Etsy Shop Goals. I set a goal of 50 sales for the first quarter of 2011. I think this may be a little lofty, but I think it’s important to aim high. I just stumbled across this great Etsy Goal Spreadsheet from Absolutely Small that I think I’ll start using for a little added motivation.
Blog Goals. I’m planning on posting more often – look out for a new feature coming this Saturday! Also, I tend to be a passive reader on other people’s blogs, so I’m going to try to come out of the woodwork a little more and make sure to interact with others by commenting on their blogs. I love to hear from bobaloo! readers, so I know other bloggers feel the same way.
Along the same lines, I’ve installed DISQUS for comments (thanks to some advice from a Crafterminds tweet chat) so you guys will get an email when I respond to a comment here on bobaloo! This is brand new to me, so if you have any trouble commenting let me know so I can look into it. One thing I don’t like very much about Blogger is the inability to respond directly to readers’ comments, so hopefully this solves that problem.
Facebook and Twitter goals. I know I’m not making the best use of either of these. I don’t want to be one of those Twitter users that only tweets about products they’ve listed, but I know I can use Twitter to spread the word about my business. I also feel like I underutilize Facebook – I post about new blog posts and occasionally product listings, but I know I can do more. Anybody have any reading recommendations about Twitter or Facebook?
Local Sales Goals. bobaloo! is carried in two local stores – the Irvington Iris Tea Room and the Little Green Bean Boutique. I’d like to add one more store in the next three months. Ideally I’d like to pick up a wholesale account, but I’m perfectly okay with consignment as well. I’m going to ask all my mom buddies around my area if they know of any good kids’ shops and start calling buyers.
I have a few smaller goals, like finally setting up my Cargoh shop and reorganizing my sewing room yet again. I’m planning on reviewing my goals every two weeks to keep myself on track. This is my first time setting such specific goals, so it will be interesting to see how it turns out.
What about you guys? Do you have any goals for your business or yourself? Let’s have some inspiration!
Sam. I seriously don't know what we'd do without you and your organziational inspiration! Hannah and I are meeting with our website designer next week sometime and are really excited! Hannah and I were supposed to get together Monday to discuss the future of FlyChicks, but I think I've now caught the cold that was going around their house for months;) I'm totally checking into all the resources you've posted as I think they will help immensely as we move forward with our business, too.
ReplyDeletePS- Hannah LOVES the bunting I won:) It was hilarious- the first thing she did was look at the stitching and said, "Oooo- she's good! Dang- I need a Serger!"