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Online and Etsy Seller Resources
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items Tools and Resources for people who sell things online. I'm including my own YouTube channels in here because why not! These are things that I've used myself, so I can vouch for them being useful.
My tutorials channel where I cover tips for Etsy, Goimagine, websites, Pinterest, and anything else that I think would be relevant to anyone who sells products online.
Kara Buntin Tutorials
My channel where we do weekly lives about selling online. Lots of Etsy chat on this one, but it's for anything related to ecommerce.
Kara Buntin
I have articles about ecommerce on my Artisan Shopping Directory website, it's just not the focus. They're kind of there in a sneaky way.
Business – Artisan Shopper
My facebook group for online sellers. You have to have some kind of an ecommerce presence to join, and it's not a group for whiners or bullies.
A Cake To Remember Home-Based Business and Etsy Tips | Facebook
This is the only software site that I affiliate for because it's such a good idea. Use discount code KARA5 for the basic plan to get it for $5 a month, or code KARA15 to get the reviews plan for $15 a month. If you have a website it will help you bui...
ShareMyStars - Conversion Rate Optimization For Small Businesses
When you work from home you can become a real hermit, which is perfect for introverts but bad for your vitamin D levels. Go take a walk, I force myself to do it but it's good for your mental health and energy. I also have a good pair of walking shoes...
Go take a walk
One of my favorite books for ecommerce that isn't a business book, it will help you understand customer behavior. (affiliate link)
Nudge: The Final Edition
A really interesting read that will help you understand how to synthesize your talents when running your business. (affiliate link)
Range: Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
Super interesting read about why people decide to buy things. They hooked people up to machines to watch their brainwaves in this one, it's not a lot of theory. (affiliate link)
Buyology: Truth and Lies About Why We Buy
This is a tough read, it's a mix of academic and anecdotal, but the main gist of it is super valuable for ecommerce sellers to understand. This is one of those books that people pose with to make them look like they read it when they didn't, but if y...
Thinking, Fast and Slow: Kahneman, Daniel
How people are primed to buy or to do certain things. Very interesting and useful for marketing! (affiliate link)
Pre-Suasion: Influence and Persuade
The granddaddy of all of these business books that claim to have figured out human buying behavior, this wasn't written for marketers, but they took it and ran with it. If you understand these concepts you'll see how you're being manipulated all the ...
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
I'm adding Kim's youtube channel because I did a collab with her a while back due to the fact that she's one of the few people on YouTube talking about home-based creative business in a non-get-rich-quick way.
Kim Bliss on YouTube
My Teachable class site where I have my Pinterest class and monthly membership hosted. You can also buy ads for your home-based business that will include placement in the directory and gift guides for a year, check the details on the site!
Classes by A Cake To Remember LLC
My class for Pinterest for people who sell products and aren't just trying to get traffic to a website. We have to use Pinterest in a little bit of a tricker way if you want people to buy things from you, this class goes over that plus everything els...
Pinterest for Product-Based Businesses
My monthly membership for online sellers, we talk about getting traffic, setting up websites, etc etc. Weekly meetings make this a fun group.
Monthly Membership For Home-Based Online Sellers
This is a fast read, it's fun and also makes you think about your own work. (affiliate link)
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told
Another short read, this is full of thoughts about sharing your work and when it can benefit you to do that. (affiliate link)
Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Creativity
The best time management book I've ever read, it's not tailored for one specific type of person so it will work for everyone. (affiliate link)
Time Management from the Inside Out, 2nd Ed