Tag Archives: Wholesaling

Announcing A BIG Win For One of Our Favorite Brands!

Lela Barker

I’m doing-cartwheels-excited to share that our friend, Stacia Guzzo of Handcrafted Honey Bee is headed to NYC for Etsy’s “Open Call” event. Stacia was selected as one of 30 makers (out of 5,000+ entries!) in this nationwide competition and she’s in the Big Apple prepping as I type this.   I’m particularly thrilled for Stacia…

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Meet the Maker – Lynn Elko of Emma’s Friends Soaps & Lotions

Chloe Tate

This week in our ongoing Meet the Maker series, we’re getting to know Lynn, the woman, mother, and big hearted entrepreneur behind the brand Emma’s Friends Soaps & Lotions. This is a brand that is near and dear to our heart and we absolutely adore what Lynn is working towards, and working for.     LBC: What…

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There’s an exciting new way to enjoy LBU!

Lela Barker

Have you met my beloved LBU? It’s a pretty amazing program for makers of all stripes, designed to infuse emerging creative brands with savvy business strategy. It’s my pride and joy and I’ve invested more than 3,000 hours into making it the go-to how-to-wholesale program. I’ve had the great pleasure of graduating more than 120…

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The Secret To Successfully Pitching Your Work to Shops

Lela Barker

  Of all the things I’m asked, I hear one query far more frequently than most others: “Pray tell, how am I supposed to get shops to notice me + feature my work?”   If I had a dollar for every time I was asked, I’d been sunning myself on a yacht in Ibiza while…

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LBU’s Results Speak for Themselves…

Lela Barker

My “LBU: Secrets to Wholesale Success” is a results-driven, how-to-wholesale program developed especially for makers.  I firmly believe that there’s no better way to understand the value of the program than to hear from LBU alumni themselves! See below for the results of exit survey given to Spring 2014 Alumni… and FYI: 100% of participants responded,…

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