Wholesale Matters

NEWS RELEASE: Applications Being Reviewed for 2010 Buyers Market of American Craft

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Christine Kloostra
410-889-2933
christinek@rosengrp.com

Applications Now Being Reviewed for 2010 Buyers Market of American Craft

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until show is full

Baltimore, Md. (September 16, 2009) -- Applications are now being reviewed for the 2010 Buyers Market of American Craft. Show dates for 2010 are February 12-15 (Jewelry Preview on February 11) at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia and August 23-35 at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland.

The biannual Buyers Market of American Craft is the nation's largest wholesale-only tradeshow of work made by hand in the United States and Canada, featuring more than 1300 artists. More than 7,000 buyers represent retail gift shops, jewelry stores, catalogs, museum stores and galleries that sell fine handcrafted jewelry, glass art, furniture, ceramics, art made from recycled goods and more. 

Applications will continue to be reviewed on a rolling basis throughout the year. To request an application via mail, call 410-889-2933. Applications can also be downloaded from www.americancraft.com and are accepted via www.zapplication.org.

More information about the Buyers Market of American Craft can be found at www.americancraft.com, www.facebook.com/BuyersMarket and www.twitter.com/BuyersMarket.

100 Small Actions: #53 and #54

53. Hold a contest or sweepstakes

People LOVE to win things. The possibilities here are almost endless; some work with small prizes, others will require more substantial winnings to ensure participation. Here are some ideas:

• A prize to the 1,000th fan on your Facebook fan page

• Sign up for your email newsletter and be entered in a drawing for a gift

• Partner with other neighborhood businesses to hold a scavenger hunt (a Philadelphia jewelry store did this VERY successfully – the prize was a diamond ring)

• A basic online contest on your website, designed to capture visitor contact information

• Everyone who retweets you on Twitter is entered to win a prize

• For each $50 a customer spends during the year, they get an entry into a prize drawing

 

54. List your contest or sweepstakes on http://www.online-sweepstakes.com/

People love to win things so much that some of them devote hours each day to entering contests. Not surprisingly, there are several websites devoted to listing sweepstakes and contests. Among the most comprehensive and popular is Online-Sweepstakes.com. You’ll only be able to submit contests that can be entered online, but you’re certain to generate a lot of new visitors to your website.