{"id":92456,"date":"2020-10-16T09:29:22","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T13:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalmainstreet.ca\/?post_type=shophere-post&p=92456"},"modified":"2021-06-07T11:00:50","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T15:00:50","slug":"green-cabin-pottery","status":"publish","type":"shophere-post","link":"https:\/\/digitalmainstreet.ca\/fr\/shophere-post\/green-cabin-pottery\/","title":{"rendered":"Reviving Local Communities With Online Pottery Business"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2019, Cindy Chiupka-Jozin opened her Green Cabin Pottery studio in Wawa, Ontario to share her love for pottery with local artisan markets. But when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down shopping spaces, Cindy started to look for another way to establish her business, and an online store became the obvious choice. With the ShopHERE Powered by Google Program, Cindy received the support and guidance to build her e-commerce website and Green Cabin Pottery became more than a local workshop!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Before opening her independent studio, Cindy worked with her mentor, a local renowned potter James Sanders of Flood Mud Pottery, for a year and a half. To master her skill in functional pottery further, she took several pottery summer courses in Quebec and Haliburton. Cindy decided to take her favourite hobby more seriously and work on her pottery before she transitions into the role of a full-time business owner when she retires from teaching next year.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The entrepreneur draws inspiration mostly from the North shore of Lake Superior where she lives. Cindy is also lucky to have her 77-year-old father assisting her when he can. The team takes custom orders and clients can browse ready-made collections of mugs, wine accessories, bowls and dishes as well as planters and bud vases.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cI create handmade functional pottery and enjoy the creative process of working with clay and building my business,\u201d explains Cindy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

When Cindy joined the ShopHERE Program, she already started setting up her online store but she lacked knowledge of certain features to help with customer communication. That\u2019s when her Coordinator stepped in and helped explain the additional tools. Adding a newsletter and running ad campaigns were a few ideas Green Cabin Pottery could apply to grow the business. \u201cKabir was awesome. He helped me choose what I needed and showed me how to figure out the site details to take my home business to the next level! The meetings were always jam-packed with great ideas and my questions were always answered,\u201d says Cindy. The guidance helped Cindy understand what website areas and features to focus on:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cNow my customers are impressed with the user-friendly interface and easy check out process!\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Cindy highlights her Coordinator\u2019s help in achieving her desired look for the website. \u201cMy Coordinator was so patient and knowledgeable! He allowed me to learn at my own pace – with me doing the work while guiding me through the steps.\u201d Cindy also now creates blog posts with the latest news to keep her customers up to date on everything Green Cabin.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The entrepreneur believes that the ShopHERE Program has been indispensable in understanding the online possibilities of promoting her business: \u201cI was ready to commit to working on my online presence and the provided assistance proved essential to my online growth. I\u2019m so appreciative of this opportunity.\u201d Although Cindy required some help, she found the process of getting an online store set up pretty simple and easy to understand.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Shopify support was great and they were quick in responding to questions while my Coordinator really helped me understand the business aspect of presenting myself and analyzing the marketing data,\u201d explains Cindy.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Since launching, Cindy feels more comfortable with her website and having an online presence. Green Cabin Pottery has also experienced larger exposure, and more customers have been contacting her through the website and other social media channels: \u201cI enjoy interacting with customers and the online store allows them to see my products without having to leave their home!\u201d As more customers order online, Cindy has since been busy with custom orders and local deliveries, and her online store makes the restocking process easier. \u201cI have enjoyed the process of setting up my online store and continue to take in as much as I can to refine my website,\u201d says Cindy. The entrepreneur strongly advises other small business to sign up for ShopHERE:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis program really helps small businesses or hobby artisans understand what an online business can look like and how easy it can be. Our small town has so much to offer locals as well as guests to our region. Small businesses are essential to our local economy. Our community must continue to promote Northern Ontario during this time since we are not seeing as many tourists as we have previously.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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As for words of wisdom for other entrepreneurs, Cindy believes in active marketing for the survival of small businesses: \u201cWe should also stay visible in the COVID-19 situation and are fortunate to have ShopHERE to aid with navigating the online world of business.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re a small business owner or know someone who could benefit from an online store, learn more about the <\/span>ShopHERE Program here.<\/span><\/a> To browse Green Cabin Pottery offers, check out their website <\/span>ici.<\/span><\/a> Cindy has also shared her story at the Small Business Stories webinar, learn more about <\/span>our events.<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":18517,"template":"","shophere-industry":[19385],"class_list":["post-92456","shophere-post","type-shophere-post","status-publish","hentry","shophere-industry-creative-cultural-i-e-artist-musician-etc"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nReviving Local Communities With Online Pottery Business - Digital Main Street<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Green Cabin Pottery is a Digital Main Street ShopHERE Program powered by Google Graduate and an artist who has a new online ecommerce store!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/digitalmainstreet.ca\/fr\/shophere-post\/green-cabin-pottery\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_CA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Reviving Local Communities With Online Pottery Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Green Cabin Pottery is a Digital Main Street ShopHERE Program powered by Google Graduate and an artist who has a new online ecommerce store!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/digitalmainstreet.ca\/fr\/shophere-post\/green-cabin-pottery\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Digital Main Street\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DigitalMainStreet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-06-07T15:00:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/digitalmainstreet.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mugs-pottery-300x300.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@digital_mainst\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimation du temps de lecture\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/digitalmainstreet.ca\\\/shophere-post\\\/green-cabin-pottery\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/digitalmainstreet.ca\\\/shophere-post\\\/green-cabin-pottery\\\/\",\"name\":\"Reviving Local Communities With Online Pottery Business - 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