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Digitale Optimisten | Geschäftsideen, Tech-Talk, InterviewsVon 0 auf 60k Abonnenten: 3 Schritte für ein boomendes Newsletter-Business (mit Paul Ostwald, Morning Crunch)#211 | Newsletter-Business skalieren mit Paul Ostwald, Morning CrunchNewsletter sind Big Business - spätestens seit Axel Springer den Newsletter Morning Brew übernommen hat. Wie geht das? Ist's schon zu spät einen zu starten und wie lege ich am besten los? Alex schnappt sich Paul Ostwald, der Morning Crunch von 0 auf 60.000 Abonnenten skaliert hat.Mach das 1-minütige Quiz und finde eine Geschäftsidee, die perfekt zu dir passt: www.digitaleoptimisten.de/quiz.Hier geht's zum Morning Crunch Newsletter: https://www.morningcrunch.de/.2025-03-171h 14
1000 AntwortenWie kam DIN A4 als Standard-Papierformat zustande?
297 mm x 210 mm: Wer denkt sich so was aus?
Wer ein DIN-A4-Blatt abmisst, erhält ziemlich krumme Zahlen. Es ist 297 mm lang und 210 mm breit – wer denkt sich so was aus? Warum genau diese Längen? Und warum genau dieses Seitenformat? Warum sind die Papierbögen nicht etwas breiter oder etwas länger?
Für das Seitenverhältnis gibt es einen triftigen Grund: Wenn man ein DIN-A4-Blatt halbiert, entsteht ein DIN-A5-Blatt. Das hat genau die gleichen Proportionen. Wenn man DIN A5 noch mal teilt, dann haben die daraus entstehenden A6-Blätter wieder genau die gleichen...2023-11-0302 min
The Maker's Space: For the Crafty Online Business OwnerEp. 016 - Strategies to Increase Craft Sales in a RecessionRecently I’ve noticed that there has been a lot of discouragement because of difficult times and low sales. Quite a few of the comments I read on social media are sharing the frustration of decreased sales.
I get it. Believe me.
In this episode I’m going to share some things you can do during a recession to help keep sales coming in.
You don’t have to be discouraged by times and seasons because those will always come into your life and they w...2023-06-1013 minThe Maker's Space: For the Crafty Online Business OwnerEp. 015 - 10 Things Crafters can do to Create Recurring IncomeWhat if I told you that you can have another source of income that you don’t even have to be awake for? You can have a recurring income without spending more hours making more things.
In this episode, I share what most of my online colleagues already know and implement in their own businesses. Every single one of these ideas will link to someone I know personally or has been recommended to me who has made it work.
Kind of like a train pulling out of the station, it t...2023-05-3118 minThe Maker's Space: For the Crafty Online Business OwnerEp. 015 - Things Crafters can do to Create Recurring IncomeWhat if I told you that you can have another source of income that you don’t even have to be awake for? You can have a recurring income without spending more hours making more things.
In this episode, I share what most of my online colleagues already know and implement in their own businesses. Every single one of these ideas will link to someone I know personally or has been recommended to me who has made it work.
Kind of like a train pulling out of the station, it t...2023-05-3117 minThe Maker's Space: For the Crafty Online Business OwnerTips to Meet People and Enjoy NetworkingRemember going to the park when you were a kid and making friends was simple? Going to school for the first time and learning everyone's name or seeing their favorite toy because they brought it to show-and-tell?
Networking is honestly no different. It just has more dignified names but the technique is the same.
In this episode, I'm going to share one of my absolute favorite things to do...meet people. Introverts, stay with me because this will help you out! These are tips that are basic enough for...2023-05-2212 minThe Maker's Space: For the Crafty Online Business OwnerEp. 13 - How to Stand Out from the Crowd as an Online CrafterIt’s no secret that I am a bigger fan of having your own real estate online but how can you do it and still stand out? I’m glad you asked!
Regardless of whether you are a wall-flower or enjoy being the center of attention, you need your PRODUCT to get noticed when you are selling online. Today I have five suggestions with a bonus on how to do that.
Now, like anything in business, this is not an overnight-I-made-six-figures type of episode. It takes work to create a business and patience to grow one o...2023-01-2109 minThe Maker's Space: For the Crafty Online Business OwnerEp. 12 - How to Decide What to Sell for a Craft BusinessAs creative people, we tend to have this gift of seeing inspiration in so many things. We enjoy trying new hobbies or skills.
