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The "Business" Of Sewing Audio Album "CD"
Includes worksheets and exercises 
    *The "Business" Of Sewing  
           *Taking The Fear Out Of Pricing  
              *Marketing Your Sewing Business  
 All "3" Audio "CD" $45.00      Buy 3 save $5.85

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The Business Of Sewing  $16.95
Find out how to make a business plan and to structure your business policy. Learn how the pros pre-qualify and develop profitable relationships with their clients. Learn how sewing professionals can earn $800 to $1,000 a day! Hear author Barbara Wright Sykes in one of her many sold-out seminars,  as she tells you the secrets of the trade.  Order Today!

Marketing Your Sewing Business    $16.95   
Explore how to use successful marketing techniques to attract clients. Learn  how to market your items by placing them in retail establishments where you  earn money even as you sleep! Discover how to price and negotiate for wholesale  and consignment contracts and how to expand your business. 
Worksheets/exercises included.  
 

Take The Fear Out Of Pricing  $16.95  
No more under charging! Discover how to get paid what you are worth through an in-depth study of  pricing for profit. Learn the 3 pricing methods and the pros and cons of each. Discover how to eliminate price resistance, and build the confidence you need to run a successful sewing business. Worksheets/exercises included.  

What People Are Saying...
Barbara Wright Sykes...is a real confidence builder...offering advice on the many facets of organizing, managing, and marketing a Sewing Business.  Nancy Zieman

Barbara Wright Sykes showed me how to make a business plan to help me start my business. I took it to my bank and to my surprise got a small business loan to help with my equipment. Sheila Stokes

I sew bridal and learned how to keep my clients from taking advantage of me by using Barbara's techniques. Jessie Delcombre
 

Barbara Wright Sykes techniques for pricing really make sense. I used this audio the get me past my fear of pricing. Calvin Pettis

Barbara's production techniques allowed me to earn a profits within the 1st quarter of 2002. Joy Scoffield
 
I can't say enough about the pricing audio. I did the exercises. Best investment I could have made in my business. Mary Lou Boyd

I have been sewing for years and didn’t know how much money I could make until I heard Barbara’s audio and did the exercises, what a difference it made.  Carol  Haley

I attended one of Barbara’s seminars and later bought this audio. It is my constant consultant for pricing for profit. No one motivates me like Barbara. Gail Tustin

The worksheets and exercises alone are worth it. I now have my items in retail stores where I make money even as I sleep. Barbara’s knowledge and expertise is right on the money! Thomascina  Cox

The categories above include the following forms:

New Product and Service Objectives

Marketing Strategy Overview

What to include in your Budget

Marketing and Advertising Calendar

Marketing Messages

Where to Find Customers

My Leads List

Marketing Model Tips

Marketing Model Outline

Words that Sell

Letter Template

Sample Letter

Dissecting the Letter

Customer Contact Report

Public Relations

Call Planning Worksheet

Creating a Contact Script

Customer Contact Form

Copywriting Checklist

Direct Mail Marketing Checklist

Market Segment Analysis

Marketing Campaign Evaluation

Magazine and Newspaper Ads

Classified Ads

Classified Advertising Plan

Shopping the Competition

Competitor Comparison

Travel Agents*

Web Marketing

Web Site Content Checklist

Trade Shows – Introduction

How to Prepare For A Trade show

Registration and Drawing Form**

Trade Show Balance Sheet**

Trade Show Display Contact**

Trade Show inventory Report**

Trade Show Tax Chart**

Trade Show Price Checklist**

Credit Card Report**

Daily Sales Report**

Currency Log**

Their designed for:

¬  Home Décor 
¬  Babies 
¬  Alterations  
¬  Children’s     
¬  Custom Tailoring     ¬  Creative Sewing  
¬  Bridal

  #0-8 M-Graphic-CD   -  CD only 

¬ Logos      ¬ Clipart    ¬ Business Cards     ¬ Letterhead  

¬ Templates   ¬ Postcards     ¬ Sample Designs      ¬ Envelopes 

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Save $5.99--More than 100 forms! They include the Marketing Forms and the Marketing Graphics Forms. Available on CD only. Formatted for PC/MAC. The Marketing Forms are business forms to help you implement your marketing campaign and increase your profit margins for your sewing business. The Marketing Graphics Forms are the forms that go to your customers. The best part is you can customize them or just use the templates. Plus, you can use the many clipart images to design and personalize them with your own theme. You can change the color of existing clipart and templates. The templates also come with examples as well as blank templates for you to personalize. All templates, logos, flyers, clipart, postcards, letterhead, envelopes, business cards and sample how-to-custom designs are sewing based themes. They have been specifically designed for those who sew for profit.  All forms are PC and MAC compatible.  All forms and software sales are final.

 Frequently Asked Questions

What are the differences between the “Marketing Forms” and the “Marketing Graphics Forms”? The Marketing Forms are business forms to help you implement your marketing campaign and increase your profit margins for your sewing business. The Marketing Graphics Forms are the forms that go to your customers. The best part is you can customize them or just use the templates. Or you can use the many clipart images to design and personalize them with your own theme. You can change the color of existing clipart and templates. The templates also come with examples as well as a blank template for you to personalize. All templates, logos, flyers, clipart, postcards, letterhead, envelopes, business cards and sample how-to-custom designs are sewing based themes. They have been specifically designed for those who sew for profit.

What kind of sewing businesses are the Marketing Graphics Forms designed for? The forms include graphics and templates with specialized sewing themes, as well as general sewing themes for the following businesses: Bridal, Custom Tailoring, Custom Sewing, Home Décor, Children, Babies, Alterations and more. Plus, various colors have been blended for a refreshing new look. For example, in one of the Custom Sewing Templates, we have paired Ginger with Caribbean Turquoise. For variety we have included several profiles of brides. There are two postcards templates designed to remind your customers who to call when they need a sewing professional. Plus, we included a third version with no font so you could ad your own and personalize the colors. They’re so many options to make your business aesthetically pleasing to the consumer.

Can I use the Marketing Graphics Forms with your other forms? Definitely! That’s why we designed them and included more than 60 clipart images and templates. You can import the graphics into the following forms by Collins Publications: Forms On Computer Disk; Marketing Forms; Home Décor and Interior Design Forms, etc. Or, if you have The Complete Set Of Forms, you can print the image on your paper forms. That’s the beauty of the “Marketing Graphic Forms” they are easily customizable. Plus, they come in PDF format for the MAC.
 

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The “Business” Of Sewing Newsletter Back Issues    Special--8 issues for only $17.00 

Articles:
Pricing Back Issue
Industrial tips for sewing pros
Pattern Drafting software
How to preshrink interfacing
Dream window collections
Elements of a good contract
Where are all the fabric stores
Tailoring with Mary Ellen Flurry
Jacket Fitting Adjustments
Record Keeping
Japanese Tailoring
Studio expansion
Hiring employees
Independent contractors
Sewing entrepreneur finds niche 
Combining fashions and graphics
Workroom design: space solutions
New Money for entrepreneur's
Power sewing with Sandra Betzina
Tools for business start-up
 

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