This podcast helps creators, brands, and online entrepreneurs confidently grow and scale their modern businesses -- navigating the business side of content creation, influencer marketing, social media, e-commerce, online courses, in-person events, and digital products. Host Brittany Ratelle, an practicing business attorney shares action items, founder stories, and biz/legal tips to help you confidently OWN your business. If you are a creator, maker, artist, designer, speaker, coach, eCommerc ...
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How do I turn favorites into sales? How do I get people into my Etsy shop? How do I get found on Etsy? How can I stand out in such a saturated market? And perhaps the biggest question of all-- Can I REALLY earn a full-time income selling on Etsy (oh my heavens, YES YOU CAN!) Welcome to the Simplify Your Sales podcast where your host, Morgan Nield, takes your most pressing Etsy marketing questions and dives deep into the tips, tricks, and step-by-step strategy to get you from where you are no ...
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How to start (and fix) your business partnerships with Sara Urquhart - 79
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Join me and seasoned entrepreneur Sara Urquhart as we share stories (good and bad) about business partnerships and give you the tips you need to make smart business partnership decisions. Sarah spells out the critical questions that you should ask yourself when you are deciding whether to go solo, bring on a partner, and how to navigate changing ro…
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Building a 7-figure fashion eCommerce brand in the Netflix hours with Cents of Style CEO Courtney Brown
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Courtney Brown is the CEO and founder of Cents of Style and Be Fulfilled, two multimillion-dollar Utah-based eCommerce companies. Cents of Style aims to bring the latest in clothing and accessories in an accessible and affordable way while Be Fulfilled aims to help influencers develop, source, ship, and service their own product lines. In this epis…
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Worried about recession rumors? Want to get your online or creative business as resilient as it can be? Business attorney Brittany Ratelle guides you through the most important things you can change in your business to help set up business boundaries and protect your profits and peace. In this episode: what do you actually need in your website foot…
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How to confidently embrace your role as a mother AND online entrepreneur
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Mom guilt--it’s a VERY real thing for so many of us trying to raise babies AND businesses! So, how in the world can you deal with that while running a successful online business? Well, today I’m here with digital product expert and amazing mother of two, Monica Froese. Monica is a digital product coach for women business owners and host of the popu…
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How to start and grow a profitable podcast with podcasting princess Hala Taha of Young and Profiting - 76
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Hala Taha joins attorney Brittany Ratelle on the Creative Counsel podcast to share macro podcasting trends and reveal how Hala used battle-tested skills (and perseverance) to grow a 7-figure business podcast and podcasting agency from the ground up. Hala Taha, dubbed the “The Podcast Princess,” is the host of Young and Profiting (YAP) Podcast, freq…
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How to get started tracking analytics in your business (for beginners!)
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Do you ever get a little overwhelmed with numbers? Me too! In this I’m here with one of my long-time business friends, Janet LeBlanc over at Paper + Spark. She’s the CPA brains behind ALL things creative business financials-- I recommend her to EVERYONE I know whenever they have a tax question-- and she is passionate about helping online biz owners…
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5 reasons your digital course ISN’T selling (+ how to fix them!)
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Today’s episode answers the question I get A LOT from aspiring course creators: “I’ve created a digital course, slapped it on my website….but nobody is buying it!” And I get just how frustrating it can feel when you have spent a ton of time + energy creating a really great product but feel like nobody wants it. So in today’s episode I want to troub…
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You ever have those days where there are so many things going on with your kids and family that you don't even know how to find time for your business? Me too! Today I’m here with Lani Jackson who I am SO excited to have on the podcast because this is a girl that knows the definition of BUSY-- because not only does she host the Mompreneurs podcast …
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How to sell wholesale from Thimblepress founder and business coach Kristen Ley
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Kristen Ley, founder of Thimblepress® shares her wholesale secrets from being in the stationery businesses for more than a decade. Thimblepress is an international lifestyle company that encourages kindness and inspires fun, through her artisan cards, Push-Pop Confetti, and viral hits like the "Your butt looks great in those jeans!" card. In their …
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7 Biggest Legal Mistakes Physical Product Companies Make
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Want to avoid the 7 biggest legal mistakes that physical product and eCommerce companies make? Attorney Brittany Ratelle walks through the most common mistakes that land modern product companies in legal hot water and how you can avoid these headaches as a small business owner. Here are the top 7 mistakes: 1. No operating agreement or business “pre…
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Create a Positive Company Culture with Founder of Thirst and Dottie's Kolaches, Sierra McCleve
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Serial entrepreneur Sierra McCleve, founder of two successful Utah-based food businesses, Thirst and Dottie's Kolaches shares on the Creative Counsel Podcast how created a positive team culture in the challenging food industry. She shares her wisdom as a baker, manager, owner, mom, wife, garage gym fitness enthusiast and now an investor in other pr…
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Have you ever thought about someone pre-selling your course? What about pre-selling your course idea BEFORE you create any of the content? Well, this strategy just happens to be one of the smartest things you can do when it comes to creating a profitable online course in your business, and something I recommend ALL of my paid students do because it…
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Freelance with an Abundance Mindset with Content Marketer- Carina Wytiaz
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From corporate to freelance with an abundance mindset with content marketer Carina Wytiaz Carina Wytiaz joins the Creative Counsel podcast to share how having an abundance mindset allowed her to pivot as a content marketer working in tech, to her time as a solo freelancer, and then how she rolled that experience back to corporate leadership. Carina…
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How to get paid to grow your email list with a simple tripwire product!
