What is Makers Move

         

What is Makers Move?

Mandy Johnson and I founded Makers Move Manitoba in the Fall of 2015 as a means to support and promote the many amazing artisans, hand-makers, crafters and farmers located right here in our beautiful Province. Right from the start our goal was simple; to create a community of makers and help connect them to customers and admirers who believe in the value of shopping local and supporting small business.


One of the greatest things about Makers Move Manitoba has been the opportunities that we have had to meet and talk to the many talented members of our community. Through these dialogues you have shared your triumphs, your fears and your greatest challenges with us allowing us to understand how we can leverage the strength of the entire community to help break down barriers for all of us.


What we have learned is that regardless of how successful any one of our members has become, we all suffer from the Crafters/Makers Dilemma (I will write a more detailed post about this at a later date), which has made it difficult to take our passion for creating from being a hobby to becoming a business which one day could actually become our main source of income.


More importantly, we have learned that by harnessing the strength of our community, Makers Move Manitoba can become the catalyst that breaks down the barriers that prevent many of us from achieving our true business goals.


As we continue our quest to procure the best possible resources to overcome the various obstacles we makers face, we also wanted to make the following commitments to all the amazing members of the Makers Move Community:


To our MAKERS

We promise to always strive to provide a variety of the very best resources available to aid your business to reach its full potential.
  
We offer a variety opportunities for makers/growers to grow their businesses.
 Our RESOURCE page is a great place to start.

 A great way to boost views to your site or page is by signing up to have your work FEATURED by us (click on link).

Also be sure to follow us on
Instagram @makersmovemanitoba
Twitter @MakersMoveMb
 Facebook Makers Move- Manitoba
 Linkedin Makers Move Canada
 Pinterest Makers Move Manitoba

As Mandy and I continue along on our mission to grow the Makers Move Manitoba community and continue to create a series of resources that help all of you grow your businesses, you can help us by continuing to share your successes, failures, struggles and fears with us. Your stories can be used not only to inspire other members of the community, but also to provide us with the information necessary to help us build/acquire the resources that will provide the greatest impact to our entire community.

To our CONSUMERS

We promise to always strive to connect you to Manitoba's very best artisans, hand-makers, crafters and farmers in an effort to help provide you an opportunity to "support local" and keep your hard earned money at work in our communities. With out you our makers wouldnt have a business. We thank you for your support.

 Did you know that if each of us spent $100 a year on local businesses instead of chain stores, it would put an extra $3 Million back into our economy and create thousands more jobs every year.