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Business Tips
Business Tips has advice on running your handmade business from experienced crafters on all topics related to the craft business world.

By Scarlet Leonard

If you have been looking into the options for processing payments at craft fairs you will have noticed that most require some sort of monthly financial commitment that seems a little pointless paying especially if you don't do a fair...
By Gaylin Walli
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Many of us have heard that the economy is picking up in pockets around the country. Those of us who balance a very busy work life with the struggles in our chosen art understand how hard it is to see...
By Gaylin Walli
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You'll often hear time management gurus talk about the "SMART" guidelines for goal setting. What they mean is that all your goals, be they for your handmade crafting business or your life in general, should be Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Rewarding,...
By Gaylin Walli

Crafters are notorious for finding a way to make expenses more manageable. From reusing old items to hard negotiating for cheaper supplies, we're famous for our skinflint ways. Bartering is chief among the ways we find to reduce our expenses,...
By jennierosenbaum

Twitter is a wonderful marketing tool. it allows you to connect with people worldwide and have a wonderful time making friends and contacts.. and promoting your business! the problem is, if you are anything like me you hate doing the...
By Gaylin Walli

I am told I have a delightfully charming naïveté about commercial real estate. This is utterly true in the sense that I have no experience leasing or purchasing commercial property. However, as a freelance writer and handmade crafter, I do,...
By WireRunsThroughIt

I have recently been seeing so many people making money, selling tutorials... I am not sure when people started to buy these as I have always been of the belief that information should be shared and passed on, not packaged...