When I talk to artists and makers, many express interest in wanting to expand the wholesale side of their business. (For those who are new to the lingo, that simply means selling your work to stores.) And for good reason. Growing your online sales can feel frustrating at times (especially when Instagram keeps changing their …
Why giving yourself permission to create new work is actually a savvy business strategy. I was having a chat with a fellow maker the other day and she asked me to share some tips on time management. After pressing her a little further, I discovered that the root of her issue wasn’t really time management …
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Click here to read Part 1 of this post, Your Art Doesn’t Exist to Solve a Problem. I want to expand on my last post, because I can imagine after reading why I think we, as artists and makers, should ditch problem solving marketing, you may be wondering how exactly to sell your work instead. …
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There’s a basic marketing strategy that goes something like this: 1. Figure out what problem your product solves. 2. Find people who have that problem. 3. Remind them that they have this problem and why your product is the solution. This line of thinking is so pervasive in marketing culture that we’re even taught to …
I recently put out a call on my Instagram asking for topic suggestions for here on Designing an MBA, and I got a lot of requests to talk more about selling one of a kind products. Since I’ve shifted more of my business to one of a kinds after launching my Contra Collection in 2015, …
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