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The Stitchers Library. Sandra Monley Co-ordinator, Information and Learning Brisbane City Council Libraries. Creative women + digital skills training. Crafters sell their work online establishing a home based, micro-business. Digital literacy. Economic development. Brisbane
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The Stitchers Library Sandra Monley Co-ordinator, Information and Learning Brisbane City Council Libraries
Crafters sell their work online establishing a home based, micro-business. Digital literacy Economic development Brisbane crafters
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Ambition! • “I want to sell my craft”. • “I want to make money from selling my craft”. • “I want to set up a small home based business”. Felt rabbits from Hut up Berlin
The handmade market: how to sell your craft online
Topics • Getting started with market research online • Sourcing supplies online • Connecting with other crafters online • Photographing products for the web • Setting up an online shop • Social networking and your business • Keeping statistics with easy online apps.
Map & Hatch: Business Planning for Crafters This workshop will teach you the process of mapping out your hobby to turn it into a micro business. Participants will learn to apply business planning tools and capture their ideas to hatch their creative goals giving them a plan to make their craft/hobby into a successful business venture. Presented by Sally Flynn from Flight Industries. Map and hatch: business planning for crafters
Marta and Maciek first market stall Friday 22 February, 2013 Life-centred skills