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In this show:

#8226; Tara Gentile and I talk about the power of personal stories - and why they're such an important way to set your crafty business apart from the crowd...

In this show:

bull; Marlo Miyashiro talks with me about building creative communities, and shares how she did it with Seattle's EtsyRAIN.

bull; We discuss the most important elements of a thriving creative community...

In this show:

#8226; Paul Overton and I are talking about Free again - this time, from a standpoint of service.

#8226; We talk about how Free is just as applicable to a corporate job as it is to an entrepreneurial effort.

#8226; ...And we discuss where this discussion of Free should go next.

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In this show:

#8226; To further our ongoing discussion of Free and how it affects the craft community, I share my own story of Free. In some ways, Free has created my business. In others, it's created big challenges...

Image by Tara Swiger





In this show:

#8226; An interview with Tara Swiger, an accomplished knitting teacher who has a lot of interesting things to say about teaching a craft.

#8226; We talk about what it's like to teach one-on-one vs. in a group setting...

Images by Kristin Roach





In this show:

#8226; An interview with Kristin Roach, who turned a fun blog idea, Craft Leftovers, into a full-time business... one step at a time.

#8226; Some discussion on the value of just trying stuff - and being willing to accept successes and failures along the way...

In this show:

#8226; Paul Overton returns to the show to discuss the idea of Free: how the internet's abundance of free information both enhances and challenges our creative lives.

#8226; We talk about lots of aspects of Free: how it builds community, how it challenges corporate interests, and how i...

In this show:

#8226; Let's look at Engagement Marketing, a very important tool for your crafty business in the internet age.

#8226; We'll talk about how blogging, Twitter and Facebook can help you reach new customers... if you use them wisely...

Welcome to the CraftyPod, a craft podcast all about making stuff.



In this show:

- It's a CraftyPod tradition: the annual interview with my Mom, Pam Harris!

- Mom talks about her first year as a blogger, and about being a blogger from a different generation than a lot of the online craft community...