Hi Everyone on this Sunday afternoon. I have a question about some insurance and I feel I already know the answer is going to be "no, no such thing" ... or ... "it's outrageously expensive."
I am wondering if anyone knows if there is insurance a ve
Read more…I am beginning to think about next year, yes 2018, and how I want to expand. The way I am thinking of expanding is to a bigger booth. I have had a 10x10 since I started in 2013. I want to graduate to a 10x20. Of course, with growth there are ques
Read more…Anyone here have any experience selling/buying an existing Art/Craft business?
My wife and I are kicking around the idea of a new direction in life (semi-retire/travel), and it will not include our art/craft business.
The product is more craft, Uniqu
This might sound strange, but my Dad is retired, having worked in the Leather industry all of his life -- from working as an apprentice in a saddle shop in Europe to owning his own import company.
He has an amazing range of skills; from sourcing leat
Read more…I was reading something here from years ago and it mentioned Bruce Baker and his web site http://bbakerinc.com/. I was (am) really intrigued but I'm a bit confused if it's still relevant or worth investing (time/money) in. The reason I mention this i
Read more…Hello Everyone,
I am hashing over the idea of changing my business name. Maybe some of y'all have considered this and can help me make a decision.
A little history ...
When I started my business I was making only coasters. I took blank tumbled tra
Read more…I’ve been looking at vendors for business insurance, and have some questions. In my search the same names keep coming up repeatedly: ACTinspro, RLI, and Selective. First off, are there any others I should look at? I may talk to my homeowner’s insura
Read more…Do you have questions about how best to use the Internet to build your business?
What to do next online, what others are doing, what works and how to do it?
I'm a member of another community, ClickMillionaires.com, where you'll find people talking ab
Read more…Great news from Rhode Island.
As of December 1, 2013, The State of RI has eliminated the 7% sales tax for original works and limited signed reproductions for artists & photographers.
This also extends to craftspeople, writers, musicians, dancers & s
Read more…Yesterday the Bureau of Economic Analysis, which is an agency of the Commerce Department, released a study that quantifies the economic impact of arts and culture on the Gross National Product. Of course, we all knew that art is good for the economy
Read more…Yikes, I am a regular Chatty Cathy this morning.
I am TERRIBLE at the financial side of my business. Just terrible. And so I have decided to stop trying to do it myself, and pay someone to do it.
If you have someone who deals with all that stuff, w
Read more…We have a booked up Spring schedule & we are working our little butts off trying to get everything from paintings to reproductions ready. Unfortunately our shows are small to medium sized events.
Medium sized, being Fairview, Lubbock...Small being l
Read more…I ran out of cards a couple of shows back, and kept forgetting to make new ones. What I had been doing was making a folded card that was like a miniature brochure. It was printed on both sides and a pain in the butt to fold accurately. Printshops wou
Read more…We just had a discussion last week while at an art fair with a very well known ceramic artist. He was bemoaning the amount of taxes he had to pay this year. Jim asked, "How much did you contribute to your retirement accounts?" His reply was, "I do no
Read more…I just received a letter from my bank, stating that my business checking account will go from free to a fee starting in April.
Has anyone else seeing this with their banks? Is there any bank out there that is still free?
Unfortunately we can't k
Read more…Hello! This weekend I'm doing CoolArt, an sort of outdoor art show taken indoors. 75 juried artists, in the usual 10x10 spaces, but inside with AC. No music, no food - so hopefully those attending will be there for, you know... art.
Last year 60
Read more…Greetings all ArtFairInsiders.com peeps! I am working on designing a new logo for my business and although that is the fun part, the not so fun part is deciding on a tag line. So, since I don't have any co-workers (although my husband does help, bu
Read more…Hi Everyone,
I want to let you know about some resources for artists of all kinds. I run a company called Getting Your Sh*t Together or GYST (pronounced gist) for short. GYST-Ink is an artist-run company providing information, technology and soluti
Read more…hi guys! being an artist myself, i know how valuable marketing materials are to promoting you art, as well as how expensive they can be! i am a jewelry artist with my own company, but am a graphic design artist as well.
i specialize in design for oth
