If you own a creative business, this Craft Business Virtual Summit is for you!
This Craft Business Summit is a mini-online conference just for creatives like you, I hope you will join us.
- Learn how to make a profit faster from experts in the creative industry.
- Network with others sharing your same dream (not everyone understands our creative brain and drive for entrepreneurial success).
- Gain instant access to the trainings + replays available.
- Win door prizes you actually love (& that help your business)!
- Kathy H won the DreamBox from Create Room! ($3,500 value), 2nd place was Kim R who won a Cricut Explore Air 2 from Poli-Tech. Watch for details – must be a paid ticket member to be eligible to win!
You can still take in all the amazing trainings with a replay ticket.
2022 Craft Business Virtual Summit – Live Virtual Event
Event: Sunday, July 24 (1pm – 7pm) & Monday, July 25 (10am – 5pm) CST
The live sessions are on July 24-25, and will be live or streamed live in the private Facebook group for attendees. You can interact and ask questions with the experts and enter to win prizes. Re-watch any of the sessions whenever you want plus, view training sessions added all of July (access emailed with ticket purchase). Sessions will be held in CST on both days. (*agenda subject to change).
Live sessions were held in the private Facebook group – replay tickets available!
Sessions were held on Sunday, July 24, 2022
- 1 pm Craft for Cash: Money Mindset for Crafters and DIY Queens – Faith Mariah (www.faithmariah.com) In this session, Faith will show us how some simple mindset shifts can help you make more money with your crafting business. Simple changes in your mindset can be life-changing for your business.
- 2 pm Marketing on Etsy: Digital vs Handmade Products – Kasey Clin (Pen & Posh) Etsy is such a great platform for craft businesses. As shop owners, we are always looking for more ways to increase sales. Kasey explains how selling digital products on Etsy is different from selling handmade products.
- 3 pm Bookkeeping – Why Your Online Business Needs It – Elise Laney (Polka Dotted Blue Jay) Elise will cover the hazards of not doing your bookkeeping for your online business as well as some of the ways bookkeeping can help your business grow – it isn’t all about your taxes in April.
- 4 pm 3 Ways to Make Pinterest Profitable for your Creative Business – Sarina Correa (Social Divas + Pin Society) Learn ways that Pinterest can make your creative Business profitable for your business. We can’t rely on social media alone, use Pinterest for the long game.
- 7 pm Creative Hour with Mim Jenkinson (Love from Mim) Hear Mim’s inspiring story of how selling stickers became her dream job. She’ll not only share her creative story, but she’ll be dropping some golden nuggets on building the creative business of your dreams. Grab a glass of wine and join us for this FUN session.
Sessions were held Monday, July 25, 2022
- 10 am Coffee Zoom Meet-up Join us for a fun coffee meet-up in Zoom (10 am CST). We’ll break into rooms and chat about business and life. Bring your homework from yesterday’s session to make some real progress in your biz! Didn’t get to watch the prior trainings? No prob. Come to catch the DreamBox walkthrough with Create Room (it’s soooo pretty!!).
- 1 pm Create a Social Selling Machine – Rachel Miller (Moolah Marketer) This is our set-and-forget social system to help you grow an audience to grow your business. This is going to be amazing – Hear from the Facebook guru herself on how your craft business can thrive on Facebook!
- 2 pm Ways to Use Tech in Your Creative Business – Dawn Richardson (Tech Savvy Creative) In this session, Dawn will discuss different ways that you can use technology to streamline your business. Even if you aren’t tech-savvy, you can implement these small changes so you can spend more time doing what you love!
- 3 pm Product Photography 101 – Alisha Cohen (LISH Creative) Product photos can make or break a sale. Learn manual mode and feel more confident taking product photos from home! Alisha has pure talent when taking photos.
- 4 pm Trademarks & Copyright: What You Need to Know! – Andrea Sager (Legalpreneur Inc.) The differences between trademarks and copyrights.
- 5 pm How to Make a Marketing Plan – Chelly Ontis (Marketing Planner for Entrepreneur) You don’t need to be a marketing expert to plan your business’ marketing. I’ll walk through the process I use to make marketing plans and share all my tips!
- 5:45 pm – Summit Wrap Up and Doorprize – DreamBox by Create Room & Cricut Air 2 from Poly-Tape drawing. (You don’t need to be present to win, but who would not want to show up for this?? LOL)
All sessions are recorded and attendees will have access to re-watch them along with any bonus trainings – we are planning on this being in an exclusive Facebook group.
