HAT CHATS • Helping Artists Thrive with Michelle Baker Michelle Baker

Part Three of a Three-Part series, it's all about the "Evidence that Saves You." In this episode, Michelle Baker brings the 3-part series to a close by sharing what is was that helped her build a system to easily, painlessly track key metrics of her business by using methods put forth in the book "The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur" by Mike Michalowicz. If you're the type of creative entrepreneur who thinks a business plan is a waste of time, you're RIGHT! (Isn't that refreshing?) Keep it simple and keep it EFFECTIVE. Let OTHERS mind their own business while we take a look at how to evaluate the key factors in our own unique creative business. 
 • • • If you are a creative solopreneur-- a designer, illustrator, artist, or other type of independent, self-employed creative professional, HAT CHATS are created for you and designed to inspire, educate and "Help Artists Thrive." (HAT) Listen while you create! • • •  🎩
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In this episode we dive into actionable steps to help balance behaviors during times of overwhelm! Through tales of true Etsy selling experiences and tactical methods, we take the drama out of decisions and overly-emotional reactions that could affect your business! This segment is Part 2 in a 3-part series following up on the idea that “it is Emotions That Sink You” (E.T.S.Y) and it is “Evidence That Saves You.” (E.T.S.Y). Listen while you work and learn three ways to take back control over emotional situations that affect our actions using three methods ("Fly-Buy-Why").
• • • If you are a creative solopreneur— a designer, illustrator, artist, or other type of independent, self-employed creative professional—HAT CHATS are created for you and designed to inspire, educate and "Help Artists Thrive." (HAT) Listen while you create! • • • 🎩
#etsytips #etsysuccess #handmadebusiness #makermerchantmindset #makermovement #selfemployment

My first $50,000 in sales on Etsy was a complete emotional roller coaster ride! Decisions that I made were based on emotions. I did not pay enough attention to real business metrics that I should have considered before taking over-reactive steps. In hindsight I have learned that it is “Emotions That Sink You” (E.T.S.Y) and it is “Evidence That Saves You.” (E.T.S.Y). This is Part 1 in a series designed to help you avoid emotional pitfalls while running an online shop. This episode is great for Etsy shop owners (or anybody thinking about opening an Etsy shop) to listen while you’re working and it's packed with takeaways you can immediately put into action!
• • • If you are a creative solopreneur— a designer, illustrator, artist, or other type of independent, self-employed creative professional—HAT CHATS are created for you and designed to inspire, educate and "Help Artists Thrive." (HAT) Listen while you create! • • •  🎩
#etsytips #etsysuccess #handmadebusiness #makermerchantmindset #makermovement #selfemployment 

This episode is not quite what you think. We're not talking about romance or dating. “Fall in love with a rich man” is a short podcast episode that presents pricing advice and a mindset shift. We creatives know that it takes a lot of energy to monetize our skills: planning, working, creating, marketing, promoting, customer service...but HOW lucrative are the returns on your products or services? Today, let's change how you think about your OWN offerings and re-evaluate where to SPEND your precious time and energy. Tune in and shift your sales perspective. 
• • • If you are a creative solopreneur-- a designer, illustrator, artist, or other type of independent, self-employed creative professional, HAT CHATS are created for you and designed to inspire, educate and "Help Artists Thrive." (HAT) Listen while you create! • • •  🎩

It's contagious. It's an epidemic. It's INSIDIOUS! But there IS a cure for... COMPARISONITIS. In this HAT Chat with Michelle Baker, we take a quick but powerful look at the every day demon that lurks in the shadows, waiting to pounce on our sense of success. With three key actions, this brief episode aims to keep you on your chartered journey, armed with tools to save you from falling prey to the distracting, self-defeating effects of "comparisonitis." 
• • • If you are a creative solopreneur-- a designer, illustrator, artist, or other type of independent, self-employed creative professional, HAT CHATS are created for you and designed to inspire, educate and "Help Artists Thrive." (HAT) Listen while you create! • • •  🎩

Living the dream as a freelancing creative? It's all good until... the nightmare client strikes! Special guest, graphic designer Stacy Scarlett Martin speaks candidly about what to do when a project has reached the point of going down a wrong path. Preventive measures, red flags, and exit strategies come into play in this type of scenario as we learn about professional ways to deal with decisions to keep your sanity and your bottom line in tact. 
• • • If you are a creative solopreneur-- a designer, illustrator, artist, or other type of independent, self-employed creative professional, HAT CHATS are created for you and designed to inspire, educate and "Help Artists Thrive." (HAT) Listen while you create! • • •  🎩