, chances are that Etsy is your platform of choice. Etsy has tens of millions of active buyers and millions of sellers on their site. Etsy is the perfect marketplace for any handmade seller or Etsy shop owner who wants to sell their products online! But what about revenue? How can Etsy shop owners grow revenue through email marketing? In today's episode, we will be diving with Brianna Sexton into how Etsy sellers can use email marketing strategies to make a lot more money from their business.

Brianna has a knack for connecting with people. Her life-long passion for deep, meaningful conversations led her to help female service providers connect better with their leads through email marketing, sales funnels, and copywriting. As a daughter of a debutante turned data analyst and a military commander, she learned how to properly dress up tables for an event while also being able to create buzz. These experiences have helped her today in crafting heart-centered email marketing campaigns that help people stand out as well as giving them something unique about themselves or their businesses!

What you'll Learn

• Why do sellers need an email list
• Ways that sellers can grow their email list
• Ways to attract people into buying your products or items

-Brianna Sexton

Connect with Brianna Sexton

• Website: Contact Brianna Sexton
• LinkedIn: Brianna Sexton
• Instagram: @briannasextoncopy

Resources mentioned on this episode

• Brianna Sexton: Unapologetically Authentic Email Marketing
• Listen to Brianna's 'Cuppa Copy Podcast' podcast here.

Resources for Handmade Sellers on Etsy

• Join our FREE Facebook Group, Etsy Sales & Marketing Strategies for Handmade Sellers
• Get the SEO Mini Masterclass, and Learn how to write SEO, titles and tags to increase your shop visibility and sales.
• Join the Free 5 day Etsy SEO Visibility Challenge here.
• Join Etsy Accelerator Coaching Program here - get daily personalized support with your shop in a private Facebook group and weekly live zoom coaching calls to chat with other members too. Community, content, collabs.

In this episode, Jenny Hall will answer questions pertaining to Average Order Value and what it means for your business. In addition, she looks at why you should care about average order values in identifying products that are most profitable as well as indicating where there may be opportunities of increasing prices on items or adding more expensive ones!

Jenny also shares her tips for making sure that your changes to SEO are translating into higher conversion rates. She also discusses the importance of sustaining and growing social media engagement as well as online activity in order to increase exposure among potential customers through these channels.

What you'll Learn

• Ways on how to increase your average order value
• SEO: putting first the keywords that people wanted
• Linking and promoting your social media pages

Resources mentioned on this episode

• E-Rank: The SEO Advantage Top Sellers Use To Grow Their Etsy Shops!

Resources for Handmade Sellers on Etsy

• Join our FREE Facebook Group, Etsy Sales & Marketing Strategies for Handmade Sellers
• Get the SEO Mini Masterclass, and Learn how to write SEO, titles and tags to increase your shop visibility and sales.
• Join the Free 5 day Etsy SEO Visibility Challenge here.
• Join Etsy Accelerator Coaching Program here - get daily personalized support with your shop in a private Facebook group and weekly live zoom coaching calls to chat with other members too. Community, content, collabs.

The summer slump is a common phenomenon in the business world. Sales often dip below what they were during winter months, despite having more time to make up for it! What can you do? That's just one of many questions that Jenny Hall will answer on this episode; she'll also talk about how important visibility and awareness are when selling seasonal products. In addition, Jenny will share ways on how to boost your shop's engagement through SEO, videos, social media, among others - make sure not to miss this one!

What you'll Learn

• Why you should do product research and development during sale slump months
• Being consistent and excellent in terms of visibility and brand awareness
• Doing the changes to your shop gradually

Resources for Handmade Sellers on Etsy

• Join our FREE Facebook Group, Etsy Sales & Marketing Strategies for Handmade Sellers
• Get the SEO Mini Masterclass, and Learn how to write SEO, titles and tags to increase your shop visibility and sales.
• Join the Free 5 day Etsy SEO Visibility Challenge here.
• Join Etsy Accelerator Coaching Program here - get daily personalized support with your shop in a private Facebook group and weekly live zoom coaching calls to chat with other members too. Community, content, collabs.