Hi Kim, I was just about to pause and agree with your comment regarding liking the real and gritty content creators when you asked for comments...lol I do too, those are the ones I look for! I really dislike the "perfect settings" videos.

I very much enjoyed this video! After five years of selling on Etsy, they recently closed down my shop without explanation. Thankfully, I have my growing KZfaq channel and my own website where people can still find me!

100 % agree with you in the craving of going back to basics and watch other people's beginnings and how resourceful they are. I find it very inspiring and also gives me joy to see how many people are taking risks and putting their energy into creating things they love and creating many small business of handmade arts and crafts. I'm one of them, a shy one for now😂. Love from Italy ❤

I totally agree with the gritty content comment. I love the rustic, messy vlogs rather than the polished ones (although they do have their charm also). I find the newbies are the most honest vlogs and I've been known to lose interest when the people I've watched for years become too polished. A great vid from yourself, thanks for sharing your thoughts x

Just pausing the video here to say, you're right about craving the old 'gritty' internet. I look for that sort of content on KZfaq, and used to when I was on Instagram, but it's all so, so, so polished and perfect now. The rustic feels like curated rustic, if that makes sense? And that's one of the things that's been putting me off putting myself and my work setup on Instagram. I live in a tiny cabin so my work space is miniscule - split between a little bench in the back of my Kangoo van, and deck chair at a wooden tray balanced on my window seat... quirky or totally unprofessional? It's in the eye of the beholder 😂

Hi from India!!! You are right… I always look for those messy gritty process or studio content in every platform… because I want to know everything about a maker … it is always so interesting … Thank you for mentioning it I thought I was the crazy one 😂😂😂

I love all your videos. I listen while I'm crafting. You are down to earth, funny, and relateable.

I love your chatty videos 😊 like I have someone to chat and visit with and feel less alone, keep ‘‘em coming Kim!

I love the messy process too. Gritty is good. 💕

Thanks! I really enjoy this longer podcast format. For me, I can absorb and retain the information better. Really feels more like a relaxed water cooler moment, that I crave working alone as a small handmade business. ❤

Yes,the word scrappy has been in my mind lately as something desirable and interesting😊

I enjoy these style of videos! I feel the same about saying here buy my thing, see this thing? Buy it! I love the craft shows and just chatting with people and having a nice time❤

Thank you for this video, love your coffee chats. Im very new and recently launched but actively struggling over how to drive traffic to my shop given I'm both a private person and decided early on that managing an account in high stress platforms like instagram and tiktok is not for me. I do also understand there is a some give and take, because I still need to drive traffic if I want people to even see my crafts. so in the end, I did up making just one faceless studio vlog. I feel sheepish about it because I don't have a dedicated craft space and not to mention I'm not good at filming stable shots. 🙃

All my studio vlogs are pure chaos and I love them! 😂

What a gem, thanks! Btw, I love you chatting. Do go on with it. It feels like a Twitch. I love "real life" content too. Real content = real ppl = real stories, imperfections. Love it!

I agree re Google Ads. I thought it was me 😂 Thank you for the tip with Google Listings. I had no idea that they were free, or are they 😆🥴

Another common from me, i don’t prefer the clippier ones, keep us company pls and never shorten your chat for anyone! I don’t know about the other stuff u asked (technical ones) but i too am thirsty for real people showing their real stuff (messy work benches, imperfections and all) x

So glad that I found your channel. I love your chatty style. I can make my little baby outfits, and listen to you. its Informative, entertaining and fun! Keep it up!

This kind is interesting because it's more like a visit.

Yes Kim I very much enjoyed this type of video thankyou❤😊

I really needed to hear the encouragement about posting the “real/gritty” makers process. You’re right that it is more interesting and entertaining!

Fantastic channel to play in the background and listen while working in the 'shop! As a fellow craftsman, I love hearing these insights!

I love your throw and plants! And your hair looks great!!

You had me at the quick and chatty bit ❤

Keep on talking Kim! Don’t shorten anything ❤

Thank you and i love a good ramble.

I also enjoy those type of videos, real and authentic

In terms of making gritty You Tube videos, I have made two sew-a-long videos of free patterns that I liked and wanted to share but the hard part of making my next video is not worrying too hard if it looks good enough or how I should make it so that I reach a lot of people. I think I have what I need to make another video but first, I need to stop procrastinating.

yes on more REAL content. I have a 2 small (half neglected) youtube channels and I strive to be real but it probably looks messy, and unpolished. Even as small as they are, they do help drive traffic to my Etsy and my website.

Love this topic!

Love this video

going to have a go at it

Work in progress posts vs finished "Hey, I made this - someone please buy it" 😂 I've heard similar advice, but no one else said it as well. Lots of great nuggets of info in this pleasant chat - enjoyed the vist! Thanks so much for sharing 😊

Love your style😊don't change a thing, and. YES, I prefer less polished yet unique social media posts as well. They just seem to capture my attention for some reason 😅 Thanks for being you❤

Ha! The reason I can't seem to upload content is because I dont have a beautiful clean studio. It's just me in a messy shed. To hear this is amazing

I really enjoyed this video, Kim. Claire

Thank You ❤

Long and chatty, yes!

The Google Bog - so perfect! The Big G had gotten so big it forgets itself and leaves bits and pieces laying around like a bad zombie! I find outdated support info ALL the time. FB much the same. Stumbling around lost is one thing, doing it with a bad map and the timer running out (allocated to the task before the cat wakes up)... Blue wizard is dead. Messy vids - I'm going to be starting a few channels this year. Learning vid editing in between all the other things, taking a bit. But they will not be pretty. I am chaos.

