Self doubt can plague anyone, at any juncture and during any enterprise. So starting your own creative business in no exception. You know that you would love to do run your own show. You know that you love art and craft. But at the same time, do you doubt if […]
7 Easy Steps For Creating A Great Brand Image For A Craft Business
How to Create a Brand for Your Craft Business The steps of branding depend on the nature of your business. For example, certain branding steps differ if you are selling your crafts online as compared to selling them personally. However, most of the steps are common. We talk about them […]
Why Branding Makes Much More Money For You
Branding / creating a brand image for your craft business, according to me, is a very important thing to concentrate on if you really want to make money from your crafts. Even a small effort goes a long way. Why? “Because branding increases the perceived value of your handicraft. The same […]
How To Choose The RIght Setup For Your Business
There are 3 main aspects to deciding the kind of business you want to start – the physical structure and the legal structure and whether you will start part-time or full-time. The physical structure of the business What shape and form that you want your business to physically take in […]
How To Visualize Key Goals Before You Start Your Art And Craft Business
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 […]
Complete Basics Of Making A Business Plan (All 4 Sections)
If the phrase ‘business plan’ sounds ominous, think of it in its basic avatar – ‘a plan’. That’s all that it is. It’s your plan of how you want to start and do business. You make plans every single day for the simplest things that you do, shopping, vacationing. So […]
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 […]
Banish 5 Common Myths About Startting 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]