What to Do When Your Handmade Business Costs Go Up
When your costs go up, absorbing them can feel like the only option. But it’s not. Here’s how to work through your choices with real numbers and make the right call for your business.
How to set and actually make progress on) your goals when you don’t have consistent working hours
what do you do if your life and business hours are inconsistent, unpredictable or just unconventional and you still want to grow your creative business? Here’s how to set goals that actually work for the life you have — even when your working time is anything but consistent.
How to be a better business owner
As makers we’re all good at making gorgeous things (yes, even you with the imposter syndrome) But when we start to try to build a business out of our work, there are a lot of new skills to learn. The good news is that, just like we learned the practical skills...
The ultimate guide to pricing art and handmade commissions
Pricing our work can be an artist's biggest struggle, and it's no surprise. We've often got complicated thoughts and feelings about our work, how to put a value on it, and whether we should be selling it at all. Is it really good enough?Can I really charge...
When should you start your holiday marketing?
As an artist or maker, your relationship with the Christmas season is probably….layered? On the one hand, it’s a huge opportunity for your business to not only make a lot of sales, but also to substantially grow your audience so that the next year is even...
Essential Steps for Artists and Makers to have a Profitable Holiday Season
How did your Christmas/Holiday selling season go last time around? Maybe it started out okay, or it got off to a slow start but you were managing. But there’s always a point where things really start to go downhill. You’re exhausted. You’ve done one too many...
The benefits of starting your holiday prep early
For most maker businesses the Christmas and holiday season is both a blessing and a curse. The stakes are high because a good Christmas season can help to cushion the quieter times that come in the beginning of the year and keep your bills paid until people are...
The secret to getting more done in your maker business
When I ask the members of Makers’ Momentum Club whether they would like more time or more money, there’s usually one clear winner. More time. We all want to have more time. More time with our friends and family. More time for creating. More time to do all of those...
3 of the Best Ways to Market Your Jewellery Business
There’s no doubt that the jewellery industry is highly competitive. So even if you have the most perfect range of jewellery, you will have to work hard to market it. The problem is, it’s so difficult to know where to start, so you do exactly what others do. What do...
What to expect on a Q&A call in Makers’ Momentum Club
So what is it like in a Makers’ Momentum Club Q&A session? Well, as you work through the resources in Makers’ Momentum Club and start the work of building a sustainable income from your maker business, you’re going to have questions like: How could I make this...
Why You Shouldn’t Join Makers’ Momentum Club
This might seem like an odd article to write. After all, you’d think that I’d want to be attracting as many creative business owners to my membership as possible. Actually, I don’t want just anyone joining Makers’ Momentum Club. I want the right people to join....