Crafts Marketing

10 Tips for a Thriving Hobby Business. Article on Bankrate.com that includes Barbara's tips for success.

What to Do When Your Handcrafts Aren't Selling: Four Strategies to Try,  by Barbara Brabec

Bad Day on eBay--Hacker Hijacks a Seller's Account - by Paul Wood

Nigerian Scams on the Rise! - by Barbara Brabec

More Reports from Readers Who Have Been Targeted by Nigerian Con Artists - edited by Barbara Brabec

The Combination Farmer's Market/Craft Market–The Direction of "The New Craft Fair"  - by Joan Bleakly

The Future of Craft Fairs - by Bill Ronay

Tips for Increasing Your Profits with Gift Certificates, by Rina Klingenberg

Give to Receive! How to Drum Up Business Through Donations of Your Productby Jeanne Baratta

How to Sell Through Online Auctions - by Nily Glaser

Marketing with Postcards - by Barbara Brabec

Should You Be Wholesaling? Helpful advice and perspective from craft business pros - by Barbara Brabec

Crafts Business Startup

A Conversation with Barbara Brabec, by Kerry Miller, Business Week, on what distinguishes the hobbyist from the professional.

Starting a Home-Based Scrapbook Business - by Kim Guymon

Six Personal Things to Consider Before Starting a Crafts Business - by Barbara Brabec

Legal and Financial Tips for New Crafts Business Owners - by Barbara Brabec

Designing

Society of Creative Designers Files for Bankruptcy - News Releases

Barbara's Thoughts on the Dissolution of SCD

Designing for the Marketplace - by Barbara Brabec

How to Get Started as a Professional Crafts Designer (part I) - by Lisa Galvin

Tips for Beginning Craft Designers - (part II) by Lisa Galvin

Motivational

Why Creative People are Sleep-Deprived--and What to Do About it - by Barbara Brabec

10 Ways to Discover the Happiness Factor -by Mershon Neisner.

Publicity

How to Get Publicity in Your Local Paper - by Barbara Brabec

How to Write a News Release--and Where to Send It - by Barbara Brabec

REPORTS from Barbara's readers

Artist and teacher Joyce Roark tells how the discovery of Parchment Art changed her artistic life forever.

A Designer's Successful  Advertising Experience

Gourd Birdhouses and Polynesian Dancing--Natural Go-Together Businesses

Pricing for Catalog Companies

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