e-commerce

guest post: boost the effectiveness of your website

A few weeks ago, Lisa Verdi of MindfulBIZ shared a guest post on putting your business plan into action on your website.  Today she’s back giving one lucky person a video critique of how to make his website more effective. (And you can benefit too!) Lisa Verdi of MindfulBIZ shows David Arnold how to boost the [...]

guest post: 5 common rookie marketer mistakes

I’m about to hop a plane Wisconsin to be a visiting artist at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, but luckily I’ve got a great guest post  from Meredith of Smaller Box to share while I’m gone.  Meredith is talking about 5 mistakes rookie marketers (and sometimes even more seasoned marketers) often make.  She’s also got [...]

is Etsy choosing community over commerce?

is Etsy choosing community over commerce?

Last week, Etsy rolled out two brand new site features – circles and activity feeds. As is always the case whenever Etsy launches major changes to the site, reactions were mixed. Some people couldn’t be more excited, while other were concerned that Etsy was just trying to become the next Facebook, and not in a [...]

skill, price, and Etsy as business incubator

I’m so glad that Diane has finally posted my interview over at CraftyPod, because I’ve had so many post ideas revolving around the idea of the pro-am craft community that I’ve been just bursting to share. I recently read this post on Button Maker’s Ball where she suggested that the low pricing on Etsy was [...]

why I still sell on Etsy

Wow! I can’t believe how much dialogue Tuesday’s post generated!  If you haven’t read through the comments (43 so far!), I recommend you take a look.  There have been some really great, well thought out responses. I wanted to clarify something that came up in the comments.  I don’t think that Etsy is the cause [...]