5 Friday Favorites - Creative Business Links

I know that some of my readers are also Etsy sellers or other small business owners, so I figured I'd share some creative business links that I found useful this week.

There's so much good advice in this post by Jess Van Den that I think I'll need to reread 10 times to take it all.  Whatever size your business is, her tips are great!

10 Steps for a Successful Handmade Product Launch by Jess Van Den

I stumbled across this 2009 piece this week.  It's a really good post about how to get featured in the press.  The advice isn't specifically for creative businesses, but I think what she says is useful for any kind of small business.

How to Get Featured by the Press - Celestine Chua

I love Megan Auman's blog posts, videos and e-books.  Here are some more amazing ideas from her:

How to Network Like a Rock Star - Megan Auman

These 10 tips on the Moo website are common sense really, but I know I don't do all of them consistently, so they're worth repeating:

10 Tips for Making a Great First Impression - Andrea Hubert

Last but definitely not least is a really cool interview with Rich Neely of Rich Neely Designs.  He makes the most amazing iPod and iPhone docks from old books - they are amazing - you have to check them out!

Interview with Rich Neely of Rich Neely Designs

Hope you enjoyed the links - happy weekend!

Ali