Learning From Donut Wars!
Recently, a new shop was opening near me. They had painted a website on the paper-covered windows intended to create an air of mystery. They had a big contest at their site about "what are we?" To me,...
View ArticleCHA Networking Event!
The biggest value of ScrapBiz is the networking between like-minded industry retailers. There is lots of synergy that comes out of our group as well as quite a few real friendships! Being able to...
View ArticleBasic Customer Service: LISTEN!
I'll admit right now that I'm not a chiropractor person. After a couple of run-ins early in my adulthood with Chiropractors who made some unsolicited claims that they could fix some very odd issues I...
View ArticleI Can't Be the Only Traditional Turned Digital Scrapper Who Wants This
I'll admit that much of my scrapping is now digital. I make cards and once in a while, I'll scrap an actual page to frame or put in an older album.But, I still love to go into scrapbook stores and I...
View ArticleThe Custom Photo Book Solution for your Scrapbook Store!
My newsletter for people interested in the PhotoBookBiz part of ScrapBiz went out today. I thought I'd share it here, too. There are five ways you can turn our PhotoBookBiz program into a custom...
View ArticleI'm So Confused By the Confusion
I have been surfing around for some commercial use digital scrapbook kits to use. I have been carefully reading the commercial use licenses and I've come to the conclusion that we really need a...
View ArticleEverything Old Can Be New Again
It seems like 10 years ago, we couldn't find the new techniques and fun products to put on our layouts fast enough. We were using slide mounts, bottle caps, magic mesh, fiber, eyelets, brads, staples,...
View ArticleAre You Using Socialnomics?
You can't deny these stats. If you aren't using social media to communicate your business message, you are missing the boat! Scrapbookers are using social media - are you there to join in the...
View ArticleGet FREE Digital Scrapbook Software!
I LOVE Digital Scrapbook Artist by Serif. They sent me a copy to try and I totally fell in love with it. Every time I try it, I learn something new! It's got some FANTASTIC features and I love it...
View ArticleA Special Announcement from ScrapBiz
When I started ScrapBiz in September 2002, the scrapbook industry pretty much offered only two ways to start a business.You could either become a consultant with one of the numerous direct sales...
View ArticleHow Do You Scrap?
I'm curious about how people scrap now vs. how they scrapped before. Did you start out traditional but move to digital? Are you hardcore traditional? Have you never done anything BUT digital?Will...
View ArticleStart a Photobook Business Today!
As I look towards my own personal business shift in December with the discontinuation of the ScrapBiz Member Support Program, I am also opening a new chapter. Well, okay, it's not really new. It's...
View ArticleI *heart* PagePlus X4 by Serif
For years I have used Microsoft Publisher to make all my business brochures, cards, etc. Well, after discovering Digital Scrapbook Artist by Serif (check out the free version at DaisyTrail.com), I was...
View ArticleCarrying On the Work of Helping Women Start Businesses
As I look towards a new angle of my business, I have found a way to keep my passion of helping women start businesses alive. Please read my PhotoBooks{etc} blog to see how I am going to use my own...
View ArticleI Wear Your Shirt Guy Scraps!
I Wear Your Shirt Guy scraps for the very first time ever (and I'd say not the last time - he really seemed to be enjoying himself). October 7 was sponsored by my friend, Sandra, of The Memory Workshop...
View ArticleDigital Scrapping and the Traditional Retailer
Recently, I did an informal survey about scrapping habits. It consisted of one question and I posted it on both traditional and digital scrapbooking message boards. The results, as informal as the...
View ArticleStarting a Scrapbook Business? There's still time to get our book!
We have FIVE THREE TWO ONE!!! ALL GONE! ScrapBiz Business Start-Up Guides left and we are selling them for the fantastic price of just $39.95 plus shipping. The guide has been the "how-to" book for...
View ArticleStill looking for info on running a Scrapbook Business?
Did you miss out on the sale of our remaining ScrapBiz Business Start-Up Guides? Well, take heart! It's being revised and updated and a newer version at a lower price will be available later this...
View ArticleWe love Social Media!
Do you follow PhotoBooks{etc} on Twitter or are you a fan on Facebook? We love social media! It's so fun to get to talk to our customers more often than our monthly newsletter. We love the feedback...
View ArticleThe End of an Era
I got a postcard in the mail today telling me that the 14 year old scrapbook store north of Seattle is closing. My gut tells me that if they can't make it, no one can with a bricks and mortar store....
View ArticlePTA Fundraiser Idea
I know that many Parent Teacher Associations (PTA) and Booster clubs (band boosters, etc) look for no-brainer, no-work ways to raise funds that work for families. I know my kids have sold their share...
View ArticleScrapbook Industry 2010
I'll admit that I have pretty much ceased my scrapbooking. I cleaned out my studio and have a huge pile of scrapbook paper waiting for me to drive it to the local children's hospital. My paper...
View ArticleSame Tricks, Different Industry....
I was watching Restaurant: Impossible last night. If you haven't seen it, it's like Kitchen Nightmares that Gordon Ramsey does on BBC. I love that show, too, and have used it in this blog. Chef...
View ArticleToo Bad Everyone Doesn't Have to Own a Business at Some Point
A local plant nursery near me just announced they are closing. It's too bad because they were the place you could get the really COOL plants for your yard - not just the standard stuff you can get at...
View ArticleTuning it up!
As of this Fall, the main ScrapBiz site will be finally shut down after having discontinued memberships a couple of years ago and the domain will be directed to this blog. I'm going to leave this blog...
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