Creative Cash


Book Description

Turn Your Passion Into A Lucrative Vocation Did you know that you can turn your creativity into a profitable business? 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 this crafts business classic, so can you! The nation's top expert on this topic, Barbara Brabec, gives you everything you need to know to launch a lucrative home-based business. Packed with dozens of moneymaking ideas and the success secrets of more than 100 professional crafters and industry experts, this guide shows you how to: ·Discover the hobby that will pay off for you ·Start your own home shop, boutique, or party planning business ·Sell your work through retail or wholesale outlets ·Develop and sell your original patterns and designs ·Write how-to articles for craft magazines ·Get started teaching at home or in local craft shops ·And much, much more! "The liveliest, most down-to-earth, non-intimidating approach to making money from your crafts that I've ever seen." —Interweave Press "An invaluable road map based on the real-life experiences of craft entrepreneurs. . . . The ultimate 'how-to' in crafting." —Renee; Chase, Webmaster, Crafter.Com "Easy reading, with plenty of interesting real-life examples sprinkled in, providing practical advice from those who've been there." —Miriam Olson, editor, Crafts Magazine "Chock-full of moneymaking strategies for craftspeople at every level." —Amy Detwiler, editor in chief, Sunshine Artist "Amazingly fresh and insightful . . . inspiring to read . . . a brilliant book to help keep crafters on the road to success." —Maria Nerius, host of "Creative Chat" on Aleene's Creative Living show (TNN) "As usual, Barbara has her hand on the pulse of the craft industry." —Linda Coomer, Coomers Craft Malls




Creative Cash


Book Description




How to Teach Your Craft


Book Description

In How To Teach Your Craft: Creating Revenue by Teaching Classes and Workshops, Amanda Gail walks you through the process of creating a craft education business based on your craft or art. From coming up with class ideas, creating content and pricing classes to setting up your business, getting insurance and creating release forms, you'll be well on your way to starting your own business, creating revenue by teaching your craft. Along the way Amanda shares her story on how she built her career teaching classes and how she co-founded a not-for-profit teaching her craft, soapmaking. Whether your craft is painting, knitting, papermaking, pottery or cat hair weaving, you can make exceptional income by teaching what you know!




TradeStream Your Way to Profits


Book Description

An innovative guide to using social networking for successful investing There is no doubt that the emergence of social media has taken over the Internet landscape. The remarkable growth of Facebook and Twitter has forced everyone-including investors-to take notice. This book explains how to use social marketing to pick and evaluate stocks. Author Zack Miller embodies the nexus between asset management, equity research, and new Internet distribution technologies. As an asset manager, he writes extensively about the changes and opportunities in online finance for investors, financial advisors, and investor relations professionals-and with this new book, he'll show you how to use social media to profit like the pros. You'll learn how to Invest for the long term utilizing streaming information, guru tips, and many other tools found in the world of financial social media Glean tips from experts in this growing field Use new tools to sort through the mounds of data currently available and make sense of it all The Internet has created totally new models and methods for researching investments. TradeStream Your Way to Profits explores these changes and explains how you can take advantage of these opportunities to make better, more profitable investment decisions.




Handmade for Profit!


Book Description

Through her books, articles, and periodicals, Barbara Brabec has been showing people how to profit from their creative talents and know-how for over twenty-five years.




Handmade to Sell


Book Description

Business advice for enterprising crafters, by crafters No one knows more about helping handmade businesses than Hello Craft, the nonprofit trade association for crafty entrepreneurs. Written by the directors of Hello Craft, Handmade to Sell is the most complete, up-to-date, and authoritative guide for DIYers seeking to learn every aspect of selling, marketing, and branding. Based on the Summit of Awesome, Hello Craft’s annual business conference, this book covers topics including: • Developing successful product lines • Copyrights and trademarks • Taking perfect product shots • Using analytics to boost your online sales • Selling at fairs, shows, and other retail outlets • Diversifying income through licensing and teaching • Hiring and outsourcing Throughout, you’ll find expert tips and invaluable strategies and advice from some of the most successful indie crafters and artisans. Whether you’ve only contemplated selling your crafts or want to grow an existing handmade business, Handmade to Sell offers essential guidance for anyone who has ever dreamed of making a living from what they create.




