- Define Your Vision: How to Write a Business Plan and Keep Your Passion »
- Growing Your Crafts Business with School House Craft »
- End Each Day With an Empty Inbox with Aeolidia »
- Blogger’s Summer Camp »
- Designing a Better Booth Display with Marlo M. and Marja H. »
- Upcoming Events (Dates TBA) »
Define Your Vision: How to Write a Business Plan and Keep Your Passion »
- Start: May 23 (Thu), 2013 7:00 pm End: May 23 (Thu), 2013 9:00 pm
- $35.00
- The Studio of Awesome [map]
- Julie Moberly
This two-hour workshop gives potential entrepreneurs insight into the many factors that go into creating a successful small business. The instructor offers lessons and reflections from both sides of the small business world that will help these entrepreneurs define their vision, create a sound business plan, and maintain their passion, enthusiasm, and sense of adventure
Growing Your Crafts Business with School House Craft »
- Start: Jun 1 (Sat), 2013 1:00 am End: Jun 1 (Sat), 2013 5:00 pm
- 85.00
- Land Gallery [map]
- Marlo Miyashiro
- Andrea Porter
Exclusive Portland Event:
Urban Craft Uprising is having their first-ever wholesale day this Summer – are you ready to show and sell your work to store owners? If you aren’t quite sure what you need to do to be sure you are prepared, come to this exclusive one-day event presented by SchoolHouseCraft.com
End Each Day With an Empty Inbox with Aeolidia »
- Start: Jun 4 (Tue), 2013 7:00 pm End: Jun 4 (Tue), 2013 9:00 pm
- $35.00
- The Studio of Awesome [map]
- Arianne Foulks
Email! It is great because it’s there when you’re ready for it, and you don’t have to spend the whole day gabbing on the phone to get things done. It’s also terrible, because it piles up and gives you attacks of guilt and anxiety. Has it been a while since you’ve seen a beautiful blank white inbox? Have you ever?
I’ve spent years and years answering email as one of my primary occupations, and during this class, I will share my methods for you to use to empty your inbox and keep it empty.
Blogger’s Summer Camp »
- Start: Jun 14 (Fri), 2013 10:00 am End: Jun 14 (Fri), 2013 3:00 pm
- $45.00
- Mount Baker Community Club [map]
- Marlo Miyashiro
Announcing a NEW event for the creative blogging community of Seattle!
School House Craft presents a fun and informative one-day “Blogger’s Summer Camp” coming up on Friday, June 14, 2013 at the Mt. Baker Community Club from 10am to 3pm.
We’ve put together panels of some of our favorite PNW bloggers and we’ll be asking them all about how they got started, their advice for creating a solid brand, the lessons they’ve learned about building an audience, how they manage their blog / life balance, and of course, tips on making money with a creative blog.
You’ll have a chance to ask your own questions during the each panel’s Q&A sessions, participate in some informative roundtable discussions with our experts, and connect with your peers with some easy “get-to-know-you” (aka: networking) activities throughout the day!
The best part? Registration is only $45 per person and includes the entire day’s program along with a healthy lunch buffet that will include vegan, omni, and gluten-free options. Yum!
Schedule:
9:30 – 10:00 - check in
10:00 – 10:30 – welcome & networking event
10:45 – 12:00 – Panel 1
12:00 – 12:45 - lunch & round tables
1:00 – 2:00 – Panel 2
2:15 – 3:00 – mixer & closing
PANEL I: How to Make Time to Blog – creating a blog / life balance
Confirmed Panelists:
Arianne Foulks of Aeolidia
Blair Stocker of Wise Craft
Andie Powers of Assemble
Megan Reardon of Not Martha
Finding the time to manage your growing blog and have a balanced life can be quite a challenge for most bloggers. Between blog post scheduling, guest bloggers, photograph editing, and seeing your loved ones, it can all become very overwhelming very fast.
During our first panel discussion, we’ll have some real talk with some of our area’s most experienced bloggers and web professionals. We’ll talk about the available tools to help you manage your blog and also find out their answers to the eternal question, “How do you do it all?” Come prepared to ask your own questions about managing your own blog/life balance for our Q&A session.
Panel II: The Myths and Realities of Monetizing Your Blog
Confirmed panelists:
Marie LeBaron of Make and Takes
Melanie Biehle of Inward Facing Girl
We’ve all heard the promises: “Make money with your blog!”, “Buy our system for guaranteed blogging success!”, “Convert your followers into GOLD!”
The truth is, most of the things we hear on the internet about making money with your blog are just plain not-true for many creative bloggers. So what does it really take to make money with your blog? During this panel discussion, we’ll ask some of our favorite bloggers about their experiences with selling advertising space, affiliate programs, promoting products for profit, and the truth behind some of the more prevalent myths floating around the internet about monetizing your blog. Be sure to bring a list of questions about making money with your own blog for the Q&A session with our panelists!
Panel moderator:
Marlo M. of etsyRAIN and IMakeCuteStuff.com
Designing a Better Booth Display with Marlo M. and Marja H. »
- Start: Jun 21 (Fri), 2013 7:00 am End: Jun 21 (Fri), 2013 9:00 pm
- $35.00
- The Studio of Awesome [map]
- Marlo Miyashiro
- Marja Huhta
Creating an effective booth display is about more than just throwing a tablecloth on a table and setting out your merchandise. If planned properly, your booth display can help you solidify your branding, show your work in its best light, and yes – help you make more sales!
Join Marlo M. of CreativeArtsConsulting.com and guest artist Marja Huhta of GlassElements.org as we explore creative ways to put a winning display together without breaking the bank!
We’ll cover topics such as:
- Effective booth design for retail and wholesale shows
- Color choice connections
- Boosting your brand with displays and signage
- Displays on a budget
- Complying with Fire Regulations
- And much more!
Bring a list of your most pressing display questions, photos of your current display (if available), and samples of your work to show to your fellow classmates. See you in class!
Upcoming Events (Details to be Determined)
Focusing Your Product Line
Developing a product line is about more than just making a bunch of stuff to sell. In order to create a business around the things you make, it is essential that you develop a focused product line that is reasonable to produce, viable in the marketplace, and appeals to the customer you wish to attract.
For many artists and craft makers, this idea is much easier said than done. If you need some help deciding which direction to take with the things you make, you are not alone!
If you've been having trouble figuring out *what* you want to sell, come to this class with samples of the things you make and / or a list of the things you are thinking of making and we'll help you find the focus you need to develop a product line that you can promote and sell!