Latest Etsyselling Podcast Episodes
171. Start a Niche Subscription Business for Printables: Live Coaching Call
Crickets to Cha-Chings - April 29, 2024 10:30 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 398 ratingsIn this live episode of the Crickets to Cha-Chings podcast, Julie Berninger and Sasha Hutchison discuss strategies for growing an Etsy business off of the platform. They provide guidance to Naomi, an Etsy seller selling printables, on how to expand her business and reach a wider audience. The co...
170. 4 Business Ideas: 60min Live Q&A with Julie
Crickets to Cha-Chings - April 25, 2024 10:38 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 398 ratingsIf you missed our Live Q&A, here is the replay on YouTube. Julie broke down 4 business ideas and how they would work off Etsy 1) subscription book box, 2) beauty professional templates 3) seasonal printables for kids monthly subscription and 4) a blog for dog lovers. She also screenshared what...
169. When Your Competitor is a Bigger Brand .. Do This!
Crickets to Cha-Chings - April 15, 2024 10:30 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 398 ratingsIn this episode, Julie and Sasha of Gold City Ventures and Kennedy of Our Friendly World discuss growing a business off of Etsy. They talk about competitor analysis and the importance of understanding your customers and competitors. They specifically discuss what to do when your competitor is ...
168. How a Niche Printable Shop Grows Beyond Etsy
Crickets to Cha-Chings - April 08, 2024 10:39 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 398 ratingsIn this episode, Julie Berninger and Sasha Hutchison of Gold City Ventures interview Jenny, an Etsy seller who sells printables. They discuss Jenny's journey from selling physical products to focusing on printables, specifically in the golf niche. They explore the potential for Jenny to expand h...
167. Grow Your Personal Brand off Etsy with Amber (metaphysical jewelry seller)
Crickets to Cha-Chings - April 01, 2024 11:03 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 398 ratingsAmber sells metaphysical and celestial-inspired jewelry on Etsy. She wants to grow her business so she can leave her full-time job. This episode is a casual live coaching call for the Crickets to Cha-Chings podcast with Julie Berninger and Sasha Hutchison of Gold City Ventures. They discuss wh...
166. How to Increase Sales in a Crochet Kit Etsy Shop
Crickets to Cha-Chings - February 28, 2024 01:12 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 398 ratingsJulie Berninger of Gold City Ventures chats with Kennedy of Our Friendly World Etsy shop. Kennedy sells crochet kits, crochet patterns, and finished crochet products. This episode is in a casual live coaching call style for the Crickets to Cha-Chings podcast. They discuss how to interpret keyw...
165. New Etsy Gift Mode, Email Marketing, and Tik Tok Shop
Crickets to Cha-Chings - January 28, 2024 12:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 398 ratingsEtsy Gift Mode presents a huge opportunity for Etsy sellers. Julie Berninger of Gold City Ventures explains this new shopping experience and how to change your shop sections, pictures, and tags to take advantage of it. She also covers the Etsy email marketing policy change and TikTok shop. Top...
164. SEO Tips for Etsy Success in 2024
Crickets to Cha-Chings - January 07, 2024 23:11 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 398 ratingsThis is the Etsy SEO help you need in 2024! Julie Berninger of Gold City Ventures reviewed articles in the Etsy seller handbook and YouTube videos from the team at Etsy for hours to determine exactly how to improve your Etsy SEO search algorithm ranking in 2024. Learn more at: https://goldcit...
163. Black Friday Deals for Etsy Sellers 2023
Crickets to Cha-Chings - November 22, 2023 23:37 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 398 ratingsGold City Ventures puts together an annual Black Friday deals roundup for Etsy sellers. Find it here: https://goldcityventures.com/etsy-seller-resources/ These deals apply for handmade, POD, or digital product sellers. Some require using the special Gold City Ventures links or coupon code. ...
