The Etsy Experiment
Or, The business of being an indie creator
I enjoy designing planners and selling them via Amazon KDP. So far, I'm my only customer. But how great would it be to earn a living from doing something like this? I've heard that some do, but they're probably producing more than me.
While I started designing planners for myself, I thought maybe someone else would like them too. Maybe there was a little money to be made. And maybe there is. I'll require some marketing. Something I've yet to do.
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As a start, perhaps creating a small presence on Etsy might help. I took a course on selling "printable" digital files--forms, activities, templates, gift tags, planners, etc.--on Etsy. And since the Fractal Planner has several already designed tools, perhaps selling them as individual printables could help.
The printables course I took was robust, so I'm hopeful. Of course, a multi-faceted approach is best, so I'm also planning to get trained in Amazon Ads.
After a few more releases here on Writing in Books, I'll have a complete overview of how to use the Fractal Planner. It might just be the right time to move forward with a good marketing strategy.
R. Maurice Ledesma
Next Issue:
The Fractal Planner's planning features
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The Storyboarding Notebook for Children's Picture Books serves a dedicated purpose: capturing and working on picture book ideas. It's easily identifiable—it's large, brightly colored hardcover notebook. So, no more hunting for that lost picture book idea stored somewhere in one of my many completed or in-progress notebooks, journals, or planners.
TIP: Given the paper available via Amazon's KDP, I've found that pencils and 0.3 HI-TEC-C pens avoid bleed-through. It's currently available only at Amazon.