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Starting a Creative Business – The Basics
I’ve been writing a lot of posts here this summer about starting a creative business in hopes that it might help some of you who have been putting it off for one reason or another. It’s very easy to...
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Starting a Creative Business – The Basics Part 2
The last post, Starting a Creative Business – The Basics, covered some of the very basic steps you need to take or consider when starting your creative business. It was a short list meant to not...
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Year-Round Craft Show Best Sellers
I recently conducted a very unscientific survey. That is, I went to a few craft shows in my area and made a special point to notice what was selling. I wasn’t vending, just wandering around seeing if...
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Should You Attend a Trade Show or Conference?
Trade shows and conferences are held for every major industry and companies large and small attend both as vendors and as show goers. It can be expensive, especially if you have a booth, the venues are...
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Trade Shows and Conferences for Creative Businesses
In my last article, I wrote about why attending a trade show might be good for your creative business. But how does a person know where the shows are and what they are all about? Here are a few trade...
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How to Pack for a Trade Show
If you’ve been following along on these trade show posts you may have found one that you would like to attend. But now that you’ve decided to attend a show what should you pack for a day or two away?...
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Can you really make a living doing that?
Returning to my car outside a coffee shop this morning, I saw a man waiting for me who I’d originally met when he was a realtor and I was trying to find out info about a vacant commercial building to...
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Why It May Pay to Wait
You know how the saying goes, “Waiting is always the hardest part”. But sometimes it pays to wait. Especially if you are planning to leave a regular job and start up your own creative business. Here...
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Taking on a Business Partner
There are pros and cons to having a business partner for your creative business. I’m sure we’ve all heard a story or two about partnerships that didn’t work out, and it may make you feel a little...
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9 Questions to Ask a Potential Business Partner
I recently wrote a post: Taking on a Business Partner and I would like to take it a bit further and share 9 questions you should be asking before taking on a business partner. Going into business with...
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8 Rituals that Boost Productivity
It’s super easy to start a day with the intention to get quite a lot accomplished only to find that by 3 or 4 o’clock in the afternoon you’ve hardly gotten anything done that you had wanted. Where did...
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‘Tis Almost the Season
I know you really don’t want to hear this but it’s time to start thinking all things Christmas. Especially when it comes to holiday craft shows and your online store. Do yourself a favor and don’t wait...
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Facebook: Friend or Foe?
Ah Facebook, it’s the place on the internet that everyone hangs out, whether they want to or not. Naturally, as a crafty business person or blogger I’m sure you have a Facebook brand page and are used...
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Real Life Sales: Getting Your Crafts Into a Shop
TweetI know that many of us sell the crafts we make primarily online or in our home town craft fairs, which is a fantastic things to continue doing, but how can you expand your sales and even keep them...
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How to Make Money Blogging
TweetTo blog or not to blog. That is always the big question isn’t it? The most important part of the answer is whether it would be worth it for you. Blogging can be great for your crafty business, but...
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How to Make Money Blogging
To blog or not to blog. That is always the big question isn’t it? The most important part of the answer is whether it would be worth it for you. Blogging can be great for your crafty business, but it’s...
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Real Life Sales: Getting Your Crafts Into a Shop
I know that many of us sell the crafts we make primarily online or in our home town craft fairs, which is a fantastic things to continue doing, but how can you expand your sales and even keep them...
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How to Make Money Blogging
To blog or not to blog. That is always the big question isn’t it? The most important part of the answer is whether it would be worth it for you. Blogging can be great for your crafty business, but it’s...
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Real Life Sales: Getting Your Crafts Into a Shop
I know that many of us sell the crafts we make primarily online or in our home town craft fairs, which is a fantastic things to continue doing, but how can you expand your sales and even keep them...
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