elise chats with Melanie of Grey Moggie Press about what goes into exhibiting at the National Stationery Show.

elise chats with Katie, co-founder of Artifact Uprising, about how the photo book company began and mixing art with brand.

elise chats with Elsie Larson and Emma Chapman of A Beautiful Mess about how their brand and blog has grown and now employs a small team.

elise chats with Ann-Marie Espinoza in the first of hopefully many honest small business discussions. this week, we're discussing working with brands as a blogger.

elise chats with Amy Shubert of Lemon & Raspberry about creating an affiliate program for your own products as a way to encourage sales.

elise chats with Katharine Watson, a handmade stationery designer about selling to retailers and how she got her products carried in stores nationwide.

elise chats with Ali of aliedwards.com about the importance of looking outside of the computer for inspiration and scheduling creative time.

elise chats with sarah von bargen of yesandyes.org about blog post content, features, reoccurring posts and the importance of consistency.

in April 2011, I shared a video blog post called "elise talks college" where I spoke about my journey from point a : college to point b : self-employed. Three years later, I still get emails about this talk and so I thought it might be good to recycle the old content for this podcast.

simply getting started and sharing what I hope to accomplish with this podcast.