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I would start by asking people you know – simply tell them what kind of help you're looking for. I've had good luck with that before.

I also second finding a homeschooled highschool student. They can work during the day, and in my experience are self-motivated and likely to do much higher quality work than most kids their age. I have hired my…[Read more]

Whatcha working on?

I'm not working at the moment but enjoying 4 weeks of vacation with my lovelies in the Netherlands. Although in my head…I'm rethinking how to proceed with my little biz. I'm not very fond of blogging but I feel like I have to do it. I had a great talk with a friend of mine who came to visit us here in our vacation home. I…[Read more]

Just checking in from my holiday house in the Netherlands.

A lot of fun reading what everyone is doing and all. So sad to read @tanja-osswald and @jill-wolcott are leaving. (maybe left already per July 1?). I'm going to miss you although we just met earlier this year. You really helped me in my biz. Thanks so much to the both of you ladies.

@tanja-osswald Thanks for looking at the website and your input. I have discussed the problem with the website support and I am working on fixing the products for the on-line shop. Now I understand why I was not getting any sales!

This might be part of the WIP, but under new releases there's no pics after Glow with the Flow.

Can you put these in some sort of a box or something. On my phone this is how it looks.

So I went back to old Map posts and was reading to find something to help me and I did! YAY! @sarah-walworth mentioned podcast 138 and it was exactly what I needed to listen to. First was about process goals instead of outcome goals. Then Tara talked about listing all the projects you want to do and having someone tell me I had to do one and…[Read more]

It's looking great, @dana-gervais! I love the clear instructions for what I should do, right at the top.

The only thing I would change next is to make the tagline less about you and more about your customer. So maybe instead of:
I see a pair socks in every skein of sock yarn and have devoted my life to setting them free. I also help #SockVirgins…[Read more]

Thanks Grace and Jess!

It feels good to know I have a plan that will work. Now it's just a matter of working how what to actually do in my studio to make it work! But I'm ok with that taking some time to work out.

1) I'm just starting wholesale and need to know I need a system to keep up with everything

2) I don't have one since I'm just starting.

3) Adding wholesale and I want to keep up with everything.

4) I don't have any wholesale orders yet. I don't know a realist number to try for so I don't know what to do for that. I have about 5 shops that…[Read more]

1) I'm just starting wholesale and need to know I need a system to keep up with everything

2) I don't have one since I'm just starting.

3) Adding wholesale and I want to keep up with everything.

4) I don't have any wholesale orders yet. I don't know a realist number to try for so I don't know what to do for that. I have about 5 shops that…[Read more]

1) I'm just starting wholesale and need to know I need a system to keep up with everything

2) I don't have one since I'm just starting.

3) Adding wholesale and I want to keep up with everything.

4) I don't have any wholesale orders yet. I don't know a realist number to try for so I don't know what to do for that. I have about 5 shops that…[Read more]

Thank you @jess-cook! I can't seem to change the size or location of the header without coding, and coding is WAY beyond me, so I'll have to look for outside help with that one. I have made a few changes to make the site more user friendly (my tagline, added a few links to the header, moved the not-socks). Would you mind having another look?…[Read more]

Well done, @riin-gill and @kathy-provan!!!

@dawn-craig can I ask some clarifying questions?

1) So you are not looking to increase wholesale orders, but to systematize your current process for filling the wholesale orders you have?

2) What's not working about your current system?

3) What are you tangibly changing this quarter?

4) Where are you right now that is causing you to want to…[Read more]

Yay, @amy-crook – that's so exciting!!!

Hi @ann-tudor! Yay! I'm so happy for you that your business has grown to this level!

A few random notes from me:
– YES, it's super important to understand that biz growth = bringing on other people and that is awesome, but also can be overwhelming at first. The thing I like to tell people is that the learning curve is heavier in the beginning and…[Read more]

Yay, @dawn-craig – I'm so glad that your review process was able to help you see how far you have really come!!

I agree – whatever you can do to make it seriously easy for yourself to shoot the videos is a really good goal to work toward next. If you hate setting up, then find a way to keep the set-up permanent (or as much so as possible), so…[Read more]

Hi @dana-gervais!

First up, I love your great photos, and the overall clean look of your website!

Here are a few suggestions I have:
– There's a lot of white space at the top of the page. “Above the fold,” at least on my browser, there isn't a whole lot of visual appeal, and for a site directed at knitters I think you might want to add something…[Read more]

Thank you @ann-tudor – I see what you're saying! I have to think about how to do this. Maybe have a ‘Designs' tab with a link to the home page? Create a new home page and rename the current homepage ‘Designs'. I have to think about what will work best. Thank you for your feedback 🙂