Have you ordered your Glorious American Craft materials for this holiday season? Visit CRAFT On Line for more information about items are available.
____________________ There will be two T3 teleconferences in October.
Tuesday, Oct. 20,
9 am EDT
Janet Francoeur, CRAFT Board member and owner of Carolina Creations in New Bern, NC leads a discussion of ideas for Christmas Promotions and ideas for stocking stuffer priced items for Christmas.
Have a list of what you're doing for Christmas and a list of items with contact information to share with others on the call.
Tuesday, Oct. 20.
10 am EDT
This T3 will focus on CRAFT's affinity program with Bank of America Merchant Services. BA Merchant Services representative Edith Ransom will be present to give an overview of the program and answer questions.
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Have you signed up as a supporter of the 3/50 project? Are you doing anything special to get the word out? Tell us about it, so we can share your ideas with other CRAFT members. |
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 Last week we announced our new Affinity Partner, CerTek Software and Designs, the makers of Artisan POS software. CRAFT member and Artisan user Nanette Asbury, from Spirit of the Hand Gallery, has started Artisan POS-Certek Software Discussion, share you Q&A! on the CRAFT Forum.
While your there, be sure to take a look at some of the cost saving tips left by other members Take a Tip - Leave a Tip forum. There are some great ideas there. If you use a tip, don't forget to add to that thread and let everyone know how it worked for you. |
If you are thinking of signing up to use Constant Contact, remember to use this link to make sure you get your CRAFT discount.
If you already use Constant Contact, but are not sure if you are getting the CRAFT discount, please email Laurie Wickham, info@craftonline.org, with the following information:
Constant Contact Username
Company Name
Contact Name
Company URL
Laurie will make sure you are signed up as a CRAFT partner, so that you receive the CRAFT discount on future services. Remember, the additional 10% discount only applies to 6 or 12 month prepay of services, not to accounts that are paying monthly.
For more information on this program, be sure to check out the Affinity Partners page.
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New Trade Show
This week The Rosen Group announced a new trade show, NICHE: The Show, for artisan produced fine art jewelry and related gifts. The Las Vegas show will take place June 6, 7 and 8, 2010 during Jewelry Week. The website for this show isn't up yet, but more information can be found in this press release.
Also taking place in during Jewelry Week are JCK Las Vegas (June 4 - 7, 2010) and ACRE (June 5 - 7, 2010).
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This Weeks Links
From Don Gorenberg:
Free Blogging for Business Marketing Kit by HubSpot.
Here is what Kaboodle liked on ETSY for Halloween. Do you ever visit ETSY to look for artists?
Have you read a blog or an online article that you found interesting or helpful? If it was helpful to you, it will probably be helpful to other gallery owners and artists.
Send it to me at rani@randomactsart.com to be included in our weekly newsletter.
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