It's Part of the Process

Today on the Dear Handmade Life podcast we talk with Jennifer Priest who owns digital marketing consultant brand Smart Creative Social and the blog Smart Fun DIY about creating a winning Pinterest Strategy. We chat with Jennifer about using Pinterest as a market research tool, to forecast trends and as the ultimate search engine to drive traffic to your site plus the best ways to use secret boards, the importance of solving a problem with your product or service, how to stand out from the competition, why fighting the social media algorithms is futile, optimizing your Pinterest content and more.

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Welcome to another episode of the DHL podcast I'm Nicole and today we're talking about Asserting boundaries and using your voice on social media with our guest Jen Hewett who is a printmaker, surface designer, textile artist, author and teacher living in San Francisco.

Nicole talks to beauty and wellness expert and owner of natural skincare line Dame Body Butters and Scrubs, Sannae Hopson. They discuss why we should aim to build work-life harmony (not balance), how to discover and stick to your own personalized wellness routine, why you shouldn't aim for perfect, and more.

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On this episode of the Dear Handmade Life podcast Nicole talks to business coach, author and founder of the digital media company, Living Over Existing, Alisha Robertson. The women discuss keeping your brand fresh, finding your niche, pushing past fear and anxiety, discovering your values and more.

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Dear Handmade Life Podcast will be on a hiatus until mid-summer after Patchwork Shows are wrapped up.

Until then, visit dearhandmadelife.com for more episodes.

Delilah and Nicole talk to fine artist, illustrator and author Lisa Congdon about prioritizing yourself in your business. They chat about busyness, being a workaholic, the process of relearning how to relax, why downtime is key for creativity and more.

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Delilah and Nicole talk to Michelle Ward, the When I Grow Up Coach. They discuss how to recognize the signs that you're not in your ideal job or business, how to figure out if your standards aren't high enough, the extreme importance of authenticity, zeroing in on your niche, and more.

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Delilah and Nicole talk to experienced marketing strategist and business coach Linsi Brownson of Spark Collaborative. They discuss Linsi's belief that everyone is born creative, how to tap into that natural creativity if you've lost your connection to it, what areas of your business and life you need to evaluate, the importance of starting small, and more!

Visit www.dearhandmadelife.com for the show notes. If you'd like to enter to win one of Linsi's five free coaching sessions just leave us a review on iTunes and visit www.sparkcollaborative.com/handmade...

Delilah and Nicole talk to Mallory Whitfield of Badass Creatives. They discuss how to combine a 9-5 type job with your passion, negotiating the hours your want, balancing a full or part time job with a creative business, the ever-evolving definition of success, and more.

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Delilah and Nicole talk to Danielle Spurge of The Merriweather Council about how to make Etsy work for your business. They discuss the relevance of Etsy in 2018, the role of trends on the platform, tips for standing out in a sea of competition and more!

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