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Articles & Tips for Craftsmen, Artists, Food Vendors & Resellers:

  • Marketing on the Web: "Build it, and they will come!"
  • How to work with Solarez Safe Resin.
  • Tick Crazy?   You need a good tick remover!  New England and Mid-Atlantic states are crawling with deer ticks.  They carry Lyme disease, and we are now in the midst of an epidemic of Lyme disease.  Tourism departments won't tell you about ticks.  Here's our experience with Lyme disease (borrelia.)
  • Choosing the Right Art & Craft Show  
  • How to determine a show's real profitability
  • The Arts/Crafts Business versus "Traditional" Business.
  • How to Label Slides & Photos for Juried Shows
  • Thinking about setting up your own website ?
  • Do Frogs Need Insurance?  No, but craftsmen do!
  • Art & Craft Fairs: - Survival of the Fittest .  Editorial: The impact of resale items, imports and manufactured goods masquerading as 'hand-crafted .'    
  • Time Management - A rocky tale.
  • Trademarks: How to use your trademark correctly .: Are you interested in registering your trademark?   Need a source for a search ?
  •  Build your Consignment Contract after considering these basics.
  • Outdoor Show Survival : A check list
  • Pricing Your Work : formulas and logic .
  • What Happened to Our Shows?
  • Legal Issues : Starting Your Own Business: sales tax registration; problems with zoning, checking accounts .
  • Craft Show Equipment :  A check list to help you pack - probably a few things you haven't even thought of. 
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  • The Credit Card Wars :   Is it worth the hassle and cost to take credit cards?  (See also Merchant Credit, below.)
  • How do you know if you're making a profit?  First you have to talk the talk, - then maybe you can walk the walk !   
  •  Safety and Security at Shows
  • Cooperative Ventures: A Tale of Three Craft Cooperatives    
  • Merchant Credit : Is it Lots of Extra Work?   
  • Merchant Credit: Here's information to compare fees,  and a good source . Dollars and cents! 
  • Sales Tax Problems: PYA!   Why you really need a tax permit, and Contact Information for Sales Tax Departments in various states. 
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  • Your Display: Effective Techniques    
  • How to Determine a Show's REAL Profitability   
  • How to Increase Sales Through Word-of-Mouth Advertising   
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