Studio Sisters Podcast - Grow Your Etsy Shop, Get Creative Inspiration, and Live Your Dream Life

In this podcast episode, we answer all of your questions about how we grew our business, manage our time, what to do when someone copies your work, and we also answer your Etsy questions. 

We had so much fun recording this episode!

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Have you ever felt stuck in your creative process or you just sit down to make something and nothing happens? 

It happens to us sometimes, but I’ve tried different ways to get past it and that’s why we're sharing 13 ways to break through your creative block in this podcast episode.

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In this episode, we'll talk about running sales and discounts in your small business. This is a really important topic for any small business, whether you sell art online, products on etsy, or you sell in person in your city or town.

If you’ve listened to the Studio Sisters podcast for any amount of time, you’ve probably heard us say before that sales are not a great marketing technique for handmade businesses and artists. 

They don’t bring you a huge number of new customers, and they can actually be really bad for your business because you’re going to make a lot less money on your products when you’re running a sale compared to selling your products at full price…but there are a few good reasons to run a sale, so in our episode today, we’re going to share 4 good times to run a sale in your business and talk about a couple of different types of sales you can run.

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In this podcast episode, we're sharing some of the things we’re doing right now to sell more of our handmade products.

You might be thinking that we’re going to talk about running sales or lowering prices, but actually if you’ve been listening to us for awhile, you might know that we almost never talk about lowering your pricing in any way. 

That’s not the way to sell more art or handmade items. It doesn’t help you convince customers to buy at your higher price point, and it doesn’t help you build a bigger audience. Running a sale or discounting your art is not the best strategy if you want to sell more art and make more money in your small business.

Instead, we are sharing 5 things we’re doing right now to sell more art. And, unlike running a sale, which costs you money, these 5 strategies lead to long term growth and none of them cost you a dime. They’re *completely free* with big results. So, let’s dive in!

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Get our FREE guide on how to learn the basics of Etsy SEO, what a long-tail keyword is, and some basic do’s/don’ts of Etsy search tags in just 15 minutes: https://www.shopstudiosisters.com/etsyseoguide

Having good photography in your online handmade business is so important. It’s one of the most important things you can do because bright, clean, beautiful photos lend credibility to an artist or entrepreneur’s work and can get people excited about what you create!

We’ve got links in our show notes to all everything we’re going to talk about today! We're spilling all our best photo secrets & tips. You’ll learn  EVERYTHING we use to take great photos, including things you can use for free and also the relatively inexpensive tools we think you should invest in to make your photos beautiful and amazing. 

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In this episode, we interview Misty Granade, a mixed media artist from Northern Alabama. We’ll be talking with Misty about how she Thinks like an Artist. We chat about her 2 Creative Principals for her art, what those are and how she uses them, as well as how she made creativity a habit by creating yearly challenges for herself.

So If you’re looking for a little inspiration for your art, or if you just want to get to know another artist, listen up! This is an interview that I think you’re going to love, because Misty is such a wonderful person and she shares a lot of creative wisdom not only in this episode. 

You can also find Misty here:

https://misty.granades.com/

And on Instagram @misty.granade

You can also shop her artwork here:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/mgranade

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This week on our podcast, we’re talking about product validation & how to know if the handmade item or art you have will sell on Etsy.

I’ve got 3 easy steps for validating a product to see how well it will sell on Etsy.

This topic is helpful for understanding your product and who the customers are who would want to buy it, understanding your competition, but also you don’t want to spend time making a product to sell if Etsy is not a good fit for it.

Now, I’m not saying you shouldn’t make it if you love it...

And maybe it will be a good fit somewhere else, and you can also use these 3 steps to validate in other places like Instagram or Shopify.

You can get the full show notes and 3 Step Process for Validating a Product on Etsy at https://www.shopstudiosisters.com/podcast

This week on our podcast, we’re talking about probably our biggest passion that we share: traveling, and how we make money in our business while doing it.

So, we didn't travel much in 2020 (and not at all internationally), but we're super hopeful about 2021 and beyond, which is why we decided to record an episode on this topic.

Also, you can 100% use every one of these strategies without traveling to grow your brand at home.

Find the full show notes at: https://www.shopstudiosisters.com/podcast

In 2020, we launched an Etsy shop that changed our lives. Before this Etsy shop, our lives looked different, Taylor was a Teacher, and Katie was doing her own art thing, and it’s not a stretch to say that it completely changed our lives. In 2020, we took in more than 8,000 orders and sent out more than 25,000 handmade items to customers all over the world. It was a crazy year, right?

If you've ever wondered what it's like to be a full time creative business owner, Listen up! In this episode, we're reflecting on what our lives were like before and after our Etsy shop became one of the top 1% of handmade shops on Etsy and to share with all of you what it’s like to have an Etsy shop as your full time gig.

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This week on our podcast, Katie shares her story of how she got started as an artist and some of the interesting twists and turns she took along the way in her journey. Katie Smith is an emerging, award-winning, artist. Born & raised in Texas, Katie was homeschooled and spent most of her time sketching on anything she could get her hands on. Katie now lives in Washington State and is heavily inspired by nature and the pacific northwest. Katie is a self taught painter who enjoys experimenting with many mediums, including watercolors, mixed media, and oil paints. She learns as she paints and enjoys the process as much as the finished artwork.

She hopes to capture emotions and express the beautiful spirit of mother nature in her paintings. Katie’s paintings will transform you into another world through her personal style, vibrant  colors, use of animal themes, and surreal, magical vibes.

Her artwork has been featured by locals shops, won multiple awards, showcased by galleries, and has been sold around the world.

See Katie's artwork: www.studiokatie.com

Shop our stickers at www.shopstudiosisters.etsy.com