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…I would guess that you do! ;] Today’s fabulous giveaway is from Emily of Indie Shopography, a 4-week ecourse that’s focused on small biz owners who want to develop and/or grow their online presence. Emily has 7 years of experience as a small business owner {amazing!} and has put together course content in the form of lessons, videos, printables, podcasts + community. Indie Shopography is awesome stuff ~ take a peek at this video to see what I mean:
Indie Shopography from emmarie Designs on Vimeo.
♥ Read on to learn more about Indie Shopography and how you can strengthen your biz with the help of this ecourse. Plus, there’s a giveaway at the end {a $99 value}!
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In the two years that emmarie Web Design has been running, I have helped well over 100 small creative businesses with branding and website development. I quickly became aware of a gap in knowledge where these business owners and the actual nuts and bolts of getting and running an online shop is concerned.
Indie Shopography is my attempt to educate small creative business owners about the ins and outs of starting and growing a business online.
It’s about discovering your online purpose, finding a content management system that works for you (also, explaining what a content management system even is), and lots of other topics you need to know before pouring in a crazy amount of money and/or [wo]man hours into building an online shop.
Indie Shopography first launched in August of 2011. The first round of this 4-week course began in September, and was both a blast and a hit. The second round is now open for registration and will begin on January 30th.
My biggest accomplishments with regards to my business are seeing clients’ businesses grow. When I can see a client, with whom I have developed a business idea into something wonderful and effective, take what we’ve created and all-out run with it, surpassing both their goals and my expectations, I sometimes just want to cry big happy tears.
Looking back at the last two years of my life, both personally and businessly (don’t worry, that’s a word), it’s that you have to take chances. You have to do things you aren’t positive about and you just have to take the risk. I’d rather regret doing something than not doing it. You’ll never succeed by not trying, and even if you fail you’ll have a good story.
For those wanting to open an online shop, know all your options. Even if you don’t commit to Indie Shopography, do your research! I cannot stress this enough. No business decision of this caliber should ever be made on a whim. I’m all about taking risks, but taking uneducated risks is not a smart move, more often than not.
A bit of research can give you the knowledge and confidence boost to go into this successfully. And success is goooood.
WANT TO WIN A BASIC SUBSCRIPTION TO INDIE SHOPOGRAPHY? – a $99 value?
Here’s how to enter:
Leave a comment below telling us why you’d love to win! {required}
For extra entries:
* Tweet this giveaway {then come back here and let us know you sent a tweet}:
- Want to grow your creative biz? Learn more about Indie Shopography + enter to win: http://bit.ly/tZSGP7, via @gussysews & @emmariedesigns
* Share this giveaway with your blog and facebook communities {then come back here and share the post/feed URL with us}
This giveaway will be open through Friday, December 23 and the winner will be announced the following week. Good luck! xoxo
PS. Can’t stand the wait? Register for Indie Shopography now!
I would love to win, as my husband is starting a new business from scratch! Thank you so much for the entry! :)
I tweeted. :)
I’d love this! Thank you.
I would love to learn the ins and outs of running my own, very small so far, online biz!! This would be amazing!
xx – brittany
Tweeted this awesome giveaway!!
posted giveaway on from my phone… http://www.thevillagepress.facebook.com … i think!!
posted from my phone and can’t copy and paste on this computer, yikes! Hope you get a big response AND I hope that I win ;-)
xx
Oh wow, I would LOVE to win this giveaway. I’ve read so much about how to grow your online business & its so hard to filter what’s right for you or not. I’d love a chance to win this. :-)
Running a small business is always a learning process. I love when an e-course is geared toward the indie business owner. Would love to win!
just tweeted…
I would love to win this as I own a business online, and could always use more training in how to market it! Thank you!
I’d love to get some help with my online presence for my business!
I tweeted here: https://twitter.com/#!/TheModestMom/status/148762266542673920
I tweeted about the giveaway! :-)
Oh, this is wonderful! I would love to win to give my little Etsy shop an energy boost!
I am off to tweet about the giveaway!
