059: Why You Should Not Rely Solely on Etsy to Sell Your Goods
She's Equipt with Jennifer Allwood | The Christian Business Coach for Women
Jennifer Allwood: Christian Business Coach
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🗓️ 14 March 2018
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
I'm not anti-Etsy. I encourage my creative business owners to build their business online but I also encourage them to NOT ONLY sell on Etsy -- and let me tell you why. Etsy is a great starting point for getting your creative talents to the world, but there are some serious drawbacks to consider. I'm discussing four main reasons for not relying solely on Etsy and how to incorporate Etsy into your marketing strategy.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, this is Jennifer and this is the Jennifer Allwood Show, the podcast where you learn how to create a beautiful home and build a creative business. |
| 0:10.0 | Grab a cup of coffee, find a cozy spot in the house, and let's chat. I'm excited to hear. |
| 0:15.4 | Hey everyone, welcome back to the podcast. I'm super excited to have you here again this week and to chat about a topic that I think might be a hot spot for a lot of you. We're going to talk about ETSI today. And to ETSI or not to ETSI is the big question. |
| 0:33.6 | I'm super excited to dive into this topic |
| 0:36.8 | and just share with you my experience |
| 0:38.8 | in terms of what I know and give you some pointers and some tips on building a business and how perhaps |
| 0:46.1 | ETSE fits into that. But first I want to take a quick moment just to thank our podcast |
| 0:50.4 | sponsor for this week. We want to thank Social Media Marketing Made Easy. This is a |
| 0:54.8 | seminar that I am actually keynote speaking at in Virginia Beach. The seminar is on |
| 0:59.7 | April 21st and 22nd and it's all geared towards teaching creative entrepreneurs |
| 1:04.9 | how to market themselves using social media, how to use Facebook, Pinterest, |
| 1:09.1 | Instagram, Google search and tons of other social media content. |
| 1:13.6 | There's gonna be lots of speakers of this event, |
| 1:15.4 | including my friend Angela Harrington, |
| 1:17.2 | who's teaching on Facebook ads. |
| 1:18.4 | So if you're interested in social media, |
| 1:20.7 | grab yourself a ticket while they're still available at event. |
| 1:24.7 | Every Little Thing Market.com. |
| 1:27.4 | So let's chat about ETSI and I would like to explain to you guys just the back story on how I decided to do this podcast. I got an |
| 1:35.8 | email recently from Carol and Carol just literally had one question for me and she |
| 1:41.3 | said, dear Jennifer, why are you so anti-Etsy and that was it |
| 1:45.6 | that was her entire question and the thing is friends I am not anti-Etsy I think the |
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