About this Event
Join us at WE MAKE DC on the first Monday of the Month for co-working, Lunch + Learns and Expert Office Hours
MONDAY, OCTOBER 19
12-1:30PM Lunch + Learn :: Virtual and in Person
FREE
5 Ways to Make More Money This Holiday Season
A Hybrid Maker Monday with Shop Made + Verizon Digital Ready
Holiday is coming—and for product-based businesses, the next few months can be some of the most important sales months of the year.
Join Shop Made for a special virtual Maker Monday focused on one thing: helping you make more money this holiday season.
Drawing from what we've learned selling thousands of locally made products, we'll share real-world strategies to help you capture more sales—inside Shop Made, at markets, online and everywhere else you sell.
5 Ways to Make More Money This Holiday Season
We'll dig into:
Learn how to make more money this holiday season by focusing on what sells, making your products easier to gift and buy, and maximizing every sales channel available to you. We'll share real Shop Made sales insights, examples and lessons learned to help you turn holiday shoppers into more sales—and repeat customers.
Our partners at Verizon Digital Ready will join us for additional training designed to help small businesses strengthen their digital presence and capture more sales online.
You'll Leave With:
Eligibility to $10,000 Verizon Grant
A clearer holiday product and inventory strategy, ideas you can implement immediately, a 2026 Holiday Sales Timeline, and a simple plan for where your holiday revenue is going to come from.
Whether you sell with Shop Made or independently, this session is designed to help you head into the biggest shopping season of the year ready to SELL.
MAKER MONDAYS are sponsored by Shop Made Brands, 202 Creates, DC Creative Affairs Office and DC's Office of Film and Television. The program is made available through the WE MAKE DC space that was funded by DC's Mayors Office of Economic Development.
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WE MAKE DC - Dupont Circle, 1140 Connecticut Avenue Northwest, Washington, United States
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