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The Stitchers Library Sandra Monley Co-ordinator, Information and Learning Brisbane City Council Libraries

Creative women + digital skills training

Crafters sell their work online establishing a home based, micro-business.

Digital literacy

Economic development

Brisbane crafters

Etsy social media

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Brisbane markets

From the collection…

Ambition! • “I want to sell my craft”. • “I want to make money from selling my craft”. • “I want to set up a small home based business”.

Felt rabbits from Hut up Berlin

The handmade market: how to sell your craft online

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Getting started with market research online Sourcing supplies online Connecting with other crafters online Photographing products for the web Setting up an online shop Social networking and your business Keeping statistics with easy online apps.

Map and hatch: business planning for crafters

Map & Hatch: Business Planning for Crafters This workshop will teach you the process of mapping out your hobby to turn it into a micro business. Participants will learn to apply business planning tools and capture their ideas to hatch their creative goals giving them a plan to make their craft/hobby into a successful business venture. Presented by Sally Flynn from Flight Industries.

Map and Hatch intensive

Life-centred skills Marta and Maciek first market stall Friday 22 February, 2013