Should You Make or Buy Your Crochet Business Cards?

BufferIf you own a crochet business pretty soon you are going to need business cards. There are a number of options for you to choose from when buying crochet business cards. You can make them yourself, buy them from a local printer or buy them on-line. Hand drawn twisted yarn hank skein crochet hooks business [...]

Can You Really Run Your Crochet Business Blog for $30 a Month?

BufferDuring the month of March I participated in a challenge called Biztopia. It was a challenge to step out of our comfort zones to grow our mailing list and our connections. I finally told my ‘head’ to shutup and started connecting with people I know would benefit you. One such person is Loralee. What grabbed [...]

{Day 10} 31 Days of Craft Show Preparation – How to Track Inventory

BufferYou decided to do a craft show to sell your crochet, you signed the contract, got your resale license, decided on what you will make, you even took some nice photographs, now it’s time to track your inventory. How exactly do you do this? In my wise craft show experience {cough and a laugh- remember [...]

{Day 9} 31 Days of Craft Show Preparation – Taking Photos of Your Crochet

BufferPhotographing Your Crochet Work When I used to sell my crochet work on Etsy this was my most dreaded task – Photography. When I had a job (back in 2008) I was able to buy a $100 camera and things did improve but not by much. My best shots were done outside on a little [...]

5 Handmade Packaging Considerations

BufferEach Thursday I open it up for questions regarding crochet business or crochet blogging. I’ll choose one question to highlight in a video. You can participate by joining the Crochet Business Fan page, the CBB Group on Facebook or the CBB community on Google+. Today’s post is inspired by Ineseda. She posted a question on Thursday’s Q and A in [...]

Selling Crochet: Writing Descriptive Product Descriptions

Buffer How do you convey to your online buyer the joy they will get from buying your crochet item? Simply put – Adjectives Make Us Buy Adjectives describe a noun (your crochet item) and give your buyer important information. They are picture words that describe the appearance, the feeling, and the smell of your piece [...]

Blogging: Your First Blog Post

BufferNow that you have your blog all set up it’s time for you to post your first blog post. From the sign in screen, enter your gmail address and password. Click on the little pencil icon. (This is for Blogger Users)   Take note of some of the tools available to you on blogspot. You [...]

30 Crochet Keywords Bloggers Should be Using

BufferDo you know the difference between a category and a tag as it relates to your blog? It can get confusing but basically a category is the table of contents for your blog and the tags are what is inside. So, if your blog is about teaching crochet, you’d want one of your categories to [...]

{Nuts and Bolts} Using Analytics to Track Traffic to Your Post

BufferWriting Prompt: Why I Love Crochet enough to build a business around it? Set up analytics for this page to track traffic for the next 7 days. (promote this post actively) After seven days, return to the post and share your results. This might be a little more advanced for some so you might just want to [...]

{Nuts and Bolts} The Importance of Backing Up Your Blog

BufferWriting Prompt: What are your thoughts on backing up your blog? Records for your business? Write a post on what you think you need to keep track of this year. (income, receipts, charity giving, blog backups, etc)   Last year I lost everything on my hard drive – Twice! I was a bit depressed and [...]

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