First Step in the Outside World

Well today is the day that the we go to our first craft fair.

What will we find? Are we punching above our weight in terms of quality, or are we where we were hoping to be and holding our own with the regularly crafters?

We're only going to browse this time, hopfully pick up one or two things and then jump in at the deep in a couple of weeks and do our own stall.

This is the first time of thinking in a business mind that doesn't involve a keyboard and the online community but I do believe that word of mouth counts for alot. So if what I am making is up to scratch then we're good to go and we'll be getting the table out to setup a stand soon.

There's a misconception that sitting at the computer and getting people to visit your site is easier than talking to people and getting them through word of mouth.

That's not always true, Certainly in the world of handmade goods there can surely be nothing better than getting out there and showing people what you've made, letting them feel the quality and then getting them on board with what your trying to achieve.

Working to get traffic purely online is a hard task because your relying on your own words and descriptions as well as a visual impact in an image. This can be very hard to do on a small budget when everyone seems to want to charge you for submitting your URL to their directory and telling you that their the best place for you to advertise for just pennies a day, which always turn into pounds very quickly.

So here we are about to see what the competitions about and also have a nice day out. We shall see what happens and either be back to the drawing board or happy that we're on the right path with our little venture.

I shall let you know once we return!

Thanks for reading

Jacquib
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