Oh My! Handmade community! Long time fan, first time blogger. Jessika invited me to hop on over and start an advice column, and that felt right up my alley, so here I am.
Let me tell you a bit about myself. In 2005 I started selling on a little, tiny website called Etsy. I fell in love and started a few Etsy Teams, ran a few Etsy craft shows and was quickly asked to cross over to the admin side of things. I worked as Etsy’s Seller Education Lead (among other titles) for five years and recently left Etsy to be an independent entrepreneur again. Since leaving Etsy, I’ve launched a newsletter, podcast and blog called Creative Little Beasts and have been pondering up my next big move.
Heres what you should know about me:
- In the last #omhg Twitter chat, when Jessika asked, “What’s your super power?” my answer was, “I have the uncanny ability to notice other people’s super powers.“
- I love stand up comedy, my mom, weirdos, painting, and crazy leggings.
- I started as a writer, so I’m obsessed with finding your authentic voice and using it to easily connect with your potential fans, followers, buyers and future boyfriends.
- I believe creative people make the best entrepreneurs, as soon as they realize their self-determined flaws can be their most powerful strengths.
- I’m as sweet as pie, but not afraid to call bullshit, on, well, bullshit.
- I think OMHG’s Jessika and I are somehow related or past-live twinsies.
So where are you stuck? What idea do you want to bounce off me? Send me an email and I’ll pick one or two to feature in my first OMHG Ask Daniellexo advice column.
.
Editor’s note: Let’s welcome Danielle (who must be my sister-from-another-mother) to OMHG! I bet many of you recognize her lovely face & all around awesome + know we are crazy lucky she agreed to answer our biz questions. Happy dance time! ~Jessika
