Tips & Talk 92 – How to Negotiate with Customers

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Negotiating is a valuable skill to have. It’s made strongest when you think about and plan for it ahead of time. By having strategies and pre thought through actions in your back pocket, you won’t give away the house or feel taken advantage of. Instead, you can lead the conversation, offer options that fit the…

393 – BOOST – Pricing for Retail and Wholesale with Gail Berardo

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pricing for retail and wholesale

Do you ever think about what you’ll do after you retire? Because (especially if you work a nine-to-five for someone else), that day will eventually come. Today, I talk with Gail Berardo of EveMichael Designs. Gail has been in business for a while at this point, working it around her full-time job. But now that…

Tips & Talk 58 – Workshops: A Way to Scale Your Handmade Business

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Makers of all sorts are leaning into this up and coming sales strategy because it provides a solution to one of the biggest challenges you have as a handmade creator – limited production time. Even if you hire people to help you in certain facets of your business, there is a ceiling to how much…