The blog dedicated to all things crafty business!
Blog posts, product descriptions, grants, magazine or trade publication articles or queries to publishers. As a creative business owner you probably find yourself doing a fair bit of writing. Let that sink in for a minute. You started making jewelry or scarves or whatever and then turned it into a small business. Never in […]
As a small creative business owner, you have probably been hearing over and over again about how you should have a blog, be sharing on social media, and doing lots of other things online to promote your business. Sometimes it can feel like you are doing a lot of work but you are not getting […]
It seems like we just never have enough time to get it all done. Post office, website maintenance, sourcing materials, creating, on and on and on the list goes. When you are a creative business owner and you wear all of the hats it makes it hard. If you blog as part of your […]
Every creative business owner struggles at one time or another. This year you may feel like you are struggling with your writing – product descriptions, blog posts, content for other websites. Next year it may be a struggle with feeling burnt out or overwhelm. How do you move beyond that feeling that you are struggling […]
We are almost to the mid-point of the year. How are your creative business goals coming along? Was one of your goals to finally get your creative business started? Have you done it? Are you that person sitting there with a list of excuses as to WHY you can’t start your creative business? It’s […]
Promoting yourself can be kind of tricky. Especially if you grew up in a family that taught you that you shouldn’t brag about yourself. But promoting yourself or your creative business isn’t the same as bragging. It is simply marketing. And all businesses market themselves in one way or another don’t they? But how do […]
When I was young I worked in a place where we often did productivity studies and speed tests. It was interesting to see how different scenarios, tools and environmental conditions affected the productivity of workers and how quickly they were able to get their work done. I often find myself making my list for the […]
I know it may seem early in the year, but fall craft show season will be here before you know it. If you’ve got little people keeping you busy all summer, you will need to start preparing now so you can relax a little later on. If you find yourself saying year after year, “I’m […]
We have all been hearing the word BALANCE for ages now. Balance home and work, family time and work time, me time, couple time and child time. Balance. Balance. Balance. I’m here to tell you that I’ beginning to think that balance is a myth. Let’s look at work and home balance. About the time […]
The end of the school year is almost here! This means warm summer days, time by the pool or at the museum plus lots of other fun activities to enjoy… as soon as you get your work done. But how will you ever get your work done and meet your business goals when they kids […]
