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Ruth, This is SUCH a much needed topic that needs to be addressed!

I am an experienced designer and there are so many things that I wish I had known. I sold my first design in December of 1998 to Annie's Magazine Crochet to Go. Even though I had a mentor (Anyone recognize the name Terry Kimbrough of Leisure Arts Fame in Knit and Crochet?) and I…[Read more]

Thanks for sharing your experience! Here's mine, though there are some differences because I live in Germany and not in the US.

– Who has approached a publishing house?

I approached three publishers for book projects: The first (OZ) never even answered, which put me off.
The second (frech) was a recommendation by a friend and published three b…[Read more]

So am I!

I think we need to start thinking of our ideas and businesses on a different level to ensure the industry doesn't just collapse. I was conversing with fellow designers on another group about book deals and advances and I was shocked to see that a certain major publishing house has even lowered the advance they offered me (and I…[Read more]

So am I!

I think we need to start thinking of our ideas and businesses on a different level to ensure the industry doesn't just collapse. I was conversing with fellow designers on another group about book deals and advances and I was shocked to see that a certain major publishing house has even lowered the advance they offered me (and I…[Read more]

So am I!

I think we need to start thinking of our ideas and businesses on a different level to ensure the industry doesn't just collapse. I was conversing with fellow designers on another group about book deals and advances and I was shocked to see that a certain major publishing house has even lowered the advance they offered me (and I…[Read more]

This is my email signature (although in my actual sig, the links work)
~ katie

Dyer Extraordinaire

katie@yarnloveyarn

http://www.YarnLoveYarn.com

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It's text only, but it really works. I use Gmail, so it helpfully supplies a picture of whomever I'm emailing, which I do appreciate. I rely on email signatures heavily…[Read more]

This is my email signature (although in my actual sig, the links work)
~ katie

Dyer Extraordinaire

katie@yarnloveyarn

Web: http://www.YarnLoveYarn.com

Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest

It's text only, but it really works. I use Gmail, so it helpfully supplies a picture of whomever I'm emailing, which I do appreciate. I rely on email signatures…[Read more]

I'm in!

@belinda-briggs, yay for selling your house and moving on! Good luck with finding a new house.
Take your time with my request; it is nothing urgent.

Hi Lisa,

I could make up a PDF with coupons good for a percentage off in my Etsy shop if that would help? Just let me know if you are interested.

Gina

I'll be happy to help any way that I can.

I think I just have my website and “to become an explorer of your business, join here” (that's a link to my email subscription.
I don't really need people via email to follow me in all the places, and I think I've clicked on a signature maybe 4 times in the last year? So really, I wouldn't worry about it too much! Just be sure you send people to…[Read more]

I really love this discussion!
So I think you might have figured some of this out (based on what you said in chat?), but here's my short answer to your direct question: These things you do for fun – what do you drive people to do after or during?
Sign up for your list.

It's that simple. If they like what you're doing, if they want to do more…[Read more]

I love all the replies you got, but I have been racking my brain and I have no idea what podcast episode I might have talked about different kinds of content for your blog. I probably rattled it off the top of my head and then forgot it immediately.
So since I can't come up with that, here are some ideas for the kinds of posts you could include:…[Read more]

Count me in! And let's get @lars923304 in here, too.

I'm sorry, but I don't have any idea how to get a real person at Paypal, unless they have ‘live chat'?

I'm glad that this has helped you think through your prices and profit, Lisa!

So I specifically didn't put “time” in the equations, because, for lots of us, it matters less how much time is wrapped up in ONE thing, than how many you can make in a week or month. So even if a class took you 2 hours…you can't really do 20 of those a week (to…[Read more]

@tanja-osswald thanks. I really want to Periscope with them!

@belinda-briggs, I would really look for a way to keep your marketing momentum going forward if possible. Could you rent space?