This is from Michaels, they invest a lot of time, effort, and money to create this information. Good stuff in here about what people are looking for and what to either learn, or buy. https://issuu.com/michaels.stores/docs/michaels_2026_creativity_trend_repo_ed2fe3eaec99e5

Here's the deal, and it's REALLY basic. There are 3 ways to do this (make more money!) 1. Get more CUSTOMERS. 2. Have current customers buy MORE (higher average order value). 3. Have current customers buy more FREQUENTLY. That's it. So have yourself a brainstorm about how you can focus on one of these three things, I would suggest each month. Here's a chat prompt for you: I sell {what} to {who} and it solves {problem, pain point, etc,}. First of all, can you review what I just said, and ask me anything you need to know, to be sure I am nailing it on who I'm selling to, and what my product does for them. Next, This month I want to focus on (1, 2, or 3, above). Give me a 30 day plan that I can execute in one hour per day or less, to accomplish growing my business by doing (1, 2, or 3).

I am SO excited to share this with you, it's going to make "I need a quick way to sell this" SO MUCH EASIER.

Hello lovely, I'm shifting this community to hold space for on-demand masterclasses, tech walkthroughs, and information about how I grew my craft business to over 3M in revenue in a few short years. Since coming to live classes seems to not be where the community wants to spend time, I'm going to record them and drop them in. There are already 12 of them inside the CIS (Creative Income Society) as well as custom GPTS, content creation calendars specifically for you to use for selling your own products and services (not generic fluff), and access to private sessions with me. Please visit the classroom. CIS is an upgrade but there are also free resources for you. NOW- to serve you better, please tell me below- what would make this a community worth staying in? What do you actually (think) you need?

For about the 11 millionth time, I just saw a post on FB from a woman asking how to best collect PayPal money for her creations and then send invoices manually and get a shipping address, and then how to use said shipping address to send packages in the most cost effective way (hint- it's not through PayPal.) That is called a barrier to selling, and manual labor. You cannot make sales on autopilot if you are manually sending PayPal invoices to people. I encourage you to think about ease of selling and look at sites like Payhip.com, Indiemade.com, and even Etsy. SIMPLE is better than perfect, and automated is better than manual. For shipping, look at Pirateship.com. I heard about them straight from the source about 13 years ago and never looked back. Stepping down from soapbox :) Creative Income Society members- we have a meeting on Wednesday, and we're going over exactly this- making offers, buttoning up our sales process, and refining what we are selling. Hope to see you there!