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Craft4Profit - How to make arts and crafts for cash money profit and
sell on eBay

Proven techniques
to help your
craft sales soar!

Provided by a published designer
with over 15 years experience!

Now you too can rest assured knowing that your craft sales will
never slump again!

Gain confidence in yourself, and your products as each day passes
once you see your PROFITS EXPLODE like you've never seen them explode
before. Learn wonderful techniques to increase your overall profits
and receive TOP SELLING PROJECT PATTERNS for some of today's best
selling items.

Profitable Crafts provides so much information related to maximizing
your arts & crafts profits that you'll never have to worry about if
your products will sell or not.

You'll create your crafts with confidence knowing before hand that
you're providing items that people will buy, and pricing them
perfectly for maximum profits without ever having to lower your prices
just because you think lowering your prices will help your products
sell better.

_WHOA GO MARIA!!! I love the information, so full of wisdom and
encouragement! YES, all that you say is so true, and I love the
WalMart story, I will have to remember that one! AND the "if you bring
me a piece of that $20 a square fabric I will knock off $20"..
WONDERFUL advice!! These are the kinds of things that we all need to
learn about!! DEB H._

A BIT ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Maria has been crocheting since she was 11 years old, and has over
15 years experience at selling at arts and crafts shows. When she
attends shows, she always receives visits from other crafters that
have booths at the same shows, asking her for advice when they see her
BOOTH FULL 95% OF THE TIME WITH PAYING CUSTOMERS.

She has mentored literally hundreds of crafters, both online and
off, and helped them TURN THEIR PART TIME HOBBY INTO A PROFITABLE FULL
TIME BUSINESS. She has not had a single person complain about her
techniques not working, even though she has over 10 years experience
of providing her mentoring services for craft related topics.

She has over 13 years experience at designing her own crochet
patterns and other craft projects, and has had a number of her
patterns and projects PUBLISHED IN NATION WIDE MAGAZINES. She has had
one article published in a national magazine, and has also won
numerous awards for some of her best designs.

IN VOLUME ONE, YOU WILL QUICKLY LEARN HOW TO

* Create products that sell so fast that you can barely keep up
with your orders
* Price your products for maximum profits without confusion
* Cut costs on your materials without killing the quality of your
products
* Ensure that your booth stays packed with paying customers
* Stock your booth effectively to increase sales
* Cater to the needs of two types of shoppers that are sorely
neglected by most crafters, and why you should cater to their needs
for increased sales
* Provide super fast items, and exactly what they are
* Prevent your shoppers from seeing your products as low quality
and inferior, and why lowering your prices could make them think just
that
* Barter and provide layaway, and why you should never overlook
these two methods to increase sales and save money
* How to convert the 2 main types of shoppers into customers for
life, and why you shouldn't waste much time on the third type of
shopper
* Create small gifts that's inexpensive to make, and how they could
increase your sales 100%
* Never become a "Fake" crafter
* How to make personalized cloth labels that will not be torn off
your items
* Increase your profits by as much as 300% by implementing just
this one tactic before every show

VOLUME TWO WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO

* Approach storeowners and convince most of them to sell your
products for you
* Protect yourself by providing the proper type of agreement for
consignment sales
* Stand back and let your products sell themselves
* Sell your products even if you have no inventory pre-made
* Determine why sales could be slow in a particular store by just
looking at yards
* Replace slow selling items with items that are more suitable to a
particular stores location, to help increase your sales
* Protect yourself from paying hidden fees that some business
owners may try to charge you, for something that they shouldn't charge
you for at all
* Protect your copyrights on projects that you've designed
* Create a simple swap file that will save you an extreme amount of
time when you start submitting your designs for publication
* Properly contact magazine editors, to increase you chances of
having your designs accepted for publication
* Properly submit your designs to editors so that you won't get
extremely embarrassed as I did when I submitted my first design to a
national publication
* Self-Publish your own designs affordably using your home computer
* Follow a simple 12 step system to not only sell your designs
successfully, but also to properly research and test to make sure that
your designs will sell before you invest too much time and materials
in designing your projects

THE TOPIC COVERED IN VOLUME THREE ARE:

* See things with a different perspective to help make designing
easier
* Design wonderful products using normal every day household
objects
* Design crocheted dresses for dolls quickly and easily without
using a pattern
* Make sewn clothing for dolls that fit perfectly
* Use things in nature like sticks to create wonderful gifts for
your loved ones
* Brainstorm so that you can come up with many different designs
from just one object
* Use nature to help get your creative juices flowing
* Improve your designing skills by using something as simple as a
spoon, can and pencil
* Design in crochet quickly and easily following just a few simple
techniques
* Design a wonderful dollhouse, using nothing but sticks and
cardboard

AND YOU WILL MAXIMIZE YOUR PROFITS BY LEARNING THESE VALUABLE
STRATEGIES IN VOLUME FOUR:

