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With so many craft shows to choose from, how do you know which events will pay off? Often times, you can learn a lot just talking to other vendors where you are already displaying your crafts. But that may not be enough. Where the Shows Areis a quarterly guide ($49.95 per year) to craft fairs in [...]
The Institute For Arts Entrepreneurship CHICAGO, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ — A Chicago-based program, set to launch in September 2010, is designed to eliminate the long-held “starving artist” stereotype and, instead, will teach artists how to become successful entrepreneurs. The Institute for Arts Entrepreneurship(TM) is a two-year program with a curriculum that combines experiential learning, mentorship and [...] Joan Stewart publishes a great free newsletter called ‘The Publicity Hound’ from which I always pick up new useful promotion ideas. Joan is giving her subscribers a free ebook with 26 of her best tips for getting publicity from her 2009 newsletters. Joan is allowing me to pass this on to you. And you don’t have [...]
Buy and Sell Crafts at Craftsu.com Craftsu.com is a new social platform for artists, craftspeople, and photographers to tell their stories and interact with shoppers looking to “buy handmade.” Craftsu was born from the marriage of two emerging trends: 1) Purchases of handmade crafts online grew almost every month for the last twelve months, despite the [...] As I wrote in a previous post, Craftsu.com is a new site to promote your craft from. If you already signed up, but have not yet created a profile or uploaded images of your work, you may want to do that now. The first of many news releases to come announced Craftsu to the media today [...] If your craft involves style or fashion, consider getting an account and posting on Fashism.com Members can ask post questions which the community votes on and may even give you helpful suggestions. Fashism chose to open their site during Fashion Week in September, a clever way to tie into publicity already happening. The site proves [...]
EarthGift.com Check out www.earthgift.com it is open for business! These soaps are yummy and make absolutely fantastic gifts. This is the best handmade soap in North America – bar none. And Asaera is offering a 5% discount, just use the discount code “craftmarketer” (without the quotes) when you checkout. Share and Enjoy: Publicity is free; ads cost money. People believe articles and reviews they read in publications; Paul is a publicity expert and former news editor. He’s helped my [...] In a recent post, I blogged about 5 common myths of copyright infringement. That post turned out to be highly read and passed around so since we are entering the holiday spirit of giving, I decided to replace the Craftmarketer newsletter issue with a free special report for you. This report goes into 12 common myths [...] Here is an idea for an overlooked market. Many families hire babysitters on a regular basis. One of the most common questions Sittercity.com gets from parents this time of year is what they should give to their babysitter or nanny this holiday season. For the answer, Sittercity went straight to the source, asking their sitters [...]
Tiger Lily Boutique Tiger and Lily Boutique is offering my readers $5.00 off their already discounted 6 month subscription to sell crafts through their site. The total for sign up and 6 months worth of vendor services is $35. Or $7 off of the 1 month signup fee and first month vendor services. See their [...]
LadybugMarkets.com Ladybug Markets, a hip and creative place to buy, sell and talk all things handmade. This, quoted from a new Brisbane based website, entices local crafters to gather round, to enjoy and take part in a new craft community. Visit Ladybug Markets for all your crafting needs at: www.ladybugmarkets.com Ladybug Markets offers an online, year [...] |
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