Contributor post by Caroline and Jose of Handcrafted Consulting
{Today we welcome new business contributors to Poppytalk, Caroline and Jose of Handcrafted Consulting. But before I introduce them, I just wanted to send a big thank you and wishing much success to former Poppytalk Business writer, Rena Tom who is now off to run her new business venture Makeshift Society with partners Victoria of Sfgirlbybay and Suzanne Shade. Wishing them all the success! So now my introduction of Caroline and Jose:
Caroline and Jose, of the very successful handmade brand Paloma’s Nest, truly believe that artists don’t have to be starving. As mentors at Handcrafted Consulting, and Certified Etsy Educators, they love to teach creatives how to leverage branding, marketing, and the incredible power of the internet to make a living from craft. Here on Poppytalk, the pair brings you business-y goodness a few times a month. Based in Austin, they’ll travel anywhere for a (lengthy) chat about life as entrepreneurs. }. ~Jan
As creative business owners, we tend to have lots of ideas, both big and small. As artisans and designers, we often struggle with choices to make at every step in the creative process. Sometimes it feels like the easiest thing to do is toss a coin in the air to prioritize the list, but there is a tool that can help: how you choose which ideas, products or projects to focus on can often be decided by your mission statement.
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Caroline and Jose, of the very successful handmade brand Paloma’s Nest, truly believe that artists don’t have to be starving. As mentors at Handcrafted Consulting, and Certified Etsy Educators, they love to teach creatives how to leverage branding, marketing, and the incredible power of the internet to make a living from craft. Here on Poppytalk, the pair brings you business-y goodness a few times a month. Based in Austin, they’ll travel anywhere for a (lengthy) chat about life as entrepreneurs. }. ~Jan
As creative business owners, we tend to have lots of ideas, both big and small. As artisans and designers, we often struggle with choices to make at every step in the creative process. Sometimes it feels like the easiest thing to do is toss a coin in the air to prioritize the list, but there is a tool that can help: how you choose which ideas, products or projects to focus on can often be decided by your mission statement.
