Tara Jacobsen

I love marketing and thinking of great ways to help people get more oomph for their efforts. Whether you want to know about niche marketing or branding or recommended vendors, stop back often to see some great ideas!

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Today I am going to show you how I use Kittl to make my art fancy! If you are not confident about using your own handwriting in your artwork, Kittl will make your heart swoon! Why I Wrote This Post I am an collage artist professionally now, selling my art in my Etsy shop! Whoo …

Today I am going to show you how do batch branding for your Etsy shop for the holiday season using Canva! Tips and ideas for Etsy shop branding! Branding Your Shop For The Holidays I can hear all the people out there screaming at me right now, I am already super busy and I don’t …

If you are an Etsy seller who wants to make more sales, you HAVE to make products to sell that people want to buy… duh! But sometimes that can seem counter-intuitive to what we actually want to make! My Etsy Story I started a new Etsy store… YAY! No one is buying anything yet… BOO! …

I love having a cute new planner cover for the Halloween season! These cute planner covers feature witch’s hats, black cats and even a funky haunted house! All The Free Halloween Planner Covers These make great covers or dashboards for your journal, agenda or planner! I figured you might like to take a peek to …

Super spooky and fun Halloween posters for your party or home decor! Full 16X20 sized black cat quotes posters! All The Free Printable Black Cat Posters! I know I like to see what the selection is before I scroll down, so here are all the black cat posters for Halloween! Why Did I Make These …

Starting an Etsy shop is hard! But in the early days there are so many exciting things happening! Here is the current state of my shop in the first couple of weeks! My Listings I have 13 listings at this point! In general I did one a day until the last couple of days when …

Whether you love ghost or goulies, witches or skeletons, I have made you some super scary and fun bookmark printables for Halloween! Free Printable Halloween Bookmarks I know I love to see all of the cute free printables in one place before I dive in! These free bookmarks go from spooky to scary, funny to …

If you started an Etsy shop, you might be wondering how things are going when you don’t have any sales and very few views so far! How To Check Your SEO If you are following along with your new shop stats, go to marketing > search analytics. You can see all the “queries” that people …

Tips and ideas for how to start a new Etsy store in 2024! This is the first post in a series about things that I do while getting my shop up and running! Why Start An Etsy Shop In 2024? I have heard all the chatter about how shops are getting shut down, how the …