Self-employment taxes & your handmade business
Self-employment taxes are your responsibility when you have a handmade business. You don’t have a choice and you can’t choose when you start contributing or paying these types of self-employment taxes. Tax payments are a major part of running your handmade business – you have the Sales Tax payments to the State that you need …
Join us for a Productivity Challenge!
Productivity is a challenge for handmade business owners! And I’m inviting you to join our Productivity Challenge in our Facebook group! Every Monday in our Facebook group the theme is Manage “IT” Monday, now the “IT” is whatever task or tasks you have that have been sitting on your back burner that you’ve been ignoring for …
Sales Tax, the Supreme Court Decision & your handmade business
Sales Tax tracking could (and probably will) get way more complicated for your handmade business. On Thursday June 21, 2018 the Supreme Court passed a law in which every state who has not already done so may now pass laws requiring all online retailers to collect sales tax and remit it to the state where the customer …
Email Etiquette – Be Concise & Professional
Another important aspect of email etiquette is to be concise and professional. With email, text and even Facebook & Instagram posts, your recipient can ask questions immediately. Like conversational speech, email and text tends to be much sloppier than communication on paper. Stop and think about a paper document (like a pattern you’ve written), where …
Email Etiquette-Making a GOOD First Impression
Email etiquette and making a GOOD first impression are so important for your handmade business. Let’s start by comparing the various ways that we initially meet our potential customers. Making a good first impression in a traditional meeting: Let’s say you are exhibiting at a craft fair, people are coming into your booth space and …