How to Put Your Handmade Business on Vacation Mode (While Keeping Sales Ticking Over)
When it’s time to step away from your business – whether for a weekend away, two weeks in the sun, or a few weeks of summer holidays with the kids – there’s a way to do it that doesn’t require switching everything off or losing the momentum you’ve worked so hard to build.
With just a little bit of forward planning you could still be making sales
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 that...
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...