Editor's note: A big welcome to the oh-so-lovely and biz smart Jenna Herbut of Make It! University & Make It! Productions to our team of OMHG contributors. I was lucky to meet Jenna in June at our Etsy Educator training and am thrilled she is sharing her awesome with us! Image credit: Live with Passion print by Sweet Harvey It may sound weird to think that selling goes … [Read more...] about What you are actually selling may surprise you
Archives for September 2012
#OMHG – September 20, 2012: Spicy Self Care
image credit: Custom Gourmet Herb & Spice Kit from CraigsMarket Our last #OMHG chat was a whirlwind of spicy self-care goodness co-hosted by Nicole of ThreeBySea & prompted by her SPICES post. We shared our answers to 6 big questions and packed our hour with inspiration to help spice up our love affairs...with ourselves. Question #1: How do you care for yourself … [Read more...] about #OMHG – September 20, 2012: Spicy Self Care
Want New Opportunities Knocking On Your Door?
Image credit: Fingerless gloves by alexmalexdesigns "To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions." — Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change The past few months have really brought my attention back to the idea of openness and what it creates for us in our journey. I’ve had the chance … [Read more...] about Want New Opportunities Knocking On Your Door?
RESERVATIONS AT 8: Creating Reserved Etsy Listings
Image Credit: Shannon Kelley Photography via Heart Love Weddings I recently helped a client who wanted to add a listing to her new Etsy shop for a local Buyer. My suggestion to her was to set it up as a RESERVED listing and since then, I've gotten quite a few questions about this from handmade folks that are new to Etsy, so I thought it would be handy to have a very general … [Read more...] about RESERVATIONS AT 8: Creating Reserved Etsy Listings
Lessons Learned: redesigning, relaunching, realizing
a Meeting the Makers submission from Stacey Brown of Nisseworks I'm a great planner. I'm an awful follow-through'er. I don't anticipate roadblocks or challenges well, and I tend to get distracted fairly easily (ooh! shiny!). But when I decided to redesign and relaunch my website and business earlier this summer, I set out a plan that I thought was foolproof. I had pages … [Read more...] about Lessons Learned: redesigning, relaunching, realizing