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Shasta McLaughlin

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I can answer many questions about the art and craft show industry. I can help with booth setup, advertising and marketing, increasing sales at shows, where to find shows, how to promote an art or craft show, and much more.

Jane Button

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I mostly focus on questions regarding turning your crafting hobby in a viable money making business. With all of my experience in crafting and business world there shouldn't be to much that I can answer.

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2009-10-27 How to do Jewelry research market:

Dia, Marketing experts say the best way to know if there is a market for something is to use a program like wordtracker https://www.wordtracker.com/trial/ to search for your keywords. What this does

2009-10-24 becoming a art/craft business:

Trav, In my city, county, and state becoming a registered business, and getting a business license doesn't cost very much and is a fairly simple process. I don't know how complex the process is where

2009-10-22 Selling crafts wholesale:

Dear Violet, Selling wholesale is a great way to sell your products. Some of the many advantages are (1) You make to order knowing the products are already sold (2) You sell more than 1 item at a time

2009-10-07 Basic cost:

Actually yes I have a little bit of an idea what goes into determining cost. It includes a lot of science, quite a bit of art, and some guess work. For instance you buy $2 in beads, $3 in clasps, and

2009-09-15 mrowca24@yahoo.com:

Alex, First of all I suggest you have your parents look over this answer. Discuss with them the ideas presented here and have them help you with some "market research" which I will define a little

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