Sarah J. Doyle | February 15, 2010
Anybody who is in the sewing/crafting/alterations business would probably laugh at the title of this post. In the past I would have laughed as well.
Denise, over at ShopperStrategy has a post entitled “How To Make $100/Hour Clipping Coupons” that I found very interesting. Apparently the Wall Street Journal has an article written by Brett Arends [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | December 14, 2009
If you have a business where you can issue a “coupon”, you’ll be on the road to additional sales!
A few years ago we sent out “gift certificates” in the amount of $5.00 or $10.00 good on the customers’ next purchase from our catalog, or listing of books in the back cover of a book they’d [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | October 13, 2009
1) Find Your Niche
Some people think that focusing on a niche is thinking too small, but having a niche product line is actually a wonderful thing! If you really want to compete with Sears and Toys ‘R Us, you can do that by offering better customer service or by providing more guarantees, but it is [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | October 12, 2009
How many days have you had lately that you just couldn’t “get in gear” to get anything done? Have you felt like you were just “wandering” and “wondering” and accomplishing nothing? Unfortunately that happens more often than we’d like to admit when we’re working out of our homes.
I’d like to offer a few tips to make [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | September 14, 2009
How often in all the years of your home business have you been hit with something so totally out of your control that it literally knocked you off your feet?
That’s what’s recently happened to me and I can’t even believe I was so “wiped out” that I couldn’t even do my share of the daily [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | August 31, 2009
We hear and read a lot about motivation is the key to success, or that only you can motivate yourself, nobody else can motivate you. Is all that really necessary or just a bunch of hype?
For those who still have their 9-5 jobs, I’d assume that it takes a bit of motivation to get out [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | July 20, 2009
Every once in awhile during the process of making crafts, doing a sewing project or actually needing something besides the normal things we have on hand, an “Aha!” moment occurs! An easier way to do something. A new product or design to help make the sewing or crafting process a little easier. Or the best [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | June 29, 2009
If you’re wanting to open a business or have come up with an idea for a new product, one of the most important things you have to think about is what to name the business or product.The first thing that comes to mind in naming a business or product may be a “cutsy” name, like “The Sewing [...]
Sarah J. Doyle | June 10, 2009
Now why would you want to give your customers an informational handout when you can simply talk to them when they come in to your shop?If you deal in wedding dresses, wouldn’t it be nice if you could give each customer a small booklet or leaflet explaining how to take care of the wedding dress, [...]
S. Denise Hoyle | April 17, 2009
There are a number of excellent services where businesses and individuals can get news alerts, however my new favorite is Yahoo Alerts, as they will also notify you via text message on your mobile phone. These services are wonderful for small businesses or anyone that needs to keep track of their online reputation and what [...]
