Synopses & Reviews
Everything you need to know to run a successful jewelry making business from your home Have you ever thought about starting your own home-based jewelry making business? Have you been hesitant to put your plans into action? This comprehensive guide contains all the necessary tools and strategies you need to successfully launch and grow your business. Maire Loughran draws on her years of experience to show you how to turn your passion for beautiful jewelry into a profitable sideline or full-time business. Selling and making jewelry is one of the more high-margin craft businesses, and with the right approach to sales and a stylish look, one can develop a devoted following. Covering all jewelry types, Loughran addresses all the essentials and more, including: Pricing jewelry
Setting up a Web site
Realizing the benefits of e-commerce
Establishing a niche
Selling at craft fairs
Finding a distributor
Getting celebrity attention
Synopsis
How to Start a Home-Based Jewelry Making Business is for creative, talented women who want to turn their passion for beautiful jewelry into a profitable sideline or full-time business. Selling and making jewelry is one of the more high-margin craft businesses and with the right approach to sales and a stylish look, one can develop a devoted following. In addition to the essentials common to the series, this book also includes information on pricing jewelry, setting up a Web site, and how to get celebrity attention.
Synopsis
Maire Loughran draws on her years of experience to show you how to turn your passion for beautiful jewelry into a profitable sideline or full-time business.
About the Author
Maire Loughran, who built her jewelry making business from the ground floor up, writes and lectures on the topic of how to start a home-based business. She also acts as a mentor to other new, jewelry making start-ups. Loughran is a member of the American Craft Council, Society of American Silversmiths, and the Society of North American Goldsmiths. In addition, she is the Arts/Crafts Business guide at About.com and the Feature Jewelry Writer at Suite101.com. She lives in Orlando, Florida.
Table of Contents
All How to Start a Home-Based Business books include: 1. The scope of the business2. Self assessment: is this business right for you?3. Writing a business plan4. Managing the Money: Accounting and bookkeeping information you need to run a financially healthy business5. Ethical, legal, and licensing issues6. Marketing best bests7. Internet strategy8. As your business grows: stay small, expand, or sell