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Selling Art and Crafts at Art Festivals,
Arts and Craft Shows,
Craft Fairs and Festivals
and Arts and Craft Fairs Online?


Know how to sell art and crafts at craft shows,
crafts to make, show displays, or how to sell art online?


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    Did you hear the news … They finally caught me! I’m going to jail … but it’s for a great cause — MDA!

    Shasta McLaughlin of Extravaganza Crafts has been asked to go to "LockUp" to raise funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Association on April 11, 2013.

    Muscular dystrophy is a disease where the muscles of the body get weaker and weaker. The Muscular Dystrophy Association raises funds for research, medical treatments and therapy, wheelchairs, and for kids with muscular dystrophy to attend MDA Summer Camp.




    Sell Crafts Using LinkedIn Profiles

    LinkedIn LogoWhen my LinkedIn profile wasn't complete and was full of generic information everyone else had it did nothing for my Art and Craft Newsletter and Small Business Consulting. I bought a $47 product from Kristina Jaramillo and Eric Gruber of





    Simple Inexpensive Ways to Collect Art Festival Customers Contact Information

    Add Buyers to Mailing ListsAre you collecting contact information of people who buy your one of a kind works of art, why not?

    Collecting customers contact information is simple and makes it easier to make sales increasing profits.

    Here's how:

    1. Use duplicate receipts.





    Why Add Art and Craft Buyers
    to Mailing Lists

    Are you collecting the contact information of the people who enter your Art Festival booth and buy your one of a kind works of art? If no, why not?

    Collecting a customers contact information is simple and makes it so much easier to make sales increasing profits greatly.





    How to Add Art and Craft Buyers
    To Mailing Lists

    First read Why Add Art and Craft Buyers to Mailing Lists.

    Collect Art Buyers Contact Information

    Decide what information you need to mail and email your customers useful information that will encourage them to buy your one of kind handcrafted art work. Information that is generally collected includes:

    1. First Name
    2. Last Name
    3. Address
    4. City
    5. State
    6. Zip Code
    7. Phone Number
    8. Email Address
    9. Birth Date




    Today while working on my site I came across this information that will help artists and crafters be more aware of tactics thieves use when stealing our one of a kind works of art.

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    How to Get Art and Craft
    Vendors to My Show

    Craft Show VendorThere are several ways to advertise your art and craft event to vendors. Find the most effective ways and stick with them. Test and record results of your advertising to know what was most effective.

    The best advertising reaches your target audience.





    Advertising Art Festivals is Everybody’s Business

    I struggled as craft show promoter figuring out the perfect mix of advertising for shows. Nothing is guaranteed with cable TV, internet, and satellite radio advertising has become more difficult. My advice to vendors and art festival promoters alike is this:

    Advertising craft shows is everybody’s business.

    Artists and crafters remember the more advertising promoters do, the more festival booths cost.





    Art and Craft Group
    "Facebook Like"
    Exchanges on LinkedIn

    Facebook logo

    Leslie shared this tip on LinkedIn for "Facebook Like Exchanges" that are common in Art and Craft Groups. It's funny I had done this all over the internet and hadn't used it on Facebook.





    Facebook Page Helps Your Art or Craft
    Business Know Who Your Customers Are

    Have you ever wondered exactly who your craft show customers are? Who to target in your advertising? How to find out if your target market is male or female, what age they are, or where they are located? Ever wondered who was most likely to walk into your craft show booth?

    Your art and craft based Facebook business page can help.

    First of all if you don't have a Facebook business page I suggest getting one.





    Difference Between Creating Interest in Your Arts and Crafts
    and Getting People To Buy Your Crafts

    To have a successful full time business selling arts and crafts (defined as making enough income to support yourself or your family without having a part time job) two things must happen.

    1. There must be enough people interested in buying your arts and crafts.
    2. You must be able to persuade people interested in your art to buy.




    Ways to Use Facebook
    to Sell More Arts and Crafts

    Facebook is a great place to drive art and craft sales when your posts are providing value to the reader, but will harm your reputation done incorrectly.

    Being a professional artist or crafter is having an idea, talent, and skill and developing that into a business. It's learning proper ways of marketing those skills and when done properly any business can succeed to some degree of success.





    Recently I signed up to do business with a big company and have had nothing but a terrible experience. They have however helped me to realize what good customer service is and what it is not.

    Good service is delivering what was promised, on time. It is realizing that as a business person it is your job to deliver value for your customers dollars.

    Good customer service is having a way for your customers to reach you regarding any problems they are having with your art or craft, your policies or your business in general.





    I have an account on Twitter with 800 followers mostly artists and crafters. Each of them has several to several thousand followers mostly people who buy the arts and crafts they produce.

    What does this mean for your Fair, Festival or Craft Show?

    If you are not on Twitter you are missing a huge opportunity to build a loyal following of artists and crafters who are potential vendors for your shows as well as missing the potential customers that buy those crafters products.

    What is Twitter? It is a place people get together and share bite size bits of information about themselves, their business, and things they find interesting.





    Press releases are informational articles sent to the press. They are meant to inform the public of things happening in the area. They are free and will be printed in most publications as space allows (so send them early and often).

    Press releases are a great way to advertise your art festival schedule and your craft product. A





    Use LinkedIn to Build Your
    Art or Craft Show Business

    LinkedIn connected me with many professional artists and crafters.

    I love when artists ask questions I never thought to ask, I learn from the answers they receive. It’s a great place to learn from those who are successfully selling their arts and crafts.

    I checked out LinkedIn this morning and came across this article on using this professional networking tool effectively.



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