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The most effective way to grow

How do your grow your business?

This question seem like a big one, with a million answers, but the truth is, you can narrow your focus on just four levers to create massive growth in your business. In today's episode I'll discuss these four levers and how they impact your business growth.

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What I’ve learned in 33 years

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Today's my birthday! In today's episode, I look back at all the awesomeness of the last year and share what I've learned about my business (and life).

Past birthday posts:

2014
2013
2012
2011 (The birth of the Starship!)
2010 (The birth of this site!)
2009

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The difference between being salesy and being effective

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If you wonder why you're not making more sales, no matter how much you blog, tweet, or email, the answer is probably that your marketing isn't effective. But how can you be effective without feeling like you're being salesy or gross? We're going to talk about how to do that today.

We'll cover:

Why you should link to your products (no, it's not gross)
How to ask for the sale
The spectrum of gross/effective, with some examples along the spectrum.

Now, with transcripts!

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How to listen

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What you can learn from Income Reports

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Today we're going to talk about the phenomenon of income reports and how you can learn from them without being distracted or deterred from your own work.

Links mentioned:

Abby Glassenberg's income reports at While She Naps
Pinch of Yum’s income reports.
PBS story on income reports
Entrepreneur on Fire's Income Reports
Real Numbers Project
Income Report: Knitting Designers

How to listen

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Kim Werker is enthusiastic about Ugly: an interview

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I am super squealingly excited about today's podcast: it's a snippet of a conversation with my good friend and the all-around awesome person, Kim Werker. We talk about the great advice she got as a freshman and the spiral that brought her where she is now, as an author, editor, teacher and maker.

This was recorded at Craftcation, by the fantastic Mike of MB Studio Services (if you're in SoCal, hire him to produce your podcast!).

You find more Kim Werker on Instagram, her website, on Craftsy, and in her book, which I adore.

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Blair Stocker is quilting enthusiastically (an interview)

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I am so delighted to have Blair Stocker on this week! I had the opportunity to chat with her at Craftcation and after about 15 minutes I said: I want to record every word you say! My listeners need to hear this! So we scuttled off to the podcast lounge and the fantastic Mike recorded (and engineered! so fancy!) our conversation.

Blair was one of the first craft bloggers I became addicted to, way back in 2005 when I discovered the crafty internet, and over the last 10 years I've loved following her quilts (and kids).

In this episode we discuss:

WiseCraft, her gorgeous crafting book
WiseCraft, the blog
Her quilt patterns
What she's enthusiastic about right now

How to listen

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How to have more time {Podcast}

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How can you have more time to do the stuff you want to do (and all the stuff you have to do?) That's what we're going to talk about in today's episode.

Build a system that works for you, and have more time for work AND fun with my newest class, Wrangle Your TIme.

How to listen

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What I’ve learned from 52 weeks of podcasting

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Yay! This is the 52nd episode of my weekly podcast … Explore Your Enthusiasm is one year old! (Tomorrow's exactly one year from the first episode.)

In this episode I share:

3 lessons that I've learned from podcasting, that you can apply to your own creative business
What podcasting has done for my business
What's coming up next (including big news!)

Top 10 episodes (by downloads) in the first year:

Want to watch the bonus Ask Tara episodes? Subscribe via YouTube here.

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You’re invited to get real {Podcast}

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What do other makers actually…make? How long did it take them to make a profit? What works?

Over the last several years I've talked to hundreds of makers and gotten an inside look at what works for them, what they're really making, and how they're making it all work. I've shared their stories with interviews and in lessons learned…but as great as those are, they still don't dig deep enough to the real numbers – traffic, sales, reality.

In this episode, I tell you how I want to share the real numbers with you and how you can help. It's all anonymous and it's all for a good reason – to get real about what works in small crafty businesses. Share your numbers here.

For more information on this project …

Income reports from handmade biz owners
Income reports from knitwear designers
What you can learn from income reports
What I've learned from your income reports
Contribute to this project, HERE.

How to listen

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When everything is awful

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Let's be honest: Sometimes, everything is awful. (On the other hand, sometimes everything is awesome and you find yourself singing this song.) When things are awful, it helps if you have a list ready to go, to help you get through it (without giving up). In this episode I'll share the list of things I do when everything is awful and the tricks that work best for my clients.

How to listen to the podcast:

You can subscribe to it on iTunes (If you do, leave a review!)
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