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!

PS send me an email if you would like to see an industy featured or if you have a business that you would like to brainstorm about. Each month I will feature one small business owner for FREE!

Real estate postcard design tutorial using the free design site, Canva, to make funny, just listed and farming real estate postcards. Includes how to tips and ideas to make your mailings memorable! Today is going to be super fun! I have real estate agents ask me all the time to make them postcards, but with …

How to make cool Pinterest pins that get shared for free using the photo tool Canva, your product pictures and a little creativity. This Canva tutorial includes my best tips and ideas for making easy Pinnable images that actually help sell more on your Ecommerce shop. Includes a free printable checklist! I am writing this …

With all the Etsy changes lately, many Etsy sellers are looking for other places to sell than Etsy. This list is all the different places I have found for handmade, supplies, vintage or digital sellers! This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase anything, I earn a small commission at no extra charge to you. …

Small business owners like you have the ability to set up automatic email marketing that will go out like little salespeople over time and help you make more money. Here are my best tips and ideas to help you set up and run amazing email autoresponders! Email autoresponders are called a lot of things, drip campaigns, …

How To Do Email Marketing… Newsletters, Auto Responders and More! If you are thinking about doing email marketing, I am here to tell you it can be fun AND profitable! I have a bunch of small business friends who have been struggling with email lately. Either they don’t know what to send out or they …

This FREE WordPress plugin can help with so many different marketing challenges including offering a super easy content upgrade, selling your products, promoting affiliate offers and helping your readers! Includes tips and ideas for any blogger who writes “how to” posts! I have been waiting my whole blogging life for a plugin that would do …

We have all been there… a day or two goes by with no sales and we start panicking. So what can you DO to change what is happening (or more like NOT happening!) 5 ways to kick start sales when you are in a slump. Before You Start…. Before you look at this list, please …

I see so many vendors trying to sell “Etsy Shop Audits” to sellers and I just think that it is something you can do easily yourself for free! I have looked at hundreds of shops over the years, and getting your store in order often just means doing a couple of little tweaks to make …

My best tips and ideas for posting vintage Etsy listings to social media! We all want to get more views on our vintage Etsy listings and social media is a great tool to help with that. When you have a strong social media plan, you can increase your Etsy views considerably with an easy to …