Defining Business Success on Your Own Terms

The lovely Laura Bacon and Emira Mears will be coming down to Seattle to discuss Defining Business Success on Your Own Terms with Grassroots Business Association. All are welcome but please RSVP

Craft Show Vending A - Z

A fresh, comprehensive guide to contemporary craft shows. With "Why vend?" as our starting point, we will take you through all aspects of the process, including finding and assessing potential shows, best practice for applying, display techniques, show time survival and more.

Moxie is an artist with years of experience selling her work in large and small venues along the west coast. With obsessive attention to organizing and a rare talent for interpersonal communication, Moxie is also the President and Director of Vendor Relations for Urban Craft Uprising, Seattle's largest indie craft show, now in its 5th year.
Made by Moxie

Kristen Rask sold her first piece of craft at 5th grade summer camp and she hasn't stopped since. With her vast experience as both a craft show seller and an organizer, Kristen's passion for all aspects of the craft world only gets bigger. She is the owner of Schmancy, Director of Public Relations and Marketing of Urban Craft Uprising, and is co-creator of Grassroots Business Association.
Schmancy

Bending the media to your will: How to get free publicity for your business

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What do journalists look for in a publicity pitch? What makes us hit delete faster than you can say, “I’ve got a great story idea for you…” And where the heck do you find these elusive journalists anyway? Veteran freelance writer, author, and blogger Michelle Goodman offers tips on writing an irresistible media pitch and talks about tools you can use to put your business in front of hundreds of lead-hungry reporters, producers, and bloggers. For those of you not yet blogging or taking advantage of social media tools like Twitter, she’ll discuss how to position yourself as an expert online so that reporters start seeking you out.

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Michelle Goodman is a freelance writer and author of My So-Called Freelance Life: How to Survive and Thrive as a Creative Professional for Hire and The Anti 9-to-5 Guide: Practical Career Advice for Women Who Think Outside the Cube, both published by Seal Press. She writes a weekly career column for ABC News and blogs about work/life balance at Nine to Thrive for the Seattle Times. Her articles and essays about alternative careers, personal finance, and human mating rituals have been published by the New York Times, CNN, Salon, BUST, Bitch, The Bark, Yahoo! HotJobs, PayScale, AOL, and many more. In her seventeen years as a full-time freelancer, she’s had the opportunity to promote computer games, marital aids, dog pajamas, home colonics, and just about anything else that can be sold. She lives in Seattle with her eighty-pound lapdog, Buddy. For more scoop on the freelance life, visit Michelle’s blog at Anti9to5Guide.com

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The Do's and Dont's: How to approach and create strong business partnersh

Do you have a great product or fabulous art, but aren't sure about how to go about getting into stores? Have questions about how to approach store owners? Wonder about presentation? What makes owners choose to carry one artist's work and not another's? How to follow up without seeming pushy? If you're interested in getting some basic tips on the "do's" and "dont's" of working with store/boutique/gallery owners then...

Come to Vermillion on Thursday January 28th! Get great advice from local store/gallery owners (and other artists) for getting your work out there, and creating strong and lasting business partnerships that will help you take your business to the next level. This will be an open discussion format, please come ready to throw out your questions!
When: Wednesday, January 28th at 7 p.m.

Where: Vermillion, 1508 11th Ave, Seattle, WA 98144 (map) Vermillion has food and drinks.

Cost: Free

Panel:
Andrea Porter of Bluebottle Art Gallery
Kristen Rask of Schmancy
Cheryl Robinson of Twilight Artist Collective
Annie Huntly of Dotted Line

Please RSVP so we can be sure we have enough room for everyone to attend!