Resources
Books
- The Boss of You: Everything A Woman Needs to Know to Start, Run, and Maintain Her Own Business
- Lower Your Taxes
- Design It Yourself
- Craft, Inc.
- Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY, Art, Craft and Design
- My So-Called Freelance Life: How to Survive and Thrive as a Creative Professional for Hire
- The Anti 9-to-5 Guide: Practical Career Advice for Women Who Think Outside the Cube
- Getting Things Done
Resources
- SBA - US Small Business Assocation
- SCORE
- Business.com
- Work It Mom
- Craft Council
- Enterprise for Equity
- The Creative Inspirationalist
Seattle and Washington State resources
- City of Seattle Business Licenses and Taxes
- State of Washington Business Licensing
- State of Washington Business Taxes
- Washington Small Business Development Center
Artwork prints on products
Small business support
- Craft Mafia
- Craft Revolution
- Craftsanity
- Craftster
- Craftzine
- Get Crafty
- The Switchboards
- Supernatuale
- Whipup
- DIY Scene
- Artist Trust
- Washington CASH (Community Alliance for Self-Help)
Web Hosting
eCommerce options
Social portals and blogs hosts
Print materials
Craft Shows
Email newsletter service
Collective Advertising/ Selling
Magazines
Other
The following links were shared at the January 21st, 2009 meeting where members shared their resources for marketing and promotion.
from Andrea of Bluebottle Art Gallery
- Absolute Arts
- Art by Us
- Artdish
- Art Galleries Online
- ArtPerk
- Art Review
- Art Scuttlebutt
- Art Slant
- Artist Trust
- Beautiful Decay
- Boonika
- Capitol Hill Events Blog
- City of Seattle Event Calendar
- Hi Fructose
- Juxtapoz
- Kin 5 TV Calendar
- Kiro TV Events
- Little Chimp Society
- Limited Addiction
- Mutual Art
- OIA Online
- Online Visual Artists
- Printfection
- Red Bubble
- Seattle Art Blog
- Seattle Times Event Calendar
- Seattle Artists
- Seattle Convention & visitors Bureau Event Calendar
- Surreal Art Forum
- Webartex
- World Art Reviews
- Yessy
- Zibbet
from Kristen at Schmancy
- Whipup
- Craigslist
- Seattlest
- Handmade Nation
- Shelterrific
- Mirror Mirror
- Areaguides.net
- Yelp
- Seattle Magazine
- BUST – Girl Wide Web
- Downtown Seattle Events
- Get Crafty
- Indie Shopping
- Seattle GoCityKids
- NW Baby
- Parent Map Calendar
- Lucky Magazine
- Pioneersquare.org Calendar
- Seattle City Search
- Seattle PI
- Seattle Time
- Seattle Visitors and Convention Center
- Seattle Weekly
- Seattle Woman
- Seattle Magazine
- Seattle Metropolitan Magazine
- The Stranger
- Venus
- City of Seattle
- Craftster
- Visit Seattle Calendar
- Redefine Magazine
- Starving Crafter
- Three Imaginary Girls
- Northwest Source
from Dumb Eyes
blogs and zines- Lost At E Minor
- FFFFOUND!
- QBN
- Design Is Kiny
- EMPTY
- Cool Hunting
- Is Not Magazine
- Surfstation
- Many Stuff
- Certified RANDOM
- HumbleSpeak
- Neozine
- Lifelounge
- Artist A Day
- Today and Tomorrow
- Aesthetica
- It's Nice That
- Joia Magazine
- Kinki Magazine
- VVORK
- Faces
- Candy Collective
- Design For Mankind
- Flavorwire
- Fecal Face
- Vice Magazine
- Booooooom!
- springspotters network
- Little Chimp Society
- Beautiful Decay
- Arthur Magazine
- Preen Magazine
- Anthem Magazine
- Gestalten Community Blackboard
from Jessie of Cakespy
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