25 Stunning British Places You Can Reach From London. The Ladykillers. Christmas Craft Fairs in December 9/12/13 - 31/12/13. Craft Challenge #90 - One Tiny Thing - Entries Due Sep 2 - 9 - CRAFTSTER CRAFT CHALLENGES. Craft Challenge #90 - One Tiny Thing - Entries Due Sep 2 - 9 Winner Announced!
It's Time to Vote! Scroll up to see the voting poll.You must be logged in to vote. One vote per member.If cheating of any sort is discovered, the applicable entry and votes will be disqualified. In honor of the amazingOne Tiny Thing Swaps, be bring you the One Tiny Thing challenge! Guardian Small Business Network. 20x A4 White [MATT] Self Adhesive Sticker Paper Sheet Address Label UK 1st class. Why Twitter won’t get you any clients soon (and why it’s still my favourite marketing tool!) Social media are very popular, and I regularly get questions about how to use Twitter, Facebook, Linked In etc to get clients.
How To Get More Facebook Likes - 5 Simple Steps To Build Your Likes. News/on_my_way_down. Best and worst times to pin. Who knew. The Top 5 Facebook Marketing Strategies Every Business Needs. One of the most important social media networks your business needs to be on is Facebook.
And if you’re reading this, chances are you know that already, or at least you trust whoever told you that was true. But – are you confident that your Facebook marketing strategies are as effective as they could be? The purpose of marketing your business on Facebook is to boost profits, of course. The 10 big (but practical!) questions to answer before you start a design or craft business. Have you just graduated?
Are you thinking of setting up on your own? But where do you start? Becoming a creative freelancer or sole trader can be very scary and overwhelming! This post is based on an article written by Patricia van den Akker, The Director of The Design Trust, which was published in Crafts Magazine in May/June 2013, in the special Graduate section. You can find the original digital page turner of the entire graduate section in Crafts Magazine here. Crafts Magazine May/June 2013.Images left to right: Ying Yang 3 by Surjit Sanghera, Kefal neckpiece by Grace Hamilton, and Spun Stools by Hugh Leader – Williams, who all showed at New Designers One Year On.
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Whether it’s spaces for coworking or just somewhere to plug in the laptop, this is one of the questions most often asked of us at KHQ. Well, as it happens we do and we’ll be running a mini series of articles that give you a flavour of what you can expect at some of our favourite freelance friendly spaces. This week, we’ve started with London, UK but we’ll be featuring other cities and towns based on your feedback soon. Drum roll please…. Firstly, our favourites. You’ll also notice that there aren’t any coffee chains in here. 1.
The Mother of all free coworking spaces, the RFH never set out to be a home for wandering independents but when there was very little else on offer, she provided temporary space for individual and collective groups of freelancers to meet. The Top 3 Ways You Can Build Your Business with LinkedIn. If you could get your business in front of the decision makers at the businesses who are your ideal customer, would you?
If you could skip the cold calling and get right to the people who actually have the authority to decide, would you? If you could bypass the gatekeepers – aka the secretaries, receptionists, and assistants who promise to forward your message (but rarely do) and actually enjoy a higher percentage of sales in your business, would you? That, my friends, is the power of using LinkedIn to build your business! LinkedIn has over 200 million accounts. And what you don’t know about the average account holder might shock you. Like – the average salary of a LinkedIn user is over $100,000 annually. IdeasTap. The things all art graduates should know.
Don't let anyone tell you that you can't do it When I was preparing for my degree show a lot of people said things like “Well obviously I don't expect to work as an illustrator,” and “Everyone knows there's no work in illustration”.
These things aren't true. It's not easy but it's not impossible; somebody's got to play the gigs, take the photos, design the clothes and draw the pictures we all enjoy, so why shouldn't it be you? I have made my living solely as a freelance illustrator since graduating two years a go. Keep producing work. 31 Days to Build a Creative Business: Test Your Product’s Marketability {Day 2} 31 Days to Build a Creative Business: Test Your Product’s Marketability {Day 2} You can find all the 31 Days articles HERE.
Welcome back to the Build a Creative Business 31 Day Series! Today we’re going to discuss how to test your product’s marketability. There are a few ways to not only test the marketability of a future product, but to enhance the visibility/search-ability of any existing products you might have on the market.
If you have yet to launch your own storefront, you’ll find these tools useful throughout the life of your business. Photoshop Tutorial: How to Use Clipping Masks and Eyes Of Style Graphics – EVENT: Designers Market at Stour Space. For four years running, Stour Space Designer’s Market is a platform for creative independent makers, artists, and enterprises to sell and promote their work.
On the last Saturday of every month Stour Space opens its doors for local produce, craft, design and creative entrepreneurship. Packed full of innovative and exciting collaborations, the Designers Market is the perfect place to find a little more of what you fancy. As featured in Time Out last year, “This indoor market is a Saturday afternoon well spent, come rain or shine”. The monthly indoor market holds itself well in the bright glass encased venue of Stour Space, Hackney Wick. On the fringe of the Olympic stadium, the venue also houses The Counter Café - a hugely popular hangout for East End coffee enthusiasts.
Stour Space has been committed to supporting local artists since its launch in 2009. “No matter what the conditions, the market is always inspiring” – CAMDEN MARKET Open: Last Saturday of every month 12-5pm. Handmade Horizons. Top 5 tips to sell your crafts online successfully. Do you want to sell online, but find that creating a website takes too much time and money?!
Instead of creating your own website, it is far easier to sell your crafts online by joining one of the many established online shops or market places. Promoting or selling online with an established handmade website, online market place or online directory is one of the best and cheapest ways to increase your profile and to generate sales all year round. They have overtaken galleries and other sales opportunities like consumer and trade fairs. Many galleries now research for new products on line too, so don’t be surprised if a gallery in the US approaches you through your Etsy shop! As they promote themselves heavily with often big marketing and advertising budgets, and have an established traffic stream already, it is far easier to increase your profile and get sales through these sites, than when you create your own website. 4 easy steps to boost your database if you don’t know enough people to sell to. If you don’t know enough people to sell to then … you don’t know enough people to sell to!
It is as simple as that. If you want to go beyond selling to your friends and family then you need to have an up-to-date and thriving database of potential clients, contacts and other relevant people that are interested in what you do and who might want to purchase from you or commission you. How to get more traffic to my website or online shop? Top tips from 11 successful creatives & experts.
‘How do I get more traffic to my website?’ Is one of the most asked questions here at The Design Trust. Getting traffic to your site is the starting point of building up the relationship with your potential clients.