As a creative, this is probably what brought you to the point of operating an online craft business.
As a business owner, you now have the task of determining what is going to sell, not just what you enjoy making. If you are going to put the time and effort into it, you really need to do the same with your product.
Don’t throw spaghetti at the wall and ho...2023-01-1909 minThe Maker's Space: For the Crafty Online Business OwnerEp. 11 - 3 Top Things to look Forward to in the New YearHappy new year, Creatives! I hope you had a Merry Christmas and a great start to your new year! I am so excited for the things planned for 2023 and want to share three of the top reasons with you. Also, if you don’t already get the emails for event updates (and you’re going to want to) just go to thevirtualstreetmarket.com.
1) This year is going to be about Craft Shows…but not like we’re used to! This year VSM will be hosting 3D Virtual Craft Shows for not only the handmade creative but also the smal...2023-01-0507 minThe Maker's Space: For the Crafty Online Business OwnerEp. 11 - 3 Top Things to look Forward to in the New YearHappy new year, Creatives! I hope you had a Merry Christmas and a great start to your new year! I am so excited for the things planned for 2023 and want to share three of the top reasons with you. Also, if you don’t already get the emails for event updates (and you’re going to want to) just go to thevirtualstreetmarket.com.
1) This year is going to be about Craft Shows…but not like we’re used to! This year VSM will be hosting 3D Virtual Craft Shows for not only the handmade creative but also the smal...2023-01-0506 minThe Maker's Space: For the Crafty Online Business OwnerHaving a Faith Based Entrepreneurship with Jenasa PrudhommeA quote from a pastor by the name of Chuck Swindoll is “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” I couldn’t agree more. We all know the negative results of 2020 but this episode is the origin story of something amazing that came out of it. It is Jenasa’s Prudhomme’s response to her 10%.
In the last 3 years, my next guest built a business and wrote a book called “Faith Based Entrepreneurship”. A beginners guide to the online business world and she is even sponsoring this whole episode. I will be including the...2022-12-3041 minThe Maker's Space: For the Crafty Online Business OwnerEp. 10 - Having a Faith Based Entrepreneurship with Jenasa PrudhommeA quote from a pastor by the name of Chuck Swindoll is “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” I couldn’t agree more. We all know the negative results of 2020 but this episode is the origin story of something amazing that came out of it. It is Jenasa’s Prudhomme’s response to her 10%.
In the last 3 years, my next guest built a business and wrote a book called “Faith Based Entrepreneurship”. A beginners guide to the online business world and she is even sponsoring this whole episode. I will be including the...2022-12-3044 min
The Maker's Space: For the Crafty Online Business OwnerEp. 02 Is Shopify or WooCommerce better for Your Craft Business?With all of the amazing platforms available to online sellers, two stand out above the crowd. But which one is the better place to house a craft shop? I take a deeper dive into Shopify and WooCommerce to determine which is the better choice.
Do you have a favorite? Let me know if you are already in a platform and what you like or don't like about it!
I even share a thought that may surprise you!
2022-12-1928 min
The Maker's Space: For the Crafty Online Business OwnerEp. 09 - Failure is NOT What You ThinkHave you ever been on one of those water slides that are completely covered so you can’t see where you are twisting, turning or falling? You just have to wait until you get to the end to safely get off - hoping you don’t land on anyone at the bottom? That’s been the last couple of weeks for me. At the time of recording this, I am in mid-December, 2022 and I will be honest, it has definitely had its ups and downs.
The Maker’s Space is sponsored by the Virtual Street Market where we are h...2022-12-1410 min
The Maker's Space: For the Crafty Online Business OwnerEp. 08 - Get More Hours in Your Day with Elise EnriquezOk so we can't add to the hours that we are given daily but we can learn how to use them more efficiently. Until this conversation, I thought I had to create a to-do list and whatever didn't get done just transferred to the next day.
Not even close!
We can actually train ourselves to schedule our days realistically while still having the flexibility to have a distraction here or there. Even the way we think of distractions can be changed to a positive view! Who knew?!
