http://www.handmadenews.org/department/index.php?did=5 News of the Handmade World, or just the crafts in it - Published by Artfire.com en-us Fri, 08 May 2009 13:14:05 MDT Fri, 08 May 2009 13:14:05 MDT http://handmadenews.org/rss/business_tips/ ArtFire RSS Generator editor@handmadenews.org (Art Daily, ArtFire) http://www.handmadenews.org/article/index.php?id=5367 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 promotions aspe... Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:49:04 MDT http://www.handmadenews.org/article/index.php?id=5367 http://www.handmadenews.org/article/index.php?id=5335 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 and marketed as prod... Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:35:48 MDT http://www.handmadenews.org/article/index.php?id=5335 http://www.handmadenews.org/article/index.php?id=5257 Earlier I posted how to make up a widget for your Artfire studio.  I explained how to post the HTML into the Widget tool but I forgot to explain some of the basic code of HTML so you can put together your own widgets... Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:15:55 MDT http://www.handmadenews.org/article/index.php?id=5257 http://www.handmadenews.org/article/index.php?id=5218 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, s... Sun, 20 Jun 2010 09:00:47 MDT http://www.handmadenews.org/article/index.php?id=5218 http://www.handmadenews.org/article/index.php?id=4961 I've spent a great deal of my career as a professional writer organizing the things I do. If it were possible to blame genetics for this, I would rest the source of my near-anal-retentive habits on my father. My mother floats through life wi... Sun, 20 Jun 2010 08:32:14 MDT http://www.handmadenews.org/article/index.php?id=4961 http://www.handmadenews.org/article/index.php?id=5178 Gnome on the Range ~ By METAL PETALZ  When there are THOUSANDS of you out there making something like what you make… maybe making it cheaper and faster, what is going to bring your customer BACK? ... Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:49:36 MDT http://www.handmadenews.org/article/index.php?id=5178 http://www.handmadenews.org/article/index.php?id=5114 There are lots of things you can do to drive customers away but sometimes they still actually find your shop and like your items and actually want to buy it. Don't worry there are still things you can do to prevent customers from ... Sat, 29 May 2010 11:39:43 MDT http://www.handmadenews.org/article/index.php?id=5114 http://www.handmadenews.org/article/index.php?id=4975 A week ago, my Lenovo Laptop crashed.  When I say that I mean Windows wouldn't even load.  I had been driving down Woodmen Road in Colorado Springs from an appointment to help a friend learn networking on ... Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:47:42 MDT http://www.handmadenews.org/article/index.php?id=4975 http://www.handmadenews.org/article/index.php?id=4955 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 this upswing when we've been working head... Sun, 25 Apr 2010 15:55:26 MDT http://www.handmadenews.org/article/index.php?id=4955 http://www.handmadenews.org/article/index.php?id=4197 Once you've decided to let customer testimonials sing your praises, it's time to choose which ones to use. There are a few key things to remember when deciding which testimonials will be the most effective. Being choosy about which ... Sun, 25 Apr 2010 15:54:34 MDT http://www.handmadenews.org/article/index.php?id=4197 http://www.handmadenews.org/article/index.php?id=4952 If you are out and about this morning and see groups of people in theparks practicing some Martial Forums, today is World Tai Chi and Qigong Day.  It is an annual even that is held the last Saturday of April each year to h... Sat, 24 Apr 2010 12:49:31 MDT http://www.handmadenews.org/article/index.php?id=4952 http://www.handmadenews.org/article/index.php?id=4924 This post is the continuation of the post How to customize google analytics for your ArtFire Store using filters (I). On the first post we learned how to understand the meaning of a specific  URL of ArtFire. So on this post we sh... Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:05:03 MDT http://www.handmadenews.org/article/index.php?id=4924 http://www.handmadenews.org/article/index.php?id=4887 I will explain here how I have customized my google analytics for making more understable the trafic I get to my ArtFire Store. The only thing I used was filters and some common sense.. I will try to make it understandable for those who have or do... Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:13:09 MDT http://www.handmadenews.org/article/index.php?id=4887 http://www.handmadenews.org/article/index.php?id=4886 In this crazy world of internet businesses, I think that at some point we all end up with tunnel vision: SALESALESALESALES Having worked in the food service industry for 12 years, I learned something that most peo... Thu, 08 Apr 2010 10:27:58 MDT http://www.handmadenews.org/article/index.php?id=4886 http://www.handmadenews.org/article/index.php?id=4834 This is such a good tip, I'm almost afraid to share it with you.  But please read it thoroughly and don't abuse it, okay? When I began my yarn business on eBay, no one had heard of Life's an Expedition ya... Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:37:32 MDT http://www.handmadenews.org/article/index.php?id=4834