Greg,

Your original post was "How to Drum Up Business".

Lets move back there and forget all the sage advice. Those of us who have businesses, have a product to offer. That's what you'll need to enter the trade. Gone are the days when you could open up a general store and do everything for everyone. It's necessary to a product that's going to sell. If you want to make knives and spoons, make them to enter the market. But it's necessary to choose a line of business that's high volume, low price or high quality and a higher price. That's your choice.

Forget all the strategy, lets see what you can do. Show us something that makes our head swim. That's the key.

Also you'll need a professional website. DON'T do it yourself. Just take a look at how not to make one in this thread.