362 – The Path from Crickets to 10,000 Etsy Sales with Naa Ardua Flohic

What's the trick of how to go from idea to business? My guest today shares her business journey that illustrates what it takes to make that happen. Naa Ardua helps crafters learn how to use digital art to make handmade craft projects for their families and friends. While living in France as an ex-pat mom, she started making digital illustrations as a way to use her artistic skills and be creative every day. She saw that she could reach people with her art and help fellow artists, crafters, and small businesses with their projects. So she started creating SVG designs and selling them online. She now has over 10,000 sales in her Etsy shop. All of while still working a 9-to-5 job. Now she runs her business as a full-time mompreneur, doing school pick-ups and drop-offs and running a household from abroad. How To Go From Idea To Business One Step At A Time Be your own biggest cheerleader. Take action. Take the steps little by little even if it seems impossible at the beginning. <-- So powerful! Put yourself out there. There are times when we need a little bit of help, so reach out to different people. Have the right products that people wanted to buy and learn how to get them in front of your ideal audience. Listen to feedback from potential customers. Learn how different platforms work and see which one fits for you. Know what your customers want to hear and how you can help them. Pinterest is a great way to get traffic to your shop or blog. With the idea pins on Pinterest, you can link affiliate links to them. You get followers with them, which actually lead people to come back to your main Pinterest page. It gets you more visibility that way. Tune in for so much more about how to go from idea to business! Resources Mentioned What are Pinterest Idea Pins? Naa Ardua's Contact Links Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Linkedin | Pinterest Join Our FREE Gift Biz Breeze Facebook Community Become a Member of Gift Biz Breeze If you found value in this podcast, make sure to subscribe so you automatically get the next episode downloaded for your convenience. Click on your preferred platform below to get started. Also, if you'd like to do me a huge favor - please leave a review. It helps other creators like you find the show and build