Crafty Business

CraftyPod #111: My Own Story of Free and Crafting

March 12, 2010

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In this show:

• To further our ongoing discussion of Free and how it affects the craft community, I share my own story of Free. In some ways, Free has created my business. In others, it’s created big challenges.

• I talk about the most important by-product of Free: [...]

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URLs and Twitter Names from Value 101

March 11, 2010

So many nice people stopped by Value 101 yesterday, and made it a fantastic day. Thank you all!
(I do plan to offer this free, one-day class again later this year, for those who missed out.)
Meanwhile, many people who were there yesterday were busy exchanging blog URLs and Twitter names, so they could connect after the [...]

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The Scoop on tomorrow’s Free online class: Value 101

March 9, 2010

Woo-Hoo! I’ve just put the finishing touches on my free, one-day online class, Value 101. It’s tomorrow, people – as in, Wednesday, March 10th!
Updated to add: Class was a huge success, and the class space is now closed. Thanks to everyone who stopped in. I’ll probably offer Value 101 again as a free class later [...]

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So. Many. Cool. Things. Coming. Up.

March 5, 2010

Okay, seriously. There are so many things happening in March! Here’s a handy guide, because I’d love to see you in/at some of this stuff….

The March Craft Social, for example, will be Tuesday the 23rd from 2-4pm EST (or 11am – 1pm PST). We’ll be discussing Hybrid Crafts. It’ll be awesome. More details over here.

My [...]

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Mark Your Calendar: Free Online Class – Value 101!

March 2, 2010

This is just a quick, mark-your-calendars note. I promise I have some crafty blog posts in the works for you, and they’re coming soon.
But that’s not what I want you to mark you calendar for. Actually, I’m holding a fabulous, free, one-day online class next week, called Value 101. And I’d love for you to [...]

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CraftyPod #110: Teaching Your Craft, with Tara Swiger

February 27, 2010

Image by Tara Swiger

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In this show:

• An interview with Tara Swiger, an accomplished knitting teacher who has a lot of interesting things to say about teaching a craft.

• We talk about what it’s like to teach one-on-one vs. in a group setting.

• Some discussion of how different people’s learning styles affect their approach to crafting, [...]

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Got any crafty biz questions for Kari Chapin?

February 24, 2010

I’m so excited that Kari Chapin’s new book, The Handmade Marketplace is finally out! Kari and I are planning to do a podcast together soon, and thought you might like to contribute.
Got any craft-business questions for Kari? Just leave them in the comments, and we’ll include as many as we can in the podcast.
The Handmade [...]

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Video: How to Evaluate an Opportunity (when you aren’t getting paid)

February 23, 2010

Evaluating an Opportunity (when you aren’t getting paid) from Diane Gilleland on Vimeo.

If you’re a craft blogger (or really, any kind of blogger), chances are good that sooner or later, someone will contact you and ask you to contribute something to their website. Sometimes, it’s a corporate website looking for free content, and sometimes, it’s [...]

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Tuesday Evening: Join us for Free Thinking!

February 15, 2010

Just a reminder, friends – tomorrow evening, I hope you can join us for Free Thinking. It’s an interactive liveblogging event – and a big, public discussion of how Free is affecting our crafty culture.

Just show up at Make & Meaning tomorrow at 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern. And bring your thoughts and questions about [...]

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