Handmade Jewelry Business Not Immune to Taxes – Is Your Business Safe?
Sep 10, 2008 Handmade Jewelry, Uncategorized, fashion jewelry, handcrafted jewelry, handmade bracelets, handmade earrings, home-based business, small business, unique jewelry, wholesale fashion jewelry, wholesale jewelry
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When starting out in the handmade jewelry business or any business for that matter, look to the future by making sure to dot your i’s and cross all your t’s. There is no business that is immune to taxes so make sure all your books are in order from the start.
The best way to ensure that all the tax rules and regulations are being followed is to get your business a chartered accountant. They are more knowledgeable on tax matters and the required government paperwork. Although chartered accountants can be quite expensive it is an investment in a happy future.
Purchase a business accounting program. Everything may be easy to keep track of now but when your business grows it is too easy to forget important dates and information. We used to spend many hours every month trying to input invoices and amounts. With accounting programs everything is kept up to date and reminders such as due dates just pop up in front of you. This is a time saver and well worth the small investment.
Get a bookkeeper! Right from the start is much easier as there won’t be a backlog of transactions to input. Make sure to go with the accounting program that your bookkeeper is familiar with, just to lessen any learning curve. Everything will be input in the proper account and all bills and receipts will be reconciled at the end of every month.
Make sure your accounting is up to date. Make all payments and returns ready early, missed payments or late payments are red flags to the tax people. They see these as your inability to keep track of important information. If the tax people are continually seeing your business name next to red flags it won’t be long before they pay you a visit. No one is ever happy to see them at their door.
The tax people are becoming more diligent in tracking down home-based small business. Sometimes I think we all have a big bull’s eye on our forehead. It seems everyone you talk to has had a run in with the government, though few readily admit it. It feels like it’s only a matter of time. Make sure you are ready, better safe than sorry.
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How to Market Handmade Jewelry Online!
Aug 27, 2008 Handmade Jewelry, Uncategorized, fashion jewelry, handcrafted jewelry, handmade bracelets, handmade earrings, home-based business, small business, unique jewelry, wholesale fashion jewelry, wholesale jewelry
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If you make handmade jewelry or have a retail store that sells handcrafted artisan jewelry you need to be online! With millions of handmade jewelry websites how do you get your product seen online? It’s not going to be easy and it takes a lot of hard work, not to mention time. If you pay someone to get you to the first page it’s going to cost you. If you do it yourself it will take time, effort and a lot of reading, but it will be worth it and its kind of fun. Even though the competition is fierce, there is still room at the top if you want to play the online marketing game. Let’s play!
So where do you start? The first thing you will need to do is take great pictures of your handmade jewelry. “A picture is worth a thousand words” or not. Make sure the photos are in focus clearly showing your design. Don’t put jewelry on a rock or a hunk of wood, although it is very natural and artsy, it is too hard for people to make out in the seconds you have to catch their attention online. Your handmade jewelry should be on a plain background so it stands out clearly.
Now you need a website, if you’re just starting there are lots of free blogs out there. I prefer the WordPress.com, mostly because it’s easy and has lots of plug-ins to do all the SEO work for you. Once you are up and running you can invest more into the site but we are trying to save some money and do it all for free, for now.
Read, read and read more; you can never have too much information. The web is filled with great information; every time you see something new do a search until you understand what it means. SEO is the most important part of getting good search engine rankings. Make sure to have meta title, description and keywords tags. Don’t forget image alt attributes as well. Do your keyword research and write it into your content.
Off-site SEO factors means links to your site. This is probably the hardest and most time consuming because you need to get related sites to link to you. Make sure your site is ready and has good content that other sites will want to link to. Stick with it and bit by bit links will come. Check other related sites link pages to get more links. Make sure you have your target keywords in you link information.
Do all these things then continually read and update your site as you go; this is a continuing process always needing to be tweaked. Check your statistics to see what is working and what isn’t. Change the things that aren’t working.
Time is also an important factor. Everything takes time so try not to get frustrated when things don’t happen overnight. Patience is a necessary virtue in wholesale handmade jewelry and online marketing. Good luck to you in all your online marketing efforts!
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Handmade Jewelry Business – Craft Shows
Jun 19, 2008 Handmade Jewelry, Uncategorized, fashion jewelry, handcrafted jewelry, handmade bracelets, handmade earrings, home-based business, online marketing, small business, unique jewelry, wholesale fashion jewelry, wholesale jewelry
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When first starting out in a handmade jewelry business one of the most important issues is cash flow. Craft shows provide an excellent opportunity to increase cash flow. Whatever you make can be put back into the business to make more stock and therefore the possibility of increased sales.
Always listen to your customers, they know what they like. When you create you will have more success if you make the items your customers are looking for. Also you will have created a bond between you and your customers. Time and again they will visit a show just to see you and your new handcrafted artisan jewelry.
People who visit craft shows are looking for something special and also like to meet with the artist. Be open and friendly making your customers feel happy. A happy customer is a repeat customer!
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