Welcome to the Indie Made Biz Podcast! I’m Cheryl Ham, and after growing my handmade businesses to 7 figures, I’m sharing the strategies that helped me turn my passion into a full-time income. If you’re making the products you sell, you need to do things differently—tune in for actionable tips and proven strategies to help you launch, scale, and thrive as a creative entrepreneur.
Feeling overwhelmed by all the moving parts in your handmade business? You’re not alone! In this episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on the systems and processes that took me from chaos to control.…
Selling can feel awkward—especially for creatives who’d rather be making than marketing. If you’ve ever hesitated to promote your products because you don’t want to sound pushy or salesy, this episod…
Do fear and self-doubt ever hold you back from reaching your business goals? In this episode of The Indie Made Biz Podcast, we uncover the hidden barriers that limit your potential: your limiting bel…
On this episode of The Indie Made Business Podcast, we’re tackling the endless to-do list that every handmade business owner knows all too well. Overwhelm ends here! We’re diving into five actionable…
In this episode, I’m kicking off 2025 by sharing an important mindset shift that has completely changed the way I approach my business. I’m diving into how you can design a business that works for yo…
Welcome to the Indie Made Business podcast, where I help creative entrepreneurs design businesses that truly serve their lives. In this trailer, I’m excited to share some big changes happening in 202…
We’ve made it all the way to the end of the year and more than likely, you’re super busy right now. In my business, we call it Beast mode because inevitably this time of year we’re working our tails …
Are you so busy working IN your business that there’s no time left to work ON your business?
We’ve all said it, “There aren’t enough hours in the day.”
It really does feel that way when you’re …
After weeks apart doing solo podcast episodes, the stars have aligned, and fate has finally reunited us! It’s a double the flavor, double the fun episode with both Cheryl and Nicky back from our solo…
We hear about it all the time: how do we, as creative entrepreneurs, maintain a healthy work / life balance? We want to dedicate as much time as we can to making our business successful, but how much…
What happens when you’ve built your business to the point where in order to keep up with everything, you need to hire some help? What happens when you need help even though you’re still working out o…
Are you worried that the market you're trying to break into is oversaturated and there’s no room for you to stand out? Or maybe you think that getting ahead means you need to outshine the competition…
Are you finding that you’re in a rut with your business? That you feel like you’re almost to that next level, but something is holding you back? This is a feeling that is way too common for first tim…
Today’s podcast is about a subject that we mention frequently when we’re talking about how to be successful as a maker entrepreneur. In our type of business, we thrive when we build and develop our r…
It’s almost inevitable that if you’re a creative person, there’s going to be a time when you create something and find another thing that looks very close to what you made. We’re not talking about ac…
When you’re starting out, every cent you make counts. Any money that you make is either put back into your business or used to keep your personal life afloat. The thought of using any extra money tha…
So, you’ve started your business by posting your crafts online and building an audience, and now you’re ready to start expanding. That’s the subject of this week’s podcast: identifying your ideal c…
When a big brand notices you for the first time, it’s hard not to think that you’ve finally made it in the makers business! Sometimes these collaborations can come organically with them contacting yo…
We became business owners to have the freedom to determine our own success. Since we are now our own bosses and sometimes even our only employee, we tend to see all of our time as potential work hour…
We’re all going to run into situations when running our business where we don’t make the best decisions. The reality is, we’re going to mess up and make mistakes y’all, it’s a fact of life that we al…