How to Start a Candle Business

Executive Summary about Candle Business by Sarah Eiden

For many, starting a candle business from home sounds like a great option.

Making Candles on your Own

While making candles can be fun, the down side is perhaps lack of time to market candles. Investing in your candle making business properly will make your candle business more enjoyable.

Marketing Candles

Other people choose to leave the candle making to others and focus on marketing candles. Time is freed up from the making to pursue marketing candles.

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All candles are not created the same. Some candles burn clean and leave little soot. Other candles are rather sooty. If you have a great candle, your co-workers will want to know where you got the candle and very possibly order candles from you.

Most importantly in starting a candle business is to get your candles under people’s noses. Sure you can tell people about your candles and how great they are but unless you get the candles under someone’s nose, it’s just another candle. Letting people experience your candles is the best way to start marketing your candle business.

10 Ways to Generate an Immediate Income With Your Home Candle Business

By Annalaura Brown

www.onlinecandlebizteam.com

So you just started a home candle business?

Congratulations. Although it may seem like all you need to do to generate an immediate income is to sell your candles, there are other things you can do as well. Here are some ways to generate an immediate income.

1. Host a party-Who doesn’t love to party? Parties are lots of fun and can also be great moneymakers. You can also book repeat parties from your first party.

2. Get a candle under as many noses as possible. The more people you invite to smell your candles the more money you will make.

3. Book some fundraisers. Groups needing to raise money are everywhere. Offer them your candles as a way to raise the funds they need.

4. Find a craft show or other event where you can sell your products and get a booth booked.

5. Order some candles to have on hand to sell or make a bunch if you are making your own candles. You cannot sell what you do not have available to sell.

6. Tell all of your family and friends about your business. Do not try to sell to them or persuade them to buy. Simply find a nice way to inform them that you are open for business.

7. Consider finding a way to create free samples that you can hand out and then get busy handing them out in large numbers.

8. Get some business cards made and find ways of giving them out.

9. Find at least one networking group or organization you can join and the make a commitment to attend their meetings and network with the people there.

10. Set goals. Write down your goals and read them out loud at least once a day. Stay committed to achieving your goals.

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