Gina Mote's guest appearances

Gina Mote

Amplified Network Marketing with David T.S. Wood

Raw and Real Entrepreneurship

Scale Your Small Business

Steve Sims

Mike McDerment

Dave Asprey

Charlie Plumb

Mark Divine

Niyc Pidgeon

Jesse Itzler

John Lee Dumas

Mark Podolsky

Chris White

Ray Higdon

John David Mann

Michael Breus

John Demartini

David Neagle

OwlTail

Welcome to the Scale Your Small Business Podcast with your host, Jillian Flodstrom. Today’s guest is Gina Mote. She has started many successful businesses, most recently a virtual, at-home DIY woodworking and painting workshop called Little August Ranch. She's with us today to talk about her experiences as an entrepreneur and share her best tips for growing a small business.    Gina’s inspiration for Little August Ranch came from the intersection of her love for crafts and scrapbooking, her favorite month, and her and her family’s move from chilly Idaho to a small desert ranch in Arizona. Her passion naturally scaled into a successful business by sharing her work on social media. From there, it was craft shows and scaling.    A primary challenge Gina faced when scaling her business was physically hauling the materials to craft shows. To combat this, Gina pivoted to online selling through Etsy and her personal website, which comes with its own set of challenges. However, this allowed them to introduce a monthly subscription box, which streamlined much of their sales through the website.     Etsy originally served the purpose of running credit cards for Gina’s business, but after building her own website, she realized Etsy had many other perks that are incredibly useful for what she was doing. Etsy has already done the work of building an audience to come to your page, something you’d have to do yourself with a personal website. Because she has a robust understanding of SEO, she was able to catapult her sales. From Etsy, you can build your own website once your customer base starts to form. Building a Shopify website allows for Facebook integration, further driving leads to your product.    Now that her business is streamlined and scaled, the biggest challenge is time. She overcomes this hurdle through delegation and finding what it is she is best at, and offloading the rest. She considered what it is she wanted to spend her day doing and hired out the rest.    Gina uses skills from completely different businesses in her current work. She noticed that the world was shifting online, so she built processes around that to set herself up in the future. Plus, throughout her time scaling other jobs, she was taking training and building up her know-how. She recommends building pieces and seeking out coaches as you go.    For those who are struggling to find their creative outlet, Gina recommends listening to what people are saying, checking out Pinterest, and finding what speaks to you, what you think you could do, and what you’d enjoy creating. All it takes is the desire to create.    Key Takeaways   Moving online is a great way to scale and streamline your business.   Etsy has already done the work of building an audience to come to your page, something you’d have to do yourself with a personal website.   Find skills that will be applicable to other jobs to ease transition paralysis.

Welcome to the Scale Your Small Business Podcast with your host, Jillian Flodstrom. Today’s guest is Gina Mote. She has started many successful businesses, most recently a virtual, at-home DIY woodworking and painting workshop called Little August Ranch. She's with us today to talk about her experiences as an entrepreneur and share her best tips for growing a small business.  Gina’s inspiration for Little August Ranch came from the intersection of her love for crafts and scrapbooking, her favorite month, and her and her family’s move from chilly Idaho to a small desert ranch in Arizona. Her passion naturally scaled into a successful business by sharing her work on social media. From there, it was craft shows and scaling.  A primary challenge Gina faced when scaling her business was physically hauling the materials to craft shows. To combat this, Gina pivoted to online selling through Etsy and her personal website, which comes with its own set of challenges. However, this allowed them to introduce a monthly subscription box, which streamlined much of their sales through the website.   Etsy originally served the purpose of running credit cards for Gina’s business, but after building her own website, she realized Etsy had many other perks that are incredibly useful for what she was doing. Etsy has already done the work of building an audience to come to your page, something you’d have to do yourself with a personal website. Because she has a robust understanding of SEO, she was able to catapult her sales. From Etsy, you can build your own website once your customer base starts to form. Building a Shopify website allows for Facebook integration, further driving leads to your product.  Now that her business is streamlined and scaled, the biggest challenge is time. She overcomes this hurdle through delegation and finding what it is she is best at, and offloading the rest. She considered what it is she wanted to spend her day doing and hired out the rest.  Gina uses skills from completely different businesses in her current work. She noticed that the world was shifting online, so she built processes around that to set herself up in the future. Plus, throughout her time scaling other jobs, she was taking training and building up her know-how. She recommends building pieces and seeking out coaches as you go.  For those who are struggling to find their creative outlet, Gina recommends listening to what people are saying, checking out Pinterest, and finding what speaks to you, what you think you could do, and what you’d enjoy creating. All it takes is the desire to create.  Key Takeaways Moving online is a great way to scale and streamline your business. Etsy has already done the work of building an audience to come to your page, something you’d have to do yourself with a personal website. Find skills that will be applicable to other jobs to ease transition paralysis.

