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Information,
articles and resources for beginning and professional artists, crafters,
and designers who are serious about profiting from their creative ideas
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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

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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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