American Ceramic Supply Company, Inc.
and Connie Speer - The Pottery Consultant
Paint Your Own Pottery Studio Consultation
1996-2006

     American Ceramic Supply Company, Inc. has been one of the  oldest and largest distributors for ceramic supplies in the Southwest since 1976. Servicing traditional shops, schools and institutions, finished ware producers, potters and paint your own pottery studios all over the world, American strives to provide education, product and excellent customer service. American has helped over 700 new ceramic businesses open their studios and shops, and continues to aid them in product, marketing and education.

      Connie Speer, VP of Marketing for American Ceramic Supply Company, heads up the contemporary studio, aka paint your own pottery, new business division. In 1996, Ms. Speer created customized start up packages and one on one consulting programs  for new paint your own pottery studios emphasizing product selection and education, marketing, and on-going support for the financial and technical success of her clients. Ms. Speer  believed in a hands-on, one-on-one support system for her clients, rejecting the up to then, industry standard of a one-size-fits-all ceramic start-up package.

     Helping to open over 350 new  paint your own pottery studios since 1995,  she constantly works to update and modify each new customer's package making it better than the one before. Using location demographics, studio square footage, time of year opening and customer budget, each new studio's start up ceramic package is unique. Brands are not dictated, rather they are customer selected after education.

     Paint Your Own Pottery consulting programs  can be designed for your unique needs so you can add Ms. Speer at whatever stage of planning you need or desire.

     Ms. Speer's full consultation includes, but is not limited to:
Location analysis and selection, business plan administration including startup budget and cash flow projections, letters of intent, marketing mailing lists, marketing materials, personal financial statements, resumes, aiding in loan procurement process for both conventional loans and SBA loans, lease negotiations, purchasing store fixtures, floor plan layouts for fixtures and electrical, marketing, public relations, advertising, merchandising, product education, expanding studio to include other crafts such as mosaics, beading, glass, jewelry, potter's wheels, planning grand openings, real-time test-firing and dipping, lesson plans and art curriculum, fundraising, pottery to go programs, mobile studios, product display and serving education, bisque selection and pricing, party packages, kiln maintenance, and on-going mental and emotional support and troubleshooting for as long as a client owns their studio.  Her dedication and commitment to her clients has made American Ceramic Supply Company the most sought after new contemporary studio supplier and consultant and the most recommended by manufacturers, suppliers and  studios in the industry.

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