The Craft Business Handbook


Book Description

Wish you could turn your talent for making lovely things into cash? Bored of the 9 to 5 and dreaming of starting your own crafty business, but not sure where to start? Then this is the book for you ! The Craft Business Handbook has ALL the information you need to get started making money from your crafts - NOW ! From setting up as a proper business, producing and pricing your goods for maximum sales and profit, to the various options for selling online, at craft fairs, trade shows and getting your products into retailers, right through to gaining magazine coverage, promoting your business online and managing your business as it grows, this is THE essential guide for any would-be crafty entrepreneur! Whether you're just considering getting started with a crafty business idea, or already selling your wares and looking for ways to grow your business ( think sales reps, fulfillment houses and more!), this handy book - written by craft business expert Alison McNicol - shares tons of insider tips, practical information, and shows how you too can achieve Craft Business success! PLUS - some of the most successful crafty business people around share their stories - how they started and grew their successful craft businesses - prepare to be inspired with in-depth interviews from some of your favorite crafty entrepreneurs around! About The Author Alison McNicol is a serial crafty entrepreneur who has launched several successful craft businesses, selling her products in stores worldwide. She is also the author of several successful craft and craft business books, and founder of The Craft Business Community.com, an online community that provides resources and networking opportunities for crafty entrepreneurs from all over the world. Alison is also author of Craft Business Heroes: How We Did It ( 30 Creative Entrepreneurs Share the Secrets of Their Success)- a companion book to the Craft Business Handbook, featuring 30 more interviews from leading craft entrrepreneurs - Amy Butler, Amy Karol, Sublime Stitching's Jenny Hart, Subversive Cross Stitch founder Julie Jackson and tons more !




Profit From Your Idea


Book Description

All you need to protect and profit from your invention You’ve got a great idea and you’re ready to strike it rich. Now, you need to find a company or partner you can trust, hash out a fair licensing deal, and get your idea to the marketplace. Profit From Your Idea will help you negotiate and draft a licensing agreement that protects your interests and maximizes your chances of earning a profit. With this all-in-one guide you’ll understand how to: navigate the licensing landscape protect your intellectual property rights sort out ownership rights work with licensing agents protect confidential information find and solicit potential licensees license overseas reveal your invention safely, and negotiate and update an agreement. The 10th edition is completely updated with the latest developments in licensing law and patent filing rules, and covers industry-standard Fair, Reasonable, and Nondiscriminatory (FRAND) licensing terms. With Downloadable Forms: download forms including license agreements, assignments, joint ownership agreements, and many more (details inside).




Six Steps to Creating Profit


Book Description

An insightful look at how you can put net profit income at theforefront of your small to mid-sized business Enable you to make changes that will create a profitable,sustainable business future, Six Steps to Creating Profitauthoritatively shows you how to maximize profit for your small tomid-sized, privately-held, service-based business. Shows how to avoid the business model where all income isdevoured by expenses, leaving a valuation that would not render anymeasurable sales revenue if the business should be sold Discusses how to create a company where actual profitgeneration is one of the primary goals Provides the steps necessary to create "true" profit Features coverage of rules of operation, visibility in themarketplace, marketing, cash flow, and management costs Demonstrating how measuring the results of change is vital andpart of the ultimate, ongoing, profit-based solution, Six Stepsto Creating Profit reveals how the before and after of eachoperational area is as important to evaluate as the intended changeitself.




Decide to Profit


Book Description

Dr. Dorriah Rogers, CEO of Paradyne Consulting Works, shares her last twelve years of consulting and research for numerous Fortune 100 and 500 companies, large government entities and the U.S. military in her book Decide to Profit: 9 Steps to a Better Bottom Line. The book is the result of discussions and intensive problem-solving with thousands of employees, managers and executives experiencing an inability to tie innovation and growth to bottom-line profit; where due to market pressure for growth, managers found themselves pushing decision-making to the lowest levels of the organization, and companies were finding themselves in need of a tool to ensure that these decisions were executed in a safe and profitable way. In other words, as their organizations grew, net margin and productivity began to erode, and a solution was required. Decide to Profit provides a step-by-step guide for organizations to connect all ideas and decisions that affect change to the financial goals of the company. Employees will have a clear systematic process that links decisions to the financial performance of their organization. Managers will have a ready tool to shape their organizational culture and business outcomes. With this process, both leaders and employees can adapt to increasingly tough competition and excel within their ever-changing markets, while ultimately maintaining or growing net profit. The 9 Step process has been vetted and implemented within some of the largest and most complex projects and organizations across North America, and it works. Each of the 9 Steps shows you how to avoid common decision-making mistakes, provides checklists and tools to foster a creative and idea-driven culture within organizations, and includes easy-to-understand and implement guidelines to ensure a financially sound future. The nine chapters chronologically and systematically outline each of the steps and its application, and include checklists, critical questions, and easy-to-use forms for managers and employees. Imbedded within each step are checks and balances and a process for accountability, so managers and employees can remain in sync in both their thinking and actions. A user code will be provided to book purchasers allowing them to access tips for easy-to-download forms on the Decide to Profit website. The website will also include a user forum, a best practices blog and tips from the author.