How I did it: I achieved my goal of opening a shop on etsy by keeping my sales focused to a limited range of products (costume jewelry and purses, which I have a passion for). I kept a notebook of my progress and other notes and reasonable goals to complete every week or so. It also helped me to read up on the subject of how to run a craft business.

Lessons & tips: As I said above, keep your goals focused and set a target launch date in order to serve as motivation.

Resources: The book "Craft, Inc" is a little book with lots of info and relevant anecdotal stories.

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Oct 30, 2008, 09:35PM PDT | 1 comment | 2 cheers