How To Start a Soap Making Business
This one day course will give you an overview of the challenges ahead and is guaranteed to set you on the right road and to save you an absolute fortune.
These are the areas we will cover.
1.
Selling legally
2. Getting organised
3. Setting up a workshop
4.
Purchasing the right equipment
5. Record keeping for both EU legislation and
general business
6. The best suppliers
7. The dos and don’ts of packaging
8.
Finding your niche in a competitive market
9. Branding for retail, wholesale
and the internet
10.
Creative marketing – outlets you have never thought of
11.
PR, advertising and promotion
12. Dealing with buyers
This Making Soap Business Course is run by Melinda Coss, author of 'The Handmade Soap Book' and 'Gourmet Soaps Made Easy'. In the early nineties Melinda set up a soapmaking business in her kitchen which within two years had grown to employ 25 people and was supplying numerous gift shops and hotels as well as all the major UK supermarkets. She sold the business in 2004.
Melinda has also set up soapmaking enterprises in rural Africa and continues to work on consultancy and poverty alleviation projects as well as running regular courses teaching what she learnt the hard way. Melinda also offers one to one consultations covering – business plan creation, strategy, formulation and focussed range creation.
''This was well worth attending. It gave me some focus on what I should do, where to start, and how to start. I'm a lot clearer now on how I should go about with my aims. Thank you. I may want to do more courses in the future. ''
K.K. - London
This course was brilliant - I definitely recommend attending anything she runs as she really knows her onions (this is Melinda Coss). .
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