Welcome to The Small Business Sewing Podcast, where we get “sew” up in your business. We interview makers with successful business secrets and share them with you so you can run a successful sewing business, learn about innovations in sewing, and learn ways to make more money doing what you love.   In this episode, our resident industrial engineer, Cathleen, leads a discussion about optimizing your storage, layout, and workflow in your creative space!   Go on over to our Facebook Group...

Recap of the season! Welcome to The Small Business Sewing Podcast, where we get “sew” up in your business. We interview makers with successful business secrets and share them with you so you can run a successful sewing business, learn about innovations in sewing, and learn ways to make more money doing what you love.  In this episode, Branalyn and Cathleen talk about what we learned from season 1, and recap the entire season. Here's where to get an overview of all the episodes!  Go on over...

Welcome to The Small Business Sewing Podcast, where we get “sew” up in your business. We interview makers with successful business secrets and share them with you so you can run a successful sewing business, learn about innovations in sewing, and learn ways to make more money doing what you love.  In this episode, we talk with Naomi Kraght of the Small Biz Branding Facebook group about how to take stellar product photos.  Go on over to our Facebook Group...

Welcome to The Small Business Sewing Podcast, where we get “sew” up in your business. We interview makers with successful business secrets and share them with you so you can run a successful sewing business, learn about innovations in sewing, and learn ways to make more money doing what you love.   In this episode, we talk with Charlotte Curtis, the creator behind the open source software PDF Stitcher that many members of the Projectors for Sewing Facebook group love and use. We talk with...

Welcome to The Small Business Sewing Podcast, where we get “sew” up in your business. We interview makers with successful business secrets and share them with you so you can run a successful sewing business, learn about innovations in sewing, and learn ways to make more money doing what you love.   In this episode, we talk with Missy Pore, the founder of the Projectors for Sewing Facebook group, about how and why she started the projectors for sewing patterns revolution that is gaining...

Welcome to The Small Business Sewing Podcast, where we get “sew” up in your business. We interview makers with successful business secrets and share them with you so you can run a successful sewing business, learn about innovations in sewing, and learn ways to make more money doing what you love.  In this episode, we talk with Lily Wu of the Healthy Green Guide on how she built a customer Facebook Group of over 53000 members. Yes, that is NOT a type-o. 53 THOUSAND.   Actionable tips, tricks,...

In this episode, we talk about how and when to hire help with Robert Dailey of the Recreational Woodworker. Robert is a woodworker that makes high end custom furniture and content creator on YouTube. He's had to run the gamut of hiring part time help, full time help, train employees, find and hire subcontractors, and outsource work.  If you are thinking about hiring help, here's the episode to get you thinking about it.  Welcome to The Small Business Sewing Podcast, where we get “sew” up...

Welcome to The Small Business Sewing Podcast, where we get “sew” up in your business. We interview makers with successful business secrets and share them with you so you can run a successful sewing business, learn about innovations in sewing, and learn ways to make more money doing what you love.  In this episode, we talk about Getting a handle on your personal finances so your business can thrive with Mike Cavaggioni of the Average Joe's Finances podcast and personal finance blog. We discuss...

In this episode, we talk about how to ship literally thousands of packages of product from home with Josh Schwartz. Yes, you read that right, THOUSANDS. Josh is the man behind the indie regional heavy metal band, A Sound of Thunder, who prides themselves on the hand-done touches to wow their fans and customers.  He has shipped more than 10,000 packages from home of band swag to customers.  From using Pirate ship to save on shipping costs, to splurging on the good tape to save money, he's...

In this episode, we talk with host Branalyn about how to teach sewing, and ways to make money teaching sewing. Even if you're not getting into sewing to teach, it is important to know how to teach sewing to educate your customers and extra help you might have. We may also unexpectedly give you ideas for extra revenue! Welcome to The Small Business Sewing Podcast, where we get “sew” up in your business. We interview makers with successful business secrets and share them with you so you can...

In this episode, we talk about how to start a sewing business with ZERO debt with Alan Donegan of the Rebel Business School.  Yes, you read that right, with zero debt.  If you have a sewing, crafting, or making business, you NEED to listen to this episode.    Welcome to The Small Business Sewing Podcast, where we get “sew” up in your business. We interview makers with successful business secrets and share them with you so you can run a successful sewing business, learn about innovations in...

What is benchmarking and how will it help your business? Cathleen, who is an industrial engineer, and Branalyn talk about what benchmarking is, how to do it, and how it can help your sewing business. Benchmarking is a way to measure what you are already doing, find others who are solving a problem you have, learning how they do it, and applying it to your own work to get a better result. Go on over to our Facebook Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/thesmallbusinesssewingcommunity ) to...

Shop branding and image with Naomi Kragt of Naomikatherine.com and the Small Biz Branding Facebook group. Naomi talks about why it is important in this digital age to nail the branding and imaging game- what is included in branding (hint: it's not just the logo), and what type of general styles there are for shop branding.  Naomi is an expert in shop image and branding development, specifically for sewing and handmade crafts businesses.  We had a bit of a snafu in recording the first part...

In this episode,  We talk about the options for sewing for your business with your kids (or pets) around. Here you will find strategies that work, those that don't, and generally talking about the challenges of running a small business making things with children around. Welcome to The Small Business Sewing Podcast, where we get “sew” up in your business. We interview makers with successful business secrets and share them with you so you can run a successful sewing business, learn about...

Intro to the Small Business Sewing podcast with Branalyn from Dailey Sews and Stuff, and Cathleen from Sunny Mountain Patterns.