I’m happy to introduce you to Liz of Happily Ever After Words! She takes personalized picture frames to another level! Tell us about your shop! I officially opened in May 2017 on Facebook; on Instagram 3 months later. I do have an Etsy shop, but I don’t promote it as much as FB & IG…
I spend a lot of time on Facebook. Not for personal reasons – to be honest, I prefer Instagram – but I’ll save this conversation for another day. I’m on Facebook often because I manage the Shopkeepers Lab group and a mastermind for brick and mortar store owners (Master Shopkeepers). While navigating my own groups…
2022 UPDATE: Unfortunately, Darice closed in 2021 so you’ll find their website and blog are no longer active. However, I am repurposing all the content I wrote for them and I’ll be sharing it here on my own blog in the future. I’m very excited AND honored to announce that I am a business blogger…
The topic of “paying yourself” comes up fairly often in our membership groups. It always surprises me that at least half of the shop owners in the group don’t pay themselves. And I have to tell you, this topic tugs at me almost daily. I often tell myself that I’m going to find a way…
Whether you’ve opened your own brick-and-mortar store or not… I think we can all agree, anyone on the path to retail store ownership or a successful online shop can probably benefit from a few solid character traits: Confidence, determination, adaptability, courageousness… just to name a few. However, when you’re bootstrapping a business, and staying within your budget is…