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Top 10 Ways to Improve Your Maker Business

May 4, 2020

Maker markets are in flux, retail stores are just now grinding back into motion, and the future of live, human-to-human commerce opportunities for handmade, local goods is uncertain. This moment presents a huge opportunity for you to do a strategy pivot, test new digital marketing tactics, and experiment how you’re getting your good goods out there in front of the world. Use this time to up your entrepreneurial ante and you may just find yourself better off than you ever could have imagined.

5 Tips to Be Well, When All is Not Well

March 19, 2020

Lots of changes are happening, and fast. It might feel overwhelming, but you are not alone. We’re right there with you, and we will continue

Make. Learn. Grow. Food Trucks 101

December 14, 2018

Want to run a food truck? Four experts share info you may not know

Rest Insured: Know Your Health Insurance Options

December 3, 2018

Health insurance has long been a stumbling block for small business owners and their employees. Perhaps with the advent of association health plans and SHOP (Small Business Health Options Program) health insurance plans, this issue will trip up fewer makers and others on their way to making a living doing what they love.

Holiday Gift Guide Feature Challenge: Photo Inspiration + Tips Series

October 28, 2017

The Maker City is launching its first-ever Holiday Gift Guide! We’re selecting high-quality products made in Knoxville to inspire shopping locally this holiday season. We’re choosing products and makers with exceptional photos, easy-to-navigate shops, and stellar selling reputations.

To help you up your photo game this holiday season…

We want to help YOU take awesome photos. On October 25 – 27, we hosted a 3-day Instagram photo inspiration + tips series. This is the full series we posted to Instagram, featuring the photos that inspired the tips!