The Crafts Blog

Right then, we’re off to a new home!
Not me personally, but this blog is on the move. From now on we’ll be at SellingCraftsOnline.com
Why?
Well there are a couple of reasons.
First, when I started this blog it was on this sub-domain - craftblog.sellingcraftsonline - because I always intended to do something else with the main name. [...]

A while ago I did an article about the different ways you could take people’s money when you’re selling crafts online. You can see that post here.
Then just the other day a friend pointed out to me that I wasn’t really giving the subject complete coverage. I was confused. I’m not the world’s greatest writer [...]

Visitors to this craft blog will by now have realised that I’m quite a fan of blogging.
Great for communicating with your prospects and customers, loved by search engines, a huge range of plug-ins are available to expand it’s capabilities… what’s not to like?
The only thing that’s been something of a stumbling block has been using [...]

Having just reviewed the new Zibbet site for selling crafts online (see Zibbet.com here) I need to thank them for bringing a scammer to my attention. If you’re running an online craft store you need to watch out for thieves like this guy.

Happy New Year to you. I hope you had a good time over the holidays.
Over here in France where I live at the moment there’s a lot of concern about the economy and I know from speaking to friends and contacts around the world that those concerns are shared by pretty much everyone. I don’t [...]

I love discovering clever ways that people are marketing their craft  businesses. We can all learn something from innovators.
My friend Xandra at Craftbooksnow.com has just told me about this scrapbook business and how they’re promoting their scrapbooking pro course. If scrapbook making is one of the crafts you’re involved in I thoroughly recommend you check [...]

If you’ve been visiting this blog for very long you’ll know that I’m a big advocate of craft blogging to help promote your business. I believe it can have a huge effect on drawing in new customers and keeping in touch with them. It is my primary method of growing my own craft business - [...]

UPDATE: Unfortunately this test didn’t work - the supplied software was just not stable enough. More ideas on this soon though.
Running a craft blog is a great idea to attract visitors. Blogs tend to do well in search engines and people love them if they’re updated regularly with interesting info.
Now it seems there’s the chance [...]