Made for Profit

John and I just got back from Workbench Con down in Atlanta and today we’re going to recap some of the learnings we took away.   We’ve talk about it before but Workbench Con is a conference for makers to help grow their business through networking, specific classes on social media, video editing, blogs and more. […]

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Today we have an interview with our favorite German maker, Laura Kampf.  Laura’s builds are born out of pure creativity as she repurposes and reconfigures old and new items alike into amazing creations.  She thrives on the challenge of coming up with new ideas and keeping the pureness of creativity front and center. She talks […]

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To drive your Instagram you’ve gotta post daily…and two times a day is even better.  Make sure you’re engaging with all your comments. Answer your DM’s, don’t forget to do Stories, and man IGTV is really taking off so you better be doing that too….I mean seriously, who has the time for this stuff?  I’m […]

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Today we have an interview with someone who we’ve hung out with on Saturdays for the over a decade.  Kevin O’Connor has been the host of This Old House and Ask This Old House since 2003 and has helped guide many aspiring DIYers and woodworkers, including myself, through home repairs, construction, and remodeling projects with […]

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Have you ever been scrolling through your social media feed and see that awesome video you published last week.  And after a moment of excitement that your content is getting good reach you realize it’s not your post but from @WoodworkingViralz5000 and they’ve not credited you at all.  This is a small example of the […]

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We are launching a “brand” new series today with our interviews.  As a compliment to our talks with awesome makers and content creators we’re flipping it to the other side of the table and interviewing leaders from the brands themselves.  We’re starting off our Brand Talk series with our friend Craig Coffey who is the […]

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It’s the new year and a great time to take a step back and look at your business.  One of the biggest hurdles to any business is being organized, both in your production and in the back office so to speak.  Today we’ll talk about some things we’re doing personally to tune up our businesses […]

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We’ve got an awesome interview today with a guy who started with a few used tool in his parent’s basement and turned it into a full scale custom furniture and sawmill operation.  Paul Lemiski is the man behind Canadian Woodworks and he talks with us about picking his own path and growing his business with […]

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It’s time for another quarterly Q&A.  Every week we answer questions for our Patrons on the After Show and each quarter we like to pick a few and share them the broader audience.  And we’re excited about this quarter as we debut our voicemail questions so you can hear direct from our Patrons. Links: (May […]

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Happy New Year to everyone, we are officially in 2019 now!  2018 was a great year for so many of us and for Made for Profit.  Today we’re going to take a look back at some of the big changes in social media as well as what happened on MFP. Links: (May Contain Affiliate Links) […]

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