William's Arts / Crafts Business Blog May 2008 Archive

Sales Tax at Shows
Crafters face a unique challenge when attending shows and charging sales tax. Whenever you are in another state, you must charge and report/pay that state's tax rate. Fortunately, the promoter's will ... Read More

Sunday May 11, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Online Marketing Fundamentals
If you are trying to get people to come to your web site there are many things you can do to help. Remember that a web site requires marketing techniques just ... Read More

Sunday May 11, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Hiring an Employee
When crafters need help producing crafts the best route is usually sub-contracted labor to do piecework. However, sometime crafters will need to hire an actual employee. If you will become an ... Read More

Sunday May 4, 2008 | permalink | comments (1)

Show Attendance Down?
Lots of crafters are reporting that show attendance is down this year. Is this every show or just a select few? What are you seeing as far as crowd levels at ... Read More

Sunday May 4, 2008 | permalink | comments (1)

Reasons for a Bad Show
Bad shows are not always the promoter's fault! Even when a show promoter does the job of drawing the crowds, you still might have a bad show. This doesn't mean the ... Read More

Sunday May 4, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)