My guest for this episode is El...2022-12-0159 min
The Maker's Space: For the Crafty Online Business OwnerEp. 07 - The Easy Way to Attract Buyers to Your Craft BusinessWhen we get consumed by the creation of our crafts but don't take the time to create a "brand" - it can be confusing to buyers. When everything is cohesive and recognizable, it's easier to attract those buyers and even easier for them to tell others about us.
We are no longer limited by location or word-of-mouth advertising. There are so many opportunities to tap into online.
In this episode, I break down the easy process of creating a business with a niche so that we can be excited to share our online shop with...2022-11-1431 min
The Maker's Space: For the Crafty Online Business OwnerEp. 06 - How to Increase Your PositivityWelcome into episode 06 of the maker’s space my friends. I hope you have had a good week. I have had a good week with not great things happening. I have been able to get some things done but then had issues with a broken furnace and other stuff. Ultimately, we just live in a broken world and it can be a challenge. We have to do things to get or stay positive.
Trying to get positive has not been a normal issue for me until the last few years. I have mentioned, previously, that we adopted a...2022-11-0532 min
The Maker's Space: For the Crafty Online Business OwnerEp. 05 - How to Get Your Crafts Seen by Buyers With Jonathan WallI know in episode 4 I said we were going to start getting into some crafty parts of the business but I had such a great time interviewing Jonathan Wall of The Build Hub that I didn’t want to wait to share it. Jonathan is a wealth of knowledge with 20 years in digital marketing.
He is a web designer who has recently launched a course specific to those building an online business.
With modules like “Building Your Audience”, “Pricing” and “Map Your Customer Journey” I didn’t want you to miss the opportunity to jump on this course...2022-10-3148 min
The Maker's Space: For the Crafty Online Business OwnerEp. 05 - How to Get Your Crafts Seen by Buyers with Jonathan WallI know in episode 4 I said we were going to start getting into some crafty parts of the business but I had such a great time interviewing Jonathan Wall of The Build Hub that I didn’t want to wait to share it. Jonathan is a wealth of knowledge with 20 years in digital marketing.
He is a web designer who has recently launched a course specific to those building an online business.
With modules like “Building Your Audience”, “Pricing” and “Map Your Customer Journey” I didn’t want you to miss the opportunity to jump on this course...2022-10-3051 min
The Maker's Space: For the Crafty Online Business OwnerEp. 04 - My Son's Advice for Keeping Kids Busy (and Some REAL Suggestions)After asking one of our youngest kids how mom’s could keep their children occupied while they worked, I decided to bring Isaiah on the podcast. From his perspective, we should sugar them up and have them play video games.
As much joy as he brings to my life and this particular episode, I have added some ACTUAL ideas that worked when I was raising him and his brothers. Well…mostly. Truth be told there were times when I just handed them off to Dad when he got home from work and then I drove to Hobby Lobb...2022-10-2325 min
The Maker's Space: For the Crafty Online Business OwnerEp. 03 - What a Food Truck Taught me About Online BusinessAfter an opportunity presented itself during 2020, our family took a repurposed trailer and started networking. We moved to a completely rural area but within no time, we were famous for the shaved ice coming out of the bright colored, old Forester RV.
In sales and marketing, the blue-prints are the same, it's just the environment that changes. So whether you are selling hand crafted jewelry from an online store or shaved ice out of a repurposed trailer, I hope our experience encourages you in YOUR business!2022-10-1532 min
The Maker's Space: For the Crafty Online Business OwnerEp. 02 - Is Shopify or WooCommerce better for Your Craft Business?With all of the amazing platforms available to online sellers, two stand out above the crowd. But which one is the better place to house a craft shop? I take a deeper dive into Shopify and WooCommerce to determine which is the better choice.
Do you have a favorite? Let me know if you are already in a platform and what you like or don't like about it!
I even share a thought that may surprise you!2022-10-0629 min
The Maker's Space: For the Crafty Online Business OwnerEp. 01 - 8 Tips to Protecting Your DreamsThis episode is sponsored by The Virtual Street Market where we are helping crafters build a successful online business by providing a community and resources to support in the journey.
With a private community created on Circle.so we are able to keep out trolls and control the environment. Sign up today for a 14 day trial of the Maker’s Space Community when you go to thevirtualstreetmarket.com.
Lately, I have come to realize that there are so many amazing people with six and seven figure businesses and listening to their podcasts I began to won...2022-10-0144 min