Seasonal Change Influencing Creative Designs

You know those days when you get the feeling of the change in season and it gets the creative juices going? Mine has got me thinking in terms of colors for the season. It is like a hunger that must be satiated before I can feel settled. So creating and making until...

Craft Fair Directories to Explore

For all of us making a living from our craft business knowing where to sell is a constant quest. I started showing my beaded jewelry at a few different arts and craft shows in regional areas and it was such a good thing that I’m doing more of it. So I got looking...

Customer Loyalty Program Ideas

I was buying DVD’s and was given a discount voucher with my receipt that is valid in 2 weeks time. So they are giving their shopping (spending) customers a loyalty reward and bringing them back into the shop within the month to spend more and all with a simple...

Looking after Money

I started my Christmas shopping this week, it wasn’t planned it was much more about opportunity. I do like to get my Christmas gift shopping started early because it spreads the cost of the season over months rather than trying to jam it into just a few weeks...

3 Month Business Plan for Success

I was listening to an interview with a successful business woman, Lynn Fox, who said small businesses need to have business plans that focus on the coming 3 – 6 months. Lynn Fox keeps her single page business plan on the fridge so she constantly sees...