Being in a craft business as is as easy as making your first sale. Most of the crafters and the majority of home-based start-ups have their own family and friends as their first customers. By that definition, you may already be in business. The first thing that you need to do is visualise the kind……
Structure Of Making A Complete Business Plan (All 4 Sections)
The complete structure of a making business plan including all the sub sections, sub-parts and major headings. Learn how to put it all together.
9 Reasons You Should Start An Art And Craft Business
There are so many strong reasons in favour of starting an art and craft business. The Forbes printed an article sometime back on how the popularity and demand for all things crafts has surged tremendously. Handmade handicrafts are more popular than ever before. So let’s list a few good points to convince you about this……
Banish 5 Common Myths About Starting A Small Business
We get a lot of emails messages and comments from wonderful crafters with one particular query. How can I make an income from my crafting skill? A lot of them are looking for craft jobs that they can do from home. The number one recommendation we make is to start a craft business. However, the……
7 Reason Why You Should Always Spend Money On Advertising Your Craft Business
We are a strong advocate of starting small and growing your business in as natural a way as possible. We highly recommend that you do this without incurring too much debt, cost and overburdening your finances. However, we always also recommend that you realise the essential expenses that are directly tied to the revenue and……
9 Essential Costs Of Starting a Craft Business
We wrote a post some time back that spoke about the nine essential requirements of starting up a business. One of these requirements was providing for the expenses of setting the business up. In this post we will discuss these expenses in detail and why they are essential to the success of your business start-up.……
7 Ways To Increase Perceived Value Of A Handicraft
You can make more money from a craft you already make, without changing anything in the craft itself. There are easily implementable ways of making a customer think that your craft is worth more money. This is known as perceived value as it is perceived or thought of by an observer.
Read this post for seven incredible techniques for increasing the perceived value of your craft or anything else that you are selling.
5 Tips To Start A Woodworking Business On A Budget
“Start small now. Scale up later” is a sage advice for any business. Your don’t have to wait to garner a large corpus of cash to start your own woodworking business. If are on limited funds this is the post for you to read. We explore some effective ways to start a woodworking business when startup capital is more limited than you would like.
Five requirements for starting a craft business at home
Drive and inspiration This perhaps is the number one requirement for starting any business. You will need to have drive and inspiration in an unending supply. Businesses of all kinds take time to get on their feet. Which means that from the time that you start a business until the time that it becomes a……
How To Setup A Woodworking Workshop At Home
It makes perfect sense to start a woodworking workshop at home, especially if you are just starting out. Many small businesses start from home and stay there if the space can accommodate the business growth. This post is about different kinds of setups available to you depending on the kind of space you will utilise.