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The Create & Thrive Podcast — 300 episodes · page 1 of 3
I’m Retiring.
How the end of the de minimus tariff exemption will affect your business.
Are you doing the WRONG marketing?
I wrote Morning Pages for 100 Days.
Global trade is dying. [A small business perspective.]
Multiply your Etsy traffic with this simple hack!
Running a Physical + Digital Product Combo Business – with Emily Sheehan of Woolly Bear Knits
How Etsy fees SAVE me money…
My secret to getting more 5-star Etsy reviews
It’s almost time!
STOP looking at this number in other people’s Etsy shops.
25 handmade business ideas you can start for less than $100!
Etsy’s put a reserve on my shop – HELP! (Yes, it happened to me, too.)
Is Etsy a good place to start & grow a handmade business in 2025, or a waste of time?
Etsy’s Domestic & Global Pricing is BROKEN.
How to Get into the BEST Handmade Markets & Shows with Mona of River Timber Designs
8 Steps to Get your Handmade Products into Retail Shops [326]
Why you need to “Choose Your Hard” with Laurel Taylor [325]
Is Handmade Business Dead? [324]
Should you open a second Etsy shop? [323]
10 things you MUST do to have a successful online handmade business. [322]
Etsy vs. Shopify: Which Should you Choose? [321]
Is Pinterest Worth Using to Market your Handmade Business? [320]
Selling at Craft Markets & Fairs – TOP TIPS with Michelle Danielson {319}
The Power of Uniqueness with Laurie Caffery [318]
How to have a successful handmade business WITHOUT Etsy – with Rebecca Haas [317]
Over 8,000 sales on Etsy since 2019… How did she do it? [316]
Essential Tips for How to Manage your Money as a Creative Business Owner [315]
Do THIS to grow a successful handmade business in 2024. [314]
Reproducible VS. One-Of-A-Kind Handmade Products – Which should you sell? [313]
Should you sell on Etsy in 2024? [312]
Reels Ideas for Makers (without having to show your face) + The Reels Challenge!
12 Mistakes You Might Be Making With Your Handmade Business
How to get your FIRST Etsy sale! {308}
Top Tips for Excellent Etsy Product Photos [307]
Printables: A Beginner Guide with Cody Berman [306]
I made all these Etsy shop mistakes… so you don’t have to [305]
Is Etsy Over? {304}
How to Take your Business Temperature with Katie Hunt of Proof to Product! {303}
5 Ways to INCREASE PROFITS in your Jewellery Biz with Jessica Rose [302]
If I Started a New Etsy Shop Today, I’d do THIS. (8 Steps to SUPERCHARGE your Shop in 2023) [301]
10 Truths About Handmade Business – Lessons I’ve Learnt in 14+ years running my Jewellery Biz {300}
Etsy Beginner Guide! 6 Essential Tips for Starting & Growing an Etsy Shop [299]
Make Amazing Reels – Fast & Easy Tips [298]
Etsy Resellers vs. Production Partners – which is it? [297]
5 Tips to BOOST your Christmas Sales! [296]
Rank Higher In Etsy Search by Asking this One Question… [295]
10 Tips for Etsy Success from a Full-Time Seller! [294]
5 Ways You’re Sabotaging Your Own Success – In Handmade Business [293]
Etsy Purchase Protection – Will it Work for You? [292]
6 Ways to Find and Refine your Etsy Keywords [291]
Etsy Keywords 101: Fundamentals of Choosing The Right Ones (& FREE Download!)
Graphic Design Fundamentals for Makers with Ron Miller [289]
Top Pinterest Tips for Etsy Sellers 2022 [288]
How Etsy Search Works: all the things that affect your shop and product ranking [286]
How Cassandra Pons Grew her Handmade Fashion Label [285]
My Thoughts on the Etsy Strike & Petition of 2022 [284]
Growing your Handmade Business with Instagram: Yulia Anderson of Matryoshka Doll Shop [283]
How to Deal with Unhappy Online Customers in your Handmade Business [282]
How to Design & Sell Printables Online with Julie Berninger [281]
I’ve made 65k from one product alone… the power of reproducible products [280]
Clare Smythson of Ornately Lanterns [279]
6 Lessons I’ve Learnt from 13 Years Selling on Etsy [278]
How to Make Awesome Instagram Reels with Kar Brulhart [277]
Etsy: 5 Ways to Quickly Improve Your Shop + How to Take a Break WITHOUT Using Holiday Mode [276]
Etsy Success Tips with LL Divens [275]
20 Questions to Ask Yourself BEFORE you Start a Business [274]
Pinterest Essentials for Makers in 2021 with Kate Ahl of Simple Pin Media [273]
You’re Probably Pricing Wrong – Handmade Business [272]
Slow & Steady Business Growth and Success with Jenn Johnston [271]
5 Reasons to Have a Mailing List – For Handmade Business
How Amanda (Almost) Sold Out when her Etsy Shop Launched! [269]
Do these 5 Things BEFORE you Open your Online Shop [268]
Etsy Star Seller – Another Etsy Fail? [267]
Beautiful Branding – the Do’s and Don’ts: Kelly McElroy of Star Castle Studio [266]
How I Organise my Life & Businesses [265]
Can you have a Successful Handmade Business WITHOUT Using Social Media? [264]
Getting Ready to Launch a Handmade Biz – Interview with Amanda Adams of Dream Forged Dice [263]
7-Figure Amazon Handmade Biz Owner Dana Midkiff Shares her Story [262]
10 Ways to Improve your Product Photos [261]
How to grow a super-successful jewellery school with Jessica Rose [260]
Etsy Fees Explained [259]
How to manage your money when you’re self-employed [258]
Should you bother posting daily to Instagram? [257]
5 Books That Will Make you More Productive [256]
Pivoting from Markets to Selling OOAK Online with Upswitch [255]
10 Etsy shop tweaks for more sales (that you might not have thought of). [254]
Candles, COVID, and Working with Family – with Annie White-Brown [253]
20 Instagram Post Ideas (for Handmade and Product-Based Businesses) [252]
How to beat overwhelm in the new year – Stop, Start, Continue… [251]
This couple wanted to work together – so they created their own homewares business [250]
How quickly should you reply to customer messages? [249]
Finding Mindfulness via Puzzles with Kristy O’Kane of Okay Lady [248]
From Law Enforcement to Jewellery Making – Sarah Miller of Seaside Harmony Jewelry [247]
Should you Participate in Black Friday + Other Sales Events (Boxing Day, Cyber Monday, etc.)? [246]
How Sigriet Ferrer has Pivoted her Terrarium Business During COVID [245]
10 #WFH tips I’ve learnt from 10 years of self-employment [244]
Standing out on Instagram with Chereen Leong Schwarz [243]
Should you start an Etsy shop? [242]
How to Undertake a Successful Re-brand with Aliya Hutchison of Soap Cult [241]