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Mass Customization and Custom Artisans

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, For Makers, The Wide World of Custom Making on December 4, 2011

How disruptive is the following statement to your way of thinking about business?

“Customers don’t want a choice; they want exactly what they want.”

If your business model is based on a 20th century mass production paradigm, this observation about 21st century consumers by acclaimed author and business coach Joe Pine might spell trouble.

But [...]

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The Lady of the House is Online: Reaching the Head-of-Household Through Social Media Marketing

Posted by Pedro in For Makers, The Pro Shop on November 28, 2011

What demographic is responsible for $5 trillion in consumer spending? The heads-of-households.  Who are they and how can businesses best reach them through today’s social media landscape? Reggie Bradford, the founder and CEO of the social marketing software provider Virtue, identifies this critical market and offers some advice for productively engaging it through the social [...]

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Catching the Building Bug: The Girls at Work Program

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, For Makers, The Wide World of Custom Making on November 25, 2011

What do young people need from their elders in order to join the burgeoning maker movement?  They need training to learn to use the right tools and encouragement that they can succeed.

For many young girls, finding both is a challenge.

On the CustomMade blog we’ve previously highlighted efforts to change attitudes towards manufacturing and [...]

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Promote Your Business With Quick Response “QR” Codes

Posted by Marcie in For Makers, The Pro Shop on November 21, 2011

By Guest Blogger Doug Turner of Turner Custom Furniture

If you start looking for them, you’ll find QR codes everywhere these days, and for good reason: they are a really easy way for tech savvy smart phone users to get information quickly about brands, products and services.  And believe it or not, they [...]

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CustomMade names Google Ventures and First Round Capital as Lead Investors

Posted by Pedro in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers on November 18, 2011

In September, CustomMade co-founders Mike Salguero and Seth Rosen reported in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that the company had raised $2 million of an expected $2.1 million in its first institutional funding round.  Only the co-founders were listed as investors at that time.

On November 17, 2011, CustomMade revealed [...]

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CustomMade Supports Small Business Saturday

Posted by Marcie in Custom Community, For Customers, For Makers on November 16, 2011

It’s that time of year when people start thinking about shopping and trying to give just the right gift. But, let’s be honest, everyone knows the only way to truly find “the piece you’ll love to pieces” is to get away from the big-box retailers and go local, unique, and even custom made. CustomMade.com is committed [...]

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The Maker Movement

Posted by Pedro in For Makers, The Pro Shop on November 15, 2011

Who can save the economy? Who can change the world?

The maker movement.

Who are the makers?  In the Forbes article “Moving the Economy: The Future of the Maker Movement,” blogger TJ McCue identifies them: “The people who create, build, design, tinker, modify, hack, invent, or simply make something.”  The definition of “maker” is also [...]

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Live Edge Inlaid Ambrosia Maple Dining Table

Posted by Marcie in For Customers, For Makers, Our Favorite Custom Finds on November 8, 2011

This hand-crafted table by Haymore Enterprises, Inc. is the prefect artistic representation of the phrase “still waters run deep”.  Quiet, understated, with a hint of the unexpected.

The Live Edge Ambrosia Maple Dining Trestle Table is crafted by master woodworker Clyde Haymore. With over 30 years experience in both commercial woodworking and custom design furniture [...]

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Rise Above the Noise: Differentiate, Add Value, Create Community

Posted by Marcie in For Makers, The Pro Shop on November 7, 2011

Guest contributor Patrick Kennedy of Superior Woodcraft, Inc.

In today’s market it is more important than ever to inform potential clients about your company.  It’s no longer enough to take out print ads informing the market that your company creates great products at competitive prices. That’s a message that every company touts for every product and [...]

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Custom Lapidaries

Posted by Pedro in For Customers, For Makers, The Wide World of Custom Making on November 5, 2011

Lapidaries are masters of the art of turning rough gemstones into dazzling multifaceted pieces or other forms.  Professional jewelry makers as well as the general jewelry buying public may turn to these artisans for precisely cut gems for use in custom jewelry design.  While expert jewelers like those you will find in our CustomMade galleries [...]

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