If you don’t already know about the Craftcation Indie Business & DIY Conference, be prepared to have your crafty mind blown. Craftcation 2012 from Letter Box Films on Vimeo. I’ll let the Craftcation website speak for itself: Craftcation is a three day indie business & DIY workshop conference. It’s a retreat to inspire, network […]
This Friday, March 30, our friends at Etsy are hosting the popular Etsy Success Symposium, a day-long series of workshops aimed at helping crafters bolster their business. Although the in-person event is already sold out, you can follow along with all the workshops free of charge as they stream live on Etsy’s web site. This […]
Whether you have a full-time craft business or some part-time projects you run alongside your day job, you might want to check out Weave, Intuit’s new app for iPhone and iPod. It’s designed to track your projects, tasks, income, and expenses. The app centers around the Projects you set up. These might be individual […]
Image by sylvar, via Flickr By Lauren Venell Pricing is one of the most difficult parts of setting up any business. It requires you to put a concrete monetary value on very subjective qualities like style, experience, and care. When writing up a business plan, many people think that pricing is part of sales or […]
It’s the number one question people ask me about blogging, Twitter, and Facebook: “How do I get more readers?” It’s a fair question, but I think it’s also a fuzzy one. So I want to spend this month’s column examining it (and yes, answering it).
Urban Craft Uprising, the Northwest’s biggest craft fair (and one of the friendliest in the country, if you ask me), is now accepting vendor applications for their summer show 2011.
So you have a small business. You have stuff to market, and you’re marketing it on your blog, Twitter, and Facebook. (Or, some combination of those three.) How often can you get away with mentioning your products before you start looking too spammy and annoying your readers?
