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Arts & Crafts Selling Tips
Selling Recycled Crafts
Looking back, I can’t really remember using the term recycled for much of anything before everyone wanted to go green. Most of what we talk about recycling is what we once called garbage, trash, refuse and junk – old newspapers, building construction scraps, tin cans, glass bottles and even diapers are now commonly being recycled. […]
Selling Jewelry Online
There are many wonderful crafters and artists who submit to Crafty Tips. The busiest category (and the one with the most listings) showcases the works of Jewelry Makers from all over the world. As you can imagine, I’ve seen a variety of photography styles and techniques. Some do a wonderful job of showing each piece […]
Who’s Talking About Me?
In my last post, I talked about actively reacting to what other people are saying about our businesses and websites. Actively Reacting As A Marketing Strategy can be a time consuming task but there is one great way to make the task much easier. In order to actively react to blog entries, forum posts and […]
Actively Reacting As A Marketing Strategy
Many of us spend a great deal of time seeking ways to advertise our websites and businesses to stand out from the crowd. How much time is spent actively reacting to what others are saying about us? Some time ago I was subcontracted to do some marketing research for a company. Their products sold in […]
Cheap Jewelry Displays
I recently happened upon one jewelry maker’s blog where she was discussing a recent email she received from another crafter. The email helpfully suggested her current backgrounds for her jewelry pictures were detracting from her pieces. It was nice to see that the blog owner took this constructive criticism and was rethinking all of her […]