I’d love to win because I am ALWAYS trying to learn more about running a business well!
i have a new etsy shop and relatively new blog and would love the support and encouragement to grow them both! thanks for the opportunity!
i fb’d about the giveaway! https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-hollie-rogue/200350536679767
i tweeted about the giveaway @thehollierogue http://twitter.com/#!/thehollierogue/status/148767205457264640
I want to win because my goal in 2012 is to get to where I can either quit my job or at least cut back my hours and focus on my OWN business. I think this would really give me the tools that I need to help me achieve that goal. I have dreamt of doing this for so long and now it is time to make that a reality and stop dreaming about it! Thanks for the chance!
my business is just starting to take off so i would love help!! xo
I’m working very hard right now to lay the foundation for my small business. This class would be amazing for me – an invaluable education that I know I need, but it isn’t currently in my budget. (Even though I know $99 for a 4 week course is a steal!). I would love to win. If not, I hope the course is still being offered in 6 months when I’ve had time to save up!
I’d love to get some ideas to boost my online presence for my design and photography business! Thanks!
I’m helping a friend start an etsy shop and we could really learn a lot from this!
I have been playing with the idea of starting my own small business next year, so this would be perfect for me!
I tweeted it! @BttnwoodCottage
I would love to win this! Just this weekend I made the decision finally to launch my etsy shop. I’m building my inventory right now and plan to open on January 23. This course would be invaluable!!
I tweeted!
https://twitter.com/#!/KristinOffiler/status/148776472692260864
And I shared with my FB community. Not sure how to post the link, though… I’m using Timeline and I’m not familiar with it yet. BUT! Maggie, I mentioned Gussy Sews, so hopefully you can see the share on your page.
Thanks! :)
I’d love this! I have great things, but I need help with branding and development!
I am in the very beginning stages of starting my own business. My business will be largely dependent on the online market. I need direction and guidance and this course sounds like it would be an amazing boost to my (currently) unrealized dreams!
I would love to win because I have been praying about and really researching a new business idea. Since I am 98% sure I am going in this new direction, it would be nice to start off on the right foot!!
I Tweeted this giveaway! :)
http://twitter.com/#!/ErinLauray/status/148783890826403841
I shared this giveaway on Facebook!
http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=146675498775248&id=1467711469
wow! this looks like an awesome course! would love to win! xo andee
i would love to win this opportunity! i have a little handmade stationery shop and am beginning a new venture in web design. i think there’s ALWAYS room for learning! Indie Shopography looks absolutely perfect! thank you for hosting Gussy!
tweeted ;)
This kind of course is exactly what my blog + business needs for the year 2012! I am really focusing on developing my brand and my identity this year and I’d love to take this course to get me started!
facebooked! http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000039949001
I shared it on Facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/NeatheringourFest/posts/300433046661904
And I tweeted about it here: https://twitter.com/#!/rinderceIIa/status/148788294270984192
I’d love to figure out how to continue to grow my blog and I’ve also been interested in starting an Etsy shop– so this would be very useful for me! Thanks for the giveaway!
I tweeted this giveaway >> chellywelly1
My friend, Morgan, and I just opened our Etsy shop a few weeks ago and have been learning a lot as we go. This would be an awesome chance for us to learn and grow. Thanks for the giveaway, Gussy! (P.S. You are a HUGE inspiration to us!)
I would love the chance to win something like this because I am at a standstill with my business. I need to take it to the next level, but I am drowning in fear, responsibility, commitment and doubt. All I think about is sewing and making my dream a reality, but I keep getting dragged down with doubt from others that really matter to me. All I want is to make this all “real” and focus on this aspect of my life full time. I know that it will be A LOT if hard work, but for the end result being happiness, I think it would all be worth it. To think that I could wake up and do what I love to do, and get paid for it, would be the ultimate goal!!!
Fingers crossed. I want 2012 to be my year!
Oooh crossing my fingers and toes to win! My big goal for 2012 is to expand into wholesale accounts and start to partially rely on my shop income, so this is perfect timing. Thanks for the amazing giveaway!
Just tweeted! tweet tweet! tweet tweet!
i tweeted :)
@polkadotprettie
xoxo
I’d love to win & get some awesome advise on growing my business!
This is awesome! I opened my little shop in September and business is slow. I would love to open up a little boutique, but I need to become successful online first. This would help me gain great tips on how to do that! :)
I tweeted!
http://twitter.com/#!/ciecie85/status/148803918971928576
I shared on FB.
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=236067163132728&id=1399977987
I’ve been thinking about opening an online shop for all of the things I make…this would push me over the edge!
I would love to win this! I have a small handmade business, but predominantly sell at boutiques and local shops. I would love to increase my online sales, especially now that I am expecting a baby in May and hoping to become a stay-at-home/work-from-home mama!
What a great idea. Sounds like it would be a good opportunity to grow and organize in the coming year!
