{"product_id":"2940013078222","title":"Ultimate Guide to Scrapbooking Business","description":"Scrapbooking has been around for years.  Teenage girls have taped prom tickets to notebook pages and written their memories of the evening along with pictures and other mementos.  We arrange photos into albums and perhaps label them with dates and other information.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScrapbooking as we now know it got its official start in 1980 by the Christensen family in Utah. These pioneers went on to launch the hugely successful company Keeping Memories Alive.  It's been almost 25 years, but the scrapbook industry continues to grow at an exponential rate. And these past four years have really seen a growth spurt!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the last several years, scrapbooking has taken on a new life.  No longer are these albums simply photos and labels or a couple of prom tickets taped to a page.  Now they are elaborately styled memory books with fancy embellishments and features.  Some people consider scrapbooking an art form, and when you look at some of these pages, you might just agree.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScrapbooking has blossomed into a billion dollar business.  In fact, the latest figures reveal that it’s now a $2.55 billion per year business - and that's only in the U.S.! If true figures were to be told, the amount would certainly be well over $5 billion.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany people are cashing in on the craze by starting their own scrapbooking businesses.  There are many, many ways to make money if you love to scrapbook.  The appeal of starting this type of business is easy to see.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction              3\u003cbr\u003e Direct Sales Consultant            4\u003cbr\u003e Scrapbook Instructor           10\u003cbr\u003e Event Organizer            14\u003cbr\u003e Product Designer\/Manufacturer          16\u003cbr\u003e Scrapbook “Expert”            17\u003cbr\u003e Professional Scrapbook Artist          20\u003cbr\u003e Scrapbook Retailer           22\u003cbr\u003e  Hiring Employees          23\u003cbr\u003e  Providing Great Customer Service        25\u003cbr\u003e Online Retailer            27\u003cbr\u003e Paper Piecing and E-Bay           29\u003cbr\u003e  Creating Piecing That Will Sell         31\u003cbr\u003e  Organization           32\u003cbr\u003e  Advertising Your Auction         33\u003cbr\u003e  Custom Orders           33\u003cbr\u003e  Providing Excellent Customer Service 35\u003cbr\u003e Before You Start    35\u003cbr\u003e Marketing Your Business    37\u003cbr\u003e  Your Website    41\u003cbr\u003e  E-zines     42\u003cbr\u003e  Blogs     44\u003cbr\u003e  Press Releases    45\u003cbr\u003e Traditional Advertising    46\u003cbr\u003e  Newspapers    46\u003cbr\u003e  Telephone Books    47\u003cbr\u003e  Television    48\u003cbr\u003e  Radio     49\u003cbr\u003e  Other Marketing Tools   50\u003cbr\u003e Naming Your Business    51\u003cbr\u003e What Do You Charge?    52\u003cbr\u003e Trade Shows \u0026amp; Conventions   54\u003cbr\u003e At Tax Time     55\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion     57\u003cbr\u003e Sample Inventory Control Sheet   60","brand":"Kenneth Hightower","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079177519344,"sku":"2940013078222","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013078222_p0.jpg?v=1763576088","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013078222","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}