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Are you a part of the handmade economy? If so, you likely have been overwhelmed with the blossoming number of opportunities in which to showcase & sell your work. We now have so many options: online sales on your own website, online sales through sites like Etsy.com & Artfire.com, storefront sales, and wholesale to boutiques […]

The following is a guest post from Debbie Bertrand of The Hip Hostess Starting your own business and launching a website can be intimidating and stressful to say the least. The darling daughter and I did both in 2008, offering up a collection of fashionable aprons. To get our new endeavor off the ground, get

Many of the ads on Indie Biz Chicks & Clever Chicks are set to expire next week, so I am offering some great specials to take their place. These are for 125×125 graphic ads that will be displayed on the sidebars of each page of the site. These will last from Nov 17 – Dec

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. If you offer a product, and you want to sell more of it, you don’t have to wait for a craft show or expo to come along. You can throw your own! A few days ago, my friend Amy, who happens to be one half of

It’s November – and the 2010 Holiday Guide is here! It’s chock full of recipes, tips for staying stress-free from Thanksgiving to New Year, tips for keeping the kids occupied during winter break, and more! Grab it – for free – by clicking here!

Choosing the right person to write your web copy—to wordsmith a message that resonates deeply with your online audience—can be an intimidating decision. Conversions are not guaranteed, and each copywriter applies a unique process and voice to client projects. What’s a marketing-conscious entrepreneur to do? Easy. Instead of getting all strategic with your website copy,

I just wanted to remind you that today is the last day to register for the How To Teach An Online Class workshop for just $99 – tomorrow it goes up to it’s normal price of $149. The workshop starts on November 1 and you will be ready to enroll students into your own workshop

A small business in Davison, MI is holding a holiday open house, bake sale, and craft show on November 13 and is putting out a call to vendors. The show will be from 10am – 4pm. They are doing quite a bit of promotion for this – and are also giving away door prizes (including

Unique Surfaces, a local company located in downtown Davison, has raised $900 for Outreach East, an organization that provides food to local area families in need. Unique Surfaces started the fundraising process this past July, by offering a raffle on one of their handmade Butler’s Butcher Blocks, valued at $975. “I’m proud to help the

Teaching online classes is a great way to add to your income and promote your business. (and that’s not all – I’ve compiled this list of 10 reasons  why you should learn how to teach online classes!) If you would like to learn more about teaching your own online classes, you’ll want to attend my