You can start a small business by taking advantage of your sewing skills. By offering services, such as clothing repair, custom tailoring, and button replacement, you can create a steady income with a business that has returning customers. You have the choice of starting as a home-based business or setting up a shop in a retail location. Your success will depend on the quality of your marketing and customer service, as well as the quality of your work. What you will find in this revised edition is everything else it takes to run your sewing and alterations business from home including business setup step-by-step in exact order, bookkeeping, taxes, business plan, business entity formation, policies to consider, skills assessment, how to prevail alongside the competition, tools of the trade, HOW MUCH MONEY you can make PLUS many juicy stories about my personal experience. An easy 100 page read you can explore this world and check it all out for yourself to see if it's a match and/or inspirational to your desires before you leap.

You can start a small business by taking advantage of your sewing skills. By offering services, such as clothing repair, custom tailoring, and button replacement, you can create a steady income with a business that has returning customers. You have the choice of starting as a home-based business or setting up a shop in a retail location. Your success will depend on the quality of your marketing and customer service, as well as the quality of your work. How To Start a Sewing Business is a simple and easy-to-apply book in which you will discover the essential first steps to take to start your business on the road to profit, in the shortest time possible.

Addresses all aspects of turning a creative interest into a profitable business, covering business planning, licensing, budgeting, time management, and legal issues.

How to market your sewing skills and build a profitable sewing or craft business.

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