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Market Yourself: A Marketing System for Smart and Creative Business Owners [Paperback]

Tara Swiger
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May 9, 2012

Do you love to make things, but hate the idea of marketing them? Take a deep breath, make some tea and spend some time with Tara's book. She's a gentle, encouraging guide through the landscape of promotion. You'll build yourself a marketing plan that's both comfortable and doable.

-Diane Gilleland, CraftyPod

Market Yourself takes your passion for making to the next level by teaching you step by step how to get your product into your buyer's hands. Tara encourages and inspires but ultimately challenges you to create the growth you are looking for in your business. You will be amazed and intrigued by what you begin to learn about yourself as well as your brand. You will feel like you are in one-on-one coaching sessions with Tara. She communicates like she knows you, your product and what you need to succeed.

-Kerry Burki, Handmade Success

I've learned a ton from reading Market Yourself, and she includes an amazing series of worksheets that takes it from good advice to an awesome project. Tara encourages the creative entrepreneur to craft an honest, comfortable marketing plan that works with their personality and skills. Instead of constantly struggling against a list of someone else's "shoulds," I get to do the things that work for me, but in a strategic way that helps my business (without making me homicidal). It's really worthwhile to take the time to read the book, do the worksheets, and stitch it all together. There's so much great info stuffed inside, it's almost as good as having Tara there to help you along.

-Amy Crook, Antemortem Arts

Tara's work has taught me to embrace what makes me me and use it to market my crafty business. This book celebrates the journey of finding the people right for my product through worksheets, and I love it!

-Kristine Beeson, KDLB



Product Details

  • Paperback: 164 pages
  • Publisher: Cooperative Press (May 9, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1937513084
  • ISBN-13: 978-1937513085
  • Product Dimensions: 11 x 8 x 0.8 inches
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,127,524 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Marketing Book for the Rest of Us May 23, 2012
Format:Paperback
Tara Swiger has given us a gift.
If you, like me, were not raised in a culture that was (ahem) friendly towards or understanding of the realities of business and marketing, then Tara's book is for you.
Non-icky, completely cognizant of the intricacies of a craft-based business, Tara's book will take you down a path of your own making toward a goal which you define and success which you earned--and she'll do it painlessly and successfully.
Don't be surprised by her casual tone. Her ideas are smart and dead-on and her material is professional. She just happens to be a fun person to sit down and chat with--and that's what you'll feel like you did! Sat down and chatted with Tara to learn all sorts of nifty things about marketing your crafty business.
Enjoyable and edifying all at the same time!
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5.0 out of 5 stars approachable marketing for small businesses June 5, 2012
By penny
Format:Paperback
Networking is not easy. For many of us, hearing the words "you just have to market yourself", make us sprint for the shower and soap. We feel like are screaming "look at all I do" and that makes us feel dirty and icky. In this approachable book, Tara Swiger has developed an amazing resource that will help you learn how to market your small business in a comfortable way.

With over 34 worksheets and other helpful tips (such as hints for writing your bio) she helps you to refine your message and use the right tools (both online and off) to bring it to your Right People.

While she has written this guide with an eye to those with crafts businesses- I believe strongly that it is for anyone who needs to figure out how to get the message of who they are and what they offer out and in front of their Right People. I believe this so strongly that I started recommending it to my small business clients before I completed the second chapter ("Your Message")!

Swiger writes in an approachable tone and you could see yourself chatting over coffee to find your sweet spot -- the language of your message and how to get it to your people. She does it with some math anyone can do, which appeals to my geeky heart:

To get you to that sweet spot, we've got to measure equal parts your awesomeness with equal parts Your People. (page 18)

Tara gets it and what's even better is that she shares what she's learned about marketing in a way that isn't overwhelming.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The marketing book I've been looking for May 31, 2012
By Sally
Format:Paperback
If, like me, you're new to the handmade world, and don't know how to get your beautiful thing to people who'll buy it, you've got to read this book.

Actually, not just read it - write in it. Tara includes worksheets which lead you to your perfect people; the people who want your doodah but just don't know it's out there, waiting for them.

I'm only up to Chapter 3, and already I'm way more clear on why people should love (and buy) my thing, and, more importantly, who those people are. This has taken me just two days, after three months of flailing around on my own.

Tara then takes you step-by-step through the whole marketing journey, turning it into a wonderful exploration of true relationship building with, as she calls them, your Right People.

If you love making things, and want to sell those things to people who will love them (and you), grab a copy now. You won't regret it.
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