* There is one mistake that could be quite costly that you should
never make when creating your catalogs. Learn what this mistake is,
and how not to make it.
* Discover the best way to layout your catalogs products the first
time, to ensure that your catalogs look professional while providing a
wide variety of your best selling items.
* Sometimes creating a brochure would be your better choice, learn
the reason why.
* Did you know that one mistake in shipping can not only cause you
to loose profits, but also sales?
* Discover two affordable programs that make catalog creation a
breeze. No need for expensive desktop publishing software!
* Although you may not be able to provide samples of your products,
I share with you some extremely cheap gift items that you can still
provide with your catalogs to help increase your sales even more, and
to help gain trust of those that receive your catalogs.
* Learn a successful method that will guarantee you a steady stream
of new contacts that you can mail your catalogs to, without the cost
of expensive contact database lists that sometimes run hundreds of
dollars.
* Learn about the "Crazy Catalog" game, and how just one catalog
can generate you sales from as many as 20 different people! By using
one catalog instead of 20, you greatly reduce your printing costs
without loosing out on sales.
* Create the perfect one-dollar catalog full of one-dollar items,
without needing to create a single product! I share with you my source
for obtaining wonderful craft kits that are as low as .24 cents per
kit!
* Learn step-by-step exactly how to start recruiting others to sell
for you, with a sales team that is not only happy about promoting for
you, but that will help you gain new sales team members as well!
* Learn what type of kit to provide your sales force, to help them
get off to a successful start.
* Discover how to host the perfect home party, and feel free to
share these tips with your sales team members and hostesses.
* How would you like a sales force that stretches out across the
nation! Learn why having an online presence would be the best business
decision you could make to ensure the fast growth of your sales team!

You will also find included in the manual, 11 crochet patterns that
you are free to use for making HOT CROCHETED ITEMS THAT SELL LIKE
HOTCAKES!

One of these patterns is a wonderful thread bear pattern. Thread
Bears have proven to be hot sellers and wonderful products for people
of all ages. THESE MINIATURE CREATIONS HAVE SOLD FOR AS MUCH $300 each
on a particular well-known auction site!

Everything you need to know about maximizing your profits,
increasing sales of your products and gaining new customers is
included in this manual!

_My first craft fair turned out to be a BAD weather day, so not
many people showed up - probably less than 20 customers all day. Many
vendors didn't even make a sale. I was blessed enough to make about
$150. I was SO proud! Thank you for your advice. JEANNIE C._

_After reading all of your information, whole new worlds are
opening up for me!! You are simply incredible! Now I want to learn to
make soaps!! My husband is going to throw my computer away if I don't
settle down!! lol Thanks for showing me the new things and helping me
to tap into my own creativity!! SHEILA S._

_You come up with the most creative advertising! That's where its
toughest for me I think, so greatly appreciate your sharing!!!!! RANDI
M._

YOU GET AT LEAST 10 TIMES YOUR MONEY\'S WORTH AND WILL PREVENT A LOT
OF HEADACHES IN THE FUTURE ONCE YOU\'VE DEVOURED WHAT\'S IN THIS
MANUAL!

Maria Vowell usually charges a high-class fee to teach others just a
few of the methods covered in this manual, but YOU CAN GET THESE
METHODS TODAY at a very affordable price!

Remember, you get the manual full of pricing strategies, tips,
tactics, techniques and methods to INCREASE YOUR SALES AND PROFITS of
your craft related products. 10 wonderful crochet patterns so you can
create hot items that sell, and a wonderful thread bear pattern so you
can start making these wonderful super selling miniature creations!

ACT IMMEDIATELY AND RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING BONUSES

Since I know it's 100% to your benefit to act right away, I want to
sweeten the pot and give you every possible reason to say YES today!
If you respond immediately, you'll also receive the following:

FREE BONUS ONE:

Free resell rights to this manual. You will get a sales letter just
like this one, where you can resell THIS MANUAL AND KEEP 100% OF THE
PROFITS! Reselling is simple, just add your order link, upload the
sales page and ebook to your own hosting account and promote for 100%
profits from all sales generated from your site!

FREE BONUS TWO:

Details on where you can receive an additional 20 crochet patterns
completely free! From dainty purses to elegant sachets, you'll find
these 20 free patterns make WONDERFUL SELLING CROCHETED ITEMS for your
shows, business and/or online sales!

FREE BONUS THREE:

Maria Vowell also provides a free scents and beauty business course.
The scents and beauty business course is written to help people start
an affordable home based business, selling homemade bath and
aromatherapy related products. You'll find out how to OBTAIN THIS
COURSE COMPLETELY FREE as a special thank you from Maria Vowell.

FREE BONUS FOUR:

Basic Knitting Guide, Basic Crocheting Guide, And 15 Patterns
including three different hats, a tea cozy, lace edging, a shawl, and
a shimmering gown so you can start crafting for profit right now!

FREE BONUS FIVE:

Instructions for thirty three additional crafts, including dried
flower crafts, candy crafts, homemade air fresheners, book binding,
trade show booth design, and more!

FREE BONUS SIX:

The Top Ten Tips for New eBay Sellers! After making your crafts, you
can profit off them by selling them on eBay with these tips. Included
are:

* AWESOME Tips On Creating Auction Titles
* EXPERT Insight On Creating Auction Descriptions
* Pricing Strategies
* How To THINK LIKE A BUYER And Increase Your Sales!
* Why You Should CONSIDER Opening An eBay Store
* Some FREE TOOLS You Probably Didn't Know About But Should
Definitely Be Taking Advantage Of!
* "WHERE" To Keep One Ear To The Ground So You Can Stay On Top Of
All The Current eBay Trends And Strategies That Other Sellers Are
Using
* HOW, WHY, AND WHERE To Get Good Web Hosting For Your eBay
Business
* How To Detect And Avoid Some Of The Clever EBAY RELATED SCAMS
That Many Sellers Fall For!

YOU CAN\'T LOSE WITH OUR 8 WEEK MONEYBACK GUARANTEE

By the way, these bonuses are yours to keep even in the unlikely
event you decide to take advantage of our moneyback guarantee:

If you are not 100% satisfied with your purchase, then I will issue
you a 100% no questions asked refund! Just try these methods for 8
weeks, and if you do not see an increase in your sales and profits,
then contact me for a full refund!

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