Comments on: biz ladies 09: starting a business in tough times http://www.designsponge.com/2009/04/biz-ladies-09-starting-a-business-in-tough-times.html Your home for all things Design. Home Tours, DIY Project, City Guides, Shopping Guides, Before & Afters and much more Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:32:38 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Mercedes http://www.designsponge.com/2009/04/biz-ladies-09-starting-a-business-in-tough-times.html/comment-page-1#comment-181523 Mercedes Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:25:54 +0000 http://www.designspongeonline.com/?p=21338#comment-181523 Great Post, but at the end you mention "If you want more in-depth information about press kits, catalogs, and how to go about contacting editors and buyers—and of course, the licenses and paperwork you need to file in order to be a legal business, check out" and it ends there. I was hoping to find a link to check out whatever it was you were directing us too. Hope this can be added. Thank you for the wealth of information. :-) Mercedes Great Post, but at the end you mention “If you want more in-depth information about press kits, catalogs, and how to go about contacting editors and buyers—and of course, the licenses and paperwork you need to file in order to be a legal business, check out” and it ends there. I was hoping to find a link to check out whatever it was you were directing us too. Hope this can be added. Thank you for the wealth of information. :-)

Mercedes

]]> By: Elle Thornton http://www.designsponge.com/2009/04/biz-ladies-09-starting-a-business-in-tough-times.html/comment-page-1#comment-160601 Elle Thornton Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:57:01 +0000 http://www.designspongeonline.com/?p=21338#comment-160601 Thank you so much for this - I'm just starting up and am flitting from one thing to another at the mo. Producing inventory... Designing my website... Deciding where to specialise... Taking cusom orders.... Finalising packaging.... Getting business cards.... Sourcing other promotional stuff... It seems I'm not actually getting anywhere so I love this systematic approach. I'll put it into practice and try and be a bit more focused - thank you so much Meg! :o) Elle x Thank you so much for this – I’m just starting up and am flitting from one thing to another at the mo.

Producing inventory…
Designing my website…
Deciding where to specialise…
Taking cusom orders….
Finalising packaging….
Getting business cards….
Sourcing other promotional stuff…

It seems I’m not actually getting anywhere so I love this systematic approach.

I’ll put it into practice and try and be a bit more focused – thank you so much Meg! :o)

Elle x

]]> By: thedailybasics.com http://www.designsponge.com/2009/04/biz-ladies-09-starting-a-business-in-tough-times.html/comment-page-1#comment-129219 thedailybasics.com Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:57:30 +0000 http://www.designspongeonline.com/?p=21338#comment-129219 Fantastic advice and this from one who just launched a new website in December! Thanks so much!!! Fantastic advice and this from one who just launched a new website in December! Thanks so much!!!

]]> By: Ashley Jennings http://www.designsponge.com/2009/04/biz-ladies-09-starting-a-business-in-tough-times.html/comment-page-1#comment-110760 Ashley Jennings Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:43:42 +0000 http://www.designspongeonline.com/?p=21338#comment-110760 This was great! It came as a I was suddenly overwhelmed with all of the things that need to be done. This was great! It came as a I was suddenly overwhelmed with all of the things that need to be done.

]]> By: Karyna http://www.designsponge.com/2009/04/biz-ladies-09-starting-a-business-in-tough-times.html/comment-page-1#comment-74935 Karyna Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:43:42 +0000 http://www.designspongeonline.com/?p=21338#comment-74935 T H A N K Y O U so much for this post! (Even the comments were helpful)! I've "officially"started my business some months ago and this is exactly the info I needed at this moment! It also served as a great extra boost. Thanks again. =) http://papersquid.etsy.com T H A N K Y O U so much for this post! (Even the comments were helpful)! I’ve “officially”started my business some months ago and this is exactly the info I needed at this moment! It also served as a great extra boost. Thanks again. =)
http://papersquid.etsy.com

]]> By: alicia http://www.designsponge.com/2009/04/biz-ladies-09-starting-a-business-in-tough-times.html/comment-page-1#comment-74799 alicia Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:13:32 +0000 http://www.designspongeonline.com/?p=21338#comment-74799 I just opened my Etsy shop last week (http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5309855). I really like what Meg said about a product line. For me, with photography, it could translate into having groups or even just one group of photos that go together, that are my best work, that I want to represent my business. I like that idea, and I think I'll get to work on that. I just opened my Etsy shop last week (http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5309855). I really like what Meg said about a product line. For me, with photography, it could translate into having groups or even just one group of photos that go together, that are my best work, that I want to represent my business. I like that idea, and I think I’ll get to work on that.

]]>