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The Merriweather Council Podcast

Danielle Spurge

The Merriweather Council podcast, hosted by Danielle Spurge, is all about celebrating the reality of gainful self employment through craft. This is a podcast for art and design entrepreneurs...

Episodes

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Rebroadcast Series: The Only 2 Reasons Even Great Marketing Advice Doesn't Generate Results for Your Handmade Shop

Why is it that sometimes even the very best marketing advice doesn't generate results? If you have tried the best marketing advice you can f...

09:01Aug 23, 2022

Rebroadcast Series: 2 Keys to Acheiving 'Consistency' in Your Handmade Business

Today I am diving into the quandary of consistency in your handmade business. So elusive! What does "consistency" in business actually look...

12:42Aug 16, 2022

Rebroadcast Series: The 3 Product Seller Profiles and how they Influence your Ideal Customer Avatar

Does it ever feel like no one else struggles quite as much as you do to identify or define their ideal customer avatar? There's a reason for...

18:00Aug 9, 2022

Rebroadcast Series: 4 Things You Should Never Do When Pricing Your Handmade Products

Pricing your handmade products sucks… That's just the truth. It makes the impulse to do some of these things very real! It is true that pric...

13:22Aug 2, 2022

Rebroadcast Series: Launching Handmade Products with Timed Events

The idea of launching handmade product lines usually brings up one of two emotions: YAY or UGH. (Both are entirely valid!) If you feel more...

10:34Jul 26, 2022

Rebroadcast Series: What You Actually Work For: Milestones vs Purpose

Hitting a sales goal is a milestone, hitting a revenue goal is a milestone. Revenue is not purpose, and neither is a number of sales. You di...

10:54Jul 19, 2022

Rebroadcast Series: 2 Critical Considerations Before Building Your Own Off Etsy Website

As you know by now, my team and I support and encourage a small handmade business structure that makes use of one marketplace and one autono...

14:49Jul 12, 2022

Rebroadcast Series: A Response to "Algorithm Culture" (+ the sure thing you can count on)

Today's episode is not about disliking the social media algorithm or marketing platform algorithms. I know that many people have issues with...

11:52Jul 5, 2022

Rebroadcast Series: Questions to Ask Yourself When Sales are Slow or Stalled

FIRST STEPS WHEN SALES SLOW DOWN Remind yourself, it's normal, and it happens. Next, consider this a bit of a gift. We are all continually t...

17:45Jun 28, 2022

Rebroadcast Series: SEO Reality Check

Of course, when we say Etsy SEO, that means Search Engine Optimization specific to Etsy's native search engine. Etsy SEO is a common focal p...

15:02Jun 21, 2022

Rebroadcast Series: No One Cares About Your Etsy Sales Number

I've posted about this on Instagram before, and it always seems to ignite a little fire. No one cares about your Etsy sales number besides y...

12:40Jun 14, 2022

Why this is the last new episode of The Merriweather Council Podcast

Today I'm sharing with you some big news. Probably the biggest news I've ever shared here. I've always tried to keep the podcast timeless an...

10:53Jun 7, 2022

Etsy Shop Audits: the good, the bad, the alternative

Etsy shop audits. What are they? Is that the same as a shop critique? Should you invest in one? And why I don't offer them! Years ago, I DID...

14:57May 24, 2022

5 Sneaky Signs you Need to Adjust the Pricing of your Handmade Products

Worried you might be you are underpricing your handmade product? I'm glad it's on your mind because pricing properly is the foundation on wh...

13:18May 10, 2022

The 3 Product Seller Profiles and How They Influence Your Ideal Customer Avatar

Does it ever feel like no one else struggles quite as much as you do to identify or define their ideal customer avatar? There's a reason for...

19:31Apr 26, 2022

The Best Way to Find Customers for Your Etsy Shop

The absolute best way to find customers for your Etsy shop will probably surprise you. As you know, I am a huge proponent of Etsy and I thin...

17:37Apr 12, 2022

I deleted 4,000 Instagram followers. Should you?

I'm excited to share with you what happened when I deleted 3000-4000 Instagram followers from my @merriweatherc Instagram account! This epis...

25:36Mar 29, 2022

2 Critical Considerations Before Building Your Own Off Etsy Website

As you know by now, my team and I support and encourage a small handmade business structure that makes use of one marketplace and one autono...

16:21Mar 15, 2022

2 Etsy predictions for 2022 (+ see how I did on my 2021 predictions)

Etsy Predictions for 2022 and 2021 Recap At the end of 2020, I wrote a blog post about 3 things I predicted Etsy would do in 2021 . I went b...

25:37Mar 1, 2022

The One Image You Should NOT Use in Your Listings

I don't want anybody to feel bad if they did this, but this is not a good strategy. It's not wise to do this. This concept can apply to any...

10:18Jun 15, 2021