Comments on: Craft Inc. – Turn Your Creative Hobby Into a Business

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:51:20 +0000

Wow! I can’t believe the book is sold out. I’ve been meaning to buy it. On Meg’s blog, she mentions that more will be available in October. I can’t believe the publisher let that one slip by them.

I’d like to know, what is the best way to find your market, or at least tell the world about my amazing product?

By: Esther

Esther — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:03:36 +0000

How you do balance tension between what you enjoy doing and what sells?

By: Lauren

Lauren — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:09:20 +0000

How does one go about doing Market Research to make sure that the craft market is not already flooded with a similar product?

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:59:05 +0000

Am I too late for the drawing – the book sounds great.

My business advice – write some goals, prioritize them, then break them into small manageable tasks and get to work – do something small each day to move you towards your goals. Reprioritize often to reevaluate your current position.

By: Neza

Neza — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:58:45 +0000

These are exactly the questions that I’ve been asking myself for quite some time now… Are they answerable? Do I just have to jump in the water and learn to swim after – I don’t think so!
Maybe that book would help: I sure like the cover
Thank you.

By: Dianne

Dianne — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:31:05 +0000

The best advice I can think of is to know your target audience and then find them. I tried to sell papercrafts at craft shows for years–then realized that most people coming to that particular craft show only wanted a bargain–and that they saw my wares as things they COULD make themselves–even though I knew (and they knew) they really wouldn’t. When you find the people you want to sell you, you need to find an avenue of sales to reach them. It’s probably not the local, get ‘em cheap, craft fair.

By: Margie

Margie — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:37:18 +0000

how do you balance family/business? How do you price things? taxes? tax write-offs? I think I need this book.
Thanks for sharing.

By: Nadia

Nadia — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:49:32 +0000

I’ve not been knitting for a long time – less than a year, in fact – but I am enjoying it and, prompted by fellow knitters, I have been thinking about whether it would be a good idea to someday turn it into a business of some kind. That is far in the future, of course, but I have noticed that after a decade I tend to be fed up with what I’ve been doing for a living and like to start something totally different. So why not a crafty business? I just have no idea what all one needs to be aware of when starting it! So my question is really: what’s the most vital thing to consider?

By: Mariah

Mariah — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:21:17 +0000

Start up mode: I’d like to market online but I don’t know where to start except from my blog…which involves increasing readership which would increase my name/product out there, which would in turn generate sales. That’s the idea anyway! What do you think? What do you think of Etsy?

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:10:46 +0000

This book sounds great! I have so many questions, but the most pressing is: Can you share some internet marketing methods? My knowledge of business is limited, but I do realize the need for effective and inexpensive marketing methods to let the world know about one’s craft business.