As you lead your business forward, you will eventually have to do one of three things to grow your handmade business: (1) train others (either employees or contractors) to help you make the products you sell; (2) offer “how to” information products along with handmade products; or (3) add complementary business models within your existing…
On Thursday evenings from 8 to 9pm ET, IBN hosts #HandmadeChat, a Twitter talk show to help handmade and creative entrepreneurs sell more products, have more fun, and be more successful personally and professionally. While the show is aimed mainly at business owners who make and sell handmade consumer products, the topics and discussions can…
On Thursday evenings from 8 to 9pm ET, IBN hosts #HandmadeChat, a Twitter talk show to help handmade and creative entrepreneurs sell more products, have more fun, and be more successful personally and professionally. While the show is aimed mainly at business owners who make and sell handmade consumer products, the topics and discussions can…
On Thursday evenings from 8 to 9pm ET, IBN hosts #HandmadeChat, a Twitter talk show to help handmade and creative entrepreneurs sell more products, have more fun, and be more successful personally and professionally. While the show is aimed mainly at business owners who make and sell handmade consumer products, the topics and discussions can…
Donna Maria shares tips to help you avoid your own fiscal cliff.
Tips from #HandmadeChat No. 26: How To Use Awards Programs To Grow Your Business.
Every Thursday evening from 8 to 9pm ET, IBN hosts #HandmadeChat, a Twitter talk show to help handmade entrepreneurs sell more products and make more money. While the show is aimed mainly at members of business owners and artisans who make handmade consumer products, the topics and discussions can empower and encourage the growth of…
Thursday’s #HandmadeChat covered the topic of dealing with difficult customers. This is an important topic because, as small business owners, we deal with people all the time — and where there are people, there are challenges. Whether an issue can be traced to you, your customer, or some act of providence, how you handle it…
“Feeling overwhelmed today. … My garden has gone to pot and I can’t keep up, with 2.5 hours on the mower a week, and then the house needs cleaning. Maybe it will lift after I do my big event at our county fair. I’m making lists of my priorities in life, and the yard and…
Last night, Alyssa Middleton facilitated #HandmadeChat: How To Be Work Your Business With Kids Around. Because I started my business when my children were infants, and help women do so today, this topic is near and dear to my heart. Alyssa shared a great deal of insight and many tips on how she manages her…
Donna Maria and Dr. Linda Henman discuss what it takes to excel as a woman entrepreneur.
Donna Maria shares brief commentary on her suggestion that Penn State forfeit a football game.
Donna Maria shares an overview of #HandmadeChat #3: How To Hire A Virtual Assistant, along with the chat transcript.
Last year, I hosted FaceBook Fridays, where I posed a question at the INDIE FaceBook Page and shared the insightful answers people shared at this blog. You can read some of the more popular FaceBook Friday posts here (about joining competitors’s FaceBook Pages) and here (about attracting more fans to your FaceBook Page). In recognition…
Donna Maria shares simple steps you can take to expand your sphere of influence one step at a time.
Donna Maria summarizes common sense advice for your business, as shared by Dave Ramsey at Chick-Fil-A Leadercast.
Donna Maria interviews Tony and Linda Cole about how they kept their family and business strong during and after a family health crisis.
Donna Maria interviews Carol Roth about how to answer the question should you, as opposed to can you, start a business.
Donna Maria shares insights from INDIE Business Book Club 2Q 2011 and Delivering Happiness.
Donna Maria interviews Susan Bulkeley about how women can embrace their roles as leaders, and why it’s important that they do so.
Donna Maria interviews author Rhonda Cook about how to successfully transition from corporate America to a business of your own.