I’m about to hop a plane Wisconsin to be a visiting artist at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, but luckily I’ve got a great guest post from Meredith of Smaller Box to share while I’m gone. Meredith is talking about 5 mistakes rookie marketers (and sometimes even more seasoned marketers) often make. She’s also got …
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“The artist has only one ambition: to master his material in such a way that his work is independent of the value of the raw material.” -Adolph Loos, ‘Building Materials’ In one of my classes, someone brought up her typical pricing strategy: cost of materials x 3 +20% = wholesale price As someone who has …
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On last week’s post on creating niche products, I got several comments from people who felt they just could not limit themselves to one material or idea. “I’m creative, I just have too many ideas to focus on one thing!” There is nothing wrong with being creative and having a lot of ideas. In fact, …
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