As I said in yesterdays post, I have been working on some new marketing material with a friend, Nathan Barry from Unattended Media. I figured I would preempt the flood of requests that I know are on their way, and post them here for all to take a look at. This is the front and [...]
Today I figured I would talk about what life has been like the past month or so for me running a small and brand-new custom woodworking business. First off, everyone knows that the economy has slowed down considerably, and may or may not be nearing a recession. The good thing for me is that I [...]
Before I launch into my most recent project to quickly let me begin with a little bit of background. My wife and I have owned a used bookstore for the past three years. We made the difficult decision about three weeks ago to close the doors for business. Once all the tears were shed and [...]
As a woodworker who is trying to make a living selling high-end custom furniture, I had better know who my target markets are. If I don’t, I am liable to waste time and money chasing after people who were never a potential client in the first place, and time and money are two things I [...]
As promised at the end of the last blog entry, I will be talking about how I am going about selling myself and my work. Some people may wonder why I add the “selling myself” part in with the “selling my product.” It’s because I build custom furniture, not off the shelf, stock products. I [...]
I will try my best to get into a habit of writing a new blog entry every couple of days regardless of my current workload or state of apathy. The issue as of late has not been that i have been to busy…actually it has been the exact opposite. I have had tons of time [...]
One of the reasons it has been so long since I last posted anything is because I am to busy building projects to write! I installed the entertainment center on the the 11th of July and finished up the detail work on July 16th, which left me with a mere week to finish up the [...]