Do you have any questions for our panellists in our upcoming ‘Tips from Best-Selling Shops’ webinar? What would you like to know?
In the session at 11am on Monday 23rd September, James Green, Claire Gent and Maxine Pring will talk about how they have grown their businesses, what has worked for them and what hasn’t.
If there’s anything specific you’d like to know, leave a comment on this post and we’ll see if we can cover it.
I would love to know how they split their time and effort between the various parts of what we all have to do in our creative businesses:
I’ve probably forgotten something from that list! 
And following on from that, what 2 things do they wish they had more time to do and what 2 things do they wish they could do less of. I guess that to properly set the context for that question, we should first also ask if they have any help - if they can pass low value things off to someone else.
I’m very interested to hear what their answers will be, and how their responses as best sellers will compare to the answers we less than best sellers, may give to the same questions!
I think Debbie has covered most aspects of running a successful business there but I would like ask about how they target their marketing and if their audience and customer base has grown organically over the years or have they actively sought out new prospective customers from varied or even unlikely sources?
Ooh, and also, Have they had a stand-out best selling item and do they still produce it?
I’m nodding along with both Debbie and Sarah. I think they’ve covered pretty much everything. I would like to also know if they sell any products wholesale and if so then do they think it adds a lot more work having to produce larger quantities of stock at once.
If that makes sense!
Lou x
I’m a Folksy Basic Seller, so I don’t know whether I’m allowed to pipe up with a question, but I’d like to know if they also sell in physical galleries and gallery type shops on a sale or return basis, (as I do) and if so what percentage of their sales come from each source. Weirdly I bought two framed James Green prints from an exhibition at Mostyn Gallery, North Wales, before I joined Folksy, then found out he was a Folksy seller!
I think we’re allowed to ask the question but I doubt we will have access to the webinar.
I’d like to know how they’ve achieved enough visibility and traction on social media to have consistent sales, and whether they spend money on advertising/promotion/boosting posts etc. and if so whether that money delivered value in terms of extra sales?
Just a quick reminder that the webinar starts at 11am today. Hope to see you there!
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