Recently, I’ve seen a surge of small business crafters both designing products with QR codes and including QR codes on their business cards. So today, I’m answering the question: Are QR codes dead? What are QR Codes? If you aren’t familiar with QR codes, they are small square codes that you can scan with your …
Growing Your Business
Ever heard the saying that the cheapest customer to get is a repeat customer? It’s an old saying – and it is entirely true. Today, we are looking at bounce back offers, an easy way to get a repeat customer in your Silhouette or Cricut small business. And one that is used a lot in …
Multitasking is defined as the behavior of doing more than one task at a time. Since small business owners wear so many hats, they often fall into the pitfalls of multitasking! Today, let’s first look at some published articles about the downfalls of multitasking – then I’ll share my tips of how I quit multitasking. …
Remember that post from a few weeks ago about a creative way to promote your business while wishing your friends a happy birthday on Facebook? (If you missed it – read it here.) Today’s post is similar because I’m sharing another sort of sneaky way to get free advertising by donating wall decor. I have to …
If you are looking for a way to boost your sales or get your Silhouette or Cricut small business out of a sales rut, consider partnering with a charity. A relationship with a charitable organization can get your small business in front of new customers while doing good in your community or the world. Let’s …
I’ve talked before about wholesaling on the Cutting for Business blog – see here and here. In fact, working with other small businesses is my favorite type of arrangement for Silhouette and Cricut owners, because it eliminates a lot of headaches of customer service. Also, wholesale orders tend to be for larger dollar amounts – and everyone …
I see a lot of Silhouette Cameo and Cricut small business owners using social media giveaways to promote their businesses. Overall, this is usually an effective way to grow your small business. However, I’ve seen a few lately that worry me. These are ones that state: “Get entered to win with a purchase” or “Purchase …
Yesterday, I showed you how to use SurveyMonkey to survey your customers. Near the end of the article, I mentioned that you can get a better response rate if you offer a reward to customers that complete your survey. Today, I’m going to show you how to easily run a giveaway while collecting responses from …
Surveying your customers is a great way to get feedback about your products, customer service, or future product lineup. In fact, it is one of the easiest ways to find out if what you are doing in your Silhouette or Cricut business is “working”. There are many ways to survey customers, but today and tomorrow …