5 Links Worth Reading for Your Crafty Business

Curl up with a hot cup of coffee on this rainy day and enjoy this week's 5 Links Worth Reading for Your Crafty Business. 

• 1,000 Sales in My First Year of Business- Low Cost Marketing Strategies
• 3 Tips to Get More Product Reviews and Giveaways 
• How To Start A Start Up 
• 5 Tools for Reducing Crochet Related Hand Pain 
• A Quick Tip for Managing Your Orders This Holiday Season

5 Links Worth Reading for Your Crafty Business

We've got an extremely busy weekend planned with some fun family outings as well as some orders to finish off. What do you have planned for your weekend? If you get a chance here are some interesting reads for your crafty business:

• Etsy Business Advice from Top Selling Knitter Pixiebell
• 25 Things to do on Your Lunch Break to Further your Etsy Business
• Preparation H- H is for "Holidays"
• Etsy Sellers Can't Afford to Ignore Pinterest
• "Playing to Fail"- The Harsh Reality of Why 99% of Entrepreneurs Don't Make It

5 Links Worth Reading for Your Crafty Business

Have a wonderful weekend everyone! If you are looking to relax and do a bit of reading here are this week's 5 links worth checking out:

• Gearing up for a Big Show
• Why You're Not Taking A Summer Break
• Want to go full-time? Time to start number crunching (ew.)
• Jewel Tones Fashion Trends
• The fear of greatness and my new pledge

5 links worth reading for your crafty business

Have a wonderful weekend everyone! Here are this week's 5 links worth reading for your crafty business:

• Etsy: NEW Seller Handbook Launched
• How to Be Happy, Productive and Profitable in 4 Easy Steps
• Etsy Marketing Tips: How to Get Your Work Featured on Blogs
• Yes, You Can Make Money With Your Crafts
• Video Tutorial: How to Apply Modge Podge 101 and all the surfaces it works on!

5 Links Worth Reading for your Crafty Business

I'll be enjoying a fun filled day with my boys and my sister today so I'll have to let the creative juices percolate until tomorrow! In the meantime here are some links worth reading for your crafty business:

• 4 Steps to Home Office Harmony
• Marketing Your Etsy Shop: The Total Package 
• Craft Show Tips- DIY Displays
• 101 Handmade Gifts for Men (DIY)
• DIY Packaging Tips for Handmade Jewelry (YouTube Video) but other handmade artisans may get some fun ideas!

5 Links Worth Reading for Your Crafty Business

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! Sit back and relax with a cup of coffee and enjoy this week's links:

• The Untold History of Mother's Day
• Planning for Facebook... (a great article!)
• Is Pintrest the right tool for your business?
• Too Busy to Post to Your Blog Every Day? Use Etsy Treasuries to your Advantage
• 8 Steps to Turn your Passion into a Successful Business

5 Links Worth Reading for Your Crafty Business

I hope that everyone has a wonderful weekend ahead of them! If you are looking for a little quiet time here are this week's 5 Links Worth Reading:

• 17 Facebook Fan Page Networking Tips
• Goal Setting- Goal ATTAINMENT 
• Running an Online Wedding Biz
• #5 Laws of Advertising
• Top 5 Signs that you need an Etsy Break

Also don't forget to join me on Monday for the start of my 10 day blog series on "Getting in Touch with Your Etsy Shop".

5 Links Worth Reading for your Crafty Business

Wow what a busy week, I can't believe how it flew by! Time to relax with a bit of reading! Here are my favourite links for this week:

• Your First Sale
• 5 Tips To Get Noticed In Your Creative Endeavors 
• Business Planning, Laurel Denise Style 
• 10 Tips to Using Twitter to Increase Your Creative Business Success
• Colored Sand Creations (this would keep my little guy busy for hours!!!)

5 Links Worth Reading for Your Crafty Business

I know, I know, I've been a bad blogger this week! Been busy and crazy (and totally fun) so now that things have calmed down a bit I have a great lineup for you coming up this week. In the meantime grab a coffee and check out some of these great links this week:

• Why handmade is "so expensive"
• The Four Keys to Success for New Sellers 
• How Do You Really Get a Buyers Attention & Make Them Want What You Have 
• More Than 50 Fabric Scraps & Remnant Ideas  (with oodles of free patterns!)
• Make Your Own Beaded Bookmark

5 Links Worth Reading for Your Crafty Business

Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend. Thanks to everyone who came and visited me at the Lindsay Mom2Mom Sale, its always great to put names to faces. If you are lucky enough to have today off as well here are some fabulous links worth checking out:

• Getting Paid What You're Worth vs. Being Greedy (If you have ever considered approaching a blogger about doing a review/giveaway this is a good read. FYI: If you ever want to do a review/giveaway/interview or anything of the sort on one of my blogs I'm happy to do that FREE.)
• Want to Expand Your Opportunities? Get Small to Go Big
• DIY: How to Make Your Own Kitchen Soap with Coffee
• From Etsy's Merchandising Desk: April 2012
• Lovable Labels Review and Giveaway (be sure to stop by and enter...you could even use the labels to label your crafty supplies/goodies)