Welcome back to the podcast only a few days until Christmas!

Today I want to talk about an often overlooked but very important area of Etsy listings… Doing this correctly will get you more sales, seal the deal with customers, and also help you with SEO (search engine optimization).  What am I talking about?  Well, that would be Etsy listing descriptions.

I want to give you 5 Etsy description hacks so you can have a silver bullet description.  Oh and I threw in a bonus hack for you as well.  Pretty awesome, right?

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First, I'm sorry the audio got a little wonky... more BS lol.  

As 2022 comes to a close I wanted to reflect on my crazy year.  Crazy is probably an understatement!  Today I talk about my decision to sell my house, move into a travel trailer, move into my in-laws, build a new home and how that impacted my Etsy business.  And I totally forgot to mention in the video that I also got married.. oops lol.  All this chaos has taught me much about myself, adversity, positivity, and problem solving.  All of which will help me for years to come in my business.   I hope you too can learn from my 2022 journey.  

 Do you use or are you thinking about using Etsy plus?  Do you even know what it is? 

Then today’s episode is just for you!  I'll break it all down for you including the features, benefits, cost, and misconceptions of Etsy plus so you don't have to.

Today's episode is all about the Etsy algorithm.

I want to help decode and simplify this mythical beast, give you misconceptions to avoid, help you understand how it impacts your shop, and show you how to leverage it for future success.

Don't forget to download my Free Etsy SEO Success eBook here.  It goes over the algorithm & SEO in even greater detail for you.  Oh yeah, and there are lots of great tips inside as well!

I want to go through my yearly sales numbers with you so you can see how long it took me to get to $100k a year on Etsy.  You'll also get a behind-the-scenes look at what I was doing in my biz at that time… 

This is the iceberg episode.  I often talk about the iceberg concept because it’s so relevant, especially today.  You are bombarded with the top of the iceberg content on social media.  The iceberg is only seeing the success and none of the failure or real stuff that's going on.  People are driving fancy cars, have big houses, and show stacks of cash making it seem like making money online is so easy.  These people if they’re telling the truth aren’t the norm and again if they’re really millionaires are definitely only telling you part of the story.  They’re leaving out all the failures, struggles, and time it took to make that money.

Today I want to take you through my Etsy business...

It's time again for a new episode of Etsy Seller News!

Here's what's covered:

• UKCA marketing requirements for the UK starting in 1/23/23.  See the link below for all the details:  https://www.etsy.com/seller-handbook/article/product-safety-essentials-important/1092191535409
• Etsy rolls out its tv holiday campaign for the US, UK, and Germany
• Etsy Launches Image Search on Mobile App – May Also Help Sellers Find Infringing Listings
• 2022 USP Holiday Shipping Dates for Contiguous U.S. (Lower 48 States)

Have you ever had deconstructed food?  It is food that is presented in a separated way and not all mixed together.  You can better see all the ingredients.  I promise this isn’t turning into a cooking show lol.  There is a point to this.  For example, deconstructed egg salad has the ingredients layered and not mixed together.

You can use this same concept to create your own Etsy business and figure out what to sell.  How?  Well, you deconstructed it of course. 

Today I will give you 7 steps to deconstruct and start your own Etsy business.  This is the same process I used when creating my Etsy business!

Get my Etsy Quickstart Guide which goes over many of the concepts I talk about in this episode.  It's free, download it here.

Get your free trial of the amazing Etsy tool Alura here.

I stopped doing this and it really hurt my Etsy business this year.  What's worse is the year is not over yet and the biggest sales month is yet to come... yikes!!!!

Tune in to find out what I did so you can learn and not make the same mistake.  I'm sure you'll also get a few tips on things to do that will help your Etsy business.  

I get a lot of great questions on my YouTube channel where I talk about all things Etsy.  I wanted to answer some of those questions today and encourage you to check out that channel with additional content to help you with your Etsy business.  Make sure to go over there and subscribe so you get notified when new episodes come out.  Check out that channel here:  www.youtube.com/@handmadeandbeyond

It's an all-new Etsy Seller news episode with all the latest and greatest updates you need to know about!

In this episode I talk about how customers can checkout directly on Google when they buy your Etsy stuff, recent star seller changes, a banned item you should steer clear of, and more...