Making & Marketing a Successful Art & Craft Business

I'm so glad that I bought this book, possibly the most useful book in my craft collection. Thank you so much to the author who really has thought out what's important and how to present it in a very friendly manner. I've thought about a lot of the subject matter myself, not quite knowing how to get the answers. This book is full of great advice and so many links to useful sites, opinions for successful business people. A great example of this is the importance of good photographs. I'm a glass artist and was saying to my partner that I need to do a simple course in how to get hi res photos for printing. Boom, it's there in the book, with a recommendation of another book for taking photographs. Exactly what I needed, I even take this book to bed!

Making & Marketing a Successful Art & Craft Business has proved to be an essential book for my craft business research. Everything I need to know is covered comprehensively and clearly. The layout, including excellent illustrations make it an extremely interesting read that I can dip into as and when particular information or specific facts are needed. Thank you so much, Fiona, for sharing your wonderful advice.

this book is great and so detailed. it makes you think about things you might have not thought of. it or so points out the legal side of things that you have to consider but at the end of the day I am so going forth with it as it shows that there are more positives then negative's with starting your own craft business.

This book is a must read for any creative business owner as well as start ups.The book is split in to six easy to read sections covering a wide range of aspects of a business in great depth. It is in a logical order making it easy to dip in and out.Writing a business book to appeal to a creative person can not be easy, having read a few business and marketing books in my time they aren't always easy going! However, Fiona has managed to present a lot of detail in a digestible manner. It is clearly laid out in bite sized chunks so you don’t feel overwhelmed and it is jargon free!There are a number of check lists and charts to help you apply what you have read to your business. There are areas for making notes and each chapter includes a lot of resources for further reading and useful websites to check out.It's not just for start ups, I have been running my business for over a year and this book has helped me reassess and focus my goals for 2015 as well as help me build a new website for my business.This is an absolute must for any creative business owner and a great starting point if you want start a craft business.

Excellent book and impressive that it’s beeb updated to include the current Brexit climate in stating up. Very impressed as this is so thorough and excellently laid out. A valuable addition to any small business, artist, crafters studio/practice.