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Do you ever just want to do something you're passionate about and make money while doing it? Morgan dives into this concept with the fabulous Eden Fried in this week's podcast. Eden teaches women how to turn their passions into digital products they can launch online. She's the host of the Rebel Boss Ladies podcast, the founder of Rebel Boss Univer…
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How to Ditch Overwhelm for Ease in Your Online Business
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Do you ever have those times when you just want to give up on your business? Hey—you’re not alone! In this episode, guest, Kaitlyn Kessler walks us through how to blend spirituality, strategy, and a whole lot of self-love and trust together to ditch feeling overwhelmed with your business. Morgan and Kaitlyn discuss the questions: I know that your b…
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Building a People-First Business with Heather Fujikawa of House Sprucing- 71
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Today, we are joined by my sweet friend Heather Fujikawa! We are so excited about the arrival of her little girl and reminiscing on our journeys as wives and mothers who are also busy in their careers! Heather, my friend since college, started her company and entrepreneur journey as an interior designer in Los Angeles. She was drawn to the fashion …
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Vampire Clients: How Freelancers Can Avoid the 8 Types of Bad Clients-70
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What is a vampire client (bad clients who "suck you dry") and how can you avoid them? Or are there no bad clients but only bad "systems" for managing those clients? (and let's be clear...we're not talking about brooding vampires with extra "sparkle" or annoyingly hot vampire brothers...) We're all with Team Jacob on this one. Listen to this Creativ…
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Setback to Success: When a Booming Travel Business Meets Covid- 69
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Kylie Chenn, Founder of Acanela Expeditions, shares her story of growing her email list and strategically using promotions to build a booming $5 million dollar travel business, and then how that came to a crashing halt as the global COVID-19 pandemic shut everything down. Tune in to hear Kylie's secrets on how she worked hard and smart to turn an i…
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How to make money from your online course idea in less than 2 weeks
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Today’s episode is to give you HOPE! Hope that if you have thoughts of creating an online course, you don’t have to wait 90+ days like all the gurus out there will tell you to plan for. The first course I took that taught me how to create + sell an online course had a 90-120 roadmap from start to finish. I don’t want that for you. You SHOULDN’T hav…
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What to do if your first online course idea flops: a $28,000 case study
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I want to get straight to the point: My first online course idea flat-out FAILED. Now I’m going to go into the details about WHY that happened in in this episode, but I think it’s really important to talk about failure as an online course creator because I’m willing to bet that THAT’S at least part of what’s holding you back right now-- if not the …
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Part 4: How to go from 0 to $100K in 2022 with an online course
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Now that you know how to build an audience from 0 - 500 email subscribers, you understand how to create, and validate + launch your online course, it’s time to focus on the best part-- the magical part-- the automation + scaling portion-- where things REALLY start to take off! This is the phase where all your hard work really starts to pay off and …
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Part 3: How to go from 0 to $100K in 2022 with an online course
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Here we are on part 3 in our 4-part course creator mini-series on How to go from 0 → $100K with your online course business in the next 12 months. Today’s topic? The money-making one you’ve been waiting for: Launching your new online course! This is probably the scariest step of the whole online course process--because this is when you’re finally--…
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Part 2: How to go from 0 to $100K in 2022 with an online course
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Welcome to part 2 of this series-- now that you know how to build an audience from 0 - 500 email subscribers-- and are hopefully taking action RIGHT NOW on that, it’s time to talk about the product you are going to create to sell them. In this episode, we’re going to talk about your product being an online course-- which is essentially an online di…
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Part 1: How to go from 0 to $100K in 2022 with an online course
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In today's episode, we’re kicking things off with an awesome 4-part series that is going to walk you through the step-by-step process for starting from 0 and growing an online course business to $100K in the next 12 months. I’m excited to share about this process with you because while it looks simple enough-- create the product, share with your au…
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How to reduce friction in your business as an online course creator
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Last year I tried to get fancy….well, I tried to make my BUSINESS fancy. And while I certainly didn’t succeed in making anything “fancy,” I certainly did succeed at something-- creating MASSIVE amounts of friction in my business that stopped me from moving forward. Maybe you feel the same way? Maybe right now it’s feeling like you ALSO have massive…
