Don’t Wait: You Don’t Need to Be an Expert to Start on Etsy | ft. Dina Lu

About this episode

Dina Lu shares her journey from a stable job to building a flexible online business through calligraphy and digital products.

How can Etsy sellers and creatives turn a skill like calligraphy into workshops, digital products, and online income that actually supports their life? For that and more, follow us here and subscribe to our YouTube channel ! In this episode of Built Online, we sat down with Dina Lu , calligrapher, creator, and educator behind Dina Calligraphy, who left a stable government job to build a flexible online business with in person and corporate workshops, Etsy templates, and YouTube tutorials ( @DinaLu⁩ ). Dina shares how she quit before the numbers looked perfect, used her existing network to land paid workshops, turned her calligraphy knowledge into digital products she could sell on Etsy, lived out her digital nomad season, and then came home to focus on a “soul business” built around calligraphy poems and work that actually fits her life long term. ------------ DINA LU: - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DinaLu - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dinadlu/ - Website: https://www.dinalucreative.com - Calligraphy Poems For The Soul: https://www.dinalucreative.com/calligraphy-poems-for-the-soul - Workshops: https://dinacalligraphy.com ------------ 🎙️ Check Out the Built Online…

People in this episode

Host: Cody McGuffie

Guest: Dina Lu

Topics covered

• Etsy
• calligraphy
• online business
• digital products
• workshops
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• Etsy
• calligraphy
• digital products
• workshops
• online income
• entrepreneurship
• Dina Lu

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Dina Calligraphy, YouTube, Instagram, Dina Lu Creative, dinacalligraphy.com

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