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ArticlesCategories » | Christmas Crafts | Craft Business | Food Recipes | Scrapbook Tips | Soap Making | Wool | Welcome to our Article Directory. These articles are for your enjoyment, education and reprinting. If you are a website publisher and wish to reprint any of the articles here, you may do so by clicking the button you'll see below that is located on each article page. A new window will come up and you simply highlighting the article content and copy/pasting the article to your website, blog, newsletter e-zine, etc.  All reprinted articles must include the author's bio and any URL links. If you would like to see your articles here, simply click: Submit an article Most Recently Added Articles10 Ways To Keep Customers Buying Posted on 2012-01-01 by Kelle Arvay (Viewed 44 times) It's one thing to get customers to purchase your products and another to have customers continue to buy from you. This article is going share with you the top 10 ways to keep your customers coming back for more. 1. Offer a freebie with each purchase Offering something free with each purchase is a great marketing technique and customers love it. It doesn't have to be something expensive either. It could simply be a small token showing your appreciation for them being a valued patron. Depending read more... Profiting from Printable Products Posted on 2012-01-01 by Kelle Arvay (Viewed 44 times) A lot of people may not realize just how much society utilizes printable products. I think printable items can be one of those products we take for granted at times. There have been many times I myself have been in need of a chart or record keeping template and have been hard pressed to find a good one among the free ones that are offered online. So I found myself creating my own. I also become interested in designing printable products for crafting.In the crafting industry printable products read more... How to avoid business burnout Posted on 2012-01-01 by Kelle Arvay (Viewed 37 times) At some point or another, anyone who owns their own business will face some degree of burn out. Instead of learning to cope with such burn out it is better to learn how to avoid it in the first place. Below are several ways you can avoid business burn out. 1. Organization Staying organized is one of the first steps in avoiding burn out. Utilize all the resources at your disposal such as filing systems for tax information, payables, receivables, advertising, marketing, etc. This will help read more... Blogging for Business Posted on 2008-06-19 by Trish Wilson (Viewed 1824 times) If you’re looking for ways to spread the word of your online craft business more quickly, blogging may be an option of interest to you. Many blog memberships are free for you to use which is an added benefit. I know you’re asking yourself, “How can blogging benefit my business and how can I lure readers?” Well, I’m going to tell you. 1. Blogs are an additional link for potential customers to find you. From there, you can mention your business website link read more... Recycle Christmas Cards Posted on 2007-09-25 by Rachel Paxton (Viewed 2504 times) No one wants to throw away Christmas cards after Christmas. It seems like such a waste! I have a few creative ideas for recycling Christmas cards from visitors to my web site, as well as a few crafty ideas of my own: If there was no writing or printing on the reverse side of the front of the card, use the picture portion of the card as a post card type Christmas card. On the blank side draw a dividing line; write a message on one side, and on the other side write the recipient's address and read more... Craft Fairs, Bazaars & Flea Markets…Oh, My! Posted on 2007-09-25 by Anita DeFrank (Viewed 2188 times) Many names are associated with events such as these. Craft Fairs, Bazaars, Flea Markets and Swap Meets are a few names you can find. Whatever the name…they all mean the same thing. They allow you to meet new and interesting people (hopefully customers), spend quality time with your family and more of course most importantly make some extra cash. But, before you debut your first table at one of these events, getting yourself prepared is the first step. The following is a guideline you read more... Spice up Your Memories With Scrapbooking Paper Posted on 2007-08-21 by Terry Fitzroy (Viewed 2126 times) Gone are the days of flipping through boring old photo albums. Today's photo album tells a story and it's a lot of fun to put together and to look at. You can have a scrapbook for every occasion in your life. In fact, why not spice up your memories with scrapbooking paper. If you haven't yet given scrapbooking, a try you should. But I must warn you, it can become addicting quite quickly. After all, its fun talking those pictures that are so near and dear to you, and turning them into a read more... Make Bath Salts: 5 Techniques For A More Professional Bath Salt Recipe Posted on 2007-08-21 by Katherine Durkes (Viewed 2607 times) If you've already made a basic bath salt, but you want to produce a more professional product, you'll love these simple techniques. They'll make your bath salts less "homebrew" and more spa-quality. Once you start using them, you will feel more confident giving your handmade bath salts as gifts or presenting them for sale at a store or craft fair. All of these techniques are just twists or extensions on what you already know. Doing them takes no more time than putting together read more... Submit an article |
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