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Yay for general nerdery, @tabitha-dukes – welcome!! And the answer to your question is that I have to do that from behind the scenes, so it's all fixed now! 🙂

Welcome, @di-cannone – your business sounds delicious!! I am super excited to watch you grow it in the next year!! And I officially volunteer myself as a taste tester, should you ever need such a thing. 😉

I feel like my general response is this: if the autoresponder does something specific, then people will want it (like if they know they're getting it when they sign up). Examples include Tara's Biz Confidence Challenge, or the Month of Biz Love, or the “free mini-course on marketing” that she offers. People sign up specifically to get those…[Read more]

Right now I'm mostly only reading fiction (currently: Watership Down for a local book club). BUT! I'll put in a plug here for one of my other clients (and a former SS captain): Gwen Bortner is hosting a free small biz book club, starting in April. Every month we'll read one biz book together, and you have the option to visit Gwen's website or sign…[Read more]

Yay, Nicole, I can sense your excitement about this!!!

My question is the same as Tanja's: do you plan to sell the pattern for the bag as well as the finished bag itself? That makes your audience two totally different groups of people, which is fine! But it's just something to think about.

If you don't want to sell the pattern, then it may not…[Read more]

@lindsey-spoor that's so awesome, yay!!!!!

For me I usually only have to look up foundation single crochet and granny squares (like, the basic “formula” for making one).

That's awesome feedback you got there, Nicole!
Teaching your own children is always different from teaching other people, so don't be discouraged by that example.
I always knew I did not want to become a teacher (we have a lot of them in my family) – and I still don't want to teach at a school. But I realized that I like to explain things to…[Read more]

Welcome, @kathy-provan, @naomi and @lindsey-spoor!

Where in Germany have you lived, Lindsey?

Hi Jill! I think I met you briefly at TNNA last year in either a photography class or a newsletter class…?

And thanks for the boost! I'm a firm believer in being aware of one's limits of knowledge, so being able to bite off small chunks a little at a time (and with guidance/feedback!) is a huge part of why I joined this community.

@lindsey-spoor That's awesome! 🎉😊

Hooray! I'm ready for a celebration and would love for you all to join me!

I FINALLY made contact with the landlord of the space I hope to rent for my shop. He asked me a few clarifying questions, gave me the basics on the space/rent, and then had me send him all of my business/personal contact information so that he can draw up a 2-year lease…[Read more]

Hooray! I'm ready for a celebration and would love for you all to join me!

I FINALLY made contact with the landlord of the space I hope to rent for my shop. He asked me a few clarifying questions, gave me the basics on the space/rent, and then had me send him all of my business/personal contact information so that he can draw up a 2-year lease…[Read more]

Hooray! I'm ready for a celebration and would love for you all to join me!

I FINALLY made contact with the landlord of the space I hope to rent for my shop. He asked me a few clarifying questions, gave me the basics on the space/rent, and then had me send him all of my business/personal contact information so that he can draw up a 2-year lease…[Read more]

Hi @lindsey-spoor. I'm in Seattle and there are others here who are in the Puget Sound area. Most of us wait until we've already started our businesses to look for what we need, so good for you!

Hello!

My name is Lindsey Spoor, and I'm hoping (knock on wood) to open a brick-and-mortar yarn/fiber arts shop, Stilly River Yarns, later this spring. I've been working on it for two years in the hopes of purchasing an established shop; that fell through for numerous reasons, so I'm striking out on my own! Super-scary, but incredibly…[Read more]

Hi @lisa-barnes I've emailed you the PDF.