Helping handmade, creative and craft business owners learn to handle their bookkeeping, one step at a time!
Helping handmade, creative and craft business owners learn to handle their bookkeeping, one step at a time!
Business basics for handmade or creative business owners. Starting and running a business involves oh so many things. Think of the articles in this section as Business Basics 101 written for handmade business owners by a handmade business owner.
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Learning how to fill out a Sales & Use Tax Return can be a challenge for a handmade or creative business owner, well actually any sort of business owner. The second quarter just ended on June 30, so that means here in the U.S. many business owners need to complete and submit a Sales (& …
What do you want the bookkeeping system for your handmade business to tell you? Oh sorry, didn’t mean to put you on the spot like that – I know it’s a really personal question. Maybe it’s a question no one has ever asked you or something you’ve never even thought about. I mean, seriously, how …
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 …
Leaving your comfort zone is required in order for your handmade or creative business to grow. We have to try new things and learn to embrace the stuff we’re not good at – yet. Scary stuff I know. In case you missed one of the other posts in this 7-week challenge, here is what I’ve …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …