Taking Custom Orders At Craft Shows without Overbo...

Thank you for coming back to visit, Have you signed up for my newsletter to receive business and blogging tips? the sign up box is on the right. For those who craft for a living (or to make some extra money), craft shows can be very profitable. They put your creations in front of a targeted audience, and they give you the opportunity to interact with potential customers and answer their questions. It’s important to...

Creative Solutions for Work at Home Mothers...

As a work at home mother, you would think that you’d have lots of time for everything. After all, you’re not losing large chunks of your day to a job. It should be an ideal situation to run a home business, right? Well, not exactly and here’s why. Yes, you do have many more hours at home than the person who holds down an out of the home job. But, because you are at home, there are so many more things and...

Reading to Your Younger Child...

Right now I am trying to read the little two every night, since reading is one of the most important skills your child will learn. It’s a skill that most of us use each and every day. However it is not always the funnest thing to do, Often times they are so energized it is hard to get books finished. For me it makes me not want to read to them at all, however I still do it since I know that its a good thing for...

How to Price Your Products for Sale...

Most crafters do what they do because they love it. Their finished projects are each special in their own way, and they may seem priceless. This is one reason that some crafters have a hard time setting prices for their work when they decide to start selling it. Pricing your products properly is essential if you want to operate at a profit. Yet all too often, crafters price their products according to what others are...

Cliques: Eight Steps to Help Your Child Survive th...

As the mom of four children three who are in school, I am always worried about cliques. They can be good on some levels and terrible on others. It is amazing the amount of peer pressure that children experience in today’s society. Cliques: Eight Steps to Help Your Child Survive the Social Jungle is a must have for those with children and will enlighten those who do not have children. The social pressures that our...

Press Releases: A Powerful Publicity Tool to Build...

One sure-fire way to get your business known is by using press releases. A press release is written material that announces a news type event. Television networks, radio stations, magazines, and newspapers as well as online resources will publish the announcement if your news story peaks interest. People are interested in the news and are always looking for a good story. Business owners can use press releases to give them...

Niche Marketing: When Thinking Small Bring...

So many online business owners fail or give up the fight because they think too big when trying to market to consumers. There are thousands if not millions of different online businesses on the Internet today. No matter how many there are, you can still get your ‘piece’ of the Internet pie. But, in order to do that, you will need think smaller and find a niche to build your business around. A niche is what will...