162. Holiday Ideas for Etsy Sellers 2023 (titles, tags, keywords)
Crickets to Cha-Chings - November 06, 2023 11:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 398 ratingsWhat titles, tags, and keywords should you add to your Etsy listings this year for the holidays? Can you package your existing listings in a different way to capitalize on what holiday shoppers want? Julie Berninger of Gold City Ventures presents her best ideas for Etsy sellers this holiday...
161. What's The Deal with Mockups?
Crickets to Cha-Chings - November 03, 2023 16:43 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 398 ratingsJulie and her business partner Cody from Gold City Ventures discuss what's been going on with some POD sellers and the future of mockups. They also cover the current Etsy listing image requirements and other best practices and how they think the POD manufacturers will respond. For those out...
160. Trending Etsy Topics and Farewell to Lauren
Crickets to Cha-Chings - October 18, 2023 10:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 398 ratingsJulie and Cody of Gold City Ventures are continuing on with the podcast. I am happy since I know so many of you were disappointed that all of the old episodes would disappear. That issue is solved - and we have a better plan. The team at Gold City Ventures will be producing new episodes ...
159. My Biggest Announcement Yet
Crickets to Cha-Chings - October 16, 2023 10:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 398 ratingsMy plan was to shut down the business and move on. But after I sent the last goodbye email, my friend Julie from Gold City Ventures reached out to me. She proposed an interesting opportunity. It allows me to keep the podcast and all prior episodes live for you ..and for Julie and her bus...
158. Starting Over: 3 Game-Changing Things I wish I had done 11 years Ago
Crickets to Cha-Chings - July 31, 2023 05:27 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 398 ratingsIt’s great to be back and talk about all things Etsy and e-commerce with you (and thanks for so many DMs about last week's episode!) This week is all about what we would do differently if we could go back in time and start our Etsy businesses all over again -- and there's a laundry list of thi...
157. What's up with Etsy lately?
Crickets to Cha-Chings - July 25, 2023 14:51 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 398 ratingsThis episode is jam-packed with valuable insights to help you grow and succeed in your Etsy shop (and, more importantly, in your e-commerce business as a whole.) Here's what you can expect: The state of Etsy sales: Discover the reasons behind the decrease in Etsy sales in 2023 and what it mea...
156. Unleash the Power of Brand Values in Your E-commerce Biz
Crickets to Cha-Chings - July 18, 2023 15:12 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 398 ratingsIn today's world, buyers are more conscious about the impact their purchasing decisions can have on the businesses they support. They want to align themselves with brands that share their values. And you know what? This trend is especially true for small businesses, creatives, and artisans like ...
155. Time-Saving Tools and Apps for Your E-Commerce Business (Part 2)
Crickets to Cha-Chings - July 10, 2023 05:40 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 398 ratingsAre you tired of spending countless hours managing your handmade business and you're looking for some tools and tricks to streamline and improve your efficiency? In this episode, we reveal the top productivity tools and apps to streamline your business and save you time -- making you able to g...
154. Time-Saving Tools and Apps for Your E-Commerce Business (Part 1)
Crickets to Cha-Chings - July 03, 2023 07:40 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 398 ratingsAre you tired of spending countless hours managing your handmade business and you're looking for some tools and tricks to streamline and improve your efficiency? In this episode, we reveal the top productivity tools and apps to streamline your business and save you time -- making you able to g...
153. The Pros and Cons of Etsy's Affiliate Program
Crickets to Cha-Chings - June 26, 2023 14:15 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 398 ratingsHave you heard about Etsy's new affiliate program, which allows content creators and sellers to earn a commission for promoting Etsy products on their website or social media, including your own products? Let's talk about the good, the bad, and the reason that I think Etsy is rolling out this ...
152. Mixing Creativity & Business Smarts for an Unstoppable Success Story (Myth #5)
Crickets to Cha-Chings - June 19, 2023 07:12 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 398 ratingsIn the world of handmade eCommerce businesses, there's often a misconception that creativity alone is enough to guarantee success. In reality, finding the perfect balance between creativity, data that gives you information about next steps, and business strategy is crucial to truly thrive in t...
