Has your Silhouette or Cricut craft business taken off? Or maybe you are suffering from craft business owner burnout? In either case, it might be time to hire some help in your craft business. Today, I’m giving you a list of signs to tell you when to hire help in your craft business. When to Hire …
A reader recently emailed me asking if it is okay to reuse a shipping box (meaning a box that she received a product from another company in) to ship a product to her customer. Can You Reuse Shipping Boxes in Your Craft Business? You should have an ample supply of boxes on hand for your …
When I started Cutting for Business, I expected to occasionally get reader emails. Let me tell you – I get more emails than I imagined! Honestly, I’m thrilled to answer reader emails, and if I don’t know the answer to the question being asked I try to get the asker at least on the right …
Several Cutting for Business readers have wrote to me with the same question: “Can I change my business name after I’ve started selling products?” My answer: “Yes, but you may lose some customers along the way, and you need to plan it out well.” If you are not happy with the name you chose for …
Should you be a jack-of-all-trades (perhaps, a jane-of-all-trades!) or a specialist in one? I love crafting, and I’m sure that you do too, but as sellers we don’t need to sell every type of product we’ve ever created. A niche is a product specialty that you develop over time, and many sellers become well known because of …
In anticipation of my DreamBox (use coupon code CUTTINGFORBUSINESS to save $100 on a DreamBox) being delivered this week, I’ve been starting to go through some of my extra craft supplies. I’m finding it difficult to let go of some of the supplies I’ve purchased, so I’m organized stuff into three large piles: KEEP, THINK …
Since Cutting for Business began earlier in the year, I’ve had many readers email or message me asking if I could point them to specific procedures for registering their business or incorporating a business in their state or county. Unfortunately, state and county procedures and laws vary greatly, as do the procedures for small businesses. One of …
I am finally wrapping up my posts on starting a website for your Silhouette or Cricut based business. If you missed any of last week’s posts, they were: Beginners website lingo Why I don’t like WYSIWYG Website Builders Choosing an ecommerce platform Building Your Silhouette Cameo business website through WordPress Like I mentioned on Friday, …
Today we are winding down our discussion of starting your own website for your Silhouette Cameo business. We previously talked about basic web lingo, WYSIWYG builders, and hosted ecommerce platforms. The last solution to starting your own Silhouette Cameo business website is using a self hosted platform. This means that you create a website, install …