Ep 222 | How Driving Her Own Traffic Sparked Faster Organic Etsy Sales - with Alex Chavez

About this episode

Alex Chavez shares her journey of driving traffic to her Etsy shop and achieving faster organic sales.

This week I'm chatting with Alex, a former middle school teacher turned stay-at-home mama who built a fast-growing handmade Etsy shop selling sensory play kits. Alex shares how she used Facebook groups, live markets, and her personal network to drive early traffic—creating momentum that led to faster organic Etsy sales. Tune in for a powerful reminder that you can prime the Etsy algorithm to start seeing results. **"How to Sell Your Stuff on Etsy" is not affiliated with or endorsed by Etsy.com STUFF I MENTIONED: Profittree: The In Demand badge is BACK!!! Plus tags for every listing. Check out ProfitTree's new product research tool ETSY RADAR: https://lifetime.profittree.io/?via=lizzie87 Get the best profit tracking tool to help you know your numbers AND a product research tool for a one time fee of $67. (completely insane) Profittree Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO7Ra18ZPTw&t=1s Scaling Society: https://www.howtosellyourstuff.com/scaling-society FIND ALEX: Instagram: @TinyTactileByAlex HOW I HELP ETSY SELLERS GROW: ⭐Scaling Society: https://www.howtosellyourstuff.com/scaling-society ⭐"How to Blow Up Your Etsy Shop" free training…

People in this episode

Host: Lizzie Smiley

Guest: Alex Chavez

Topics covered

• Etsy sales
• driving traffic
• handmade products
• organic growth
• social media marketing

Keywords

• Etsy
• organic sales
• traffic generation
• handmade shop
• Facebook groups

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Profittree, Scaling Society, Etsy.com, Etsy, Instagram, TikTok

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