Yarn Support & Bookkeeping
Yarn support and bookkeeping – is it really necessary? Yarn support is when a yarn company gives a designer free yarn to use in a knitting or crochet pattern design. Some people will argue that the yarn isn’t a gift to the designer, but rather a collaboration for both parties – with benefits. While I …
My Handmade Biz-Business Planning, Putting it All Together
Business planning, putting it all together in order to make progress on your goals and put them together in a way that gives you leverage. We’ve come to the end of our seven-week challenge on using business planning to create growth in traffic, customers, and most importantly income. Much of what we’ve talked about so …
My Handmade Biz-Business Planning, Writing Things Down
Writing things down is the most important part of business planning and goal setting. In the last 4 weeks we’ve talked a bit about business planning and goal setting. Have you been thinking about what your plans and goals are? More importantly, have you been writing things down? Most people don’t and that’s a HUGE …
My Handmade Biz-Business Planning, Working Backwards
Sometimes business planning involves working backwards in order to set goals for your handmade or creative business. Wondering how this works? Business planning and goal setting are often tough things to do. Mainly because we tend to set vague goals for ourselves and our business. How to work backwards to set your business goals. One …
My Handmade Biz-Business Planning, Increasing Traffic
Increasing traffic, subscribers, and customers is how you grow your income to boost your bottom line. We all know that. But, where do these new subscribers and customers come from? That’s the tough part. Welcome to Week 3 of our Business Planning challenge! Today it’s finally time to talk about some of the things you …
My Handmade Biz-Business Planning, Know Where You’re at Now
Business planning involves knowing where you’re at right now in order to measure growth and figure out what you should be working on. If you’re ready to take your handmade business to the next level (whether it’s through baby steps or explosive growth) over the coming months, it’s important to stop and look at where …