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How To Be A Handmade Boss — 115 episodes

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#114 - Starting an Etsy Shop on a Budget: What to Spend, What to Skip, and What Actually Matters

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#113 - Etsy Shop Not Getting Sales? The Real Reasons Your Shop Feels Quiet

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#112 The Best Daily Etsy To-Do List for Beginners (Without the Overwhelm)

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#111 Are Your Etsy Prices Too Low? A Simple Handmade Pricing Method for Beginners

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#110 Starting Etsy Without a Perfect Niche: What Beginners Should Do Instead

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#109 How to Write Etsy Listings Like a Human (That Actually Get Sales)

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#108 - What to Do This Week If You’re New to Etsy (A Simple Plan)

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#107 - Etsy SEO for Beginners (Without the Algorithm Panic)

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#106 - Your First Etsy Listings: What Actually Matters (Beginner Friendly)

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#105 “How to Set Up an Etsy Shop Without Overthinking Everything”

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#104 “Brand New to Etsy? Watch This Before You Do Anything Else”

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#103 - 5 Real Ways to Make Money With Canva (The Honest Version for Etsy Sellers)

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#102 - My 2026 Etsy Profit Playbook: How Six-Figure Shops Are Actually Built (Without Burnout)

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#101 - Etsy Views But No Sales? Fix Your Listings So They Actually Convert (2026)

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#100 - How Top 0.1% Etsy Sellers Got There And Why You're Falling Behind

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#99 - How to Start Selling on Etsy in 5 Simple Steps (Etsy Shop for Beginners Step by Step Walk Through)

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#98 -The Etsy 2026 Trend Report

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#97 - Future-Proofing Your Etsy Shop: Navigating 2026's Secret Unannounced Updates

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#96 - Etsy's Post-Holiday Slump: Strategies to Thrive After Christmas Sales

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#95 - BEST OF 2025 - #7 Starting a new Etsy shop or Handmade business? This is your to-do list

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#94 - BEST OF 2025 - #1 - The Beginner's Guide to the Etsy Algorithm

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#93 - “Your niche is your flag - plant it, own it, and never deviate.”

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#92 - How To Post Consistently (Even When You’ve Got Kids, Orders, and No Brain Space Left)

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#91 - How To Fix Your “No One Sees My Posts” Problem (Without Spending a Penny)

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#90 - How To Stop Spending 2 Hours On a Post That Gets 12 Views

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#89 - Struggling to Charge What You’re Worth? Let’s Talk.

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#88 - How to Get Your First 100 Email Subscribers in Just One Weekend

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#87 - Why Handmade Sellers Who Skip Email Marketing Leave Thousands on the Table

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#86 - From Origami to Etsy: How Gillian Turned Paper into Profitable Jewellery

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#85 - From Stuck to Sold-Out: Real HBSA Student Success Stories You Need to Hear

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#84 - Why More Etsy Listings Won’t Fix Your Sales Problem

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#83 - Here's why your Etsy shop is stuck.

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#82 - Etsy’s 2025 Updates Explained: What Handmade Sellers Need to Know

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#81 - Why Your Etsy Listings Aren’t Selling (and What’s Really Going On)

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#80 - 20 Niche Etsy Ideas with High Demand and Low Competition

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#79 - Is Your Shop Holiday-Ready? Take This 5-Minute Check (Handmade Sellers)

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#78 - Stop Comparing Your Handmade Business to Others (and Do This Instead)

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#77 - From Fresh Flowers to Thriving Wreath Business: Claire's Handmade Journey

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#76 - Instagram Not Converting? Here’s Why (+ How to Fix It as a Handmade Seller)

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#75 - Instagram Reels That Sell: Step-by-Step for Handmade Sellers

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#74 - Etsy’s Latest Earnings: What It Really Means for Your Shop (And How to Respond)

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#73 - How to Market Your Handmade Products on Instagram (Step-by-Step Free Training for 2025)

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#72 - 15 Autumn Trends for 2025 Handmade Sellers Need to Know

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#71 - Proven Etsy Listing Tips to Boost Your Sales and Get Found in Search

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#70 - Building a Brand Around What You Actually Love: Fran’s Story

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#69 - Why Some Makers Stay Stuck (and How to Finally Move Forward)

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#68 - Understanding the Seasons of Your Handmade Business (And How to Thrive in Each One)

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#67 - Day 5 Affirmation: Abundance & Repeatable Success

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#66 - Day 4 Affirmation: Embracing Visibility & Magnetic Energy

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#65 - Day 3 Affirmation: Selling with Ease and Authenticity

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#64 - Day 2 Affirmation: Believing in Your Products and Your Worth

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#63 - Day 1 Affirmation: Stepping Into Your Power as a Handmade Business Owner

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#62 - The Truth About Etsy Policies (And How to Stay Out of Trouble)

