How to create a Marketing Strategy
How to create a Marketing Strategy by: tara gardiner *editor’s note: before delilah and i met tara we didn’t even know we needed a marketing strategy. tara has shed so much light on a side of our business we had…
The 5 Second Trick to Help Images Show Up in Google Search
by: steph calvert *editor’s note: for those of you not familiar with steph calvert…welcome to knowing one of the hardest working talented women dear handmade life knows. she’s the powerhouse behind hearts & laserbeams and the tech expert behind dear…
Taking risks in business, life and creativity
I fear snakes. I fear airplanes and being buried alive. And yes, even in my late thirties I have an intense fear of being kidnapped. My mother instilled these fears in me. Nowhere is safe. Not even your own home….
five tips for using pinterest for your business
five Tips for Using Pinterest for Your Business *editor’s note: dear handmade life is happy to welcome guest contributor andreea ayers. she’s an indie entrepreneurial powerhouse with a marketing degree and tons of first hand experience running her own business….
the benefits of taking a break
the benefits of taking a break a few weeks ago my husband, seth told me a secret. we took the afternoon off and drove to goat rock beach. the thing i hate about northern california beaches is that they play…
how to stay true to yourself in your business
the worst business mistake Iāve ever madeā¦twice or how to stay true to yourself in your business by Jeanette champion-fanning of sweet perversion *editors note: for those of you that donāt know Jeanette and her business sweet perversion, you should….
eight product packaging tips + all my ex’s
8 things your product packaging should be: if all my ex’s were in room together and a stranger walked in and was asked, “what do all these people have in common?” chances are the stranger would run through a hundred…
marketing on a budget and growing your business
When I first started my clothing line, Random Nicole over a decade ago the internet was hardly a marketing tool for entrepreneurs the way it is now. There were no creative small business conferences like Craftcation. I built my business…
