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BUSINESS OF CRAFT
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Many people learn beadwork and jewelry-making in order to sell the pieces they make. The elective courses here provide skills and knowledges which will assist the student toward this end, whether selling in bricks and mortar settings, selling at craft shows, or selling on-line.
After the ORIENTATION TO BEADS & JEWELRY FINDINGS CLASS Class....
Students usually take these classes:
1 Getting Your Jewelry Business Started
2 Pricing and Selling Your Jewelry (also available as online video tutorial)
3 Internet Marketing For Very Small Businesses...That Works!
4.So You Want To Do Craft Shows! (also available as online video tutorial)
GETTING YOUR JEWELRY BUSINESS STARTED
- To teach basic business how-to's for getting a jewelry-making business off to a great start |
PRICING AND SELLING YOUR JEWELRY THIS CLASS IS ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN ONLINE TUTORIAL Learn one key to success: Smart Pricing. Learn how to achieve “fair pricing” for your art with businessman/ artist, Warren Feld. Understand your role in the world of jewelry commerce and how to make money by doing what you love, through fair pricing of your work.
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SO YOU WANT TO DO CRAFT SHOWS! THIS CLASS IS ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN ONLINE TUTORIAL
In this class, artist and businessman, Warren Feld, will fill you in on the ins and outs, the dos and the don’ts of selling at craft shows and fairs. Which are best for you, which may be a waste of your time. How to compute the revenue you must earn to justify participating in an event. This is a must see class for anyone thinking of entering the art and craft show world and will maximize your chances of success in these venues. |
NAMING YOUR BUSINESS / NAMING YOUR JEWELRY THIS CLASS IS ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN ONLINE TUTORIAL.
You want a business name (or jewelry name) that works for you, that your customers can relate to, and that makes your business (and jewelry line) a success. |
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Learning Goals for
Business of Craft
CRITICAL SKILLS TO LEARN:
- Record Keeping
- Basic Bookkeeping/Accounting
- Getting Federal, State and Local registrations and accounts
- Developing Your Business Model
- Using a Formula To Compute Prices
- Understanding the differences among Retail, Wholesale and Consignment
- Marketing and Promotion
- Branding
- Web-presence - business and marketing considerations, when going online
- How to do craft shows
- How to buy beads and jewelry findings
- How to merchandise, display and package
- Photographing Your Work
SUPPLIES AND TOOLS
General Ledger, either in hard copy accounting ledger form, or a spreadsheet on your computer, or a canned accounting software program Computer and printer access. Business cards Pricing formulas Packaging requirements list Merchandising and display requirements list Customer contact, mailing, emailing lists List of suppliers/vendors, their terms and conditions. |
THE JEWELRY DESIGN DISCUSSION GROUP
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KITS make great gifts!
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SO YOU WANT TO BE
A JEWELRY DESIGNER
Merging Your Voice With Form
588pp, many images and diagrams
Ebook or Print
Podcast on Jewelry Journey, PART 1, 9/28/2022
Podcast on Jewelry Journey, PART 2, 9/30/2022
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CONQUERING THE CREATIVE MARKETPLACE
Between the Fickleness of Business and the Pursuit of Design
548pp, many images and diagrams
Kindle or Ebook or Print
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PEARL KNOTTING...Warren's Way
Easy. Simple. No tools. Anyone Can Do!
184pp, many images and diagrams
Ebook or Print
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SO YOU WANT TO DO CRAFT SHOWS
16 Lessons I Learned Doing Craft Shows
199pp, many images and diagrams
Ebook or Print