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hi guys so back again in the same top
because I am just recording videos back
to back because I'm like inspired today
to do court to record videos I'm not
just wearing the same top every day but
in this video as you can probably tell
from the title I really want to talk to
you about the things that you'll
actually need if you are thinking about
creating your own art printable business
on Etsy so if you follow my videos if
you know a little bit about me you'll
know that I that's one of the first
businesses that I've created online I
absolutely adore it it's taught me so
much my art printables business that I
have on Etsy but it's also I have on
Amazon now as well I just absolutely
love it and it has taught me so much
about you comments about sending online
it's helped me get over the fear of
selling online it's taught me how to
create products and sell products I
literally owe all of the other business
start businesses I have gone on to
create to the fact that I took that leap
to create to my art printable business
because without it I'd probably still be
sat there twiddling my thumb's thinking
one day I'm gonna start something online
I'm gonna start creating online
businesses so for me it's a huge near
and dear passion it's why I created my
art printables on Etsy course because I
know so many of you as well are just
afraid to get over that hurdle of just
starting your own online business and I
know that if you are thinking about
starting out printables business I've
been there I know that what it feels
like
I honestly know what it's like to to
sell hundreds of art printables and and
art prints and yeah I just like showing
that my experience with that with you
guys because hopefully if it can help
you at all then that's what I want this
is the whole point of this channel so we
can share and talk about this experience
of building income online from scratch
so in this video I really want to kind
of address the people who are brand new
to the idea of
our printables online and I've got it in
the head that maybe it's a really good
idea but you know they're thinking yep
that's something I could definitely do I
could try that I could grow that over
time definitely interesting online
business I don't want to create and now
they're thinking what on earth do I
actually need to be able to do this and
I think when you create any online
business that point always hits you you
get an amazing idea of like yes this is
the type of business I want to create
and then about a day later or a couple
of hours later some of I you sit there
and go what do I actually need to make
this happen I don't even know where to
start so this is what this video is
about hopefully I'm going to try to keep
this one short I say every single video
now but hopefully I'll keep this one
short but yeah I'm just gonna be talking
about some of the things that you might
need and that you might need to prep for
that you're going to need to create your
art print or business so the first thing
that you're going to need to create an
art print or business is probably one of
the most important elements you could
possibly have and this is a really good
graphic design program software whatever
you want to call it so whether you
decide that it's Photoshop whether you
decide that it's PicMonkey or canva or
Adobe Illustrator or whatever graphic
design program that you decide that you
want to use just make sure that it is
something you feel comfortable working
with it doesn't feel too complex you
feel like I'm gonna be here for years
trying to work out how to create these
products start with something simple
even I started with canva I tried
Photoshop I tried quite Photoshop cuz
everybody was telling me I had to use
Photoshop that you know it wasn't gonna
be professional enough I didn't you know
I wasn't allowed to do all the things I
want to do if I didn't and I tried
Photoshop for a couple of weeks I think
I created my first set of prints on
Photoshop and I just struggled so much
and as a consequence of that my products
just didn't look good because I didn't
know what I was doing I didn't and I
gave up and I thought you know what
forget this I'm not doing what everybody
else tells me to do I'm gonna do what
feels right for me so in the end I
decided that canva feels right for me
and I have been using
for years now I'm a huge advocate come
back not an affiliate but I just you
know I don't care I just absolutely love
can bet it's my go-to choice it's not
perfect no graphic designs always
perfect but I can pretty much do every
single thing that I've ever wanted to do
using canva and I've had so many people
tell me you have to use this program you
have to use that program and for me I'm
just like nope if there's a way I can do
it on canvas for me that's what feels
comfortable and I will do it on canvas
so I use canva to create all of my art
principles all of my social media
marketing marketing elements and
marketing posts I use it to create my
additional products like planners I've
used it to help me quite my cause
I use it literally for my email secret
everything I use canva for almost
everything use canvas for YouTube to
help me collect my thumbnails I
literally love cumber so for me I really
think that's something that if you want
to create an art printer business is a
huge essential go out try different
graphic design programs online pick one
or maybe even two if you can see some
free trials and things like that that
you might that you know you might want
to try that program that you might want
to try it and have a play around and see
how easy it feels for you to use how
quickly you get it and if you find one
that just really works for you feel free
