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If you have an embroidery business or if you are into applique embroidery designs for earning money, you need to find the right clients to keep your business going. But how can you find them and where can you find them?

So, before you start looking for clients, here are some of the essentials you need to make sure are fulfilled.

Your Customers

Before finding your clients, you should know your target audience. Make a list of all your potential clients you can cater to the needs of. Know their scale of production and if it matches with yours. Once you know them well, it will become easier to find them.

Your Niche

It is also important to place your embroidery business in a particular niche. Establishing a niche will also help in finding the right clients and customers for your business. To know your embroidery business niche, access the type of products your business excels in, know your likely competition, and finally set your niche on the most viable one.

Your Business Website

Another thing to focus upon to find clients for your embroidery business is own a good business website. An intuitive and well-established website could help you find possible clients for your business. 

Display samples of your work in clear and high-quality photos. Don’t forget to include an About Us page and Contact Us webpage to make your probable customers reach you easily. 

Once this is set, now you got to start finding your clients. 

Your Network

Once your niche and customers are all set and defined, it’s time to expand your network by communicating more. Build your network with the help of your existing network, make use of recommendations. Focus on building new business relations. Also, if you are willing to expand your existing network, be sufficient enough by expanding your working base, tools, and capacity to produce more. 

You can even expand your network by fulfilling more needs for your existing clients, communicating with them daily, and being social in all ways possible. 

Spread A Word Within Your Circle

The closest and cheapest way to find clients is within your circle. Spread a word about your embroidery business within your family, relatives, close friends, and other acquaintances.  They may not be your direct client but can turn as a word of mouth advertisers and promotors. 

Search Geographically

To start with, visit the nearest shop or business that would be interested in your products. Visit the nearby boutiques, souvenir shops, and other related businesses that could accept your first order. Find retail shops to start your embroidery business with. Remember to know your capacity and their needs before finalizing the deal. 

Expand Further To Big Businesses

Next, move on to other clients that could be your probable customers like salons, dance studios, hotels, restaurants, and the like. Yes, these could be your clients and you can seek the opportunity of your embroidery business in them. The possible products you can help them with are their customized towels, logo towels, embroidered costumes, and much more. 

List down your possible embroidery products related to every industry to widen your approach. Present the list to your probable clients to make them easier for them to choose from them. 

List Your Business Online 

Another trendy method to gain clients for your embroidery business is through listing your business on online platforms like Etsy, Garmeo, and Artfire. With so many social media platforms, it is rather easy to provide the exposure that your business needs to get started. 

By adopting some right tactics, you can put your products well on these online services, get offers, and accept and reject them according to your need. 

Attending Trade And Craft Shows

Always be ready to put your products on sale on trade and craft shows. There is not a place where craft and trade shows don’t take place. Be at the forefront of these shows, display the best of your work, and gain the needed leverage your embroidery business needs through such shows. 

Attending local community craft fairs is the best for building a network. Try to lure your customers by offering them discounts at such events. Also, if it doesn’t hurt your pocket, send out a few freebies to make people remember you. 

There were some of the ways you can find a client for your embroidery business. Moreover, as embroidering is a creative job, you can always find great clients by increasing the list of your product you deal in. Go creative and find the new realms of embroidery designing, present your product to your potential business partners. Lastly, working in a partnership is another way to hype your business.