Creative e-commerce businesses — whether they’re quilt shops, pattern designers, makers, or multi-passionate creatives — often focus heavily on physical products. That makes sense: tangible goods are at the heart of most creative industries. But digital products can be a smart, scalable way to expand your offerings, diversify revenue, and deepen customer engagement. Below, we’ll…Click to read more >
The Psychology of Freebies: When Giving Something Away Leads to More Sales
Do Freebies Drive Sales or Just Train Customers to Expect Something for Free? Offering something for free has long been a marketing standby—one that sparks both excitement and anxiety for creative online retailers. On one hand, freebies can be powerful trust-builders that increase visibility, boost engagement, and open the door to future sales. On the…Click to read more >
Blog Content that Connects with Your Website Visitors
I consider my blog one of the most important assets of my business. Why? Each post I research, write and publish addresses some aspect of my customers journey. The topics I write about make sense to my customers. They are designed to be informative, helpful and very human. Written and formatted effectively, a blog post…Click to read more >
Holiday Sales Without the Stress: Planning Your Promotions Early
The holiday season is just around the corner, and for creative online retailers, that means one thing: opportunity. Whether your shop sells handmade goods, quilting supplies, or digital patterns, the next few months can bring a welcome boost in sales — if you’re prepared. Just like brick-and-mortar retailers plan their window displays, signage, holiday sales,…Click to read more >
6 Effective Reengagement Emails
There is a portion of your email list that you’ve lost touch with. They haven’t unsubscribed or blocked you. You keep sending out the emails hoping that they’ll get back on board, but they just scroll on by without engaging with you. Do you: Just hope for the best – that they will eventually start…Click to read more >
Does Your Blog Suffer From a Lack of Traffic?
The concept of build it (or write it) and they will come may work in baseball, but blog posts need a strategy and some consistent marketing to draw in the readers. Having a well targeted blog for a creative ecommerce business is a good idea. A blog that is kept up to date with relevant,…Click to read more >
Writing Questions for Surveys and Polls
Surveys and polls can be excellent tools to learn about your customer base. That being said, the questions we include can be tricky to write. I’ve been doing a little research in preparation for creating a year-end / New Year survey for my customers. My goal is to gain some insight (not just data) from…Click to read more >
How to Optimize Your Email Click Through Rates
We’re all familiar with (and focused on) our email open rates. Convincing the receiver to open the email we’ve carefully crafted and sent at just the right time is one thing. Getting them to take an action is a better thing. After all – the point of any email we send to our list is…Click to read more >
The Value of “Non-Sales” Social Content
Is your shop’s social content – a continuous stream of product posts and sale announcements? Are you wondering why your engagement rate is so low? Hearing crickets? Are you wondering why your social content isn’t driving people to your website? Here’s the thing – none of us like to be “sold” all the time.…Click to read more >
Holiday Promotions – 15 Creative Ideas for Your Online Shop
Are you one of those shop owners with all your holiday promotions planned and ready to go? Or – are you still searching for some interesting promotional ideas for this Black Friday? I’m always looking for good ideas – not only for Black Friday, but also for Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday, and 12 Days…Click to read more >