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Etsy seller → online course creator: 3 mindset shifts you must make
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Transitioning from Etsy seller to online course creator is a step that Morgan took back in 2018, and she can’t imagine ever going back. In this episode, Morgan teaches the three key mindset changes you need to take as you transition from an Etsy seller to an online course creator.저자 Morgan Nield
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What it's really like to be on TV with food media personality Kelsey Nixon - 68
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Listen in to this killer conversation with food and media personality, chef, author, and Food Network Start Kelsey Nixon. Kelsey came in fourth place on the fourth season of the Food Network series Food Network Star and hosted the Cooking Channel series Kelsey's Essentials, which ran for five seasons from 2010 to 2013 as one of the first pieces of …
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How to Make Collaborative Contracts: Why fair contracts are nothing to fear! 67
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Ever wondered if we really "need" contracts and how you can use them without putting up a wall between you and your client, customer, vendor or business partner? This video will cover 10 tips for how to build collaborative contracts -- contracts that actually help protect and clarify roles and expectations for BOTH sides and preserve business relat…
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Want to avoid some of the most common legal mistakes that new business owners make? Wondering how you can skip over some unnecessary frustration, worry, overwhelm or costly fixes that come from starting a new business and wanting your legal foundations to be solid? In this episode you will learn: the most common mistakes new entrepreneurs make what…
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If Morgan could give you only ONE piece of marketing advice, it’s this: Don’t focus on all the things all at once. Don’t try to focus on multiple product lines. Don’t try to focus on multiple social media marketing channels. Don’t try to focus on multiple target customers. In this episode, Morgan will teach you what to focus on and when. Get full s…
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4 productivity tips I swear by to get crap done in your biz!
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Ever feel like you're stuck inside your own head going round and round and round and can't get ANYTHING done? There's actually a legit reason for that--it's because your brain can only think about ONE thing at ONE time. And because of that, your mind is constantly jumping from thought to thought to thought without any real focus--because you're try…
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3 EASY ways to provide value to your audience (+ make them fall in love with you!)
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Did you know that shoppers don’t need a reason to buy from your shop (it’s not all about patterns + options and quality)—they need a reason to buy from YOU. Because while the item they are going to buy is LOGICAL (ie- they need a new planter for their new plant), the decision to purchase? It’s overwhelmingly EMOTIONAL. How do they feel about your b…
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How to sell your product in a way that feels authentic and NOT sales-y
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Marketing can feel sleazy or sales-y when you’re trying to get people to buy. It’s hard to put ourselves out there and for most of us, it’s really hard to ask people to spend money on us. In this episode, Morgan teaches how to go about marketing your product in a way that feels real and natural to buyers. Get full show notes and more information he…
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Making Money in a Business Built to Last with Content Strategist Michelle Gifford - 65
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Do you have a business built to last? Guest Michelle Gifford, business coach and content strategist shares what is working to move the needle on content marketing and how you shouldn't be putting all of your eggs in the Instagram basket. Learn about Reeles, email marketing, Pinterest, pretty and functional websites, and how everything should fit to…
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Creating a Sustainable Career as an Indie Artist with Heidi Luerra, author of The Work of Art, Founder of RAW: Natural - Ep. 64
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Ep. 64: Creating a Sustainable Career as an Indie Artist with Heidi Luerra, author of The Work of Art, Founder of RAW: Natural Tune into this podcast interview with Heidi Luerra, master creative consultant and event planner. For more than 20 years, Heidi has worked with artists of all creative genres. Starting her own clothing line at a young age, …
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3 myths about passive income that simply aren't true! Simplify Your Sales
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Today we are going to break down 3 common myths that people tend to believe when it comes to passive income and the mindset shifts that need to take place instead. Overcome these myths and start creating passive income and gaining freedom in your business today! Get full show notes and more information here: www.morgannield.com/blog/episode42…
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4 signs you're ready to add a passive income stream to your Etsy shop: Simplify Your Sales
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We are going back to the basics of passive income with this Throwback episode in order to gear up for season 3 of the Simplify Your Sales podcast because we are going to be focusing more on passive income this season. Check out this throwback episode to learn (or be reminded of) why passive income is so great and how it's the smartest way to increa…
