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 »
Exclusive The Design Trust webinar: ‘Run a successful & confident training workshop’
Are you thinking about running craft or design workshops? Either in person, or online? To make more money? To share your passion, skills and knowledge? Do you want to run workshops but aren’t sure where to start? Are you currently running workshops but do you think that the organisation or marketing can be improved? Do [...] Read more »
Exclusive Design Trust webinar: How to conquer your critical self, with Patricia van den Akker
Do you blame the lack of money or lack of time on not being more successful? (But you know deep down that these are just excuses …) Or are you a critical creative who thinks ‘that was ok, but it isn’t good enough (yet). Have to do better next time’ … Are your worries stopping [...] Read more »
How do I sell expensive crafts online? Practical advice from 11 experts
More and more designer makers are selling their work online – via their own website, with specialist online boutiques and shops, or with one of the popular online market places like Etsy, Folksy or others. But what do you do if your work is high end, high quality and unique? Will people buy expensive crafts [...] Read more »
The Design Trust Challenge 2013: Create the right creative business for you along with us
2013 is our second year in business since I took over The Design Trust as a social enterprise. And this year I really want to get more creatives being creative working on their business. I want more people to work together, learn from each other, and get into action to build better businesses – for [...] Read more »
Book review: ‘The Essential Guide to Business for Artists & Designers’ by Alison Branagan
The Essential Guide to Business for Artists and Designers (Essential Guides) is one of the most thorough business books for artists, designer makers and craftspeople around. It is aimed especially at artists and makers creating art or products, and should be on the book shelf of both recent graduates and more established creative [...] Read more »
Get your online shop ready for Christmas – a FREE e-book by Handmade Horizons
Are the Christmas preparations stressing you out? So much to do, so many jobs to attend to! The friendly online marketing experts and The Design Trust affiliate partners Polly Dugdale and Claire Hughes of Handmade Horizons are here to help! They have created a very useful e-book to help you get your online shop into [...] Read more »
Exclusive Business Club webinar: ‘Creating succesful collaborations & projects’ with Alison Coward
Collaborating with others is an essential part of developing your creativity and business. Especially as a sole trader or freelancer! But how do you create and run successful collaborations, projects and partnerships? How can you work better with friends and peers? But also with clients, sub-contractors and suppliers? In this one hour Design Trust webinar [...] Read more »