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May 5th, 2010

Selling Artwork Successfully – I’m learning.

There are so many articles, forum posts, etc. regurgitating the same information over and over and over about what it takes to be successful, what ‘magic recipes’ there are to get a lot of views or sales on Etsy, for example, things like that. At first, I read everything I could lay my eyes on, [...]

March 1st, 2010

How to NOT Succeed on Etsy #5 - Bash Your Competition

Wrecking on your competition is a great way to accelerate that ever-awaited Etsy fail.

You know when your mom told you that the kids that made fun of you in middle school were just jealous and felt threatened? Well… that might not have always been the case, but when you do that in a professional environment, [...]

February 24th, 2010

How to NOT Succeed on Etsy #4 – Don’t Add New Stuff

This is part 4 of the ‘How to Not Succeed on Etsy’ series focusing on ways to completely fail at finding success on Etsy. Hopefully, through seeing these surefire ways to bomb, you’ll be able to come up with some creative ways to succeed on Etsy and show everyone you mean (artsy craftsy) business!

You know [...]

February 23rd, 2010

How to NOT Succeed on Etsy #3 - Take Really Bad Photos

This is part 3 of the ‘How to Not Succeed on Etsy’ series focusing on ways to completely fail at finding success on Etsy. Hopefully, through seeing these surefire ways to bomb, you’ll be able to come up with some creative ways to succeed on Etsy and show everyone you mean (artsy craftsy) business!

When you [...]

February 21st, 2010

How to NOT Succeed on Etsy - Be A Troll

This is the first in a series I’m going to be doing on How to Not Succeed on Etsy. I don’t have all the answers for success, but I’ve got some surefire ways to get nowhere fast, which should help you learn ways to get somewhere instead!

Our first post in the series? Be a troll.

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