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Best of 2014 Australian Markets Directory

The Best Blogs from 2014 at the  Australian Markets Directory 1 - Stallholder and Markets Australia Finding the best local handmade arts and crafts in #Australia for online shopping is always a challenge - often the best local artisans are not easily found in search.  For sure you can visit the markets yourself and make the face to face connection, but what if you are looking for a particular gift idea online? Here's our suggestions for local handmade crafters who are growth hacking their way to the top with some really inspired designs and marketing. A really insightful post covering a few detailed interviews with markets and artisan #handmade artists. 2 - Blogs for Handmade Australia Just featured a local Market I visited over the weekend and noted how it has a popular, regularly updated blog - but none of the stallholders have taken the time to comment or join in the conversation online.  This is a big missed opportunity and is room for growth - each exhibit...

Riding the Ups and Downs

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C riticism Is Opportunity Clearly we all have a hard time dealing with negative feedback. To the point everyone around you protects you from it. But criticism is just an opportunity to improve. An opportunity to improve & be better at what you do today than you were yesterday. I look at failure in the same way. If you fail at something, next time you are much more likely to succeed due to the first hand lessons learned. External criticism is exactly the same – except it is other people telling you how to reach further success. This guy does some inspirational work - have a look at http://www.matthewwoodward.co.uk/tutorials/

Markets Expansion

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Markets Farmers Expansion Like all markets, growing your production is a steady process. Seasonal Conditions alone each year impacts heavily on both amount produced as well as overall vintage, that affects horticulture, aquaculture, across all farmers markets and local weekend business. No matter how good your practices and procedures, a poor quality harvest will severely limit your product potential. The cost of expansion is expensive and time consuming, although there are tremendous benefits across both health and local community by being involved. Local supply chains and delivery routes are established and the tentacles of the local fresh market spreads by face to face cross pollination. Key markets indicators suggest there is a strong growth in the localisation of food and food connections. The slow food movement, organic beliefs and wider understanding of permaculture is having a direct impact on the way people see food, and ultimately where they choose to buy...