Scrapbooking for Profit: Cashing in on Retail, Home-Based, and Internet Opportunities

Description

This invaluable guide shows how you can transform your passion for scrapbooking into a profitable career. From running a home-based business, writing for crafts magazines, or designing your own products, to teaching scrapbooking classes, working as an event planner, or owning a retail store, Scrapbooking for Profit explores the endless business opportunities in this ever-growing industry. This revised edition also contains new sections on marketing your products through Websites and social media. Whether home-based, Internet, or retail, it's all here! Chapters cover: * Current trends and statistics in the marketplace * Tackling the challenges of running your own business * The organizational and legal steps for starting a scrapbooking enterprise * Publicizing, promoting, and advertising your business * Running an Internet retail site * Getting exposure at scrapbooking trade shows and expos Filled with solid business knowledge, advice from industry experts, and a contagious sense of creative passion, this much-needed resource provides detailed counsel for anyone seeking to cash in on the scrapbooking revolution.

Rebecca Pittman has been working in the crafts field from an early age. She has started and run several businesses centered around faux paintings, murals, interior decorating, unique crafts, and weddings. She gives frequent classes and seminars on crafts businesses and is the author of How to Start a Faux Painting or Mural Business (Allworth Press).

So, you want to start yet another scrapbooking store? Welcome to the crowd! Want to succeed? Be smart and break from the pack by learning everything you can about the business. This book will show you how. David J Kovanen, President of AddictedToScrapbooking.com The ultimate book for those entering the scrapbookingarena, whether home-based, retail or internet focused. Russell Williams, President of InventionHome.com "So, you want to start yet another scrapbooking store? Welcome to the crowd! Want to succeed? Be smart and break from the pack by learning everything you can about the business. This book will show you how."--David J Kovanen, President of AddictedToScrapbooking.com "The ultimate book for those entering the scrapbooking arena, whether home-based, retail or internet focused."--Russell Williams, President of InventionHome.com