Publicity opportunity: “Online Reality Show for Entrepreneurs – Deadline April 19.” Read the full post on CRAFTSU: Buy Handmade:
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Sell Crafts Wholesale For craft business owners looking to sell crafts wholesale, there’s a new guide that’s full of start up help. It’s also for craft businesses already selling to stores, but want to see some improvement in their craft sales. Selling crafts in quantity orders can grow your craft business faster than selling one item [...] Today was unusually good for publicity opportunities for craft business owners. Normally, I find one ever couple of days, but for whatever reason, there were a bunch. In fact there were 6. You can read them at Craftsu.com, my other site for shoppers looking to buy handmade. Share and Enjoy: Every new business comes with learning curves and a craft business is no exception. Sometimes it can all seem to be just too much to take in when you are starting out. When you feel overwhelmed, slow down. Break down your immediate goal into the simplest action steps and schedule those actions and then just do [...] Lots of newbie craft business owners start out underpricing their items because they think of their pieces as commodities. But here is something a craft artist must keep in their thoughts: a commodity is an undifferentiated item that can be bought anywhere. A handmade craft item can be transformed from a commodity by shifting the [...] If you have a craft business on Etsy and you are over 50, AARP magazine wants to know about you. for a possible story. Laura Daily is trying to track down craftsmen and craftswomen age 50 and older who use Etsy.com to market and sell their handmade wares. Email Laura query-2a9 (at) helpareporter.com with your [...]
Sell Crafts on Talk Market Sell crafts at Talkmarket.com , a television shopping channel hosted by artists, designers, inventors, and creative retailers where they personally introduce their creations through videos created with the site’s video making technology. Shoppers get to see the products demonstrated and meet the people behind the creations. Talk Market was [...] Successful craft artists think about branding their businesses when promoting. Twitter provides a very fast way to build your personal brand, if you use it wisely. What you tweet represents you. I was asked to contribute to the blog post here which features 8 great ways to brand yourself using Twitter. Share and Enjoy:
Craft Show Mobile Credit Card Processing Does my craft business need mobile credit card processing? If you sell craft items at craft shows, fairs and festivals, you will lose sales if you fail to offer customers the option to pay by credit card (If you sell only online at eBay, most buyers are used to paying [...] Crafts Report writer Patrice Lewis wants to know about your flops. She is looking for successful, established craft business owners to give their examples of products or ideas that flopped. Perhaps nobody bought the item. Perhaps people laughed. Perhaps it fell apart in a customers hands. Perhaps all of the above. Yes, it was embarrassing. [...]
Adverblog: Examples of Interactive Marketing When marketing your crafts, think about ways to get people to interact with you. It may be your only defense against them shutting you out in a busy world that’s full of interruption messages. Interaction is key to getting them to pay attention to your crafts. I came across examples [...] 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 [...] Have you been using the internet to sell your crafts online? If not, why not? What other tool can you use to reach millions of potential customers at a cost of a few dollars a month? One of the best arguments that I know for marketing and selling crafts online is that with traditional selling, you [...] Here is a question i have heard asked a lot: What is the difference between a business license and a wholesale number? A business license is issued by the county (sometimes city) where you operate your business. There is usually an annual fee and it is simply a government tax on your business. Normally, you have to have a business [...] Social shopping and review sites let consumers list and rate all kinds of products, including handmade items from craft business owners. Reviews and ratings from shopping sites add credibility to your reputation and help instill confidence in the minds of shoppers. In marketing, it’s not what you say about yourself, but what others say about [...]
Muncom.com Free Online Storefront Here is a craft business opportunity that is free. Muncom is a virtual shopping mall, offering free e-commerce solutions to anyone selling products and services online. A shopping cart links directly to your product list, allowing you to display prices and pictures within your own store domain: http://www.your_store.muncom.com When a buyer completes an [...] Let’s say you have operated a craft business for some time and you feel it’s now time to move on. Your business has made money, but you’re just ready for change. Selling your craft business is possible, but may not happen overnight. Here are a few things to prepare in order to make your business [...] Just got this announcement from CODA about a gig to sell crafts through….. Build your own craft business in the beautiful Ozarks. The Ozark Folk Center State Park is seeking working craftspeople to demonstrate, create and sell their handmade crafts in their own studio at the park. We are specifically looking [...] I was surprised to see that not many craft makers on my newsletter list are using Facebook to add free business pages to promote and sell crafts from. It may be they are too busy selling crafts during the holiday season. I hope so. And I hope they do get on Facebook and start linking [...] This last year, I’ve accessed Facebook more and more. It’s got some very neat featues that help grow your network in a very natural way. In addition to your Facebook profile, you can post what are called Facebook pages. Facebook pages allow you to promote your business. You can have many of these pages and [...] If you aren’t already established, follow these recommendations for starting a business legally. 1) What’s your business structure? Are you a sole proprietor, corporation, LLC or legal partnership? Your choice will affect the permits and paperwork you are legally required to fulfill. Sole proprietorships are the easiest to manage. 2) Get a state sales tax permit. Visit [...] This time of year usually brings in the biggest sales. Whether your sales are being affected by the economy or not, you should be keeping records of what items are selling and what’s not. Over time, measuring your sales by item details will help you learn where your strongest growth in income will come in [...] Someone asked me what a fiber artist did, since I was using that descriptor. I told them that the term fiber artist sounded more exotic than weaver. It’s a small promotional edge but hey, every little bit helps. How are you describing your craft business venture? Maybe adding the word artist will dress it up [...] There are many ways to sell your crafts. Here is a list of possibilities: 1. Sell crafts on eBay.com and Etsy.com I was thinking today about how when I first started selling my handwoven wearable art at craft shows and to stores, I didn’t really consider going much further with my marketing. Getting inventory for events and keeping the shops happy, kept me busy enough from week to week. But in these times, it seems we need [...] |
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