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How to Optimize your CustomMade Portfolio

Posted by Marcie in For Makers, The Pro Shop on June 4, 2012

This article was written by Heather Bailey, Maker Support team member at CustomMade.com.

Adding work to your portfolio is vitally important to gaining visibility on the site. Our most successful makers have over 50 projects and counting in their portfolios. The more content you have, the higher your chances are of having a potential customer [...]

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Making the Most of the Job Board: Crafting the Perfect First Message

Posted by Marcie in For Makers, The Pro Shop on May 14, 2012

This article was written by Heather Bailey from CustomMade’s Maker Success Team.

You scan the job board, finally honing in on the ideal job. A great opportunity. In fact you just know you can do this job better than anyone. This job is plain perfect for you and you’re eager to learn more. In a [...]

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3rd Ward: Making Future Makers in Brooklyn

Posted by Marcie in For Customers, For Makers, The Pro Shop on April 30, 2012

This article was written by Heather Bailey, part of CustomMade’s Maker Success team.

Makers helping makers. It’s a simple philosophy everyone here at CustomMade can support and get excited about. So when we stumbled upon the Brooklyn-based artist community 3rd Ward, we were thrilled to discover the work they were doing. Plus, when we come [...]

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Slow Down In The Shop: “Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance”

Posted by Marcie in For Makers, The Pro Shop on April 2, 2012

This weeks Pro Shop blog is written by guest blogger Doug Turner of Turner Custom Furniture in Atlanta, Georgia.

For this article, I chose to write about something that’s been on my mind a lot lately: taking the proper amount of time to get a project done right, and why that’s often very difficult.

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Put Status at the Center of the Discussion for Custom Work

Posted by Marcie in For Makers, The Pro Shop on March 13, 2012

This article was written by guest blogger Patrick Kennedy of Superior Woodcraft, Inc.

In a blog from July, 2011,  It’s all about value: explaining the cost of custom items,  a comment was made by Mark Wilson who noted that makers should “put status at the center of the discussion of what makes our stuff [...]

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Custom Craft, Niche Markets, and Manufacturing Revival

Posted by Pedro in For Makers, The Pro Shop on March 5, 2012

Where can you find hope for American manufacturing? In craftsmanship and custom manufacturing, according to Planet Money co-host and co-founder Adam Davidson.  In his story, “A Revival in American Manufacturing, Led By Brooklyn Foodies,” he looks at two producers for niche markets, artisanal beef jerky and custom springs, notices how even major mass-production based companies [...]

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Doug’s Top Eleven Fundamental Marketing Techniques for Small Business Craftsmen

Posted by Marcie in For Makers, The Pro Shop on February 27, 2012

The following article is written by CustomMade guest blogger Doug Turner of Turner Custom Furniture. Through his own experience of running a successful custom furniture business in Atlanta, GA., Doug shares his effective marketing tips with you.

I consider the following marketing techniques absolutely fundamental– things all business owners should do [...]

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Restoring Pride: Sir Terence Conran on Design and Craftsmanship

Posted by Pedro in For Makers, The Pro Shop on February 13, 2012

Is there a divide between designing and making?

We’ve previously raised the question of a “societal disconnect” with working with your hands and highlighted efforts to restore a sense of pride in building things that can both benefit future generations of custom artisans and encourage economic recovery.  At CustomMade, we are proud to showcase artisans [...]

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Indie Capitalism

Posted by Pedro in For Makers, The Pro Shop on February 6, 2012

What do indie music and an emerging form of capitalism have in common?

“You won’t learn about it in business school, hear about it from Wall Street, or see it in Palo Alto,” writes noted commentator on economics, social issues, and design Bruce Nussbaum, but “indie” capitalism may be a solution to the economic woes [...]

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Archaic, Unwritten, Irresistible: The Art of Scagliola

Posted by Pedro in For Makers, The Pro Shop on January 30, 2012

What is scagliola?  A composite substance made from selenite, glue, and natural pigments that can simulate marble and other stone.  Known since the days of Ancient Rome, most in vogue in Europe from the 17th to the 19th century, and historically considered an inexpensive substitute for natural materials, scagliola has “come to be recognized as [...]

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