As handcraft artists who sell their items to the public we have to schedule our time as wisely as possible to attend events that fit with the crafts we sell, to the audience we hope to reach and in the areas that we are willing to travel and, finally, during the time we want to…
Category: The Business of Crafting
Upcoming Fall Events
Over the next couple of weeks there are lots of different opportunities to share your handcrafted items with lots of different people. Some of these opportunities are somewhat expensive to join in and be vendors but those are the ones with the most people attending. A couple of them have already filled up on their…
Inexpensive Ways to Promote Your Craft Business
There are inexpensive and even FREE ways to promote your craft business. One of the first you should consider is creating a separate public PAGE on Facebook. If you have a personal Facebook page now it is very simple to create a separate page for your handcraft business. You can keep your personal Facebook account…
Response to Craft Vending Opportunities This Fall
We received a couple of responses for craft vending opportunities so far this month. Sadly, they are not within the North Florida area but we are posting them just in case you would like to participate anyway or know of craft vendors in the area who who like to participate. Our latest email comes from…
Help With Social Media Marketing
Self-marketing your handcrafted products is pretty much a given. Unless, of course, you have a larger budget than most of us do, you will have to do all of the marketing yourself. There are a couple of ways for us normal folks but most of it boils down to your social media accounts. Yes, you…