Exhibitor Classes offered by Northcoast Promotions include ways set up your business, the art of sales, marketing your products, and special tips for food makers and homesteaders.
Exhibitor Classes
"Marketing Your Products" is taking place on March 26, 2025 from 11 AM - 1 PM inside The Hildebrandt Building in the Clark Fulton neighborhood. This course will cover 10 vital strategies for promoting your products in-person and online. Learn from pioneering artist and maker, Susie Frazier, what should be integrated into your website, your booth, and your social media accounts, and hear how "GuiceMann" grew his social media presence to help his business. Light lunch provided. COST: $25
TURN YOUR HOMESTEAD INTO PROFIT
"Turn Your Homestead Into Profit" is taking place on April 9, 2025 from 11 AM - 1 PM inside The Hildebrandt Building in the Clark Fulton neighborhood. This course will explain how you can generate income and tax benefits by making products from your household garden. Learn from longstanding naturalist, Danielle Waskowski, what products work best and what kind of process is involved. You'll also hear from a representative from the Ohio Farm Bureau. Light lunch provided. COST: $25
FOR SELLERS OF COTTAGE FOODS
"For Sellers of Cottage Foods" already took place on February 25, 2025 from 11 AM - 1 PM inside Middleburg Heights Community Center. For those who make food items out of their home kitchen, this course is essential for learning exactly what the health and safety requirements are according to the Cuyahoga County Board of Health + Food Safety and the Ohio Department of Agriculture. Send us an email through our CONTACT page, if you'd like to be notified when this class will be available again .
SETTING YOURSELF UP AS A BUSINESS
"Setting Yourself Up As A Business" already took place on March 12, 2025 from 11 AM - 1 PM inside Seven Hills Recreation Center. No matter what type of handmade products you sell, this course will offer the most important legal and accounting tips in order to protect and properly manage your creative passion as a business. Hear from attorney Bradley Quambo and other trusted advisors to Northcoast Promotions so you can avoid costly mistakes for the long haul. Light lunch provided. COST: $25
THE ART OF SALES
"The Art of Sales" already took place on March 19, 2025 from 11 AM - 1 PM inside The Hildebrandt Building in the Clark Fulton neighborhood. This course was specifically designed for artisans and product makers who sell at markets, shows or brick and mortar retail settings. Participants learned top tips for displays and driving revenue at events and heard from sales wizards, Laura Manning and Matthew Richards as they shared best practices for in-person selling. Light lunch provided. COST: $25