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Using Your Sewing Skills (audit) For A Wahm Business

By Dave Dinkel

 Are you handy with a needle and thread? Do you enjoy sewing clothes for yourself or your children? Are friends and relatives always asking you to make sewing repairs? If so, then you have the perfect beginnings for a work at home sewing business.

Sewing is a skill that is coming back into fashion as more people seek to reduce their clothing costs and make the clothes that they have last longer. Many Wahms find profitable businesses in offering their sewing skills to people who don’t have the time or the skill to make repairs or alterations on their clothes. There are even several profitable sewing niches, like cloth diapers and slings, which have found interest online.

Getting started with your sewing business starts with deciding what you want to do. You can specialize in one type of sewing (bridal party gowns) or you can take a wide variety of jobs. Since it is your business, it is totally up to you how to run it. Some people specialize in children’s clothing, alterations/repairs, women’s clothing or formal wear. Although sewing clothing is the most profitable field, many Wahms enjoy offering home decor services and make curtains, slipcovers and other home accents.

Before you start advertising, make sure that you have the supplies that you’ll need. If you have an older sewing machine that has “bad days” when it doesn’t work right, you might want to consider getting a new machine so you can work more efficiently. The cost of a new machine is worth it compared to the time that you’ll save. Plus, the new sewing machine is a tax write-off. You probably already have the sewing notions that you’ll need to get started. If you need something for a specific project, you’ll just buy it at the time.

You’ll also need to decide on set prices before you begin advertising your services. If you are doing repairs, you can charge a certain price per task. If you are custom sewing clothing, you can either charge a flat fee or charge by the hour. For larger projects, like wedding dresses, charging by the hour can work out to be a better deal for both you and the client.

Start your business off on the right foot by getting a business license. You’ll want to make sure that everything is legal and that you keep accurate records of your expenses and income. There are also several tax deductions that you can take as a business owner, and you’ll have access to wholesale sewing supplies.

Make some business cards to distribute to people you know. Also, leave them at certain places around town depending on what type of sewing you are specializing in. For example, if you sew children’s clothing, you can arrange to have your cards available at local daycare centers. One of the most powerful ways to advertise your business is through word of mouth. Your friends, family and acquaintances will surely send clients your way once they know you’ve hung your shingle up for business.

Having a sewing business is a great way to do something that you love, help other people and make some money all at the same time. There are many Wahm jobs to choose from, but having a sewing business definitely offers the best deal for those who love to sew.

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Autoresponder Errors That Leads To Lower Traffic Generation
By Terry Leslie

 While the internet marketing world has been truly enhanced thanks to the autoresponder, there are a few basic errors that some new marketers tend to make until they are corrected. Instead of waiting to make a mistake, read up on how to avoid making potentially costly autoresponder errors.

You can create an autoresponder series for any potential product or ordering issue that your customers might run into. Whether you need to describe how to install, set up, or use a product or how to go about the process of returning an item, all of the information that you need to deliver to your customers can be had at the click of a mouse. Your customer just simply needs to let the computer know what information he or she requires by selecting the appropriate topic. It really can be that simple. You can take it one step farther by determining the likely issues many customers have and send out an autoresponder message detailing how the customer can get the help they need with just one mouse click.

Of course, any time a customer wishes to contact you directly, he or she should have that option as well. Simply sending an autoresponder message upon the receipt of a support email can acknowledge the customer and give them a time frame for expecting a response. Your autoresponder message might thank them for contacting you and acknowledge that their email is important to you. Then, you might tell them the hours of customer service and that most emails are answered within 1 business day or whatever might seem reasonable to you. This small step goes a long way in simply acknowledging that a customer has a need and that you will fulfill it as soon as possible.

Do not sign up for any other messages or programs using your autoresponder email address. This creates a great deal of confusion for you and often sends unwanted messages straight out to your opt in list. You can end up losing the majority of your list this way. Never have one autoresponder respond to or for another. You wil have a heafty mess on your hands.

Never use your autoresponder for personal use. Think of your autoresponder as a professional, outgoing message box only. That means that you will never accept any type of email You are in the business of making money using all kinds of somewhat autonomous marketing methods. Mixing in any type of personal use with your autoresponder message may cause more than just a little embarrassment.

When you use your autoresponder for professional uses, you won’t make any serious errors that will cost you clientele unless you say something offensive in your message. Mixing in personal messages with your autoresponder is the single biggest error of a new internet marketer.

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