If true figures were to be told, the amount would
certainly be well over $5 billion.
Many people are cashing in on the craze by starting
their own scrapbooking businesses. There are many, many
ways to make money if you love to scrapbook. The appeal
of starting this type of business is easy to see.
You can operate your business out of your home. You
set your own hours working whenever you want.
Satisfaction can be derived from the creativity that you can
display. But perhaps the biggest advantage of starting your
own scrapbooking business is that it can be done for a
relatively small start-up investment.
There are hundreds of places online that offer you the
opportunity to pay them to show you how to start this type
of business and some of them can be beneficial. However,
all you really need to have is a love of scrapbooking and the
desire to succeed by doing what you love.
What we’ve done with this book is compile tips and
tricks from people who’ve successfully started their own
scrapbooking business.
You’ll learn so much in these pages:
how to name your business, what supplies you’ll need,
what to charge for your services, marketing your business,
and finding creative ways to get your name out there.
You can pursue this business in many different ways.
You can create pages for other people, you can sell
scrapping supplies, or you can become a consultant for
others teaching them how to do their own scrapbooks.
Whichever route you choose, scrapbooking can
be profitable and fun!
Many people think the only way to build a business in
the scrapbooking world is by opening a retail store - not
true! There are more than a dozen other ways you can
make a living in this industry and some of them
are much more profitable than retail!
Let’s look at your options!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction 3
Direct Sales Consultant 4
Scrapbook Instructor 10
Event Organizer 14
Product Designer/Manufacturer 16
Scrapbook “Expert” 17
Professional Scrapbook Artist 20
Scrapbook Retailer 22
Hiring Employees 23
Providing Great Customer Service 25
Online Retailer 27
Paper Piecing and E-Bay 29
Creating Piecings That Will Sell 31
Organization 32
Advertising Your Auction 33
Custom Orders 33
Providing Excellent Customer Service 35
Before You Start 35
Marketing Your Business 37
Your Website 41
E-zines 42
Blogs 44
Press Releases 45
Traditional Advertising 46
Newspapers 46
Telephone Books 47
Television 48
Radio 49
Other Marketing Tools 50
Naming Your Business 51
What Do You Charge? 52
Trade Shows & Conventions 54
At Tax Time 55
Conclusion 57
Sample Inventory Control Sheet 60
We hope you enjoy this and Good Luck
with Starting Your Own SCRAPBOOKING Business !!
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