All Episodes

7 Ways you’re Sabotaging the Success of your Etsy Shop [240]

Tracy Matthews’s Jewellery Journey [239]

I quit social media for a month (here’s how, and what happened…) [238]

How to use video & Pinterest to grow your Biz with Naa Ardua Flohic [237]

5 Reasons you Should Use Pinterest to Promote your Handmade Business [236]

Self-Awareness, Creativity, & Self-Worth with Erica Ando [235]

What is an ideal customer, and why does knowing who they are matter? [234]

Beci Orpin’s Multi-faceted Art Career [233]

5 Things to Avoid when Taking Handmade Product Photos [232]

The Wonderful Paper & Wood World of Zack Mclaughlin [231]

7 Types of Handmade Product Photos you Should Be Taking [230]

Product Photography Top Tips with Amy Eaton [229]

5 Key Steps to Selling Handmade Online [228]

Don’t leave your customers with obvious questions! [227]

[226] Modern Stained Glass Artist Lauren Earl of Szklo Glass

[225] 9 Steps to Name your Handmade Business

[224] 24 Years & Counting with Christine Tenenholtz

[223] COVID-19 & Your Handmade Business (Coronavirus)

[222] How Branding Shapes the Story of your Business with Katie Saunders

[221] What’s the point of your biz – and why should people care?

[220] Weaving a Business with Jen Duffin of Nova Mercury

[219] Are You your own Worst Enemy?

[218] De-Risking the Move to Self-Employment with Matt Baker

[217] Finding the Confidence to Start Your Handmade Biz

[216] How to make your online jewellery biz thrive with Raphaela of Fifth Heaven Designs

[215] Stop looking for the ‘secret of success’ in business – do this instead.

[214] Finding success as a traditional brick & mortar jeweller with Shannon Cornish

[213] 10 Things I Wish I’d Known when I Started my Handmade Business

[212] Etsy SEO Live Workshop Replay (with info direct from Etsy themselves)

[211] Selling via subscription & my Earring-of-the-Month Club story

[210] 6 years, 12 employees, and $1 mil revenue… the inspirational story of Popov Leather.

[209] 16 Strategies to Survive the Silly Sales Season

[208] How to deal with unhappy customers (Redux)

[207] So you want to run an Instagram challenge…

[206] When you want to quit.

[205] How to choose the right platform for your handmade website & shop.

Making It Podcourse – Week 2 – MONEY

Making It Podcourse – Week 1 – MINDSET

[204] Grow your Handmade Biz via YouTube with Patrick Adair

[203] Emails that Get Attention with Katie Salmon

[202] How & Why to Document your Business Systems

[201] Heidi Luerra and the Work of Art

[200] An Interview with Jess’ Husband Nick – His Side of the Creative Journey

[199] 5 Ways to Find Shops to Stock your Handmade Products

[198] Setting Boundaries in your Handmade Biz {Premium}

[197] How to Plan your Next Project… Properly! With Kate Hutcheson.

[196] Why you should (maybe) keep you day job.

[195] The Challenges of Going from Job to Business with Katherine DaSilva

[194] 6 Tactics to Organise your To-Do List [Premium]

[193] How Craft Saved SuzAnne Taylor’s Life

[192] Roadmap to Success with Catie Miller

[191] Branding Blunders to Avoid with Julie Gibbons

[190] Steps to Pinterest Success {Premium}

[189] The Power of a Unique Brand – with Jill from For Strange Women

[188] Belle and Union – the Realities of Running a Brick & Mortar Biz

[187] Do the Work

[186] 9 Strategies to Overcome Analysis Paralysis [Premium]

[185] 4th Anniversary Q&A – I answer your handmade business questions.

[184] How to Teach In-Person Workshops on your Craft

[183] Handmade Shop Policies: What you MUST Include (with Etsy-Specific Guidance)

[182] The Stats to Track for your Handmade Business {Inc. Downloadable Spreadsheet}

[181] 5 Non-Negotiable Keys to Selling Your Craft Online

[180] Don’t be Afraid to Put your Etsy shop in Holiday Mode.

[179] Selling One-of-a-Kind Online with Kriket Broadhurst

[178] Social Activism & Your Craft Business with Cath Young

[177] It’s Okay to Stay Small {Premium Episode}

[176] Overplanning vs. Underplanning: How to Balance the Pros & Cons

[175] The Journey to Create a Brand that Stands Out with Catherine Hildner

[174] Growing a Business via Customer-Led Product Development with Jacinta Taylor

[173] What Do I Send to my Email List? {Premium Episode}

[172] How PR can Help you Grow a Niche Handmade Business with Aidan Mackinnon

[171] 8 Reasons why your Traffic isn’t Converting to Sales

[170] How to take product photos with your smartphone (iPhone or Android) with Chaitra Radhakrishna

SS18 – Magnetic Marketing with Shannon Bush

SS18 – Being Boss with Emily Thompson

SS18 – How Max & Me Became a Smashing Success with Stacey Howard

SS18 – Set up Good Systems with Marina Darlow

SS18 – Grow your Side Hustle with Chris Guillebeau

[168] Check out my NEW podcast – The Business of Making!

[167] Art & Travel with Alice Tams

[166] Pricing & Branding with Megan Auman

[165] 10 Things I’ve Learnt in 10 Years in Business

[163] PR: How to Pitch with Brigitte Lyons

[162] 7 Reasons to Sell your Craft Online

[161] The number 1 reason handmade businesses fail (and 3 strategies to overcome it)

Focus on the Small Steps [160 – Members-Only Episode]

[159] Top Tips for Selling your Handmade Goods Wholesale with Melanie Augustin

[158] 10 Steps to Put Boundaries Around your Work

[157] Leverage your Etsy Shop with Danielle Spurge

156: You Don’t Have to Market the Way Everybody Else Does! {Members-Only}

[155] Magnetic Marketing with Shannon Bush

#MakingItPodcourse: Business Management | Lesson 23: Manage Your Focus

#MakingItPodcourse: Business Management | Lesson 22: Manage Your Expectations

#MakingItPodcourse: Marketing | Lesson 21: How to Make It: Marketing

#MakingItPodcourse: Marketing | Lesson 20: How to Use Social Media

#MakingItPodcourse: Marketing | Lesson 19: Use Your Mailing List

#MakingItPodcourse: Marketing | Lesson 18: Improve your SEO

#MakingItPodcourse: Marketing | Lesson 17: Improve your Visual Marketing

#MakingItPodcourse: Marketing | Lesson 16: Tell Your Story

#MakingItPodcourse: Marketing | Lesson 15: What is Marketing?