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Resource Round Up, volume 5

Here are some helpful tools, apps, articles, resources, and other goodies I’ve found on the interwebs recently:

You’ll enjoy this helpful oldie but goodie from Market Your Creativity about finding “your people”, aka, your target audience.

On my constantly on-going quest to master social media, I’ve downloaded this fun app from A Beautiful Mess. It helps makes your pictures prettier! You can also add graphics, doodles, and text. Most awesomely, it allows you to easily share your pics on Facebook, Instagram, or whatever social media tool you’d like.

a beautiful mess app – lots of pretty and fun!

Something on my ever-growing to do list is to work on building and maintaining my subscriber list. This interview on just that topic over at Oh My Handmade was extremely informative and very helpful.

I conclude by encouraging you to visit our latest series on pricing your handcrafted goodies here at Lazy Owl. Our final segment on this topic will be a reader Q&A, so I encourage you to stop by and post any questions you have about the ginormous topic of PRICING!

Here’s what I’m digging on the interwebs this week!

I picked up these chocolate bars on a whim (cannot resist anything with dark chocolate) from a local market in Houston. Three days later I went back and bought the entire stock of dark chocolate & salted brown butter pecan brittle. Absolutely to die for. I guess this isn’t a business resource, nor is it on the web (sorry non-Texas peeps)…but I still feel like it’s worth mentioning. I consider good chocolate a vital resource….for myself…

I feel like I’ve been mentioning Instagram a lot lately (follow me @lazyowlboutique!), but there’s just so much to learn and I’m having fun learning it! Here’s yet another awesome article about how to effectively use Instagram to promote your boutique biz. This post is full of great ideas and different ways to use Instagram.

Ok, so this is sort of cheating…but since I haven’t had a chance to officially announce it yet or anything, I’ve got to say that Lazy Owl’s newly released e-course & workbook about crafting a business plan for your creative business is also one of our favorite resources on the web this week! Right now we’re celebrating it’s release with a special sale price of only $10. So for the price of a couple lattes, you can download over 50 pages of goodies for your creative biz!

Here’s what I’m digging on the interwebs this week!

Seriously amazingly awesome website I just found – ifttt.com. IFTTT (I don’t even know what it stands for, but I love it) allows you to create “recipes” to automate all sorts of technological process connected to your apps, sites, and various accounts. It’s great for both business and personal use. Just a few examples – every time you list something on Etsy it can automatically post it to your Facebook business page, every time you post something on Instagram it will tweet it for you, it can text you the weather forecast every morning when you wake up, it can automatically back up certain emails…the possibilities are endless and amazing. This site is a MUST for using your internet time more effectively!

I’ve been loving the essential oils kit I bought from fellow Texan and Etsy seller Cassia Aromatics. The dream state blend has been helping me get to sleep easier, and I love diffusing the oils in my new cute little diffuser for a quick pick-me-up throughout the day. I also picked up The Complete Book of Essential Oils & Aromatherapy to get more ideas and recipes for using my new oils (if you use essential oils I’d love to hear any tips or tricks you might have for a newbie!).

After Lazy Owl’s recent ongoing article series on Etsy stats, I’ve enjoyed these two great articles to learn more about Etsy SEO and keyword placement.

I love Tara Gentile’s post about five ways to generate revenue now. Her ideas are always outside the box and get you pumped up about your business. Reading this post this week has gotten my business wheels turning, so you can expect some announcements and new things coming from Lazy Owl soon!

Here’s what I’m digging on the interwebs this week!

I’m loving all the pretty things over at I Heart My Dream Job. This new site by Andi from madebyandi.com is all about inspiring you to go “off road” and attain the life you dream about. Right now, she’s offering some great free resources via video and a fun inspirational printable to frame in your office. Can’t wait to hang mine!

I just enrolled for another free artistic business webinar starting on March 30 over at Create Make Money Be Happy. The site promises a lot of goodness will come out of attending this free telesummit, so it’s worth checking out!

This recommendation is not so much business-related as just good living-related! I’m currently reading The Power of Now and really enjoying it. It almost feels a bit like meditating as I read it. This book is all about how your mind and constant over-thinking can be your enemy, how to control negative thoughts, and how to really embrace living daily in the “now”.

This week I listened to this free recording from Launch Grow Joy all about Instagram and how to use it to build your business. Learning more about how to use and effectively utilize Instagram is something I’m struggling with right now, and it really helped to hear the basics of how to use the app and tons of tips on how to leverage it for business purposes.