10 minute read Many of you will be active on social media in your personal lives, and might also have pages for your creative work. We regularly get questions about ‘how to sell more’, and we know that social media is a powerful tool to … Read more »
The astute among you will remember in one of our earlier posts this year we talked about timings and the importance of working the calendar to your benefit. Now is one of those times! Here at Felt HQ we are turning our minds towards Father’s … Read more »
Throughout history you can look at any successful creative or artisan producer and they each have something distinctive and unique about their work. Even the fairly uninitiated can pick a painting by Picasso, or recognise Whitney Houston’s voice. These distinctions are no different than recognising … Read more »
What does success even mean? Success is a subjective thing – what matters for me might not matter for you. For some it’s a target to be hit, others an activity to undertake. Some of us have never even stopped to think about where we’re … Read more »
Felt Tips is a Blog and Video blog series that Felt run to support creative designers, makers, and artisan craftspeople. We do this because there’s a whole lot of skill that’s required to run a creative business quite aside from the actual creative skill itself. … Read more »
One of the most common questions/requests that we hear is “how do I sell more?” or variations like “what makes an item sell?” or “how should I best market my shop/item?”. Sitting behind these questions can be two things: a desire to make more money, … Read more »
Life is hard. Adulting is hard. Parenting could sometimes be seen as a very specific type of torture. Work is stressful. Home life is stressful. Home life is work life for many of us, and THAT is stressful. And then on the side I’m trying … Read more »
Recently Felt co-hosted an evening event in Christchurch where 70 designers/makers/crafters like you came together to discuss craft markets and what you need to know. We were lucky to have the organisers of the (weekly) Arts Centre Mākete – Abbie Pickrill – and twice-yearly Encraftment … Read more »
Over at felt.co.nz/promote you’ll find a bunch of resources that you can use to promote yourself as part of the Felt collective. This is a lot more important than a lot of sellers realise – think for a moment about the experience of buyers. You go … Read more »
Here at Felt, we measure our success through your success. We see our role as helping more customers find each of you through promoting the collective, and helping you to put your best foot forward. Success for sellers like you on Felt is 100% a … Read more »