Alright guys, we’ve had three stellar interviews with people doing well at what they love but as I warned you in my first post not everyone gets the happy ending. This industry is a meat grinder and more than a few vendors have had to throw in the towel. Kitty Wynter is one of my … More Interview with Kitty Wynter
Hey everyone! As I promised way back when I started this blog I have interviews from other vendors. I’ve chosen 6 people to interview to give you a small cross section of the vendor community. Now not everyone’s experience is typical so bear in mind that everyone runs their businesses differently and has different experiences. … More Interview with Ohio Kimono
Hey everyone! As I promised way back when I started this blog I have interviews from other vendors. I’ve chosen 6 people to interview to give you a small cross section of the vendor community. Now not everyone’s experience is typical so bear in mind that everyone runs their businesses differently and has different experiences. … More Interview with O Christmas Geek
Hey everyone! As I promised way back when I started this blog I have interviews from other vendors. I’ve chosen 6 people to interview to give you a small cross section of the vendor community. Now not everyone’s experience is typical so bear in mind that everyone runs their businesses differently and has different experiences. … More Interview with Hot Shot Toys
So as you can see across this series of interviews there are a lot of different ways to run a business and a lot of points of view. Everyone has a story, now it’s time to write yours. Good luck! How long have you been working for yourself?: Ok, to be clear, we started the … More Interview with Man Crafting by Snoopgr2
Hey everyone! So I dunno if you are anything like me but I’ve been seeing something really disheartening in the news lately, specifically the media’s tendency to label Millennials as being the destroyers of the economy. With industry after industry falling apart like wet toilet paper the news has to blame someone and since they … More Tips & Tricks: Product Development for Millennials
I don’t know how many times I get told in a weekend that no one checks ID’s anymore for Credit Card Transactions. Thats a scary thing to think about given that roughly half of my transactions are Credit/ Debit Cards. Think about it, when you go to a store or a vendor where they have … More Only You can Prevent Credit Card Fraud!
This one is a hard one for me since I keep forgetting it! This was made abundantly clear earlier this year when I booked us for a Dr. Who themed show. We do not sell anything Dr Who related and thus did not do nearly the business that other vendors did. That one is on me. … More Know Your Audience
Hi everyone! I have been crazy busy the last few weeks because I was a crazy person and decided to do 22 cons in 18 weeks and yes that does mean I’ll be in two places at once, or rather my business will be. My absolutely wonderful business partner is going to the ones I … More Will You Return?
I was asked recently how to become better at sales, the poor girl who was asking me had been dragged over to me by her more extroverted friend and then stood back half behind her friend while her friend started up a conversation with me until she was comfortable enough to ask me questions directly. … More Fake it ‘Til You Make It
