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Category Archives: Featured Members

Bloomsbury Square Opens Shared Work Space In New Jersey

Featured MembersBy Donna MariaNovember 11, 2014

As the economy continues to recover (ever so slowly), we are seeing an increase in the number of our members who are breaking ground on new warehouse locations and opening retail stores and work spaces. Today, we are thrilled to tell you that Niambi Cacchioli of Bloomsbury Square in New Jersey has made the leap…

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Our Roberta Perry Featured on the Dr. Oz Show After Responding to a HARO Inquiry!

Featured MembersBy Donna MariaOctober 30, 2014

How exciting is this? Last week, our member, Roberta Perry of Scrubz Body Scrub in Bethpage, New York, was recently a guest on the Dr. Oz. Show! According to their website, the Dr. Oz Show is broadcast in 118 countries and has over 4 Million daily viewers. On this show clip, Roberta educates Dr. Oz…

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Case Study: Creating a Limited Edition Product to Benefit a Local Charity

Featured MembersBy Donna MariaOctober 28, 2014

End of the year festivities are fast approaching, and that means a lot of wonderful things for Makers and Handmade Entrepreneurs, among them, opportunities to donate some of the fruits of your labor to worthy charitable causes. According to a study released earlier this year by Good.Must.Grow., a socially responsible marketing consultancy, 30 percent of…

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Handmade Business For Sale: Simple Nature

Featured MembersBy Donna MariaOctober 19, 2014

From time to time, I receive inquiries from Indie Business Network members who want to sell their business for one reason or another. I am not always in a position to share the opportunity publicly because not everyone wants their friends and fans to know that their business is for sale. Today, I am able…

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Social Media Roundup: Oct. 4 ~ Oct. 10 (Indies of Instagram)

Featured MembersBy Donna MariaOctober 10, 2014

Our members are all over Instagram like hot syrup on a fluffy pancake! Since part of my job is to hang out on Instagram and take in all their wonderfulness (lucky me), I thought I’d share some of their latest handmade goodness so you don’t miss out. A few days ago, I told you that…

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Social Media Roundup: Sept. 20 ~ Sept. 26 (American Made Goodness!)

Featured MembersBy Donna MariaSeptember 27, 2014

We scoured the Web this week to bring you some American Made Goodness from our members nationwide. Bursts of color, a bit of bling, some honey sweetness, a billionaire celebrity and more — all in the mix. It gives me such great pleasure to tell you about the love and beauty IBN members are adding…

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The Big Picture of Small Business [ Video]

Featured MembersBy Donna MariaSeptember 23, 2014

I found this video while hanging out on Vimeo the other day. I noticed it because one of our members is featured. It’s a very inspiring looking at what Jen Serena, a Burbank, California-based photographer, is doing to encourage and highlight local independent business owners in her area. Can you spot the IBN member? If…

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IBN Members Featured at Newsday’s “The New Normal”

Featured MembersBy Donna MariaSeptember 13, 2014

Not only do our members run their own businesses, but they also help others to be successful in theirs. For example, this week, our Roberta Perry and Angela Carillo were featured panelists at the Newsday Connect Small Business Seminar: The New Normal: Growing Your Business in a Digital World. (Newsday is a paper in Long…

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Indie Business Network Members at Face and Body!

Featured MembersBy Donna MariaAugust 25, 2014

While the show is coming to a close today, I just had to share this beautiful picture of two of our members at the Face and Body (Northern California)! Here is Elissa Choi of Bon Bliss (this is her booth), and Alice Lin of Wonderland Organics, both from California. for those who don’t know, Face…

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Look for The Bath Place Products in Whole Foods Market!

