CLF Pro Members, World Wide Yarns and Karen Ratto Whooley have partnered for a fabulous crochet experience in Soap Lake, Washington! You don’t want to miss this event and there is limited space, so sign up before it’s too late! Event: June 1 – 2 Call to reserve your spot … Continue reading
I usually write this kind of content on my other blog, The Golden Me, but since we’re doing a month of posts supporting Crochet sellers, makers and service providers in their marketing and sales efforts, I figured you could deal with it! Gather round my hookstars, I have a story … Continue reading
Yesterday, my best friend and I took our teens to Emerald City Comic Con (ECCC). It’s a massive event in the heart of Seattle, full of comics, super heroes and movie legends. So, what does it have to do with crochet? Well, it does and it doesn’t. I was there … Continue reading
The lyrics of David Bowie’s song “Changes” keep running through my head as I work on the CLF site. It’s been a whole year since I first pushed the button (and the site broke, and drama, and then a second button push) and made CLF 3.0 happen. As they say, … Continue reading
We see it and hear it all of the time, designers, writers, Fearless Leaders, editors, and other independent pros occassionally have a public exclamation of BLARRRRRRRRRGH. Or in English, “Help me, I’m drowning in deadlines.” It doesn’t help our public persona to do this and I admit to having my … Continue reading
I thought I would expand upon the post I wrote yesterday and fill in some necessary blanks. There are many more professional aspects to the “crochet industry” than design and pattern writing, we tend to just talk about designers and I think that really does the industry a disservice. I … Continue reading
Part III So, it was a great event! You met two or three great leads, contacts or possible sponsors. What do you do next? Here are my favorite action steps to do after a networking event.
Part II Learning to mingle correctly is important, you don’t want to monopolize people or hog their time, but likewise you don’t want to lose a lead or an important connection by standing by yourself waiting to get noticed. In Part I we talked about walking up to people and … Continue reading
Part 1 Laurie’s Top 5 networking skills I recently went to an event that was centered on crafting your book pitch. I was really excited to get accepted to attend this event, especially since executives from CreateSpace and Amazon were present. Yet, it was also a chance to network with … Continue reading
