Jess Van Den

✨️A conscious speck of stardust interested in life, the universe, & everything.
🪷Not active here. Find me on Threads - same username.

[Jess Van Den @JessVanDen]

So I've just retired from my 18-year-old jewellery business (Epheriell) AND from handmade business education.

Taking an 18-month sabbatical, and decided to pop over here to update my profile and make a retirement post.

I'm not active here any more - but I am active on Threads✨

[Jess Van Den @JessVanDen]

People. If you email someone to ask them to work with you to promote or try your app/software/etc. for goodness sake INCLUDE A LINK!

You are asking me for something cold, to help your business, but you cannot even bother to include a link to your thing in your email?

*DELETE*

[Jess Van Den @JessVanDen]

Can confirm.

[Nature is Amazing ☘️ @AMAZlNGNATURE]

A reminder that quokkas live on an island with no natural predators, so they aren’t afraid of or attack humans since they don’t need those survival tactics. They love selfies and smile.

[Jess Van Den @JessVanDen]

@canva Yes, I am. Using the old editor. Glow won't work at all with the new editor.

[Jess Van Den @JessVanDen]

Hey .@canva - your shadows/glow function is broken since the latest update.

Instead of just putting the shadow around the image, it also puts it on the borders of the image file, as shown.

Any fix in the works for this?

Anyone else having this issue?

[Jess Van Den @JessVanDen]

If you sell on Etsy, and you want to bulk edit:

- photos (including removable overlays)
- video
- tags

...have I got the software for you!

https://t.co/r59YNcss29

[Jess Van Den @JessVanDen]

A reminder - I'm giving away THREE spots in my upcoming Set Up Shop course - it's having its 10 year anniversary 😲

Enter over on YouTube right here - closes tomorrow!:

https://t.co/oNpfOc20F1

[Jess Van Den @JessVanDen]

See what you think about.

See what you choose to do with your time when you're not consuming content.

See how much more present you feel in your life.

Try it. See what happens.

[Jess Van Den @JessVanDen]

I have started experimenting with what I'm calling 'media-free mornings'.

On Sunday morning, I cannot consume ANY form of media before 12 noon.

No internet. No kindle. No TV. No music.

I just have to... be.

Do you remember the last time you were bored?

Do it on purpose.

[Jess Van Den @JessVanDen]

Etsy sellers - do you feel like traffic from search hits a 'cap' or 'plateau' in a regular pattern?

Wonder if you're imagining it?

You're not. It's a little-known part of the algorithm called 'frequency capping'.

I explain how it works in this video:

https://t.co/XKb9e3MBNb

[Jess Van Den @JessVanDen]

If you sell on Etsy, there is a little-known secret about reviews that you NEED to know!

In this video, I'll explain what it is, why it matters, and how you can take advantage of this to protect your 5-star reviews.

https://t.co/RqZi2sFAQd

[Jess Van Den @JessVanDen]

@AliAbdaal I call this ' the tyranny of never being finished'.

Having been a self-employed creative since 2010, let me tell you...it never goes away.

But you're right - coming to terms with that fact is the only way to deal with it!

[Jess Van Den @JessVanDen]

My husband and I are locked in an eternal game of Spotto.

Somewhere in the aether is an eternal scoreboard keeping tack of our points...

[Jess Van Den @JessVanDen]

🎉WIN one of THREE spots in my upcoming Set Up Shop e-course!

Set Up Shop is a 30-day e-course to help you craft your online handmade shop into something that you can be proud of from the get-go.

Join over 1,400 makers who've used the Set Up Shop system

https://t.co/oNpfOc20F1

[Jess Van Den @JessVanDen]

I'm not a full time youtuber - I started publishing videos on my channel to promote my online businesses - but I've been releasing a video almost every week since the start of 2021, and YT has become a nice additional income stream.

[Jess Van Den @JessVanDen]

I recently hit 10k subs on YouTube.

Today I'm sharing what YouTube pays me at 10,000 subscribers - including breaking down my CPM & RPM (and WHY they are so high), and what I've earnt since I was monetised in mid-2020.

https://t.co/u7ZmNHYSFr

[Jess Van Den @JessVanDen]

Today's moment from my daily walk.

#takeawalk #dailywalk

[Jess Van Den @JessVanDen]

It depends.

In England, they use clotted cream, which for those who don't know, is basically as thick as butter. So - the right is better.

Here in Oz, we use dollop or whipped cream, which is much lighter in texture, so it's better to put the thicker jam on first.

[Giles Paley-Phillips @eliistender10]

Once and for all!

[Jess Van Den @JessVanDen]

@eliistender10 It depends.

In England, they use clotted cream, which for those who don't know, is basically as thick as butter. So - the right is better.

Here in Oz, we use dollop or whipped cream, which is much lighter in texture, so it's better to put the thicker jam on first.

[Jess Van Den @JessVanDen]

@mattdavella Thanks Matt :) BTW, hope you're enjoying your new home here in Oz!

[Jess Van Den @JessVanDen]

I'm *this close* to hitting 10k subscribers on YouTube!

Hoping to wake up to the magic number tomorrow :)

>>> https://t.co/hV8Yvhx8ki if you don't already sub for my videos on how to have a thriving and profitable handmade biz & a healthy/happy/productive #WFH lifestyle ;)