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🙌 "Joining the HBSA was, hand on heart, the best thing I've done" ...

🕵️‍♀️ Secrets to Building Meaningful Connections as a Handmade Entr...

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HBSA Student Interviews

Steph Cole Lewis, business coach and founder of the handmade bosses is looking shocked. There is an eye emoji, a shocked emoji and a learning emoji. All focused on a chalk board with the title 'The HARD Handmade Business Lessons NOONE Talks About'

🤯 The HARD Handmade Business Lessons NOONE Talks About 🤫

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Are you ready for some real talk?

In this episode, we're diving into the hard...

Steph Cole Lewis, handmade business coach for Etsy and your own website. She's wearing pick sunglasses and a link dress, holding lots of money and an Etsy shop sign. With the works 'Rank higher in 2024' referring to ranking higher in etsy algorithm

🚀 How to Get Your Handmade Products Ranking higher in Etsy Search Results 🚀

Listen to this blog post as a Podcast instead 'How to get your products ranking in Etsy search results?'

Struggling to get your products noticed online? In this episode, we're diving into the...

Steph Cole Lewis, the founder and coach of handmade bosses looks shocked. There is writing saying 'How to resurrect a dead shop'. Steph helps people to get sales back into their handmade business on Etsy and their own website

☠️ How to resurrect your dead Etsy shop or your own website 💸 Get more sales in your handmade business 👐

So, first things first I don’t love the term “dead shop” - there’s so many different levels. A dead shop to me is something that hasn’t been up and running for three...

Steph Cole Lewis , founder of the handmade bosses smiles with joy. There is green text stating 'what should I sell?' with a picture of a shop selling handmade products and a sign saying 'buy, sell'

🚀 What should I sell in my handmade business? 💰3 questions to ask

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Starting a new online handmade business comes with its fair share of...

Steph Cole-Lewis, founder of the handmade bosses has a smile on her phase and a cuppa in her hand. Wearing a green cardigan she leans her head on her fist smiling. With 'Keep commerce human 2024' in bold writing. Etsys 4 focus areas of 2024

💁‍♀️ “Keep Commerce Human"... Etsys 4 focus areas of 2024 💁‍♀️

Listen to this blog post as a Podcast instead 'An URGENT update on Etsys future'

In this episode we delve into Etsy's Q1 financial results and the implications for handmade businesses on the...

Steph Cole-Lewis founder of the Handmade Bosses has a cosy warm cup of tea in her hand. As she gazes at 'A beginners guide to the Etsy algorithm'

🧡 A beginners guide to the Etsy algorithm (how you can rank higher and get more sales) 🧡

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Are you tired of the guessing games when it comes to Etsy's search algorithm? Want to know what really moves the...

💙 What is the Etsy algorithm? ✨ The algorithm explained to rank higher to get more views and sales 🥳

Listen to this blog post as a Podcast instead '#1 - The Beginner's Guide to the Etsy Algorithm

Are you tired of the guessing games when it comes to Etsy's search algorithm? Want to know...

Etsy ads strategy: For your handmade business that get you more sales

Do you want Etsy Ads that work for you?

I'm sure the answer is yes! I'm going to be sharing with you my Etsy ads strategy and how I manage my ads, how I recommend that you guys do, how to...

Steph Cole Lewis, founder of the handmade bosses is smiling gleefully. She is leaning against her work bench answering questions from handmade business owners.

Handmade business Q&A

You’ve got questions about growing and scaling a handmade business on Etsy, I’ve got the answers - let’s make virtual friends, lol!

I am extremely proud to have built a...

Steph Cole Lewis, founder of handmade bosses has a big cheesy grin on her face with a cute pose. With a caption reading Handmade Business Q&A (questions and answers)

Handmade Business Q + A - Answering your burning Etsy questions

Before we get started, building a 6 figure business didn’t happen overnight. Not for me, not for anyone…FACT. If you are searching for a single magical solution that is going to take...

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Steph is a top 0.1% Etsy seller and published author that has helped over 75,000 handmade business owners with her weekly tips and tricks and over 600+ creative business owners in her coaching programmes and 1-1 work. She's worked with clients across all niches and specialises in helping people start, run and scale their business to a 6-figure level. Steph doesn't want you to focus on "hacks and gimmicks" and the latest "shiny thing you have to focus on" but instead wants to help you build a sustainable and long-lasting legacy business.