I would love to win to help grow my new little small business!
pick me, Maggs :)
I’ve had an online shop for almost a year. I’ve made wonderful friends & some loyal customers but I am ready to go big or go home.
I’m always looking to grow and I really appreciate her approach with Indie Shopography. Crossing my fingers on this one ;)
I just opened an online shop last February and I would LOVE to learn how to grow it into a success!
I would love to win because I’m in the process of starting a handmade business!
I tweeted about the giveaway @dixondialogue
This sounds like a great course! Thanks for the giveaway opportunity.
I’d love this. I’m a local girl, I love that interaction with the client at a fair or through word of mouth, but selling online has a lot of ease. I’d like to learn more on how to grow that without going crazy! :)
I would love to win! I’m at the crossroads of either finding a way to make my business grow, or having to close my shop. I can use all the help I can get!
I tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/MimiBabyB/status/148852565038219264
This would be a super blessing for sure! My business is just a few months old… This would be a tremdous help!
I would love to win this giveaway because I could really use some one-on-one mentoring on this topic!
Also tweeted: https://twitter.com/#!/LePetitHoot
I am just starting my own small business and would love to win this course to learn more about the small business process.
I would love to win this because 2012 is the year I plan to open a shop and need much help the the online presence arena. This would be a great course that would help me avoid some potential mistakes and start me off on the right foot…even the left foot would be ok, as long as I’m off. Thank you for the chance to win.
i am a creative mind but NEED business sensibility. i know success doesn’t happen overnight and would love to learn how i can make my Etsy shop and blog more noticeable.
i tweeted it.
facebooked it https://www.facebook.com/HarrisMindy/posts/343468632336905
I have so many ideas but need a little extra boost! This would be perfect!
I’d love to win so I can become a more efficient, savvy business owner with a strong presence online.
Thanks for the giveaway!
I have so many little things i love to make and sell but would love to know how to help this grow into something bigger!
I just opened a shop this month. I could certainly use some help on where to go from here.
I will probably be the only guy inthe room, but the course sounds great! I’m in the planning stages of launching my business from home, and this would be a great help. Thanks
I am just trying to be my blog going and have so much to learn. Love your site.
tweeted
With the economy the way it is, I would love to get my business off the ground!
I tweeted the giveaway @jordanr32
I’d love to win! :) I’ve recently started sewing and would like to take it to the next level — a business!
Oooo I would lOvE to win this!! I have skills, but NO idea how to turn it into a biz…. a mommy/painter/mosaic artist doesn’t learn those things in school : /
Sincerely, stuck.
I have a brand new small business and would love to get learn more about growing it!
Thanks for the giveaway
I tweeted: https://twitter.com/#!/aroyaldaughter/status/148991221086425088
I would love to win this giveaway, because I’m looking to grow my online business in as many ways as possible!
I tweeted!
http://twitter.com/#!/Bip_and_bop/status/149004844752056320
I recently opened a vintage etsy shop and I need a jump start!
I would love to win this giveaway as it is my dream to start my own online store aiming to one day own a boutique. I am still lacking in confidence about beginning this journey but I am trying to learn as much as I can. Winning this would mean that I am able to learn more and have the knowledge and the courage to open my own store. :)
My husband and I have always talked about my dream; when it could begin to come true, how it would come true, the right steps to take, etc. Just recently we’ve decided that in order for it to happen we have to just start. My passion is photography and it’s not a hobby, it’s more than a love and want (hard to explain). Well, anyway, I will be starting my own small business in the next month or so and would love all the help and advice I can get-I want this to be successful! I want to make people happy seeing their reflection in the photos I take! :)
I could use a boost in my biz; also, DH is finally thinking about making the jump to a biz online – I would like to win more on his behalf.
And I just tweeted this giveaway.
I would love to win because I have had my business for almost two years and I am ready to take it to the next level!
Tweeted!
@evienlizzie
I am opening a shop this month! Could TOTALLY use some practical advice!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=501067002 Facebooked.
I would love to win not only for my business Hopeknots, but because everything I do and learn I teach inner city middle/high school girls how to do as well, we are teaching them entrepreneur skills right now and about becoming an opportunity, and the more I teach them about crocheting/design the more they will have ownership in the business, Hopeknots (that funds the program they are a part of!), until eventually I can turn it over to them and it will be theirs!! Any professional business help we could get would be a HUGE blessing!!
I would love to win this . Where can I begin ? I need it all directions, advice on how to even get started .My friend Nina and I want to pursue our dreams of owning our own online biz.