I prefer the longer videos. Thank you ❤

Hi, Kim! Less succinct, more chatty, no to the clippy! Lols & hugs

As a new studio vlog video maker.... this comment section was so lush to read. I'm currently editing an order packing video and got so in my head about it because UGH....it's just me in my kitchen AGAIN.... 😅 you have all given me the boost to go finish editing and bung it out there anyway

I am just start out with posting on KZfaq and I also love watching other newbies, I do think they do it better than me 😂

Oh man Kim, I really needed to hear this today. I do definitely like to see other creators/makers that are still building their brands. Makes me feel like I'm not alone. I am a makeup artist and also have an online store and for some reason am so scared of making content for my items. I craft in my kitchen and I get embarrassed thinking about showing people that. Am I alone in that? Sigh...

Afternoon Kim :) I have been dying to ask for weeks, but is that gorgeous plant behind you just 1 plant, or more ? x PS as far as I am concerned the longer you broadcast, the better. I am always left wanting more after your videos, they are so relaxing and interesting. And yes, I love watching and listening to 'real' people and places and situations.

Awesome

Thanks!

I agree with your analogy about Google 100% and sometimes I wonder if they even have their own thing figured out🤔🤣 Btw, I like this "chatty" style👍

Love the real reality as you do...no Kardashian reality here

Thanks Kim. I've just started using Pinterest again. When I used it in the past it was great for traffic but not for sales. However I am still getting visits from pins I posted years ago. Considering how bad social media is these days I thought I would give it another shot. In other news, I do like the ramblier videos too.

Love coffee hahaa is that High Voltage Coffee Co?

Another very interesting video which was great to watch 😊 thank you for uploading. I has questions about your video making, as these are very similar to the sort of thing I would like to make (yes, I will be signing up for the patreon). These feel very smooth and "flowey", like it's a continuous conversation but there is a cut after each point. Do you cut and edit loads out with many missed takes etc, or do you just trim some space between bulletpoints?

I also have a channel but I hate making videos..I need to start thinking of ways to do this because I need traffic :)

Exactly! Afraid to show my mess!😂😂😂

honestly seeing all the 'perfect' photos and videos on social media has really put me off of posting anything. I post now and then, but when I see what I will call my competitors post, I always feel like I am way out of my league. I'd rather make stuff than deal with that lol

How to set up these shop on the social platform?

So much I love in this. Simply because I am at this moment in your vodcast, totally agree about loving the sites that are new, not improved and real. Yeah! And at least KZfaq has decided I like these as it flings me quite a few. Again, yeah! PS. Love when you go off on your moments. Yes, please keep these and don't shorten. PPS. Do you know anyway to take written content and make it into a vlog? I went to film school yet hate videoing. Go figure. It's a thing, but I would like to have vlogs. But prefer to write. Trying to figure out how to morph my writings into vlogs. So not necessarily your parameter, but hey ho, thought I'd ask. (Insert wincing smiley face here). PPPS. Didn't know Shopify offers option to sell, effectively, on other platforms. That is seriously cool. (And not on Wordpress.) PPPPS? Not seeing your items still as part of your below the video option. Must be a French thing? (As opposed to something I have done ;-) ) C'est la vie. P*m2 Loved this style of video. Super fun.

I like watching more real content, so yeah

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11:50 how ? How are you going to know that?

I can't see your products below on the KZfaq phone app, maybe they're only displayed on the pc?

11:30 how ? How are you going to get those people who are interested in your products?

Hi Kim! Is the butterfly a magnet?

Do you have a blog?

I hate Google ads !!

I'm actually looking for something that will give me the most info in the least amount of time, as I'm very short on time running a business

hahahah I had to laugh about seeking content with the messy work tables and untidy backgrounds. Here I am over here unable to find a single gosh darn spot in my house to film my craft projects and finally get started with KZfaq because my house is still a un-renovated mess. It's ridiculous that I think people, won't like my videos because I don't habe base boards and there is builders foam sticking out of my windows. I think I am the one wanting everything perfect. Nobody else cares lol (or might even be wanting it)

Hi. I've been watching you for a while, but never commented before 😅 can I ask you a question? Feel free to not answer it ☺️ do you actually sell something to your local community? Like the place where you live? Thanks for the chats 😊

Burning question, the fact that you can take your Shopify anywhere across the internet with you and integrate it anywhere. How on earth is this at all similar to a snail? I'm so confused

I love all your videos! But I slightly prefer the chattier you 😊

I've not long found your chanel, I'd be gutted if you trimmed down your videos 😢 I love all your chat ❤

noooooo don't clip them back! we love the chatty long videos!!!!!

I paused at 9:27 just to say you're not the only one craving genuineness, I'm so bored of the professionalism everyone is striving for, I'm sooo bored of all the "mona lissas" when all I want is just honest "stick figures". I want to connect with REAL PEOPLE not brands and companies. I want to see the coffee stains on their table, because those stains tell a story and people create stories. I want to see people discovering, exploring, experimenting art. For instance, I look at you in the video but behind you I see your life, I imagine you watering your plants, I imagine you working at your desk or using the little objects on that shelf, I don't know... it's like a glimpse of your life, a glimpse into the story of your life which makes me feel more connected, attached to you. Because you are a real person, with a story. I hope I managed to convey my thoughts properly, English isn't my 1st language so I struggle a bit.

I like your chatty videos too. I confess that as a Southern USA resident, I really enjoy your accent as well as your insight.

I’m petrified of crickets. Pls tell me know your earnings now compare to the money you had when you were employed. Can you make a podcast on this pls? I know you had a time on etsy when sales were flying in overnight but that ship has sailed. I haven’t started yet, but I am trying to conjure up some courage to leave my corporate 9-5 which i hate with passion. Pay check is keeping me hooked. I need a pep talk 😅😭😭🥹🙏🏻