Featured MembersBy Donna MariaAugust 14, 2014

I am always delighted and pleased when I see IBN members step into their greatness and press toward their goals. As you might imagine, that means I am delighted and pleased a lot! Today, I am delighted and pleased about the achievements of Kimberly Thigpen of The Bath Place in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Here…

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Fun Video: Bath Bomb Cupcakes from FizzButter

Featured MembersBy Donna MariaAugust 9, 2014

Do you know what a bath bomb is? It’s mainly a combination of ingredients you use in everyday cooking, including baking soda and citric acid. Fragrance and color are usually added. When you drop a bath bomb into your tub, it fizzes up and dissolves in the water providing a wonderful scent and the benefits…

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IBN Members at Renegade Craft Fair – San Francsico

Featured MembersBy Donna MariaJuly 22, 2014

If you love all things handmade and you live in San Francisco, then you may have been at the Renegade Craft Fair over the weekend. If so, you would only have enjoyed yourself if you had been sure to stop by and meet some of our members there — in particular, the lovely ladies pictured…

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pure pitz deodorant from purely lisa

Natural Alternatives to Mass Market Deodorant

Featured MembersBy Donna MariaJuly 20, 2014

Did you know that several of our members offer alternatives to mass market deodorant? In this post, I will share some of them with you, and let you know about my personal experience with Pure Pitz from our member, Lisa Wynn Salvatore over at Purely Lisa in Greenwich, Connecticut. I have never used anything other…

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Eraka Watson, Esq. on Fox

Texas Business Law Attorney, Eraka Watson, Esq. Featured on The Black Voice

Featured MembersBy Donna MariaJuly 18, 2014

As you know, most of our members make handmade products or provide consulting services, ingredients, and supplies to people Makers and Handmade Entrepreneurs. One of our newest members is a Texas-based attorney offering legal and business law services to small business owners and the people who lead them. Eraka Watson, Esq. (left), was recently featured…

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Dawn Fitch Interview on WPIX-11

Small Business Success Tips from Dawn Fitch of Pooka Pure and Simple

Featured MembersBy Donna MariaJuly 16, 2014

Our member, Dawn Fitch of Pooka Pure & Simple, was interviewed this week by Sukanya Krishnan, news anchor at New York’s WPIX-TV (Channel 11), the flagship station of The CW Television Network, with an audience of over 10 million homes. Here is the interview (yes, there is a commercial at the beginning …) Enjoy the…

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Donna Maria and Jamyla Bennu at Oyin Handmade

Entrepreneurship Buys Freedom, says Oyin Handmade

Featured MembersBy Donna MariaJuly 9, 2014

This week is so much fun! I am in my hometown of Washington, DC, for several days to enjoy time with my family and to set the stage for some exciting things coming up here at the Indie Business Network. You’ll be hearing a lot more details in the coming days, but for now, I…

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Christine Laureano Launches Direct Mail Catalogs

Featured MembersBy Donna MariaJuly 8, 2014

Our member, Christine Laureano of Ba6 Botanicals in Hampton Bays, New York, is featured in Long Island Business Newsday this week for her new business strategy to use direct mail catalogs as a marketing tool. I am excited to see Christine create a niche publication that will reach her customers directly, providing them with colorful…

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Sénica to Pitch “Bring It To Wal-Mart” Showcase at Essence Music Festival

Featured MembersBy Donna MariaJuly 2, 2014

Our member, Sénica, in New Orleans, is being featured at the “Bring it to Wal-mart” showcase at Essence Music Festival this week! Benardett Jno Finn, Sénica’s founder and CEO, tells me that it’s a chance to share the Sénica story on a larger platform. If you are at Essence Music Festival on Sunday, July 6…

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#MakerShine: Jennifer Waller of Celtic Complexion in Raleigh, North Carolina

Featured MembersBy Donna MariaJune 9, 2014

One of the best ways for you to be inspired in your business is to learn from the insights and experiences of others. When you see someone else using a business to define success on her own terms, you can’t help but want to have a similar experience. Today’s featured Indie Business Network member says…

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#MakerShine: Pam Rodgers of Paint Box Polish in Richmond, Indiana

Featured MembersBy Donna MariaJune 2, 2014

One of the best ways for you to be inspired in your business is to learn from the insights and experiences of others. When you see someone else using a business to define success on their own terms, you can’t help but want to have a similar experience. Today’s featured Indie Business Network member uses…

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Handmade Entrepreneurs Making It Happen at Maryland’s Boonsboro Green Fest

Featured MembersBy Donna MariaMay 12, 2014

One of the most rewarding things about leading the Indie Business Network is serving handmade entrepreneurs who know how to support and encourage each other’s dreams. It melted my heart when I received emails over the weekend from some of our members who sold their handmade products at the 6th Annual Boonsboro Green Fest in…

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