to stick with it you can always work
your way around to create the product or
you know the type of content that you
want to create so definitely first thing
graphic design software secondly the
following onto that is if you are
thinking about creating art printables
and if you are not and illustrator
yourself or you're not an artist
yourself so it's different if you want
to draw and paint your own art printable
designs for example the elements on your
art principles or the illustrations on
your art principles then that obviously
are going to need slightly different
stuff before I don't do that I don't
hand draw my art printables and then
have to kind of upload that onto my
computer and then do that that's a
slightly different one I see if I can
find a video to help you guys if that is
something that you're that you are
interested in and I'll leave a link
below just to give you an idea of what
you
I need or I don't know if I'd be able to
find one I'll tell you what you might
need but even if it just kind of gives
you an idea of how you could do that
then that might be perfect for you but
for me I actually use places like
creative market and Etsy itself to find
illustrators and artists and graphic
artists that are happy to actually let
me use their products for commercial use
so I have quite a few videos about this
so I'm not going to go into really
in-depth about this I'll either link the
videos below or I might link them up
here or something like that
whoa talk more in depth about the
graphic design elements that I purchased
and using my art printables but yeah you
do definitely that's something you'll
need to be prepped for if you don't
create your artwork yourself and you
want to create art printables and you're
gonna need to be able to source graphic
elements so we have X's clipart whatever
you want to call it font all of those
things in between so you can actually
create your product using your graphic
design software so that is definitely
something that you will need you'll need
to go purchase some of those that you
can start creating your product oh and
your social media posts and your
branding and everything like that
obviously the next one is pretty obvious
you're going to actually need to set up
your Etsy shop so you're going to need
to create an Etsy account you're going
to need to go through the process of
setting up your shop it's not actually
too too hard in my art printables on
Etsy cause I actually literally have a
step-by-step guide for you I even have
templates to help you kind of get
everything prepped just because I like
to set it up slightly differently then
Etsy house you set it up so just because
it gives you a bit more leeway the way
that I like to do it so that's why I
teach on my course but yep just go ahead
set up your Etsy shop get it prepped and
ready so that you can start adding your
products and creating your products and
promoting those to people so yeah pretty
simple that one you definitely need your
Etsy shop you will also need to factor
in you know this is we're literally
talking at the very beginning of your
SEO journey setting up your shop we're
talking about what you need to sell art
printables
I know definitely when I was starting
out my mind was much more focused on the
visual side of things I'm going to need
to create the products I'm going to need
do you know use graphic design software
to crack the banner that icon all that
kind of stuff and it wasn't until I
actually had my shop that I was like
okay um I actually need to do written
content I actually need to write stuff
here
and that's something you need to factor
in as well it's actually quite a big
part I think of having an online shop or
selling online products that you do
actually need to write about these
products you need to write you know the
About section everything in between and
and it's something I didn't really think
about until I was actually in my shop
and I was like oh I've got to write a
ton of stuff so I just think that's
important to keep in mind if you are
thinking about creating a printable
business that you're going to need to
write your About section in your Etsy
shop to tell people about you your brand
what you sell what you can do for them
you've also got your shop announcement
which you might want to fill out you've
also got obviously your each listing has
a listing description that you need to
write and you know introduce people to
that product and what it can do for them
and why it's been created everything in
between
you know there's quite a bit of written
content and that's not even including
obviously promoting your product and the
written content you might need to do for
that so I just think that's something to
keep in mind that yes when you think of
an art printable business you might
think just a lot of visuals and you know
you're creating it's very creative and
it's super creative there's always going
to be that written element in your shop
that content you need to create around
each product you create you know your
shop area your external outlets that you
have your your external traffic funnels
that you have you're going to need to
create contents and that's something you
need to keep in mind as well so I mean
in terms of in it's not I don't think
it's really hard as long as you have a
computer that tends to you know let you
use let you type and you have something
like word or something like that because
I do tend to find I like to write for
example a product description out in
Word or pranchi copy and paste it on to
match or listen just to make sure I like
it I'm taking
spelling errors you know I'm making sure
it looks okay he's if it's quite
everything I've won I can save a copy of
