by Amanda Lynne Murtagh | Nov 14, 2017 | Business Building, Creative Business, Events
For the first post in this series: My Journey to My First Handmade Show You can find the 2nd post in this series...
by Amanda Lynne Murtagh | Nov 9, 2017 | Business Building, Creative Business, Events
For those who missed the introduction to this post series you can find it here: My Journey to My First Handmade Show So after paying for my table at this show the first thing I did was have an anxiety attack. Yes, an anxiety attack. I called my mom and friends. I...
by Amanda Lynne Murtagh | Nov 8, 2017 | Business Building, Creative Business, Events
So crazy me, I agreed to do a handmade show then assumed that I wouldn’t be accepted. Why did I assume that I wouldn’t be accepted? Well, I know that many handmade shows require the artist to have built a solid fan base of fans and customers and a polished...
by Amanda Lynne Murtagh | Aug 31, 2016 | Business Building, Creative Business
Handmade businesses can be full of fun and creativity. Other business types may struggle with creativity when they are trying to be too corporate, but you, you get to enjoy being an emotional person behind a creative brand. This means that business concepts like...
by Amanda Lynne Murtagh | Aug 25, 2016 | Business Building, Creative Business
You may think that starting an Etsy shop is enough to sell your handmade products but there’s one big thing that’s missing, an audience. Building an audience for your brand will help to sell products now and in the future. An audience or fan base of customers and...
by Amanda Lynne Murtagh | Aug 17, 2016 | Business Building, Creative Business, Jewelry Making
I can’t help but notice that most people approaching the start of a handmade business don’t do a lot of the planning that other businesses do. Many people start a handmade business as a hobby thinking it won’t be anything big, just some side cash. But even for a hobby...
