During last week’s LBU: Secrets to Wholesale Success Office Hours call, we were mulling over the challenges of blogging. We all agreed on the numerous benefits of blogging for small businesses: 1. Blogging provides a steady stream of fresh content, which encourages Google’s spiders to crawl your site more often, boosting your organic…
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MIA for 5 Weeks… Whaaat!?!? I’m back from East Africa!
So, just where in the sam hell have I been anyway? My blog went MIA for a solid five weeks as I disappeared into the wilds of east Africa. I’ve set foot on the continent more than a dozen times over the last few years and I’d even spent some time in Uganda in…
Meet the Maker – Erin of Dear Edna
I recently partnered with my dear friend (and branding genius) Jessika Hepburn of Oh My Handmade to give away a seat in my LBU program. Did you hear me? I said “give-it-away.” But I was so blown away by the amazing responses that I gave away not one but TWO seats. Because you all are…
The 8 Benefits of Wholesale for Makers
Many of you may know the lovely and talented Jessika Hepburn of Oh My Handmade. In case you don’t: she runs a fantastic community that delivers information and support to makers and creative entrepreneurs. She’s one of my favorite people on the planet and Jess flew down from Nova Scotia earlier this month to…
Price-O-Matic is Finally Here!
For far-too-many years, I struggled with how to price my products. Late nights of cursing and crying and worrying were commonplace as I wrestled to get a firm grip on raw material, labor and overhead expenses and then extrapolate a competitive pricing structure from those figures. Enter my tech-savvy husband: I sweet talked my…