What to do when business is slow – How can you revive a dying craft business?

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FORM A HABIT

Your new habit can be writing 1000 words a day

SEND OUT PINTEREST GROUP BOARD INVITES

UPDATE OLD POSTS

Update old posts with new data, stats and images

CREATE A POPCORN PRODUCT

A popcorn product is one you can easily create in a week or weekend, price it between $7-$27 and sell to your audience

DO SOMETHING NEW

Because the best ideas come when you are out playing and trying new things

WRITE A BOOK

Want to get your business on the super fast lane when business is slow? Put down all your years of experience in a book!

What to do when business is slow - How can you revive a dying craft business

WRITE A BUSINESS PLAN

If you have never written one now is the time to actually grab a chair and wite out a business plan with your vision and mission statement, values, marketing strategy, you know, the whole 9 yards

SEND A THANK YOU NOTE TO CLIENTS

REBRAND

Work on your logo, test new colors, change your site layout, etc.

READ A BOOK

Discover guerilla marketing strategies and best kept business secrets by reading

FIND NEW VENDORS

COLD PITCH

Create a list of propects using e.g. Linkedin or Limeleads & reach out via email

HOST A VIRTUAL SUMMIT

A virtual summit is simply when you interview experts in a niche or on certain topics, deliver it over a specified period of time and viewers opt-in to watch.

TRY DIFFERENT POST TYPES

You can publish Infographics, Video, Audio, quote, features, reviews, community posts and round-up posts

AUDIT YOUR BUSINESS

Do a management audit, legal procedures & financial audit Your business would be stronger, healthier and ready to accept an inflow of clients at the end of your audit.

DO PRO BONO WORK

Yup, even when offering your skillset to people who can’t afford it, there is profit.

CREATE A ONE PAGE SPEAKER SHEET

And send to local event organizers & press contacts

RESEARCH

What is trending online via Google Alerts, Google trends, online? Also dig deep to find out why business is slow at this time of the year for you

ATTEND AN EVENT

Put on those beautiful shoes and attend an event. You would be surprised to find your target audience in wine tasting events, weddings, dinner parties and the like

CREATE A LEAD MAGNET

A lead magnet is an opt-in gift that you offer visitors, whether online or offline to encourage them to be a part of your tribe and purchase your products or services

HOST A WEBINAR

Interact live with your audience, create value or sell your product

HOST A WORKSHOP

Pick a venue. Your living room or office and a whiteboard is a good place to start. Send an email to your subscribers inviting them to a one-day workshop.

HOST A GIVE AWAY

Aand promote the heck out of it

RUN A CHALLENGE