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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 Jenn Joyner

Selling online opens up a world of opportunities for any artist. Instead of being able to sell only at a local boutique or craft fair, we are now able to reach people all the way across the country with relative...
By Jenn Joyner

Whether you’re a full-time seller or a part-time crafter, chances are you spend a good deal of your time focusing on your art and your studios. From making new products to listing to promoting we exert a ton of energy...
By Jenn Joyner

In the corporate world, the most basic way to define your business is with a mission statement. However, in the handmade industry, we often overlook this easy, yet valuable step when setting up our own shops. While it isn’t a...
By Bettina "Bits" Bair

Did you know that you can use Google Analytics to compare two weeks of site statistics? It's easy and so powerful. Just learn these few steps and soon you'll be able to do all sorts of marvelous market analysis. For...
By Bettina "Bits" Bair

Wouldn't you like to know who's that knocking at your door? Every day your store is visited by scores of anonymous shoppers. They come in, wander around and leave. Like a simple sparrow that should fly into the hall, where...
By Gaylin Walli

An attention to health then should take place of every other object.
The time necessary to secure this by active exercises, should be
devoted to it in preference to every other pursuit. ~ Thomas Jefferson[1]
As much as I might hate...
By Gaylin Walli

In the internet technology industry, having backup plans involves making sure you have multiple physical backups of your data, preferably stored offsite from where most of your regular business takes place. It’s sometimes called a data “Plan B” or even...