Tuesday, February 22, 2011

CWC Tuesdays!

Hello Everyone,

Tonight is Creative Women's collective business/meet up meeting. Tonight's discussion MARKETING. Not my strong suit. There's alot about running my business that I'm not very knowledgeable of. :/
This whole "business" aspect of running a small business, has come upon me. I've made it through 2010 without a business plan, marking plan, or major branding. Now I've got to hop to it.

I've got alot to do. I've got to marketing work to do. Target audience research, and an Etsy page to update. Just thinking about it makes my head spin. Someone hold my hand. Sigh. 2011 will but busy, it'll be full of me being cranky from all the necessary evils I have to do for my business but it'll benefit me in the long run. Thanks for listening to me you guys. I'll keep you posted. 

Happy Crafting,

Niccole B

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Happy New Year! (Again!)

Hello Everyone,

Niccole here. I'm fresh and bouncy from a fun filled weekend in NYC. I celebrated the lunar New Year with Mari,David, and Ellan. We had a great time. I picked up my lucky 2011 rabbit, got a new cell phone charm, ate really yummy Chinese food and got great pics of the parade if you want to check them out visit my Facebook page.
Since it's a new year I'm going to sit down and review my business plan. The honest truth is I never had one.  I just started selling my things because people wanted to buy them. But now, I'd like to move forward with my biz and so I need a business plan. I uploaded a Creative Business , Business plan from Etsy. and I started working on it tonight. It will take me a while to finish it but it'll get me started going in the right direction for 2011. In the mean time I'm working on my goods for St.Patrick's Day. I'm finished my Valentine's Day merchandise. I got it on the shelves of Kari's just in time. My Valentine's Day gift boxes are moving fast. :-)

I still don't have any shows scheduled so now is a great time for commissions if anyone wants anything special. :-) Look out for St.Patricks Day stuff in a few days!

Thanks for listening,

Niccole