It’s been almost a week and I’m still not sure I’m fully recovered from the Craftcation conference. I was scheduled to run three sessions in three days, but then added a fourth at the last minute when another speaker had to cancel. Having been a middle school teacher for six years, where you teach 4-5 hours a day, I didn’t think it would be a big deal, but I was exhausted at the end of every day. I forgot how tiring it can … Read more »
Headed down to Ventura this morning to spend the weekend at the Craftcation Conference. I’ll be teaching three four sessions there:
Moving Your Business Beyond the Kitchen Table (panel)
Marketing on a Budget
Pricing Your Handmade Work
Accounting/Bookkeeping for Crafters
I’m excited to see far-flung friends Jenny Hart (at a conference I’m NOT organizing, for a change!) and Danielle Maveal (see this video Q&A we did together last month), and to spend time with fellow SF crafty-business ladies Stephanie Cortez from NerdJerk and … Read more »
I realize that I haven’t posted much lately, nor will I get through the mountain of no-longer-relevant items that I meant to post until mid-August at the earliest. Why? Because I have been eating, sleeping, and breathing the Conference of Creative Entrepreneurs.
Not to toot my own horn, but our schedule and speaker line-up has tuned out pretty kick-ass, don’t you think? I’m especially excited to hear Jeff Rudell’s keynote address. He is one of my personal … Read more »
The free ticket giveaway on design*sponge ends tomorrow at 8AM for the Conference of Creative Entrepreneurs, so if you want a chance to win, act quickly! The rules are at the bottom of my latest “biz ladies” article, titled “Maintain Confidence in a Competitive Market,” which is all about keeping it together as a creative professional when everyone else in the world seems younger, skinnier and more talented than you.
If you’d like to remove the element of chance altogether, you can … Read more »
On Thursday, 6/24 I will be teaching an Introduction to Etsy workshop from 7-10pm at Workshop SF (corner of Baker and McAllister). I’ll cover everything you need to know to be a success on Etsy, as well as lots of general business and branding tips. This is a pretty hands-on and interactive class, where we’ll address issues specific to your business, not a big, boring lecture. If you’re considering testing out the waters of entrepreneurship on Etsy, this is a great little class to start with. April’s class was a huge success and … Read more »
Hey Folks! Remember how I told you all about Kickstarter a few weeks ago? Well, I drank my own Kool-Aid and put up a project to help fund the CCE! It took a lot of work, including 12 hours just on the video portion, but it was well worth it. Even if we don’t get funded all the way I’ll still be proud of this proposal. It’s the first video I’ve ever shot and edited, and though the sound isn’t great (all the footage … Read more »