Bonus Videos – Dropping in June- July!
Attendees will have access to re-watch both days of Live sessions (listed above). As a bonus for attendees, additional training videos will be available prior to the event to watch when you have time. Sessions are still being added and are sessions subject to change.
- Get Reviews to Get Clients (Michelle Braswell, Let’s Book Clients) Michelle will be covering easy ways to get reviews and then using those reviews to book more clients. We have fans and followers, now use her simple technique to turn them into customers and clients.
- Getting Started with Glowforge and Design Basics (Bail Ansari, Just One More Project) Are you curious about adding a Glowforge to your craft space? If you’ve heard the hype and are just not quite sure what a Glowforge is, or you’re curious what you can do with one. Join Bail as she jumps into the basics of owning a Laser Engraver like a Glowforge. Understand what you need to consider before the big purchase and get a sneak peek at a simple project that can be made with a Glowforge!
- Attract Your Dream Sponsors without Selling Out (Jenny Melrose) In this session, Jenny will be covering: How to reach out to brands without having to work with networks that act like middle men. Learn about the take specific steps you must take to ensure you hear back from a brand. Learn how to avoid waiting for brands to reach out to you so you can finally make a full-time income. Hear the answer to the most common question Jenny gets asked, “How do I find the right person to send my pitch to?”
- Discover The Stickers That People Actually WANT To Buy! – (Mim Jenkinson) Attendees will learn how to come up with ideas for stickers (either printed or printable) that they will be delighted to make AND that customers will flock to buy. We’ll cover how to come up with sticker solutions that stand out from the crowd and truly help people.
- Check back for more trainings being added each week!
(*More will be added closer to the event. Replays are available on all sessions.)
Thank you to this years’ sponsors and supporters!
Craft Business Virtual Summit Ticket Sales
Tickets sales for this Craft Business Virtual Summit open from June 1 through July 22, 2022.
Tickets are $37 early bird / $49 reg price / $59 replay ticket.
Replay ticket available. The prizes are gone and the live interaction is over but you can still watch the replays.
- Access to the event in real-time.
- Access to replay all the session recordings (link to join the private Facebook event will be emailed after purchase)
- Access to offers, discounts, and prizes exclusive for attendees, like the chance to win a DreamBox from Create Room!* Must be a 2022 Craft Business Summit attendee to enter.
- Access to bonus trainings posted during June and July.
Craft Business Virtual Summit Presenters
Chelly Ontis
Owner + Creativepreneur at We Can Make That
Welcome to the 2nd annual Craft Business Summit. As a creativepreneur, I love to connect and network (while learning) from others. This passion has led me to host this virtual event each year. I’m the one behind the scenes as the SVG designer, and the creator of the Marketing Planner for Entrepreneur.™ I’m going into my 26th year with my graphic design and marketing studio in Bismarck, ND.
Andrea Sager
CEO of Legalpreneur Inc.
Andrea Sager is a 3x small business owner with her most recent exit at 10x her initial investment in under a year. After massively growing her law firm in 3 years, Andrea founded Legalpreneur, a bridge for the gap between legal resources and entrepreneurs at every stage of business. The Legalpreneur Membership currently serves over 200 businesses and counting. Andrea is also the host of the hit Legalpreneur Podcast with over 80,000 downloads!
Bail Ansari
SVG Designer & Educator at Just One More Project
Bail started from scratch with a laser and a laptop several years ago. An avid crafter at heart, she taught herself how to design and run a successful online business. She is now the creator behind Just One More Project and has created 1000s of SVG designs for both Cricut and Glowforge(her favorite!). She’s on a mission to serve other creatives just like herself by giving them the tools needed to create their own laser files.
Dawn Richardson
CEO & Friendly Tech Expert at Tech Savvy Creative
Dawn is a software engineer turned wedding photographer who has a passion for empowering creatives to take control of their technology. Tech is her jam – and my 8+ years working in tech support and systems engineering laid a unique foundation for her wedding photography business. When I’m not working with other creatives, you can find her shooting a wedding, spending time with her daughter and husband, or searching for the best Margarita in San Antonio!
