So a lot of folks when starting out have a hard time finding a customer base. Here’s 7 tricks I’ve used in the past to shore up my customer base.
1. Post a fantastic show-off of your products with amazing photos
If you’re a part of an online community, create something remarkable and post pictures of [...]

Everyone struggles with how to price their products. People compare their prices with others, pull numbers out of the air and generally just feel strange asking for money for something they made.
But pricing is easy. Just follow this simple equation:
Cost of materials + (Number of hours worked x hourly wage)
The part people stumble on is [...]

Being young has a lot of advantages. Wrinkle-free skin, the ability to drive at night and the ability to bounce back after an all-hours party.
With all that said, youth isn’t taken as seriously in business.
This post is part two of an ongoing series with a focus on why being young is a real advantage [...]

Free is a dangerous thing, particularly to young entrepreneurs.
Our society has made young people feel as though their skills aren’t developed enough and that they don’t have enough experience, thus what they offer is somehow less valuable. So, in order do to things we love, we feel compelled to do them for free – [...]

Working a lame job that wastes your skills and talents may get you money, but does it develop skills for you for the future? Will it impress future employers? Does it empower you with a flexible schedule to do what you want, when you want? Probably not.

I understand the appeal. These days, you can walk into most fast-food joints with a resume and walk out with a job. Despite what you may think, however, it’s not all that much harder to start an online business. The beauty of the internet is that it’s demolished barriers to entry. You can start a business with virtually no money, you don’t need to pay rent for a sales space, and you don’t need to have a ton (or much of any) stock.

Moreover, if you’re under 30, you’re probably built for it. As a generation, we all are. In this post I’m going to talk about why it is that those of us under 30 (born after 1980) are perfectly suited to being entrepreneurs.

Here is a quick round-up of (cheap/free) things I think every young crafter-turned-entrepreneur should have as they start to ramp up their business.

So you’ve been crafting away for some time now, and the fruits of your labour have been plentiful. You may have given them as gifts to to friends and participated in swaps. You’ve posted pictures of what you’ve created online and have gotten a lot of praise.

It’s come up, and you’ve been flirting with it; so should you start selling to the public?