The Stitchers Library

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The Stitchers Library

• Sandra Monley
• Co-ordinator, Information and Learning
• Brisbane City Council Libraries

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Creative women digital skills training
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Crafters sell their work online establishing a
home based, micro-business.
Digital literacy
Economic development
Brisbane crafters
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Etsy social media

• 1,097,849 LIKES
• 1,887,735 FOLLOWERS
• 242,430 FOLLOWERS

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Brisbane markets
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From the collection
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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
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The handmade market how to sell your craft
online
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Topics

• 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.

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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.

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Map and Hatch intensive
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Life-centred skills

• Marta and Maciek first market
• stall Friday 22 February, 2013

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