REPLAY: Holiday Season Prep - It's Time to Get Started!

Have you started your holiday season prep? Q4 is  3 months away and there's a lot to do. In this re-air of a previous episode, Melissa & Heather give you loads of tips & strategies to get the heavy lifting done now so you can focus on selling and shipping this fall and winter. We're talking about designing products, building up stock, getting systems in place, planning your promotions, developing and communicating your shipping and refund policies, evaluating if you need help and lots more!This is a great episode for creatives whoare  always trying to play catch-up in Q4 need help creating systems around the holiday season never really quite feel like they promoted their business as well as they could have over the holiday seasonwind up selling the same items every year because they didn't work far enough ahead to get new product, designs, or creations ready in advancewho are new to creating for a living and haven't got a holiday season under their belt yet. For a summary of this episode and all the links mentioned please visit the original show notes:Episode 70: Holiday Season Prep - It Starts Now!You can find Melissa at finelimedesigns.com or on Instagram @mhchipmunk.You can find Heather at heatherlynnetravis.com or on Instagram @heathertravis.You can connect with the podcast  on:Instagram at @andshelookedup Facebook YouTube For a list of all available episodes, please visit:And She Looked Up Creative Hour PodcastAnd She Looked Up was born from belief that creating for a living takes a special kind of person: one part artist and one part businessperson. Each week The And She Looked Up Podcast sits down with inspiring Canadian women who create for a living. We talk about their creative journeys and their best business tips, as well as the creative and business mindset issues all crYou can connect with the podcast  on:Instagram at @andshelookedup Facebook YouTube Tik Tok at @AndSheLookedUpFor a list of all available episodes, please visit:And She Looked Up Creative Hour PodcastEach week The And She Looked Up Podcast sits down with inspiring Canadian women who create for a living. We talk about their creative journeys and their best business tips, as well as the creative and business mindset issues all creative entrepreneurs struggle with. This podcast is for Canadian artists, makers and creators who want to find a way to make a living doing what they love. Your host, Melissa Hartfiel (@finelimedesigns), left a 20 year career in corporate retail and has been happily self-employed as a working creative since 2010. She's a graphic designer, writer and illustrator as well as the co-founder of a multi-six figure a year business in the digital content space. She resides just outside of Vancouver, BC.