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#61 - The Real Reason You're Not Getting Sales (And It's Not What You Think)

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#60 - Etsy's Algorithm Change (Etsy Q Score) + Etsy’s Q1 Results: What Handmade Sellers Need to Know

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#59 - How Handmade Sellers Are Making £1k in Just 7 Days (Without a Huge Audience)

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#58 - Why Your Sales Are Inconsistent (And How to Fix It for Good)

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#57 - How the Threads Algorithm REALLY Works (And What to Do About It)

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#56 - How Jen Turned Her Craft Hobby Into a Real Business – The Honest Journey of Indy Bee Crafts

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#55 - Cracking the Code: How the Facebook Group Algorithm Really Works

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#54 - How the Pinterest Algorithm Really Works (and How to Use It to Boost Sales)

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53 - How the Instagram Algorithm Really Works in 2025 (for Handmade Business Owners)

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#52 How the Facebook page algorithm works

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#51 - REAL TALK Does the HBSA actually work?

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#50 - 'The perfect journey' for our HBSA Student Heather

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#49 The beginners guide to Pinterest for handmade business owners

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#48 - How to keep going when you're not seeing results - AMA (Ask Me Anything)

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#47 - Your 7-Day Affirmations Challenge

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#46 - Learn how HBSA student Laura turned her passion into a business

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#45 - Marketing has changed since 2020. Here's what's working now (backed by research)

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#44 - The Communication Game: Should You Speak with 'We' or 'I'?

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#43 - Unlock Effortless Social Media Growth: Proven Strategies that Work

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#42 - Here's how to have a calm marketing strategy for your handmade business

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#41 - Unlock Peak Sales After Christmas: Tips to Thrive in the New Year

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#40 - Unlock Extraordinary Business and Personal Growth with My Proven Dream Board Method

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#39 - I Failed. How Ignoring My Own Advice Led to Burnout — Lessons Learned

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#38 - Crafting Success: Charly's Journey to Niche Mastery and Business Resilience

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#37 - GPSR, Is Etsy's $£ down? Instagram scams and things you need to know - The BIG Update

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#36 - Unlock Your Handmade Business Potential: What’s Holding You Back?

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#35 - How to succeed in your handmade business with ADHD

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#34 - "A year ago I was listing something on Etsy, finding it wasn't selling and having a panic attack" HBSA student Tara's honest conversation about her business then and now

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#33 - What to Do When Someone Steals Your Designs: A Step-by-Step Guide

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#32 - Don't Give Up on Your Handmade Business Dreams – This Can Help!

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#31 - How to Seamlessly Take a Month Off and Keep Your Business Running

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#30 - The BIG Ecommerce World Updates for Etsy and Instagram: Everything You Need to Know

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#29 - How My Husband REALLY Feels About My Handmade Business

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#28 How Joining HBSA Boosted Vicky's Conversion Rate From 0.2% to 5.4% - An interview with HBSA student Vicky

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#27 - How I Built Lasting Friendships As A Handmade Business Owner

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#26 - What is a social media home hub and how do you find yours?

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#25 Discover Why Leigh Calls The HBSA a "Business Hug" for Students

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#24 Transform Your Handmade Business with Proven SEO Techniques

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#23 Skyrocket Your Handmade Business Sales with These Proven Strategies

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#22 Discover Your Target Audience: Tips for Online Handmade Business Owners

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#21 - The BIG Update - Ecommerce world update - Etsy, Shopify, Instagram, Canva & Pinterest

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#20 - Handmade business sales dropped? WTF is going on!?

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#19 The HBSA "helped us get set up properly right off the bat... it's a really nice community that makes it a little bit easier to not just be stuck in business by yourself" Diversifying Your Handmade Business with Erik

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#18 - What should I pay myself, as a handmade business owner?

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#17 - How to stop overwhelm in your handmade business

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#16 - This is why your handmade business is HARD (business lessons part 2)

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#15 "Joining the HBSA was, hand on heart, the best thing I've done" Live with Handmade Bosses student Pash

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#14 - The HARD Handmade Business Lessons NOONE Talks About

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#13 - The BIG Update - Ecommerce world update - Etsy, Shopify, Instagram, etc

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#12 - My first LIVE episode answering your handmade business and Etsy questions

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#11 "There's something about you that clicked...and I invested in myself" ... Live with Handmade Bosses student Karen

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#10 - When should I start an email list?

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#9 - Can you have a handmade business without social media?

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#8 - When should you trademark your business?

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#7 Starting a new Etsy shop or Handmade business? This is your to-do list

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#6 - An URGENT Update On Etsy's Future.

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#5 - How to Get Your Products Ranking in Search Results

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#4 - How Do I Resurrect A Dead Shop?

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#3 - What Should I Sell?

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#2 - Take the Leap from 9-5 to Running Your Own Business

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#1 - The Beginner's Guide to the Etsy Algorithm

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