Its that time of year again! Christmas everything will over run every surface, tinsel and lights will adorn the streets, snowflakes and elves will clog chimneys and the world as we know it will come to an end!!!! Ok so I exaggerate. My feelings about the ‘Happiest Season of All’ not withstanding this really is … More Tips & Tricks: Holiday Specific Product
Hey everyone! I didn’t die! I know I know, I’m just as surprised because that Con Season was intense, 22 conventions in 18 weeks. I almost burnt out and our inventory was getting way low but here we are. And I gotta say there are a lot of ya’ll who do not know how to … More Get Their Attention, The Art of the Complement.
So the last few months have been hectic, we scheduled 22 conventions in 18 weeks and I’ll tell you what, it’s exhausting but it would not have been possible to keep up this schedule if we hadn’t overstocked last year during the off season. Yes as strange as it seems conventions do have an off … More Tips & Tricks: Over Stock!
You know I sit in the car every weekend and drive hundreds of miles to conventions and my mind just goes wild. a few weeks ago I was lucky enough to have my girl Tracey with me and I always have the best conversations with her. The topic this time swung around to when the … More Tips & Tricks: Now is the best time
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
