I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK NOTE THIS WEEK.
I HOPE YOU ARE PLANNING ON OFFERING YOUR CUSTOMERS THE SWAROVSKI CRYSTALS AS AN ADD ON TO THEIR TAT. $1 PER CRYSTAL CAN MAKE A NICE LITTLE ADDITION TO THE BOTTOM LINE… I HAVE BEEN WRITING ABOUT THIS IN MY BLOG FOR SOME TIME NOW.
MY INTENTION [...]

Now that spring is here it’s time to start thinking about booking some fairs & festival for the summer. You have already booked some shows for this summer, haven’t you? I thought so. You are awesome!
I would like to recommend one magazine I used when I did art shows. It [...]

I was talking to a customer who was ordering the Swarovski crystal body tattoos. The customer placing the order had a hair salon and she said the crystal tattoos were always a good seller around Prom time. I thought this would be a good selling opportunity for our customers. My idea was [...]

Well, after exploring the idea of operating a kiosk in a mall, I hope some of you will decide to give it a try. There are some wonderful advantages to being in the mall. The cost of operating a kiosk in a mall for a month is close to the same as it would be [...]

*– Special Note from Benn –*
I accidentally posted this post out of order for Bonnie, I’m very sorry. This was from two weeks ago, and so I’m posting it today, as I hope it’s better late than never.
Very sorry,
Benn
*– Awesome Bonnie Post –*
I promised this week to address the issue [...]

I think we can wrap up our series on malls today. I can almost hear all the groans of disappointment. Yes, I love the mall too.
One aspect of operating a tat business in a mall as opposed to doing fairs and festivals is that you have the mall to answer to. If [...]

Sadly, I have no pictures or links to share with you this week from your websites. Maybe I’ll come up with something else to cover where I can review your internet offerings.
But this week I thought I’d do I bit of a “duh” piece. On thing that is good to be reminded of [...]

Last week, I ended my blog by saying that I had decided on the mall in my area where I want to set up my kiosk.  The deciding factor for me was that one mall was a bigger draw for the teenage customer than the other mall; all the other factors seemed to be close [...]

Everyone knows about banner and search engine ads, but these cost money that doesn’t need to be spent. There are tons of ways to promote your website and your business. The two we are going to talk about today are offline promotions directing people online and internet yellow pages.

Hi again.  I hadn’t planned to be away for so long, but with all the shopping, decorating, baking, entertaining, employee vacations and the flu, it all adds to too much to do and too little time and even less energy.  I’m sure a lot of you are in the same boat as me.  The Holidays [...]