Are your fans passionate enough about your brand that they would make your ads for you?  If you are Etsy, than the answer is yes thanks to their Handmade Moment contest. I don’t know about you, but if I saw this on TV, I would have never guessed it was “Handmade.&#

Right after I posted about Etsy supporting handmade entrepreneurs, I came across an article on Instapreneurs in this month’s Wired. The article points to several new sites that allow aspiring designers to sell their wares without worrying about manufacturing, selling or even fulfillment.  Basically they allow the creation of instant businesses based on nothing more than a design.  Zazzle features “a

I have been a huge fan of Etsy since they launched back in 2005.  For those of you not familiar with Etsy, they are like a homemade eBay.  They describe themselves as “an online marketplace for buying & selling all things handmade.”  I particularly love their mission of “enabling people to make a living making things, and to reconnect makers with buyers.”  Now