A woodworking portfolio shows clients, shops and trade buyers what you can make, and gives you the photos you need for listings, social media and advertising. This post covers why a portfolio helps, how to photograph woodwork, what to include, how to organise it, the formats to use, how to show it to clients, and permissions and backups.
How Much Space Is Needed To Setup A Woodshop
Will you be surprised to learn that you do not always need a large space to start woodworking? It all depends on what projects you are making and how you are making them. There are ways to adjust your woodworking activity to suit the space you have on your hands. In this post we have a brief look at the correlation between space and your setup.
Do You Need Commercial Grade Power Tools For A Woodworking Business?
There is usually a steep price difference between the woodworking tools deemed as professional versus those meant for personal and light use. Do you need to make this additional expense? Sometimes you do and sometimes you can be smart with the tools and accessories you buy and save yourself extra expense. This post explains what grade of woodworking tools you need when.
Running a One-Person Woodworking Business: Working Solo, Getting Help and Growing
Many woodworking businesses are run by one person who makes, sells and manages everything. This post covers why working solo suits many woodworkers, its limits, how to manage your time, ways to get help without hiring, the IRS rules on contractors and employees, what hiring involves, and how to grow or automate parts of the business.
Shining Spectacular Brand Image In 7 Steps
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 through a physical shop. However, this difference is less every day because online presence is becoming ever important to get the word for your business out…
Why Branding Makes Much More Money For You
Creating a brand image is the best things you can do for your work. You will make many times more money for the same amount of work. Branding is about creating an identity for your work and for yourself as a professional. This can be accomplished in so many ways and the effort yields results many times over.
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 this world? Will it be a…
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 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…