149 - Creativity and Scaling Your Business with Gina Mote

Starting your own Etsy shop can seem a little daunting, but Gina Mote did it and sold over 8000 items in her first year! In this interview, she shares some great tips on how to get started, including inviting people to your shop, making an initial investment, and using Facebook as a tool. Gina has worked from home for 35 years in various fields, creating several businesses from scratch in the craft field, including hand-painting clothing and creating an online scrapbook store over 20 years ago. She loved teaching classes and holding weekend retreats for as many as 60 crafters. Follow Gina Mote Website http://www.littleaugustranch.com/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/GinaLMote Etsy  https://www.etsy.com/shop/LittleAugustRanch   Connect With Susan: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SusanSlyLive Instagram https://www.instagram.com/susansly/  Twitter https://twitter.com/Susan_sly LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/susansly

Starting your own Etsy shop can seem a little daunting, but Gina Mote did it and sold over 8000 items in her first year! In this interview, she shares some great tips on how to get started, including inviting people to your shop, making an initial investment, and using Facebook as a tool. Gina has worked from home for 35 years in various fields, creating several businesses from scratch in the craft field, including hand-painting clothing and creating an online scrapbook store over 20 years ago. She loved teaching classes and holding weekend retreats for as many as 60 crafters. Follow Gina Mote Website <a href="http://Starting%20your%20own%20Etsy%20shop%20can%20seem%20a%20little%20daunting,%20but%20Gina%20Mote%20did%20it%20and%20sold%20over%208000%20items%20in%20her%20first%20year!%20In%20this%20interview,%20she%20shares%20some%20great%20tips%20on%20how%20to%20get%20started,%20including%20inviting%20people%20to%20your%20shop,%20making%20an%20initial%20investment,%20and%20using%20Facebook%20as%20a%20tool.%20%20Gina%20has%20worked%20from%20home%20for%2035%20years%20in%20various%20fields,%20creating%20several%20businesses%20from%20scratch%20in%20the%20craft%20field,%20including%20hand-painting%20clothing%20and%20creating%20an%20online%20scrapbook%20store%20over%2020%20years%20ago.%20She%20loved%20teaching%20classes%20and%20holding%20weekend%20retreats%20for%20as%20many%20as%2060%20crafters.%20%20Follow%20Gina%20Mote%20Website%20http/www.littleaugustranch.com/%20Facebook%20https:/www.facebook.com/GinaLMote%20Etsy%20https:/www.etsy.com/shop/LittleAugustRanch" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.littleaugustranch.com/</a> Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GinaLMote" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/GinaLMote</a> Etsy  <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/LittleAugustRanch" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.etsy.com/shop/LittleAugustRanch</a> Connect With Susan: Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SusanSlyLive" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/SusanSlyLive</a> Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/susansly/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/susansly/</a> Twitter <a href="https://www.twittter.com/susan_sly" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/Susan_sly</a> LinkedIn <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/susansly" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/susansly</a>

272. How She Sold 8000 Items in Year Number One on Etsy - Interview with Gina Mote