The Top 5 Products to Have in your Artist Shop

So you’ve taken the first step and decided to open an Artist Shop. Congratulations! Now what? Branding your shop is an obvious first step, and we have multiple sources to help you do that. But first, let’s start with a few designs you want to offer in your shop once it launches. Once you have those designs uploaded and ready, the next step is the fun part! What products do you want to place them on? Knowing what products sellRead more

7 Ways to Grow Your Business with Social Media

One of your simplest and most accessible marketing tools as a small business owner is social media. It’s a powerful, impactful way to meet customers on their terms. With social media, you can increase brand awareness, connect with current customers, and grow your audience. The trick (as always) is strategically leveraging social media in an efficient and authentic way for your brand.  We’ve gathered seven of our favorite Creative Resources to help stoke your social success and grow your business.Read more

Curating Gift Guides for Your Artist Shop

As a small business owner, you know how important it is to utilize every tool you have — newsletters, social media, a promotion schedule, and keeping your shop up to date with your latest designs. It can be overwhelming, but there are easier ways to elevate your customer’s shopping experience in your shop without thinking about it too much. This is where curating a gift guide for your customers comes in! Finding your target audience Gift guides are a greatRead more

Add New Designs and Promote them Frequently for Artist Shops Success

Want to know one of the biggest keys to success we’ve heard from thriving Artist Shops owners? It’s not just dialing in your audience and really understanding who you’re designing for (though that’s important). It’s not simply hosting a bunch of giveaways on social or constantly running sales (though both of those things are important).  It may seem obvious, but regularly creating and promoting your new designs is the best way to drive sales and growth for your Artist ShopRead more

Give Customers Holiday-Ready Designs

Help your customers get in the holiday spirit with designs perfectly paired for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or any other yuletide occasion. It’s as true for the winter holidays as any other major holiday (St. Patrick’s Day, Easter, Valentine’s Day, the list goes on), people want to celebrate wearing holiday-themed apparel. Make brand-new designs this season, perfectly crafted for cozy apparel, that embrace your favorite (or least favorite) parts of the holidays. Create ugly sweater designs, cross-stitch or knitting inspired art,Read more

Is Your Product Lineup Complete for the Holiday Season?

The holidays are underway! With Thanksgiving almost over, consumers turn their attention to their holiday shopping lists. That means it’s time for you to turn your attention to your online store. Now’s the time to think through everything your customers need and are looking for during the holidays (so when they land on your homepage, they’ll start shopping).     One key component of your holiday prep is your product lineup. Making sure you’ve got everything shoppers have on their list (andRead more

Don’t Make These 6 Mistakes with Your Email Marketing this Holiday Season

Holiday email marketing sounds easy enough, right? You send frequent—but not too frequent—emails and write inclusive holiday campaigns. You offer some can’t-miss-them deals.  If only it were that easy! Your customers’ inboxes are filling up this time of year, so to keep your email list merry, bright, and subscribed, here are six top holiday email marketing mistakes. Going Off-Brand for the Sake of Holiday Banter We love a holiday pun and can’t get enough of well-crafted yuletide banter (just wait,Read more

Make Your Lifestyle Photography Festive for the Holidays

With the holidays right around the corner, it’s time to spruce up your lifestyle photography for the biggest shopping season. Making your product images seasonally relevant is a great way to give your sales a boost heading into the new year.  How do Seasonally Relevant Photos Boost Sales? Dressing up your online shop for the holidays is a proven strategy to boost sales. Seasonal sales and promotions influence 65% of shoppers’ holiday purchases, according to a recent survey by theRead more

Update Your Product Pages for Holiday Shoppers

You’re getting your shop ready for increased holiday traffic and joyful holiday shoppers. But there’s one (very important!) element you’re likely overlooking: product pages. The individual pages for each product play a role in how easily your customers are able to find your products via search. You’re already aware of how you can drive more traffic to your shop with different search engine optimization tactics. But holiday shopping takes looking for the right online apparel to the next level. CustomersRead more

Why Twitter For Small Business Isn’t Dead

As a small business owner, time is your greatest resource. From admin activities to marketing your brand to actually crafting your product, you’re constantly making decisions about how to allocate your time. In 2016, when eMarketer predicted that Twitter usage growth would drop from 8% to 2%, many business owners decided Twitter wasn’t worth their time. Of the brands that stuck around, a large percentage continue to use the post-and-ghost method, yielding little results and bolstering the rumor that TwitterRead more

Start Sweating—and Selling—Performance Tees and Activewear

Activewear is here, and it’s taking off as more Artist Shop owners add short and long sleeve performance tees to their shops. It’s a versatile product for many reasons—the fabric being specifically designed for movement makes it a great fit for customers looking for workout clothes, athletic wear, activewear, and even athleisure apparel. Whether you’ve already created your own custom performance tees or are considering adding them to your product lineup, read on for our tips to design, market, andRead more

How Managed Pricing and Promotions Helps Artist Shop Owners

As a creative professional, running a sale can be one of the most time-consuming aspects of growing your business. Everything from when you’re marketing your products and how you’re communicating about them to what promotion you’re offering and for how long, can impact your sales and long-term growth. If you have a background in sales, marketing, operations, or finance, you might already have a feel for when to lower pricing for certain products in order to drive traffic to yourRead more