14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Real life how-to help and tutorials, October 29, 2004
This review is from: I Made That! How to Make Money Making Personalized Stuff (Paperback)
I bought this book shortly after it came out and felt an immediate connection to the author. Cindy writes from the heart. She gives a small section of information about what brought her from failed business to failed business (and yes, failed marriage too) to finally realize, by trial and error what she was missing from the formula.
She provides solid overviews of how to plan out the start up of a new business and shares the reasons that many businesses she tried failed and gives suggestions on what to do to avoid buying before thinking things through.
An entire section of her book gives step by step tutorials with many photos that clearly and simply make the production of personalized items like t-shirts, mousepads, puzzles, and all sorts of heat transfer personalized or custom made products. She even had a section on refillling cartridges even though she said it's really tough and didn't really recommend refilling.
I found every thing she wrote to be truthful and apparently from the heart of someone who's been down the road that many of us are now going down.
She stresses planning and asking questions and also gives her email address and invites all who have the book to write her for additional support when there are questions that come up later. I've written with her about what printer models are the ones to buy since they keep changing and she has been very helpful and nice in her emails.
I read what the person said in a review just now about how there was no information that would help them start and run a business. I don't know if that person read the right book or what. I found this book very helpful, motivational, and extremely informative.
If you're looking for a book about how to start a business and run it on a day to day basis with things like accounting or taxes, this isn't it. What this is, is a book that will teach you how to make personalized items and troubleshoot when things go wrong. It has a glossary that gives most of the terminology used with transfers and puts everything in plain, easy to understand English. I've read it several times because it always seems to bring me new information each time.
I recommend this book to anyone who asks me how I got into doing this business.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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So Thankful That I Found This Book!, April 12, 2004
This review is from: I Made That! How to Make Money Making Personalized Stuff (Paperback)
I just started a heat transfer clothing business and luckily I had this book from the beginning! Everything you need to know is in here. I had so many questions and found an answer to every one of them. If you plan of getting into heat transfers, this book is a MUST! If I didn't have this book - I would have wasted so much time and money and probably would have given up. You really can't fail if you follow the tricks of the trade in this book.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Best book to start a business, April 12, 2004
This review is from: I Made That! How to Make Money Making Personalized Stuff (Paperback)
I wish I had had this book when I first started my Heat Transfers business. It would have saved me an enormous amount of time in shortening the learning curve. It has both basic info for the beginners, as will as advanced info for the experts. The 'How To' sections are well laid out, has lots of photos, and it covers all aspects of producing personalized gifts including T-shirts, coffee cups, tiles, various garments and comes complete with an accompaning CD full of links to free art, supplies, and step-by-step tutorials. It even tells you how to set up a business plan and works for home-based or store-front businesses. I highly recommend this book for crafters, hobbiests, and professional Heat Transfer people.
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