If you’ve already got one business and you're thinking about starting a new one, you might be asking yourself if you should keep everything under one umbrella or start the new business from scratch. 

Keep reading to get the 5 questions that will help you make the right decision in a snap! 

Hi, I’m Mei Pak and I help makers, artists, and designers make a living by selling their handmade goods online. 

I've been running a handmade business for over 14 years, and I've been coaching other small business owners on how to run their creative business for half of that time. 

And I run two completely different businesses, but if we’re really counting, we technically have six different businesses in our household!

They each get their own Schedule C when it’s tax time. When you have ideas for multiple businesses like that, you have to decide whether or not you’re going to keep everything under the same umbrella, or split them up and keep them separate. 

Today I'm going to give you five questions to ask yourself to make that decision a whole lot easier. 

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Today we’re talking all about books that you should read for money and finances.

Hi, my name is Mei Pak and I help makers, artists, and designers make a living from selling their handmade products online.

Money Mindset

I don't know about you, but my parents didn't talk to me a whole lot about money. 

It was sort of this grownup thing that they took care of and it wasn't for the kids to know about. It wasn’t something that they taught us at school either. 

When I built my businesses, I realized that while I had a lot to learn about running a business, I also had a lot to learn about money. 

I’ve been running my own businesses for almost 15 years now and I can tell you that money is a factor at every point in your business and in your life as well. 

When you're just starting out, you don't have a lot of money so you're scrapping things together and figuring it out. As your business grows, you will have all sorts of new money problems. 

It’s taken me a long time to learn about money mindset and to get to where I am today. All of our businesses combined make us six figures in sales every month, including the new business we started. 

While I would love to sit here and tell you that managing the money has gotten easier, that’s just not the reality.  There’s always a new level of money challenges.  

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If you want to start selling your handmade ceramics then read this post first! 

Today I’m sharing how to price your products, different challenges you might face, shipping tips, and more. 

Hi, my name is Mei Pak and I help makers, artists, and designers make a living from selling their handmade products online. 

Advantages

I’m assuming that if you’re reading this post, then you’re already fairly skilled at making ceramics, whether that’s with throwing, hand-sculpting or your chosen technique. 

That’s a skill that many people don’t have, so you’re already in a good position to make beautiful items that others can’t make for themselves. 

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In this post, I’m giving you the exact steps that you need to make sure you’re pricing your art prints correctly so you can stop undercharging, start making a profit, and get paid what you’re worth. 

Hi! My name is Mei Pak and I help makers, artists and designers make a consistent income from selling their handmade products online.

Development Cost

Today I’ll just be going over art prints. I’ll have a totally separate post later that talks about how to price your original art because it is a very different strategy. 

Art prints are great because once you've done the original artwork, you can make as many prints as you'd like and then sell them with minimal a amount of work. 

It's this same factor that makes it difficult to calculate how you should price it out. 

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If you’re a handmade business that’s struggling to get your Instagram content seen, then read this post! Today, I’m breaking down the Instagram algorithm, how it affects your posts, and my top 4 tips for making the algorithm work for you! 

Hi, my name is Mei Pak and I help makers, artists, and designers make a consistent income from selling their handmade products online.

What is an Algorithm?

I know “algorithm” sounds like a scary word, but it’s actually something that we need. 

Basically, an algorithm makes sure we don't get completely overwhelmed as users.

I follow a couple thousand people on Instagram. If I saw every post from every one of those people, my mind would explode!

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