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Creative Cash
How to Profit From Your Special Artistry, Creativity, Hand Skills, and Related Know-How
Imagine making thousands of dollars a year from a hobby you love. Millions of
people just like you are using their creative talents to make big money. With the
help of the nation's top expert on this topic, Barbara Brabec, so can you! She
gives you everything you need to kniow to launch a lucrative home-based business.
Packed with dozens of moneymaking ideas and success secrets of more than 100
professional crafters and industry experts, this guide shows you how to start your
own home shop, sell your work, make money selling how-to articles, teaching, and much more.
Contents
Producing for Today's Marketplace
• The Importance of Quality and Good Design
• Buying Supplies Wholesale
• Using Commercial Patterns and Designs
• Developing Creativity and Design Ability
• Doing Market Research
• Pricing Insight
Selling at Fairs and Shows
• How to Find Good Shows
• Learning How to Sell
• Your Personal and Professional Image
• Demonstrating Your Art or Craft
• Get a Gimmick
• How Product Lines Change and Grow
Home Shops and Sales
• Private Studios and Workshops
• Open House Sales
• Hoiday Boutiques
• Seasonal Boutiques
• Home Craft Parties
• Home PArty Success Tips
Turning Designs into Dollars
• Selling How-to Articles to Magazines
• Writing Craft and Needlework Design Books
• Developing and Selling Patterns
• Wholesaling a Pattern Line
• Developing and Selling Kits
• Licensing Designs to Manufactureres
Profit from Special Know-How
• Teaching How-to Techniques
• Finding Places to Teach
• Speaking About Your Art or Craft
• Adding Pizzazz to Your Presentations
• How to Become a TV Personality
• Selling Needlework or Stitchery Services
• Offering Special Business Services
Opal Leasure from Madera, California says, "... the author does an excellent
job of showing others "how-to" sell, market and otherwise, expand, their home
based business endeavors. Creative Cash outlines hundreds of ways to market crafts
including party plan (hostess) selling, home shows and boutiques. It also reflects
on how one thing can lead to another, in life, and your own small business. Many
listed, myself included, went on to self publish their own how-to books. I was
very happy to note in the book, that Barbara included a resource section listing
the professional crafters mentioned in the book. This is a good way for readers
to benefit from the talents, ideas and creativity of many people ..."
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