Download or read book The Crafts Business Answer Book written by Barbara Brabec and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2006-08-25 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive instruction book relates specifically to businesses falling under the "arts and crafts umbrella"--from decorative art to needlecrafts to production and marketing of sideline products. Includes a collection of human interest stories about problem-solving and anecdotes about running a business. Illustrations.
Download or read book The Crafts Business Answer Book Resource Guide written by Barbara Brabec and published by M. Evans. This book was released on 1998 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers all aspects of managing a craft business, including accounting, legal issues, and taxes.
Download or read book Creating a Successful Craft Business written by Robert Robbins and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003-07-01 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From writing a business plan and financing an idea to choosing the most cost-efficient production method and best-suited sales approach, Creating a Successful Crafts Business provides a sound blueprint for turning a beloved hobby into a lucrative career. Written by two experienced craftspeople who have been through the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of running a crafts business, readers will learn, step by step, how to negotiate with bankers, choose the ideal retail location, promote the business on-line, expand into lucrative new markets, and much more. Filled with the infectious spirit of people who have “been there,” this down-to-earth book will bring fledging craft businesses to new levels of profits and success.
Download or read book 101 Best Home Based Businesses for Women 3rd Edition written by Priscilla Huff and published by Crown Currency. This book was released on 2009-11-04 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can I be a stay-at-home mom and still earn extra income? Which home business is best for me? Where can I find expert advice on launching my own business? How much will it cost to get started? For nearly two decades, bestselling author and home-based business guru Priscilla Y. Huff has run a successful writing business out of her home while balancing her family life. In fact, this book, now in its third edition, is proof of her success. Her valuable advice on what works—and what doesn't—is available to you. From start-up costs to potential income, this book shows you how to: ·Choose the perfect home-based business from 101 of the best: customer service, arts and crafts, entertainment, computer and high tech, mail order, home-based distributorships and franchises, and many others ·Take the first steps to starting any business ·Find and use valuable resources, including local, state, and federal government sources; business and professional associations; books, Web sites, and other publications ·And much, much more! You'll also find inspiring stories from businesswomen who have achieved success and financial reward. If you've ever dreamed of owning your own business, this book should be your first investment.
Download or read book Handmade for Profit written by Barbara Brabec and published by M. Evans. This book was released on 2002-10-10 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book How to Survive and Prosper as an Artist written by Caroll Michels and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1988-02-15 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book How to Start a Home based Craft Business written by Kenn Oberrecht and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2011-07-05 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything you need to know to run a profitable and satisfying craft business from your home From business and financial planning to marketing your business both online and through traditional outlets, this comprehensive guide provides practical solutions and solid advice on how to tap your creative skills to earn a living. Learn all about business plans, finding supplies on the Internet, publicity, zoning ordinances, and much more. Whatever your goals are, join the thousands of successful crafters, artists, and entrepreneurs, and experience the satisfaction of establishing and building your own home-based craft business. Look for useful charts and worksheets throughout the book, including: Market Survey Form Estimated Start-Up Costs Profit and Loss Projection/Report Balance Sheet Sample Invoice
Download or read book 101 Businesses You Can Start with Less Than One Thousand Dollars written by Heather L. Shepherd and published by Atlantic Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of businesses selected especially for retirees who are interested in augmenting their income. These businesses can be started with minimum training and investment and are all capable of producing extra income. Most can easily be operated by one person and eventually be sold for an additional profit. Many of these businesses can actually be started with less than one hundred dollars and some can really be started with next to nothing. Some can even be operated from home.
Download or read book I d Rather be Working written by Gayle Backstrom and published by Amacom Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide for chronically ill and disabled people describes how to find and keep rewarding employment. The text begins with a section of questions designed to help the reader in setting realistic goals. Backstrom, who has fibromyalgia, also discusses the pros and cons of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The volume concludes with a section of interviews with 20 chronically ill or disabled workers about their work-related experiences. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book How to Grow as an Artist written by Daniel Grant and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002-10-01 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this definitive guide to resources, aspiring artists and serious amateurs devoted to their art will find scores of time-tested strategies to help them set up and work safely from a home studio; learn where and how to acquire appropriate art materials; develop their abilities with others as well as create art alone; explore opportunities for education in a wide variety of forms; overcome mental blocks; mat, frame, pack, and ship works of art; and much more. Artists looking to show and sell their work will find no-fail ideas for marketing, exhibiting, and entering the world of galleries. Filled with entertaining success stories, this is one volume for the bookshelf of every artist hoping to attain satisfaction and pleasure though his or her art. Plus, dozens of well-known artists–as well as those successful on their own terms–share their own success stories and sources for artistic inspiration.
