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Your Handmade Business

Your Handmade Business is a podcast for makers about the big picture of your business brought to you by the Academy of Handmade—helping you to do what you love and love what you do. Each episode we ta... Read more

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Episode 50: 5 Tips for Avoiding Craft Show Missed Connections

Episode 50: 5 Tips for Avoiding Craft Show Missed Connections

Sharon and Isaac dive into five ways that you might be letting great opportunities sneak by under your nose while you’re... Read more

27 Nov 2018

25mins

Ranked #2

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Episode 20: Perfect Packaging and Working with a Printer

Episode 20: Perfect Packaging and Working with a Printer

This is a replay of a recent YHBTV episode on working with a printer. Between Isaac's own background as a design project... Read more

17 Mar 2018

45mins

Ranked #3

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Episode 21: 5 Tips for Awesome Linesheets

Episode 21: 5 Tips for Awesome Linesheets

This is a replay of a recent YHBTV episode where Sharon and Isaac dive into five tips for creating awesome linesheets. T... Read more

20 Mar 2018

33mins

Ranked #4

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Episode 2: Don't Set It and Forget It

Episode 2: Don't Set It and Forget It

Planning for your business at the beginning of the year is great, but there's more to be done than just setting it and f... Read more

24 Jan 2017

14mins

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Ranked #5

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Episode 49: Sarah Meranda’s Happy Hustle

Episode 49: Sarah Meranda’s Happy Hustle

What kind of hustler are you? Isaac interviews Sarah Meranda, metalsmith mastermind behind Magpie Mouse Studios, about h... Read more

20 Nov 2018

31mins

Ranked #6

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Episode 3: Stop it with the Gym Membership Mentality

Episode 3: Stop it with the Gym Membership Mentality

Signing up for a gym membership won't magically get you in shape—you need to focus on what’s really important for your b... Read more

7 Feb 2017

18mins

Ranked #7

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Episode 36: Honing in on Productivity

Episode 36: Honing in on Productivity

Sharon and Isaac dispel a few myths and offer a few guidelines on how to hone in—”honing” being the operative word—on yo... Read more

13 Sep 2018

32mins

Ranked #8

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Episode 39: Down the Rabbit Hole - Rachel Winter's Pursuit of Full-Time Maker Life

Episode 39: Down the Rabbit Hole - Rachel Winter's Pursuit of Full-Time Maker Life

Isaac takes quitting your day job a little deeper down the rabbit hole with Rachel Winter, who quit her job a year ago t... Read more

11 Oct 2018

28mins

Ranked #9

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Episode 33: Finding your Niche

Episode 33: Finding your Niche

Knowing who your target customer is will inform what niche your business serves, and vice versa. Sharon and I cover 5 sp... Read more

4 Sep 2018

29mins

Ranked #10

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Episode 27: 5 Tips for Talking About Yourself

Episode 27: 5 Tips for Talking About Yourself

What you do is directly tied to who you are, and it’s hard to articulate that in a way that someone else can understand.... Read more

13 Aug 2018

21mins

Ranked #11

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Episode 4: It's OK to Be Bad at Some Things

Episode 4: It's OK to Be Bad at Some Things

In this episode Isaac covers the importance of letting go of your perfectionism, the perils of the do-it-all-yourself me... Read more

21 Feb 2017

22mins

Ranked #12

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Episode 31: RIP Etsy Wholesale

Episode 31: RIP Etsy Wholesale

Etsy Wholesale bit the bullet at the end of July, leaving a lot of makers hanging. Listen to this YHBTV episode for tips... Read more

27 Aug 2018

33mins

Ranked #13

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Episode 35: Is Your Current Customer Actually Your Target Customer?

Episode 35: Is Your Current Customer Actually Your Target Customer?

Your target customer goes hand in hand with your business’ niche. In this YHBTV recap, Sharon and Isaac cover a few of t... Read more

11 Sep 2018

24mins

Ranked #14

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Episode 44: Time vs. Money

Episode 44: Time vs. Money

You often hear the phrase, “Time IS money”, but have you ever thought about the relationship that time OR money has with... Read more

1 Nov 2018

26mins

Ranked #15

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Episode 11: The Price is Right?

Episode 11: The Price is Right?

And we're back! Summer hiatus is over and Isaac's coming at you with an update on changes at Academy of Handmade's progr... Read more

12 Sep 2017

16mins

Ranked #16

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Episode 10: It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better

Episode 10: It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better

In this episode, Isaac illustrates how it can get worse before it gets better when you’re in the throes of failing, but ... Read more

17 May 2017

12mins

Ranked #17

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Episode 38: Leaps and Bounds - Kimberly Taylor-Pestell Leaves Her Full-Time Safety Net

Episode 38: Leaps and Bounds - Kimberly Taylor-Pestell Leaves Her Full-Time Safety Net

In this episode Isaac interviews Kimberly Taylor-Pestell, owner of Lacelit, about her recent decision to quit her day jo... Read more

6 Oct 2018

46mins

Ranked #18

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Episode 5: Art Needs Practice, So Does Your Business

Episode 5: Art Needs Practice, So Does Your Business

In Episode 5 of Your Handmade Business, Isaac talks about the value of building your business skills just like they were... Read more

7 Mar 2017

11mins

Ranked #19

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Episode 29: To Discount or Not to Discount?

Episode 29: To Discount or Not to Discount?

Everyone loves getting a deal, bargain or something on sale, but that doesn’t mean that what works for national retail c... Read more

20 Aug 2018

35mins

Ranked #20

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Bonusode: Just My Type Webinar

Bonusode: Just My Type Webinar

It’s time for a bonusode! In this special edition of Your Handmade Business, Isaac replays the Just My Type webinar we h... Read more

24 Jan 2018

43mins

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