Faith Mariah
Mindset Magician at www.faithmariah.com
Faith Mariah, a no-BS online business coach and the host of the Blogging Breakthroughs podcast, is on a mission to teach women how to start earning a 6-figure income online ASAP. Through tough-love coaching and an incredibly supportive community, her Becoming Boss Mastermind has quickly become one of the fastest-growing & most affordable business coaching memberships for profitable blogs, coaches, and personal brands.
Jenny Melrose
Business Coach at Jenny Melrose
Jenny is a former reading specialist who “retired” from her teaching career when her blogging income far exceeded her salary. Through hard work and dedication, her lifestyle blog, The Melrose Family, became regularly sought out by nationally recognized brands such as Neutrogena, Smuckers, Glad, Costco, Stanley Steamer, Sara Lee, and many more. She is a content strategist that helps entrepreneurs better understand their messaging and unique position in the online space. Now, she’s combining her passion for teaching with her extensive experience of creating strategic content for online business owners via JennyMelrose.com and her podcast, Influencer Entrepreneurs with Jenny Melrose as well as her first book Influencer Entrepreneurs: The 4-Step Framework to Building Your Audience, Growing Your Business, and Making More Money Online.
Kasey Clin
SVG Design Mentor, and passive income strategist for crafters and artists at Pen + Posh
Kasey is the owner of Pen + Posh, an Etsy success story dream that came true when she replaced her income within six months and quickly rose to the top 1% of shops selling on Etsy. To this day the shop has earned over six-figures in SVG sales and continues to be a main revenue source to her multiple six-figure, passive income business year after year. She now shares her story and all that she’s learned in hopes of helping other creative moms build their passive income empires from home doing what they do best, creating!
Mim Jenkinson
CEO of Love from Mim
Mim Jenkinson is planner-obsessed sticker-maker, printables creator, online business coach, podcaster at “The Planner Podcast”, app creator, 5-Star Etsy seller, author, blogger and … the LEAST busy person she knows! She’s taught over 4000 people worldwide how to create perfect planner stickers from scratch – and many of her students have gone on to build their own sticker shop empire. Mim hosts “Create + Co-Work Club”: a virtual co-working membership for creatives who want to create time for the projects that are important to them. If you’re ready to finally to get results (and get creative!) with your crafting or online business, Mim is your girl.
Sarina Correa
Creative Entrepreneur, Coach & Mentor at The Social Divas
I’ve been a creative business owner since 1998 and have grown and sold 3 product based brands. I have also been influential in launching, growing and scaling dozens of creative memberships. Today I love coaching, mentoring, and supporting creative businesses owners to take their passions and turn them into multiple streams of revenue online.
Elise Laney
Polka Dotted Blue Jay
As a legal accounting clerk by day and craft blogger by night, Elise knows the importance of keeping your online business and blog bookkeeping in order. She knows the challenges of starting a business and how intimidating tax season can be. She is here to help you create some systems and best practices for keeping your business expenses and income organized all year long so you can track your business expenses, celebrate your income, and face tax season every year with confidence.
Rachel Miller
rachelmiller.com
The creator of Moolah, a system helping thousands of small businesses grow on Facebook. She has personally grown engaged fan pages – some to over 500,000 and others to over 2.2M – fueling massive businesses! Digital Marketer has called her a “Facebook Guru” after she helped them grow one of their pages to over a million fans. Rachel has helped 51 of her students grow engagement and reach over 10,000,000 people with single posts on Facebook. She is the author of multiple books, one of them being a best seller with over 100,000 copies sold and her content has been featured on Good Morning America, been a featured instructor alongside Tony Robbins, Lewis Howe, Chalene Johnson, Dean Graziosi, Russel Brunson, in addition, to literally hundreds of stages, national publications and syndicated shows. As a mom of six kids, Rachel lives in Fort Worth, Texas.
Cayce Eastwood
Confidence Coach for Creatives
Cayce Eastwood is a Confidence Coach for creative small business owners (in addition to running her own craft business). She works with creative business owners whose self-doubt, perfectionism, and fear of failure are holding them back from truly showing up and running their business.
Michelle Braswell
Founder of Let’s Book Clients
Michelle brings 20+ years of success as a business owner in the wedding and events industry. Her zone of genius is combining creativity with strategy to show entrepreneurs how to book the right clients using simple organic marketing steps, to help them reach their goals and predictable revenue fast.
