Category: Nuts & Bolts

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What is a road rep?

Road Reps are independent reps that sometimes work for a larger group, or on their own, and don’t have a showroom. They travel around their “terr...
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How to Invoice Stores

Invoicing can be confusing so let’s spell it out here.   I have always used Quickbooks for my accounting software so I use their invoicing pro...
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Who To Hire First

How do you know who to hire first? If you are doing your own shipping then I suggest hiring a part time person to take that over to free up your time....
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It’s all in the “appearances”

Do you worry that customers think your company is small?   Are you doing everything yourself and worried they'll find out and maybe not want ...
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How to track your success

I have been talking to a lot of clients about this lately and wanted to share it with you too………Wouldn't it be great to track yo...
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The top 5 business mistakes and how to surpass them

When I first started out with my handbag company I was in the dark about everything. I had never taken a business course of any kind, and was rea...
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Make Your Marketing Count

I imagine you are starting to think about January and might be tossing around ideas for your marketing plan for spring. When creating marketing campai...
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How to dramatically increase your profit margin in November

I wanted to give you a quick tip on how I dramatically increased my sales last year and how easy it was – so that you can do it too! I believe i...
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Change The Game

As the year comes to a close, I like to look at my business from all sides and angles.  The main goal is to find what was successful, and do more of ...
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Fabric Frenzy

I just spent the day at the LA Textile show and my head is spinning. Navigating a textile show can really throw you for a loop in the way of sensory o...