Whew! What a holiday season! My first year selling on Etsy I was thrilled and surprised to have some extra money to put toward my Christmas shopping list. When the second year came along, I had a lofty goal that I would sell enough on Etsy to completely cover my list, and I did! This… [read more]
Get Excited About Handmade in 2012!
Happy New Year! I’m really excited about the year to come. And I don’t just mean in an optimistic “it’s all good, happy, happy, joy, joy, rah, rah!” sort of way. I confess that I try to get that sort of feeling revved up inside me every January 1st. I mean, why start the year… [read more]
Successful Prospecting on Etsy
The Internet has been likened to a gold rush and it’s really not a bad analogy. The truth is, there are thousands of ways to make money online. Some are better than others and there are lots of people trying to hit the mother lode. The truth is that the majority of successful Gold Rush… [read more]
How to Pick a Giveaway Winner in WordPress
We do quite a few giveaways here at Everything Etsy so the process of picking a winner has become kind of second nature. But I remember a time when I really didn’t know where to begin, so I thought I’d share the process for anyone who might be at that point. Comments Numbers are Key!… [read more]
Save 25% On WordPress Blog Themes from StudioPress Today
If you’ve been thinking of moving to WordPress or upgrading your current WordPress theme, today might be the day to take that step. I just found out that StudioPress is offering a 25% discount on the Genesis Framework and all of the related Child Themes that make it so easy to customize. Just enter coupon… [read more]
Everything Etsy Fall Ad Sale – Available Now!
Every three months we sell the 100×100 ads in the pretty little box on the lower right of the page. We sell these for only $30.00 for three months and they usually sell pretty quick! Sheesh… they’re already gone! About two minutes! Thank you all for your support! See below for more options! (so much… [read more]
Using Social Media to Support Your Blog {B.L.O.G. – Video}
This is the fifth post in our ten week post series on blogging. See the first post here. In this video, Tim and I go over some of the key things I’ve learned about using social media to support a blog, to support an Etsy shop, to support a family! 🙂 I hope it helps!… [read more]
Content is King – 10 Secrets of Great Blog Content {B.L.O.G.}
We’re in the third week of the Blogging Leads to Online Greatness post series and I’m excited about this week’s post. The previous weeks have been technical and are meant to get you going on the groundwork of building your own WordPress Blog (you can do it!). But no techy talk this week. This week… [read more]
Themes, Styles, and Plugins for WordPress {video}
Welcome the the third week of our ten week series on blogging! These first couple of weeks are all about WordPress blogs. Next week, we’ll start covering topics that apply to everyone! Last week we did a video on setting up a hosting account and getting your WordPress blog up and running on your own… [read more]
Etsy Shop SEO Mastery – 6 Ways to Be a People Pleaser
Have you ever tried to make everyone happy at the same time? The kids and the husband; the boss and the customer; the shoe collection and the bank balance! Etsy Shop SEO is just like that, except that it’s actually possible and not all that hard to do. Please the Robot and the Human SEO… [read more]
3 Common Sense Rules for Selling on Etsy
Every once in awhile a wave of change rolls through the community of Etsy Sellers. Here’s what happens: Etsy decides to change the way they do something, like they did last week by switching to a relevancy based search results, or like they’ll be doing soon with a new option to purchase a promotional space… [read more]
Put a Pinterest Pin Button on Your Blog {simplified and updated}
Pin It A few weeks back we wrote a post about how to add one of the cool little “pin-it” buttons that encourage your blog readers to pin your images on Pinterest. It was a bit techy and probably more than most of you want to get into. Well Pinterest must have known that was… [read more]
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