Handmade in Norway
Creativity & Community
Category: Blog
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Market Success
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No icky sales pitch required
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Why don’t you write in norwegian?
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40 social media posts
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We grow together
Let’s face it, starting a business is a BIG commitment. It’s a financial commitment with time constraints and deadlines. It’s a commitment to yourself, and a commitment to believe in your skills. It’s a commitment to making your dreams a reality. It’s HUGE! But you know what, you don’t have to go it alone. In…
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Price points – Pricing to sell more handmade products
Pricing handmade items is tricky! Don’t fall in to the trap of setting prices low thinking you’ll sell more. In this article I’ll be talking about operating with a three tier pricing strategy that will help you to sell more handmade products.
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Feeling it and loving it
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Creativity and Community
Today’s thought I’m sitting at the Handmade in Norway studio, working on strategies for a few upcoming events for later on this year. The studio has two rooms, one I use as an office, the other, larger room is used mostly for workshops. I arrange creative workshops at the studio, inviting talented artists to come…
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It’s not all about the money-money-money
The less obvious reasons to join a market.
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Being motivated – It’s just like riding a bike.
Motivation is a state of mind, it’s not a personality trait. We hear that ‘so and so is a very motivated individual’. But the fact is that we can all choose to be motivated, we can choose to be unmotivated, and we can work our way to being SUPER motivated with the help of a…
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Content – Little word BIG reputation.
One of the areas we always get questions about or asked for help with, is what to put out on social media? Which has led me to think about content a lot over the past week or so, as I am busy getting ready for a workshop on this very subject. What is content? How…
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Get featured in an Instagram gallery.
Tips on how to get your product images shared on Instagram
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Do I need a logo?
Do you need a logo to sell your handmade items online? In which order should you do things?
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Handmade clothes or fast fashion?
We throw away a shocking amount of clothes each year, a small % is donated and resold. The rest is sent to landfill sites. A social trend resulting from ‘fast fashion’. Perhaps. Help me figure this one out.
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To sell or not to sell?
Do you dare to show what you make? Or do you wonder whether it’s really ‘good enough’ to show to others?