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Articles & Tips for Craftsmen, Artists, Food Vendors & Resellers:

  • Marketing on the Web: "Build it, and they will come!"
  • How to work with Solarez Safe Resin.
  • Choosing the Right Art & Craft Show  
  • How to determine a show's real profitability
  • The Arts/Crafts Business versus "Traditional" Business.
  • How to Label Slides & Photos for Juried Shows
  • Thinking about setting up your own website ?
  • Do Frogs Need Insurance?  No, but craftsmen do!
  • Art & Craft Fairs: - Survival of the Fittest .  Editorial: The impact of resale items, imports and manufactured goods masquerading as 'hand-crafted .'    
  • Time Management - A rocky tale.
  • Trademarks: How to use your trademark correctly .: Are you interested in registering your trademark?   Need a source for a search ?
  •  Build your Consignment Contract after considering these basics.
  • Outdoor Show Survival : A check list
  • Pricing Your Work : formulas and logic .
  • What Happened to Our Shows?
  • Legal Issues : Starting Your Own Business: sales tax registration; problems with zoning, checking accounts .
  • Craft Show Equipment :  A check list to help you pack - probably a few things you haven't even thought of. 
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  • The Credit Card Wars :   Is it worth the hassle and cost to take credit cards?  (See also Merchant Credit, below.)
  • How do you know if you're making a profit?  First you have to talk the talk, - then maybe you can walk the walk !   
  •  Safety and Security at Shows
  • Cooperative Ventures: A Tale of Three Craft Cooperatives    
  • Merchant Credit : Is it Lots of Extra Work?   
  • Merchant Credit: Here's information to compare fees,  and a good source . Dollars and cents! 
  • Sales Tax Problems: PYA!   Why you really need a tax permit, and Contact Information for Sales Tax Departments in various states. 
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  • Your Display: Effective Techniques    
  • How to Determine a Show's REAL Profitability   
  • How to Increase Sales Through Word-of-Mouth Advertising   
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