Hi friends, I'm popping in on a Sunday (or Monday morning for email subscribers) to let you know about some contests that can help your creative business and give you an amazing start to 2013. Brush off your pitch skills and enter your goodness! 1. UncommonGoods Upcycling Design Challenge Deadline: November 15, 2012 at 11:59 PM ET Prizes: Grand prize-$500 cash and an … [Read more...] about Contests to Boost your Creative Biz!
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November Theme: Holiday Survival Guide
Happy November & hooray for a new OMHG theme! This time of year can be crazy for small business owners, especially those who sell tangible products! There are a bazillion things to prep, orders to ship (and long lines to stand in), not to mention cranky or demanding holiday customers. Many of us have our own holiday celebrations or vacations to plan + gifts to buy or make. … [Read more...] about November Theme: Holiday Survival Guide
Strategically Planning a Site Map
A vital first step before creating a website is working on content strategy, and a very important part of your content strategy is going to be figuring out your site map: what pages will be on your website, and how are you going to organize your navigation so that people can find what they need? If you already have a website, it's always good to take a look at it after some … [Read more...] about Strategically Planning a Site Map
Community Critiques #1: Jus Shar Designs
I am so excited about today's post!!!! Random.org picked comment #54 from Beth of Jus Shar Designs to be the winner of our first ever Community Critiques post! Beth wrote: 16 years is a long time to be nursing any baby and I'm hoping we can help Beth wean her biz! I'm happy to be able to offer Beth my loving thoughts and open the critique up to our community to share their … [Read more...] about Community Critiques #1: Jus Shar Designs
Beyond DIY: Reinventing CHILDISH
CHILDish was founded in early 2011 by me, Sarah Stickland. I needed a good fundraising project for my daughter’s playschool, so I created a series of personalized dishes. Founded in practicality, quality, and attractiveness, the CHILDish plates and bowls were conceived. They were such a hit that other schools started to ask to use them for fundraising too. The rest, as they … [Read more...] about Beyond DIY: Reinventing CHILDISH
