Are you looking for new income streams to compliment your income? Do you want to extend your creative skills and horizon? It is very hard to earn a decent income from only selling your products or services, and more and more creatives need to look at offering a wider range of products or services to [...] Read more »
Top tips from 7 experts: How do I approach an (online) design shop or craft gallery successfully?
One of the most asked questions that designers and makers ask me when I run workshops about selling or trade shows, or The Design Trust Get Clients Now! coaching programme is: How do I approach a craft gallery or design shop successfully? I always want to give practical and honest advice, whatever it is about. [...] Read more »
Exclusive Design Trust Dialogue: Dan Goode of online boutique Seek & Adore about how to sell successfully online
The Design Trust partner Seek & Adore brings together the work of designer makers with consumers looking to discover and buy unique and original pieces – from homewares, jewellery and fashion accessories to fresh and affordable handmade gift ideas. Seek & Adore is really keen that everything they sell is made by a real artist, [...] Read more »
Review: Creative Business Explorer by Pete Mosley – give your creative business an MOT with this online coaching & review tool
Creative business adviser, coach and author Pete Mosley has recently launched the Creative Business Explorer. Why does it beat the competition? As Pete states at the start of the programme: ‘If you lack clear goals, it’s incredibly hard to map out the right path to take. It’s also really hard to set out the stopping [...] Read more »
Protected: The Design Trust business support for OYO exhibitors at New Designers 2013
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The Design Trust Get Clients Now! mentoring programme, deadline: 27 May, starts: 6 June
Q: Do you need to polish your marketing and sales skills? A: I can help you with developing your own marketing plan with 10 daily or weekly marketing activities that you’ll focus on for 28 days. Q: Do you want more and or better clients? A more reliable income? A: I can advice you what [...] Read more »
Free The Design Trust Online Masterclass: Intro to Linked In for creatives, with Justyna Sowa of Decorum, Thursday 20 June at 1pm (UK time)
Linked In is one of the most popular online networking and recruitment sites, but not many creatives are using it. It looks a bit corporate, and if you don’t have ‘a proper job title’ you might struggle with getting your personal profile started. In this one hour online masterclass The Design Trust partner and social [...] Read more »
The 62 group of textile artists invites new member applications, deadline: 4 June
The group provides opportunities for professional, contemporary textile artists to promote and exhibit their work at a national and international level. This peer-to-peer group celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2012, and continues to be a lively group of contemporary textile artists with a newsletter, regular exhibitions and talks. Members include many of the best known [...] Read more »
Crafts Council call for Hothouse, business support programme for emerging makers, deadline: 31 July
The Crafts Council is calling for applications for its scheme for emerging makers, Hothouse. The scheme, now in its 4th year, has nurtured the talent of 85 makers to date, and a further 40 will be selected for Hothouse 4. This will run from January – July 2014, and will be delivered with partners in [...] Read more »
Free The Design Trust online masterclass: E-newsletter tips & tricks: how to build relationships, create fans & sell!, with Tamsin Fox-Davies, Tuesday 25 June at 1pm (UK time)
Email is THE most effective marketing tool for small businesses today! It’s a great way to stay in touch with your clients, and to boost your database. If you are not already sending a regular email newsletter to your audience then you are missing out on a huge opportunity to create real relationships with your [...] Read more »