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Even if you're not a knitwear designer, there's a lot to offer in this book for the creative business owner, from effective social media use, to contracts and copyright, and much, much more. We're doing a sale this week in honor of Tax Day in the US (I wrote the book, so I'm biased, but based on its reviews I think most people agree it's super-helpful). You might also want to check out our forthcoming Market Yourself by Tara Swiger if you're a creative business person.
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Jessica Cook from pinerly.com
All the printable menus, daily planners & blog calendars you will ever need - FREE
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I love the style/look of this planner from EineDerGuten on Etsy. The only problem is I don't speak/read German! Does anyone know of a similar (whimsical, spiral bound, weekly format, creative) planner in English?!? :)
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Jessica Cook from etsy.com
The Science of Social Timing Part 1: Social Networks
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Market Yourself: A Marketing System for Smart and Creative Business Owners by Tara Swiger, Cooperative Press (cooperativepress.com)
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Part 1: - Creating a simple Business Plan - Establishing an Identity for your business - Business Entities- What is best for you? *Assignments at the end of each session will walk you through the specific steps, so each task can be checked off your list! Part 2: - Local compliance - Federal Compliance - Registering your Assumed Business Name - Opening a business bank account *Each lesson also includes links to the sites for registration, so you don’t have to do so much researc...
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How to Create a Business Continuity Plan
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This is my business plan, in a nutshell
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From Inspiration to Incorporated: Developing a Business Plan
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Blog: Five Tips for a Powerful Executive Summary. It’s the first page someone with read within your business or marketing plan. Just like meeting someone new, you want to make a solid first impression. You want to give the reader a reason to keep reading....
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Vlogging 101: Prep Work Playsheet by Mayi Carles
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Using Price to market your handmade goodness. (without getting cheap)
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PicMonkey.com - free photo editing site, seems fun and easy so far!
The Clock is Ticking Oh So Sweet Checklist by Mayi Carles
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Life is Messy Planners
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Elizabeth Metz I totally have these, and they're awesome. :) Glad you're with us, Mayi!
"Going local does not mean walling off the outside world. It Means nurturing locally owned businesses which use local resources sustainably, employ local workers at decent wages and serve primarily local consumers. It means becoming more self-sufficient and less dependant on imports. Control moves from the boardrooms of distant corporations and back into the community where it belongs."
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The Power of 1 to-do-list printable, from Three Wishes Industries. (Which makes NOTEBOOKS. Yum.)
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Jessica Cook Looks like a cute site - do you know if they have actual notebooks to sell? Couldn't find a shop link anywhere.
Elizabeth Metz I picked around earlier, and from what I could see, they're putting some together now. There's a form on the site to fill out with what you'd ideally like to see in a notebook, so I'm assuming it's in the works. :D
Should do this.
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Small Biz and Social Media
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The harder you work, the luckier you get.
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Stop comparing yourself to other artists/businesses and just rock the sh*t out of your own! :)
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I'd really like to read this book/learn more about it and the goodies that come with it.
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Elizabeth Metz The book's pretty good. (I've got the kindle edition.) I hear the class/community is freakin' awesome, though. :)
Jessica Cook I've heard really good things, too, I just haven't actually gotten the book. Not sure I could afford the class/community part, but it looks really good, too!! :) I also love the little "extras" you can buy for it.
Elizabeth Metz Same here. I'm a sucker for worksheets. :D
Can you imagine this table as a dyeing station?!? You could store dyes/wool/yarn on the ends and then have alllll that space for handpainting! :)
Good advice for bad days. We all have them, but they don't have to define us or our businesses! :)
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This course CHANGED MY BUSINESS - in the very best of ways - FOREVER! Seriously, I cannot recommend it highly enough.
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Jessica Cook from ittybiz.com
Elizabeth Metz It's definitely awesome. Seconded on the recommendation here, too.
GotPrint - good place to get business cards, yarn/fiber labels, and lots more printable stuff. Great prices.
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Jessica Cook from gotprint.net
This is a jewelry price calculator but I use it for yarn/fiber. I just tweaked it to get a good price and then I use those same formulas to calculate prices on new items I add to my inventory. Also shows you what wholesale/retail should be.
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Jessica Cook from enioken.com
DIY goal list....
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Infographic: How Napping Can Help Your Business
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Power Chicks @Beth Buelow - "snort!*
Beth Buelow @Power Chicks, I'm tellin' ya, my napping biz idea has legzzzzzzzzzzzz :-)
Power Chicks @Beth Buelow Yep - especially with a couch in your office! @Tara Gentile, been wanting to do a blog post on SLEEP. This graphic + this TED talk are inspiring me. http://www.ted.com/talks/ar...
That was the best piece of advice i ever had : et yourself a calendar, and schedule the work you have to do in there. Make sure the calendar is the type where you can see a day or a week at at time (not a month at a time), so there’s room to write under each day. Then, mark in any regular commitments you have…Once you’ve got all that there, you will be able to see how much time you really have to work….In the time you have for work, assign yourself very specific tasks…Taking a little time to get all this in your book will do several things for you. It will become clear to you how much you can reasonably get done in a week. It will become clear where you might need to shorten your daily activities to fit in more drawing. And, most importantly, it will give you concrete goals, so that when you finish what you set out to do, you can cross it off and feel good about yourself, and you can also stop working, sometimes the hardest thing to do for a freelance artist. Knowing when you’re on and what you need to get done makes your free time, once you’ve accomplished these goals, truly free, guilt-free. And that’s the most important part of learning to make a life as a working artist.”
by Austin Kleon
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Elizabeth Metz I totally was in the middle of adding this when you did, Lib! HIVEMIND. Now if I can just get over my fear of the camera...