Download or read book The Professional Crafter s Business Management and Marketing Guide written by Barbara Brabec and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is an intimate and revealing look at how men and women in a wide variety of creative endeavours live their lives and manage their businesses. Join them and Barbara in this book's unique 'networking sessions' -- you will feel like you are right in the room with them. You will benefit greatly from their experience in how to find enough space at home for business, make changes forced by new technology, market with greater success, and manage stress. You will also learn how to use computer technology and specific software programs to more effectively manage your business, design and market products, create professional printed materials and much more.
Download or read book Crafts Supply Source Book written by Margaret B. Boyd and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains more than 2,500 vendors who sell a wide range of crafting supplies. Save time and money, locating hard-to-find materials while shopping through 50+ different categories of crafts.
Download or read book Craft Business Sewing Books Quilting Books Knitting Books Compilation with 99 Places To Sell For Profit Beyond Etsy Dawanda eBay Pinterest Sewing Quilting Knitting Reference Guide For Beginners Includes 400 Sewing Quilting Knitting Resou written by Mary Kay Hunziger and published by Speedy Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2014-07-12 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a 4 In 1 box set compilation of 2 books. This compilation includes Mary Kay Hunziger's 2 titles: Book 1: Ultimate Quilting Compilation Of Profitable Opportunities & Resource Reference Guides Book 2: Craft Business: Knitting Books Compilation with 99+ Places To Sell Crafts For Profit Book 3: Craft Business: Sewing Books With 99+ Places To Sell For Profit Book 4: Crafting Is Like you! Mary Kay Hunziger is one of America's most passionate advocates of turning simple craft projects into profitable from passion to profit businesses plus she is an expert in teaching adults and kids how to knit, how to sew, how to quilt, how to craft and most importantly how to turn these valuable skills into cold hard cash. Mary Kay has written a series of best-selling knitting, sewing, quilting and crafting books. This 4 In 1 compilation is the perfect introduction to profiting from sewing, quilting and knitting. Inside you will get access to her 400+ profitable resources. These 400+ resources include places to research and sell your DIY sewing, quilting and knitting items beyond Etsy, Dawanda & Pinterest. These are places that you probably never even heard of before, but you definitely want to make use of these resources because that is how the sewing, quilting, knitting and crafting elite is secretly profiting from their passions. If you want to become financially independent with selling your own creations make sure to take a close look at this sewing, quilting and knitting reference guide because this is how you are able to secretly profit from what you love doing! This is how the elite is doing it and inside you will find these secret resources so that you can benefit from this knowledge, too! Most sewing, quilting and knitting books don't give you the secret profiting resources and they do not reveal their secret sources. Inside this compilation you'll find a holistic approach that does give you the opportunities and the secret resources...
Download or read book The Crafts Business Answer Book written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Completely revised and updated, The Crafts Business Answer Book is an essential resource for anyone looking to start a homebased art or crafts business or perfect an existing one. Crafts business expert Barbara Brabec provides the answers to every question a creative person might have about the business side of crafting-from pricing and advertising, to understanding tax and labor laws, to protecting original work with copyrights and trademarks.
Download or read book Minding Her Own Business written by Jan Zobel and published by . This book was released on 1999-07-19 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you have years of experience as an entrepreneur or have just begun to consider self-employment, this down-to-earth and comprehensive guide is the one-stop source for answers to all your most pressing questions including: -- What kind of records does the IRS expect me to have? -- What expenses are deductible? -- Which tax forms do self-employed people use? -- What should I do if I don't have enough money to pay my taxes? -- What are my chances of being audited? -- And many more!
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Download or read book Knitting for Fun and Profit written by Shirley MacNulty and published by Prima Lifestyles. This book was released on 1999 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crafting today is a booming billion-dollar-a-year industry that attracts millions of people from all walks of life. Prima's new For Fun & Profit series offers all the information beginning crafters and those with an interest in crafting need to get started in turning a fun hobby into extra cash -- today! These books combine crafting basics with a wealth of simple business how-to information in a fun, easy-to-use format. Written by top crafts experts, these books show readers how to turn their passion into profit.
