By wendy on August 28, 2010
A weekly roundup of craft, design, and business related news and links: The $600 Question: Assets and Marketing – Why the amount of money you have for marketing isn’t as important as knowing your other assets. Why Would People Read Your Blog? – This posts gives you some reasons people will read your blog and [...]
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By wendy on August 21, 2010
A weekly roundup of craft, design, and business related news and links: Does Social Media Work for Visual Artists? – some ways to get the most out of using social media for marketing 5 Secrets of Highly Effective Twitter Users – how to get more out of Twitter How to Use Your Blog to Drive [...]
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By wendy on August 13, 2010
A weekly roundup of craft, design, and business related news and links: 3 Steps to Take Today Even if You Plan to Work Forever – Have you thought about retirement? It doesn’t matter how far in the future it is, you should plan for it now. The Biology of Effective Tweets – OK, now you’re [...]
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By wendy on August 7, 2010
A weekly roundup of craft, design, and business related news and links: How to Finance Your Craft Business – some great ways to make your pennies stretch when you’re first going pro. Brag Better About Your Art, About You – you need to learn how to speak about your accomplishments with self-confidence and here are [...]
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By wendy on July 31, 2010
A weekly roundup of craft, design, and business related news and links: How to Write a Winning Press Release: The Step-by-Step Guide – 10 tips on how to write a superb press release How to Increase the Quality of Your Facebook Fans – there might be a million ways to get more fans, but don’t [...]
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By wendy on July 24, 2010
A weekly roundup of craft, design, and business related news and links: 12 Ways to Market Your Event With Social Media – You have an event scheduled (Christmas in July perhaps?) but need a plan to get people excited about it. Finding the Niche That’s Just Right – Everyone tells you to market to your [...]
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By wendy on July 17, 2010
A weekly roundup of craft, design, and business related news and links: In case you missed it Wednesday here are two articles talking about Old Spice’s viral campaign and why you should have remarkable marketing: 13 Reasons Why Old Spice’s New Social Media Campaign is Pure Brilliance Old Spice: The Man Your Content Could Smell [...]
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By wendy on July 10, 2010
Today I’m excited to introduce a new contributer to CMBA, Wendy Edsall-Kerwin. Wendy is a jewelry artist and metalsmith living and working out of her home in Elizabethtown, PA. When she isn’t in the studio pounding away at metal, you can usually find her online at her blog , her website, or on Twitter as [...]
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By megan auman on July 3, 2010
A weekly roundup of craft, design, and business related news and links: Do You Want to Make Money or Create? – A MUST READ post about the differences between pursuing your creative passion and running a successful business. on the craft (beer) community – A few lessons the craft community can learn from the craft [...]
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By megan auman on June 26, 2010
A weekly roundup of craft, design, and business related news and links: The Five Keys to Unconventional Marketing – Amazing post about how to market when the traditional features/benefits rules don’t apply to your products and services. (A must read.) Financing Your Dream: What’s the Right Path? – I love the part about using your [...]
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