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Fear, politics, and lemon bathing costumes: Interview with Sharon McMahon of @sharonsayso
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Learn from serial entrepreneur Sharon McMahon, who started out her adult life as a government teacher, before leaving to pursue her side hustle full time. After she built a seven-figure business and sold it, she became one of her region's most successful photographers and has gone on to coach entrepreneurs via her coaching program, Masters Level Co…
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2020: The Year That Didn't Go As Planned: Simplify Your Sales
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And that's a wrap for 2020! Morgan covers the good the bad and the ugly from 2020 and walks us through how this year has brought so much growth despite it being a year that none of us planned. She also lets us know what big things to expect moving forward in 2021!저자 Morgan Nield
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The Critical Role Your Mindset Plays In Your Success... Or Failure (+ How To Change It): Simplify Your Sales
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In this episode, guest, Brittany Bishoff who is a Mastermind Your Marketing student and Mindset coach breaks down the importance of why having a marketing system in place along with a healthy business mindset can take your business to brand new heights.저자 Morgan Nield
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How To Keep Your Sanity During A Busy Etsy Holiday Sales Season: Simplify Your Sales
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In this episode, Morgan gives key advice on how to stay sane during this upcoming Etsy holiday season (or really any busy time for you, for that matter.) After years of selling online, Morgan has learned some great ways to protect her sanity throughout chaotic seasons of her business and is sharing them with you today!…
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Accounting Tips for Creatives with CPA Amy Northard - Creative Counsel Episode 62
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Learn some super practical accounting tips for creatives with CPA Amy Northard. Amy shares hands-on tips to help you avoid tax stress and to help you set up successful money systems. We dig into hiring independent contractors, using Paypal, how to reconcile accounts and the top tips for avoiding tax issues as a creative entrepreneur. In this episod…
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Use Your Copy To Double Your Etsy Sales: Simplify Your Sales
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Host, Morgan Nield, shares 6 rules for copywriting that are sure help you use your copy to connect with your audience at a deeper level-- as well as optimize it to convert when it comes to online shopping. If your copy could use some help, be sure to give this episode a listen!저자 Morgan Nield
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What I Wish I Knew Before I Opened By Shop On Etsy: Simplify Your Sales
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In this episode we are welcomed by Morgan's good friend and original gangster Mastermind Your Marketing student, Erin Ulko. Erin is one of the long-time student mentors inside Mastermind Your Marketing and also an incredible tech wiz. She is joining us and sharing some of her valuable insight on how she runs her eCommerce business!…
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So how exactly do you run your business in the time of Covid and quarantines, masks and mandates, policy and personal protection equipment? This podcast episode will dive into the best tips about navigating the dynamic landscape of trying to run a small business during a pandemic. You will learn: What websites should I be checking What to say and w…
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What To Do If You Aren't Making Sales In Your Etsy Shop (10 Quick Fixes!): Simplify Your Sales
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Struggling to make sales in your eCommerce shop? Here are 10 of the most common mistakes that Etsy sellers make which prevent their shops from being profitable AND how to fix them! If you'd like to see your revenue increase, be sure to give this episode a listen.저자 Morgan Nield
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3 Strategic Hacks To Make More Money On Your Next Sales Promotion: Simplify Your Sales
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Here are 3 tips when it comes to running a sale that will ensure it is optimized and going to bring you as much revenue as possible. After dozens of sales promotions over the years, Morgan Nield's episode today is here to help you have a successful sales promotion.저자 Morgan Nield
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How To Run A Sale In Your Etsy Shop Without Cutting Into Your Profits: Simplify Your Sales
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In this episode, host Morgan Nield, shares the best way to run a sales promotion in your shop that will allow you to price your products for what they are worth all while respecting your current audience. If you need to raise your shop's prices but aren't sure how, this is the episode for you!저자 Morgan Nield
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Etsy Product Photography Made Simple. What You Need To Know: Simplify Your Sales
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Struggling with product photography in your shop? You are most certainly not alone! Thankfully, photography guru, Kristina Nicole joined us this episode and is here to help everyone step up their product photography game. She breaks down how to get the best photos, recommended apps she loves and as well as lighting tips for consistency and aestheti…
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