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1. A Soap Business Plan That Really Works
By: Al Bullington - http://www.herdersranch.com
It’s pretty simple to come up with a soap business plan that works. If you just want to
turn your hobby soap making into a money maker, that's a great way to make some
profits. There is a big difference in making soap as a hobby and marketing soap for profit
however.
The SoapBizKit includes details for starting your own soap making business.
The real plus is that a soap business requires so little investment to start that there's
almost no risk of losing much. Now if you choose to build a factory and start big, good
luck. Even if you wish to grow a large soap business, why not start small and learn?
Start by learning to make high quality soap.
Learn what you like yourself by trying many different products.
Buy lots of soap as market research.
You'll quickly see what other soap makers are doing. How does the soap work? Does it
feel creamy or drying? Does it really last well or just melt away? Is it well cured? Do you
like the scents? The colors? How about the packaging? Did you get any marketing
materials? Learn anything there?
Now make a lot of soap.
Try it out.
Give it away.
Try different methods for molding the soap. Try different scents. Does it take much more
scent to get a good smell than the books say? Try to develop your own unique soap.
Make soap that's unlike your competition so your customers come right back to you.
Consider making soap scented just with natural scents. Maybe you can use organic
ingredients. Or make milk soap. Use regional themes. In some way make your soap
designs unique to you.
Know how much your products cost to make.
You already know about how much it will sell for, since you've already bought soap.
You soap will sell for about what others are getting for theirs!

2. How much do all the ingredients in a bar of soap cost and how much would you save if
you ordered in larger quantities? If you really want to make money with your soap, you
must know the cost of each bar. Find out early in your planning.
Now how can you sell soap?
There are dozens of ways.
One of the best is to sell at craft shows or other events like fairs or farmers' markets. Get
yourself somewhere that many people are shopping and buying. That way you can sell a
lot of products quickly and don't have to drive around all over the place making
presentations.
Now here's the trick.
The real key to a good soap business plan is selling to your customers. The people who
buy at a craft show will buy again if you sell a great product.
Keep a customer list and mail a little catalog to your customers and they will send you
money in the mail or they will order from a website. Make sure every customer can
contact you to reorder and get as many customer contact addresses as you can. That's the
way to build a real business.
We mailed out a little catalog to our soap customers and were shocked at the response we
got every time we mailed our little list. You might get a far better response than you
would think you would!
A soap business plan is a quick way to turn hobby soap making into a money maker.
There are tricks to getting started, but there's little risk since it costs so little to get going.
Interested in starting a soap business? Need more soap business plan ideas? Visit our
website at http://www.soapbizkit.com to get started fast. Selling soap can be fun as well
as profitable.
Check out our soap articles at http://www.soapbizkit.com/soap-making-businessarticles.html as well.
The author is a professional crafter who writes about his projects. His soap and shampoo
making experience includes producing and marketing over 29,000 bars of soap, plus
many gallons of liquid soaps. In addition to these products, his family has made and sold
thousands of containers of salve and other personal care items.
Get salve making tips at: Handcrafting Artisan Salves & Lip Balms From Your Kitchen.
See it at: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009NKF86O.