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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Step by step guide showing how I went from Page #9 ranked #376 to Page #1 ranked #39! Learn now to to succeed at Etsy SEO the simple way today! Okay, before you get started here is an update on Etsy SEO search. Because it is always changing, I want to make sure to let …

As a lifestyle blogger it is sometimes hard to figure out how to get more views (especially if you have plateaued!) Here are my best tips and ideas to increase your views, increasing your traffic and revenue if you have ads on your blog! 1. Get out of your niche I KNOW, everyone says you …

Today we’re going talk about starting an Etsy shop for crochet, knitting and needlework. Those are three kinds of items that Etsy considers handmade and which are relatively highly time intensive. As a handmade seller you want to do your product research right up front. You don’t want to be wasting your crafting time making …

That old adage of “buyers buy houses and sellers buy marketing” is SO TRUE! As a listing agent, there are some specific ways you want to do your real estate marketing to attract seller prospects. Here are all my best tips and ideas for listing agent marketing! How I Got Started As A Listing Agent …

Calculating shipping costs as a part of your Etsy business could lead to better profits or a barren store with few viewers and even fewer sales. I wrote this post as a response to questions I got from my Ultimate Guide To Etsy Shipping post. If you haven’t read that and you are a beginner, …

As a creative business owner (I am a writer, you might be a maker or artist or shop owner) you have to put heart into your business which is hard when you are stressed out and overwhelmed. Here are my best tips and ideas for how to feel less stress when everything is overwhelming. What …

This WordPress Gutenberg tutorial will walk you through a demo of 7 WordPress Pattens (reusable blocks) that you can use to make your blogging easier! I admit, I was decidedly NOT interested in learning how to use WordPress in a new way! I have been blogging for a decade and I already figured out how …

All my best tips for saving money on your shops shipping costs, including labels, packaging, boxes and more! Awesome ideas to help handmade and vintage sellers ship their products fast and easy. Ready for a wee binge on Etsy shipping? Everything I have learned about shipping over the years! I wrote many of these posts …

Here are 5 data driven ways to pick blog posts to update! Using free and paid tools to choose and thing to consider when you are looking to update like titles, images, topics and more! As a long time blogger I have a lot of old posts on my site that I could update to …