You are a small business owner or someone doing a number of craft shows a year and wants to offer credit card processing as a form or payment. In today’s market, if you do not offer at least Visa and MasterCard, you are missing out on a lot of potential sales. The huge issue with […] Read more…
What You Need In A Basic “Baker’s Kitchen”
There is a lot of discussion about what are the basics you need in kitchen for cooking or baking. Since I tend to specialize in baking, I will discuss that aspect. The one thing I will try to emphasize is to buy the BEST quality that you can afford. This will pay you back in […] Read more…
Piece of Cake – Where to Begin?
I have been baking for quite a number of years. Originally, it began baking for family and friends, now; it is more “business”. Armed with a number of recipes that I have developed over the years, I baked whenever I could for people. Since no one really knew that I baked or made candy outside […] Read more…
“Piece of Cake” Blog Begins
Today begins a new category on my blog about all things “baking” (though I will throw in some candy making). This category titled “Piece of Cake” is to share what I have learned, tips and conversations about the business of baking. There is so much to learn, especially if you are not using a commercial […] Read more…
More Than Just Wood
I cannot believe that a year has gone by already and another craft season is upon me. So many things have happened this past year (some better than others) in our business. For one thing, we really have been working on expanding the furniture line of our business. My husband, who is a major force […] Read more…
What Makes You Jump?
.In the world of so many ways to entice you to buy something, let alone a handcrafted item, what makes the best incentive for you to do something? Here are my three options. Let me know what works best for you or write a comment of your own. 1. Drawings – If you are a […] Read more…
How Many Sets Do You Have?
It is always interesting to learn how many sets of house keys, car keys, etc the average household possesses. I would love to know for the simple reason, how big of a key holder do I build (see picture). In our household, we each have a key ring for each car and one extra car […] Read more…
Building Your Business – Part Two
Whether you are a small “craft fair” type of entrepreneur or have a “brick and mortar” shop, there are several marketing ideas that can benefit your business. This second post in this series is about Blogging. How funny to be talking about blogging as a business marketing idea, since this is a blog post on […] Read more…
Building Your Business – Part One
Whether you are a small “craft fair” type of entrepreneur or have a “brick and mortar” shop, there are several marketing ideas that can benefit your business. This first post is about Email Marketing. Email marketing is extremely powerful, customizable, and cost effective way to target consumers interested in what you have to offer. Email […] Read more…
The Importance of Keeping a Customer
.How do we maintain our customers? We all know that gaining new customers is important to a successful business. But have you thought about the importance of keeping and maintaining your current customers? Gaining customers is great…but if you’re losing customers then your new customers are simply replacing your old customers! Implement Top Notch Customer Service – […] Read more…