The Salty Blog

  I'm talking FREE RENTAL SPACES. Vendors - this is for you. (organizers, I'm coming for you next). Sounds alluring, right?  I mean, we all want free stuff! Budget (especially when starting out) is everything. Free rental! Accepting ALL vendors! Might sound like a dream.... butttt - there are steps you NEED to take before taking all the products you've worked so hard on (or spend a good amount of money purchasing) and exploiting your work and your brand. QUESTIONS. Ask.All.The.Questions. •What does your marketing look like? •What type of vendors do you accept? •Do you overlap vendors in the...

Stop wasting money on fucking business cards. #SorryNotSorry I know, I know... "Professionals" have business cards    - Your Mom  (someone please point me in the direction of who deemed people professionals) Me: What's the goal of a business card? Connection... right? So CONNECT - in.that.moment. "Let's exchange numbers" "Are you on social media?" (this is an EASY one) "Scan my QR code".... are you getting it yet? Our phones are the easiest way to connect. We are more likely to check out someones business who just forced it on our feed. The life of a business card... Ken hands...

  I just noticed that the logo for this blog looks like boobies. Not very "professional," eh? I bet you already guessed... THE BOOBIES ARE STAYING. I can't say "I don't care what people think." Its very untrue for the large majority of us (except for the lady on the corner who screams at passing cars with HER boobies out... I'm fairly certain she gives LESS than a fuck). I care-ish.   I don't care if I'm not thought of as the typical "professional" (who even knows what that means anyway). I don't care WHAT people think I should be...

You have a talent at creating. Fantastic start.   Maybe you're just in the steps of knowing you WANT to create, you just haven't found your niche. That's a fantastic start too! It's better to try and to test than just to sit stagnant.  Take a step- no matter how little you think the step is.   I started beading wine glass stems.  I got inspiration from other places, tried a number of different things, thought I needed to create bigger objects to be able to fill space, FAILED at a number of those projects and came back to beading.  ...

YEP. I said it. You can have s GREAT idea.  A perfect product. A beautiful display. But are lazy when it comes to TELLING people about your product, where you're popping up, how to get a hold of you - then you can continue to admire your great products and beautiful displays because how are you going to SELL any of it? I learned a long time ago, to be able to survive as a business - you HAVE to be willing to work with other businesses.  My business only reaches so far, when I allow myself to work as...