There have been a number of Cutting for Business readers who have started small businesses making and selling products – and then decided that it really wasn’t ‘their thing’. (And that is totally ok!) One reader reached out to me on Facebook and asked if I had any ideas of how she could stay involved …
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A Cutting for Business reader recently emailed me asking about Creative Commons Licenses in craft businesses. I haven’t talked about them on Cutting for Business before, although, I’ve talked extensively about cut file and font licensing in this post. Let’s take a look at Creative Commons today. What is Creative Commons? Creative Commons is a …
Since 2020, virtual working and virtual assistants have been all the rage. If you get bogged down in your craft business with day-to-day tasks, a virtual assistant might be perfect for you. If you’ve never considered a virtual assistant for your craft business, read on for a list of tasks you could have a virtual …
I’ll be honest with you, I was looking through some small business Facebook Pages a few days ago and so many of them were boring and repetitive. On a few of the pages, they just seemed to post products for sale – and nothing else. Let me tell you a secret: Fans get bored of …
Social media for craft business owners. It’s a delicate push and pull: You need to promote your business using it, but if you over promote, you’ll lose the interest of your followers. Followers will (and do!) get tired of you simply saying “Buy this!”, “And this one!”, and “I’m having a sale on this one!” …
I hear from Silhouette and Cricut small business owners that they are often overwhelmed with some of the day to day operational tasks of running a business. While a lot of tasks can’t be outsourced in a craft business, there are plenty of small, one off things you can outsource. Let’s look at Fiverr.com today. …
I’ve gotten several reader questions about a new selling platform called TalkShopLive™. Today, let’s sort out this new service. What is TalkShop™ Live? TalkShopLive™ is a selling platform that launched in March 2018. It boasts itself as the first of it’s kind, “…live streaming, social buying and selling platform for anyone, anywhere.” In easier to …
I’ve teamed up with the United States Postal Service (USPS) today to remind craft businesses that ship packages that the USPS offers free package pickup on all regular mail delivery days. For me, I take advantage of the USPS’s free package pickup nearly every single day. It saves me both time and gas – and …
I hear from craft business owners all the time that they would love to be more active on social media, but they have a hard time deciding what to post. Today, let’s look at content calendars and how they can help your craft business. What are Social Media Content Calendars? Social media content calendars are …