Most people can’t resist slipping a table scrap or two to their pooch. In fact, some dogs eat as well as, if not better than, their people. So, if dogs often eat people food and you can start a people food business from home, can you start a dog food… Read More »Can You Start a Dog Treat Business from Home?
Some food businesses are easier to start than others. For example, a food business selling cookies or cakes is easier than a business selling chicken or beef tamales. That’s because, whenever you sell food with meat, you’ll have to work with some pretty complicated sanitation and safety laws. In contrast,… Read More »Starting a Home-Based Food Business Under State Cottage Food Laws
You like meat? How about a nice summer sausage? Or a frozen pepperoni pizza onto which you’ll add your own toppings? All these products were inspected by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) before getting to you to make sure they’re safe to eat. So, if you want to be… Read More »USDA Rules Every Small Food Manufacturer Should Know
When was the last time you bought gourmet cookies or artisan bread or hard-to-find pickles over the internet? Seems like a great kind of business to go into if you’re a great cook or baker, right? Well, yes and no. The cooking or baking might be the easiest part. The… Read More »FDA Rules Every Small Food Startup Should Know
Everyone loved those chocolate chip cookies you made from Grandma’s secret recipe. They even said you should sell them. For sure, you’d make a ton. So, what do you need to do to start a small food business? Can you make the cookies from home and sell them over the… Read More »Selling Grandma’s Cookies? How to Start a Small Food Business
We’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but we all do it anyway. That’s why some businesses put a lot of thought into product packaging. In fact, quite often, the packaging costs more than the product itself. So, what should you think about when deciding on your… Read More »Product Packaging Tips for Small Businesses
Product photography is the boring workhorse of the photo world. People need these photos for one purpose: to show the product to a potential customer in whatever detail the customer needs so they’ll buy the item. If your small business sells a product, you’ll need product photography. But hiring a… Read More »How to Take Product Photos Like an Almost Pro
Photo editing software comes in all shapes and sizes. Some are on your phone only. Others are best used on a computer. Some are free. Others you’ll have to pay. The simpler ones tend to give you limited editing control, but the complex ones let you adjust down to the… Read More »Photo Editing Software for DIY Product Photography
So you have your photo studio all set up. The light is pointed at your product and you’re using a diffuser and reflector to avoid harsh shadows. Now, you just point your camera at the product and take a picture, right? Not quite. You might want to compose the photo… Read More »Five Photo Composition Rules for DIY Product Photography
You’re a small business just starting out. You just need a handful of photos of your product for your webstore. You can hire a freelance photographer, but you’d rather save the money. From our series on DIY product photography, you know you can take your own product photos fairly cheaply.… Read More »How to Pick a Camera for Product Photography
