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It may only be the beginning of October but the Holidays aren’t far off. Especially when it comes to planning for your holiday sales. If you are like me you get so busy creating, teaching, listing, and trying to keep up, that you wake up on Black Friday or Cyber Monday and think, “WAIT! I’m […]
Blogging, blogging, blogging – it seems to be the only thing (besides social media) that you hear anyone talking about when it comes to expanding and promoting your crafty business. But has anyone ever really explained why? Having a blog can be a great promotional tool for your online store or crafty business, but it […]
Did you get a chance to write your ‘elevator introduction’? I hope so, because it’s a good precursor to your Mission Statement, one of the most important keys to building your brand, if not the most important. Why? Because your mission statement drives your business and acts as an anchor for everything you do with […]
This can be a tricky subject for some of you with smaller or “hobby” businesses because you might not think that your business is big enough to sit down and hash out a business plan. Well I’m here to tell you that no business is too small to have a business plan! That’s right, even […]
Oh boy, haven’t we all been there? You know you have the right kind of yarn or the right color wire or that perfect stamp, but where? WHERE?!?! I know your frustration. I am horrible at organizing my craft supplies. So horrible in fact that some days I avoid making something just because I don’t […]
‘Tis the season! Craft fair season that is. As you’re busily shuffling around trying to get all your product made, priced, and displayed some of the finer details of preparing for a craft fair can easily be forgotten or just slip through the cracks. Having multiple craft show checklists running is probably something that you […]
Getting Started Doing craft shows can be fun and profitable! That’s how we got started at Land of Odds. We made up a lot of jewelry. We put together some glass covered display boxes. We set up for the public, hoped for great weather, and prayed that our spread-the-word campaign would pay off. And it […]
Let’s face it, every working-from-home-guru will tell you that managing clutter and keeping organized is the key to getting yourself on track and focused with it comes to running a business or working at home. In reality this is a personal preference. Clutter is completely an issue for me. Not because I am a clean […]
Many of us are expert multitaskers, juggling a full time job, family, blogging, running a craft business, and so much more. That’s why it can be so essential for us to stay focused and get to business when we make that time to work on business. I know that for me it takes some effort […]
Floating around in the How Do I Price My Work universe is the formula of multiplying; doubling (2x), tripling (3x), or quadrupling (4x) your Cost Of Goods (materials and supplies used to make your item). I think this formula has been around since the first crafter sold an item to her sister, neighbor, or friend. It’s very […]
