How To Be A Handmade Boss
Whether you’re a complete beginner on Etsy, or want to scale your handmade business to multi-6 figures, the “How To Be A Handmade Boss” podcast gives you actionable advice and workshop style full length episodes to grow your handmade business on Etsy and beyond.
We get it. Starting or growing a handmade business can be really overwhelming, and sometimes you feel like you have an expensive hobby rather than a profitable business. If you have questions like “How can I make sales in my business?” “How do I start a handmade shop?” “How can I make this passion my full-time gig?” or “How do I sell my crafts online” then you’re in the right place boss!
I’m Steph, a multi 6-figure handmade business owner (in the top 0.1% of all shops on Etsy), bestselling author of “How to be a handmade boss”, visionary and coach behind Handmade Bosses.
However, It wasn’t always rainbows and unicorns though. Today, my business(es) are bustling, but way back in 2014 when I started, it was HARD. Favourites but no sales, slow sales and low profits seemed in the beginning, like the trajectory of my business. Luckily following the system I’ve now curated, All of that changed and I went full-time in my handmade business in 2016.
Let’s focus on turning your passion into profit, because the world really does need these special creations that you only bring to life.
How To Be A Handmade Boss
#50 - 'The perfect journey' for our HBSA Student Heather
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đź’™ 'The perfect journey' for Heather and we want it to be for you too!
đź’¬ Steph chats with Heather, the creator of Arthur's Knitting Business, about knitting, teaching, and entrepreneurship.... Heather's business focuses on providing kits and educational resources to help people learn to knit.
🧶 She's on a mission to remove the misconception that knitting is too difficult by providing all the necessary tools, materials, and learning resources you need.
đź’Ş Heather's advice to new handmade business owners is to "just go for it, believe in yourself, do it" and believe in yourself. The worst that can happen is being wrong, which is only an opportunity to learn and improve.
đź”— Arthurs Knitting Business Website
đź”— Arthurs Knitting Business Instagram
đź”— Links to all Arthurs Knitting Business Resources
If summer makes your social media fall straight to the bottom of the list… listen up.
The Social Media Sidekick is for handmade business owners who want to keep their business visible through summer and beyond, without burning out.
SMS tells you what to post, when to post it, and what to say each month, so you can stay consistent even when you’re busy running your business.
You get monthly content plans, ready-written captions, Canva templates, social media updates, training, and Lite Mode options for when life is busy, holidays are happening, and your capacity is running low.
So you can show up with a simpler plan instead of disappearing every time your routine gets messy.
Join before 30th July at 8pm and you’ll get exclusive bonuses worth over £1,300, all designed to save you time and help your content lead to sales, not just likes.
This isn’t about posting more.
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Join now at www.handmadebosses.com/smsfix