Starting an Arts Business – What To Do Jo Whitehead, a handmade crafter selling items on Folksy, submitted her thoughts on running an arts business to the HandmadeMarketing.org team. “All self help books have magic number tips such as 10 good tips, 7 bad tips (how not to do something)...

Gardening Analogy – Essentials for Etsy Etsy seller and blogger Bobbie, from the shop avisiontoremember and the blog Iamonly1woman, recently published a post titled “Essentials for Etsy Selling Success and a Gardening Analogy.”  Bobbie was kind enough to share her thoughts with the...

Etsy Checklist – Tips To Sell More Etsy seller and blogger Bobbie, from the shop avisiontoremember and the blog Iamonly1woman, recently published a post titled “Essentials for Etsy Selling Success and a Gardening Analogy.” In a previous article on HandmadeMarketing.org, Bobbie shared...

Do What Works – Visit Winning Shops If your handmade items aren’t selling as well as you would like them to, consider looking to those who are succeeding.  Brooke Spears, from Etsy.com’s BrookesBotanicals, suggests a simple way to learn from the best:        

Branding – Grow Your Brand Amanda Kezios, from Mojo Spa, recently shared her tips for how to brand you handmade business successfully with HandmadeMarketing.org. “I have been making handmade beauty products and cosmetics for ten years,” Amanda told our team at HandmadeMarketing.org.  “I...

Top Ten – Ten Ways to Sell More Handmade Jackie, from the Etsy blog called Etsy Item of the Day, featured handmade seller Rebecca D. Dillon, famous for her soaps listed at SoapDeli on Etsy.com.  In this feature on Etsy Item of the Day, Rebecca shared ten tips she has for handmade sellers.        

Writing an Artist’s Statement – 5 Tips Hannah Piper Burns, a video and multimedia artist, art writer, and curator, shared her five tips for writing an outstanding artist’s statement with TheAbundantArtist.com.  Hannah serves as Communications Director for the Museum of Pocket Art...

Selling Crafts Online – Marketing to Family and Friends Although it may seem difficult at first, new handmade sellers should consider looking to family and friends for feedback and those initial much-needed sales.        

Selling Handmade on Etsy – Focus Your Energy The team at HandmadeMarketing.org is always on the look out for ideas from handmade seller’s for how to stay balanced while keeping up an Etsy shop or ArtFire studio.  Seller Michele Gallagher shared her tips in previous articles (”Press...

Selling Handmade Online – 3 Tips to Success HandmadeMarketing.org reader Melissa Hamel-Smith shared why she sells handmade on ArtFire in a previous HandmadeMarketing.org article, and is back to tell sellers her 3 tips to success.  Melissa sells handmade at the ArtFire studio KaoticEkkosCuriosities...