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wrapping up growth week – creating a plan for growth
Read more: wrapping up growth week – creating a plan for growthThanks to everyone for all your wonderfully supportive comments on all the growth week posts! A little later today I’ll be posting this week’s business buzz with a focus on more articles about helping you grow your business. (Plus a few links to peoples’ responses to growth week – so if you were inspired to…
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growing your business beyond Etsy
Read more: growing your business beyond EtsyWhen you’re just starting out wanting to sell the products you make, Etsy is an obvious first choice. It’s low cost, low risk, and it lets you test the waters of the marketplace. Add to that a growing legion of fans and a built in sense of community and there are plenty of reasons to…
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want your products to stand out? grow your craft
Read more: want your products to stand out? grow your craftWe’ve been talking a lot about strategic business growth this week, but let’s not forget about another area of growth – creative growth. Specifically, I want to talk about how investing in your creative growth can actually help your business. One of the biggest challenges in the crafts community, especially if you sell in a…
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pricing your art, craft, or handmade products for growth
Read more: pricing your art, craft, or handmade products for growthOne of the themes that comes up a lot with artists and makers who are trying to grow their businesses is that accelerated growth requires money. Whether it’s hiring a web designer, tackling a trade show, or simply buying materials for a new collection, everything has its cost. So how do you finance growth?…
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outsourcing to help grow your business
Read more: outsourcing to help grow your businessOne of the amazing things about our community is the DIY spirit. An entire generation of makers are finding that they can jump online, sell their work, and promote their products. And it’s opened up a lot of doors. But that same DIY spirit may now be impeding the growth of your business. If you’re…
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understanding growth
Read more: understanding growthSometimes I think that many of us who are trying to make a living as makers suffer from unrealistic growth expectations (myself included). We wonder why our business isn’t growing more quickly. Why we aren’t seeing more sales or more press. It seems that most of these unrealistic expectations center around speed and reach. We…