How to Put Your Handmade Business on Vacation Mode (While Keeping Sales Ticking Over)

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, a Christmas break, 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 be a better business owner

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

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...
When should you start your holiday marketing?

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...