151. Can You Really Sell Anything Online? And the Key Factors that Determine a Product's Success or Failure (Myth #4)
Crickets to Cha-Chings - June 12, 2023 08:31 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 398 ratingsIn this week's myth busting episode, we're tackling the common misconception that you can simply sell anything online without considering market demand and competition. We'll cover things like why having a defined target audience and offering unique products that cater to their needs and prefe...
150. Don't be fooled by the Passive Income Myth (Myth #3)
Crickets to Cha-Chings - June 05, 2023 07:06 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 398 ratingsHave you been blasted with Facebook ads over the past several years selling you on the idea of starting an online shop and creating a digital asset that you can sell for "passive income" while you frocklic into the sunset to spend your millions? Yeah, me too. And I'm here to tell you as some...
149. Why Selling Online Ends Up Being a Lot More Expensive Than You Anticipated (Myth #2)
Crickets to Cha-Chings - May 29, 2023 08:01 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 398 ratingsWhile starting an online business is significantly cheaper than starting a brick and mortar business, it’s not free. At the very least you have material or equipment expenses, and some costs to create some basic branding, listing fees on Etsy, etc, and it’s important to be prepared for these e...
148. The Actual Timeline to E-Commerce "Success" (Myth #1)
Crickets to Cha-Chings - May 22, 2023 08:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 398 ratingsWhen you started thinking about building a business online, what was your expectation for success for that business? A month? 6 months? A year? Well I'm here to tell you: whatever that timeline was, it will probably take you longer than that. In the age of internet smoke and mirrors where ev...
147. Having competition versus competing with others
Crickets to Cha-Chings - May 15, 2023 13:18 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 398 ratingsDo you ever feel like selling online is a constant rat race to keep up with everyone else in your industry? Or you feel like you don't even want to try out a new project or new style that you see because there are already so many people doing it, how can you even compete with them? Or you wo...
146. I'm Back! With Guest Jon Lincoln, Founder of GoImagine
Crickets to Cha-Chings - May 09, 2023 14:12 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 398 ratingsI'm baaaaack! After a long hiatus while I dealt with my personal life/house fire, I'm back with a new episode, and I can't wait for you all to hear. This week on Crickets to Cha-Chings, I'm talking with Jon Lincoln, founder and CEO of GoImagine. GoImagine believes that by creating a handmade ...
145. Building a Repeat Customer Fanbase that Grows your Business
Crickets to Cha-Chings - April 05, 2023 12:20 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 398 ratingsKerrie Fitzgerald created a multi six figure subscription box by leveraging the power of a raving fan base and repeat customers -- and she think it's the cornerstone of any brand that is going to have long term success in today's online selling environment. Tune in to this week's episode to hear...
144. SVB and Etsy -- what the heck?
Crickets to Cha-Chings - March 13, 2023 16:08 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 398 ratingsToday on this quickie episode, I'm digging into my thoughts about SVB and Etsy's complete lack of communication and transparency with sellers. In short: I'm not happy. If you're wondering where I stand or want to hear my unfiltered thoughts about the whole thing, tune in. Let me know if you ag...
143. The Ultimate Product Party with Allison Carter and Cat Hildner
Crickets to Cha-Chings - February 20, 2023 14:14 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 398 ratingsAllison Carter and Catherine Hildner were two strangers who connected at a conference, turned into business besties, and a few years later saw a gap in the product based business space and decided to take action to fill it. In addition to the two businesses they run individually, Allison and...
142. Does the Etsy algorithm work for or against you?
Crickets to Cha-Chings - February 06, 2023 16:56 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 398 ratingsOver the past several years of doing the coaching/teaching/podcasting things, I’ve become very familiar with FB ads, and I always get really interesting comments on them. I’m not super easily offended at this point after 10 years in internet businesses, so rather than defend my ad or whatever I ...
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