I'm here, I'm here. I feel like I am always playing catch-up lately. I planned on participating in the Holiday Success Boot Camp weekly but well my best intentions feel through. I still am totally interested in improving and love learning about selling on etsy so instead of giving up since I am behind... I am gonna catch-up. I notice that not all the tasks are things I need to do or apply to me, and some I am happy to see I have already implemented so hopefully catching up will not be that hard.
Some of the assignments have to do with marketing and planning - so for now I will just say if I was able to complete the task, not so much go over all I did on it.
Week 2
*Read article - completed
*Make list of most popular items - completed
*Brainstorm new products that you will be offering this season- LOL... I am ALWAYS brainstorming this one, and since I am an admitted craft addict- sometimes even if I don't already make it, I think "Oh I could do this....". I have however made a short list of items I am going to get started on for this holiday season that will be new to my shop. So - completed
*Find boot camp buddy... hmmm anyone need a boot camp buddy? Still looking. Sent an invite to someone I found in forum so might have one- always happy to have more than one if someone is still looking or deciding to join late =)
*Post in week 2 forum thread - complete
Week 3
*Read article - completed
*Consider ways items can be personalized - thinking
*Fill in the Blank : get something done you have been putting off. I actually DID do this today... I made some iPhone/phone covers over 3 months ago one day when I was in a small project, which equals instant gratification, mood. I got almost all of them listed today. I still want to continue to list, for I have so many completed items already that I could list 5 a day a month straight and not be caught up... but am determined to try. Thing is I also continue to make new stuff! - completed
*Six Secrets Success Exercise- Wow, this article is just what I needed- really, I went to read it just so I could write my "completed" but this hit home. EXACTLY- I am going to be just who I am, and continue to surround myself with GOOD PEOPLE and trust my gut more. This article is worth the 5 minutes to read if no matter if you are doing the boot camp or not Six Success Secrets With The When I Grow Up Coach - completed
*Check in with buddy- working on that (read week 2 buddy assignment)
*Get Head Start on Your Holiday Stock - I actually dug out some patterns week (ok honestly I am moving and going through paperwork and found them and then put them aside to start making for the holidays- lol). I am going to be working on projects this weekend. - Started
*Post in week 3 forum thread - completed
I am going to do the rest of my catching in the morning. Going to wrap this up and spend a bit expanding on a few of these- like personalization ideas and narrowing down exactly what I want to make for the holidays- first to sell online and second to sell locally (then to make as gifts).
Above is a peek of one of the iPhone Cozies I listed today... listing is HERE
Love that is says "PASSION" -amen to that... exactly what hit home in the "Secrets" post... PASSION is key to success.. PASSION for what you do, PASSION for being of service to others, PASSION for life!
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Hey, Meredith, I'm doing a lot of catching up myself! Catching up on over 500 posts waiting in my reader... I've been doing a festival every weekend since the beginning of the month, another one this weekend, two the next weekend after that... I was so pumped up about Boot Camp when they first introduced it, my excitement has waned a bit. Hope everything is going well for you!
Jessica
HAHA- I am headed now to do the next weeks- haven't had time since this post... I am so behind- I am still totally gonna do it- just find that I can kinda do it my way- take what I need and is useful to me and my situation and skim over the rest.
I have not looked in my READER in months- shame- I know if I am gonna read a post- to read it when I see it and well, I always hope to one day get there but as of right now it is not even able to make the cut to get on the "to do list".
Take care- and keep in touch... we will keep skipping along... we need to finish what we started... and I find that adding items is essential... more so than probably most other things... so be proud about that!
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