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  • Capturing the Craft Show Market

    By Natalie Goyette

    Finding the right product to sell at a craft show is extremely important in finding success on the craft show circuit. You may already have an excellent craft product or line of products you are creating or even selling, or you may be looking for a craft to produce in order to enter the business...

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  • Production and Pricing of Craft Show Items

    By Natalie Goyette

    This is where you can really make or break your craft show career. Being able to produce quality crafts as efficiently and affordably as possible is the key to making a tidy profit from craft shows...

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  • Financial Rewards For The Metal Craft Hobby Worker

    By Col Croucher

    Most metal craft people, i.e. hobbyists, overlook a potential gold mine sitting right in front of them in their own workshop. Have you ever thought of supplementing your income by doing  outside jobs repairing metal utensils and articles...

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  • Getting Started Selling Your Crafts

    By Eileen Bergen

    Until recently crafts were usually sold locally or, at best, regionally. Now you literally have the whole world at your fingertips! Some of you may choose a gradual progression from selling to friends, to selling at fairs and shows, to retail selling … and so on...

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  • Marketing Tips from Successful Crafters

    By Eileen Bergen

    From the feedback I have been getting in the short time since I started TheArtfulCrafter, I’ve learned that many of my readers are working long and hard at their crafts, but still are having a hard time realizing success...

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  • Budgeting Advice for New Craft Businesses

    By Eileen Bergen

    Every crafter or, for that matter, every business person must learnto control spending from the very onset of the venture. As a matter of fact, you should not even be in business unless you have drawn up at least a simple business plan and budget...

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  • Online Benefits for Craft Businesses

    By Narelle Davison

    The internet has an endless number of benefits for craftspeople, not just as a medium for selling the end product but for each step that leads to sales. The fact that you are reading this shows that you already utilise the web for information but perhaps you have not yet considered some of the following points presented...

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