it and template it it just lots of those
different elements see you you know just
make sure you have something like word
or inequivalent
and for you to be able to write all that
win content and finally know this is
obviously just a very beginner's guide
of some of the things I think that you
just need to be able to basically start
up your art printer business just to
give you an idea but I do think that one
of the things that I do recommend that
you also do to think a lot of people
don't think about is I also do think
that it's important to start considering
at least one social media outlet or
social media platform that you want to
start building alongside your business
so you don't have to jump onto it right
away at day one of creating let's you
shop you have to be on there you know on
Instagram or Facebook or Pinterest
whenever is I don't think that at all
but I think it is important to consider
okay where does my target audience hang
out
are they particular are they more on
Instagram what about to reach them
better visually on Pinterest can I build
a Facebook tribe you know how am I going
to reach my target audience externally
and the reason why I think that it's
important to pick at least one to maybe
start focusing on even if it's a couple
of weeks after starting your business or
even a couple of months if you you know
you're taking it really slow to build
your Etsy shop it's just because you
need to start thinking about the social
media content that you're going to be
creating you know you need to be think
about how you're going to promote your
business on social media if you are
creating for example like I have with my
Etsy shop you know very feminine very
girly pink you know pink and gold design
art printables and the whole theme of it
is very boutique II feel what outlet
what social media really works with that
what where will I find my target
audience and what content am I going to
have to create that makes it you know
when I'm ready to launch my shop easy
for me to say right I've got all this
content ready to go on that social media
so I can start building that now that
I've launched my shop I just think that
have that thinking about
what is the first platform you're really
gonna focus on building of your audience
it's really important to you know focus
on X Y s yo and building up your heads
yes yo but I also think as soon as you
can getting started on building just one
take your time with it don't start you
don't have to do every social media
platform out there
just pick one social media platform that
you think right I'm gonna set that
social media platform up I'm going to
whilst I'm creating the banner and the
icon not for my shop I might also look
at doing something similar for that
social media platforms that everything
looks cohesive and it's ready to go and
I think that's just a really important
element that is important to consider
when you are thinking about building an
art printable Etsy shop so I hope that
this video helps I tried to keep this
video as low as quick as possible but I
don't think it's going to be look at the
time but yeah I just wanted to really
create a video that I know if you are
literally just thinking it's just a
concept about the idea of creating an
art print or business or you've been
thinking about it for a while and you're
just thinking I don't even know what I
need it's gonna be really expensive am I
gonna need a lot of stuff am I gonna
need lots of things that I don't have
and hopefully just this little short
list of certain things that you'll need
to really think about just to start your
shop might set you off or hopefully get
you going in the right direction so that
you can have all these things in place
and you just feel that not that lot more
confident to start your journey so yeah
if you are still panicking about the
audio start your art printable business
on Etsy but you really do want to do it
then I it might help you to join the
waiting list for my art printables on
Etsy course because it's coming back out
again it's just I absolutely love my
course I love the people who are on my
course I have a private Facebook group
that goes with it where we just talk I
answer any questions you have we create
exclusive content for there as well so
we go a lot more in depth about all of
these things and I and I love how so
many of you start your Etsy journey and
purchase the course just not knowing
where to begin and then
you are able to reach points where you I
can just see you and you just get it and
you just start rolling with it and
building and growing and sometimes it's
a lot slower and sometimes it's really
fast and it's just you know I think it
just takes that bit of time to get your
head round doing something that you
maybe have never done before and that is
completely fine that you know we all hit
that in fact every online business I
even create in fact I think most people
every online business that they create
there's always that that period of time
where you think oh this is a great idea
and they're like where do I even start
to turn this idea into reality so this
is what I wanted to create this video
for so hopefully if you are worried
about that this video will help so
please feel free to join the weightiness
I said for the art printables at Etsy
cause it's coming out on the 1st of
September until the 5th of September and
then the doors will be closed again and
I will see you in the next video and
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a similar thing to me I think is
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on my youtube channel I see that there
are already thousands so I will see you
in the next video guys bye
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