Are you finally thinking about putting together your own website but don’t know where to start?

Or are your Etsy sales declining year after year, and you’re looking for a way out to something better?

I’ve always preached having your own website for a few reasons:

• you get total control over the style of your shop and your customers’ shopping experience
• you position yourself in a different class, away from Etsy “hobby shops” that underprice everyone in the market
• all your marketing efforts build up like equity

Let’s dive a little deeper into building an email list quickly with your target customers!

If you haven’t yet, I would recommend going back and reading Part 1 and Part 2 of Building an Email List.

At the end of Part 2, I concluded that the fastest way to build an email list for product based businesses is by doing monthly giveaways. For every person that signs up to your mailing list, they get a chance to win one of your handmade items.

But is this …

Last week, I wrote about why you need an email list if you want more sales.

This week, I want to share some of the strategies I’ve used to grow an email list.

We talked about opt-in forms and Mailchimp. Do you have that ready on your website? Great!

Amp it up with an incentive

These days people don’t just sign up to mailing lists anymore. You need to give them a reason. Especially if you’re just starting out and no one knows who you are.…

Why you need an email list

If you’re not on it yet, you’ll want to start building an email list right away. As soon as you have your Etsy shop or your own website up and running, start collecting those email addresses!

There is a simple reason for this. We spend so much time investing in Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and other social communities, but what happens if they go belly up?

I know, you must be thinking, “Facebook is huge! It’s here to stay”. I admit, I …