Thursday, August 30, 2012

Shop Goals for September

At the end of last month, I made some goals for the month of August for my shop.  Some of them I met, some of them I didn't, some of them I exceeded!  I feel that my shop is off to a kinda slow start, but it seems like that just may be because of it being summer.  As fall comes around in September, I want to make some new goals for the month!

Quarter Leather Jotters

I think it's always good to have goals, especially in business.  Without goals, I would feel like I'm just wandering about aimlessly.  I wouldn't feel as much of a push to get going & get things accomplished.  Last month my main goal was that I really wanted to get a good number of items added to my shop, and I accomplished that, I added 28!

Case Bound Blue Flowers

This month, the month of September, my goals are:

*Add at least 20 items to my shop
*Create at least 2 new journal binding designs
*Sell at least 4 items
*Make at least 2 treasuries a week
*Advertise on at least 3 blogs
*Send out at least 2 emails to my email list (you can sign up to receive them in the sidebar!)
*Take advantage of free advertising in places like facebook, flickr, etsy lush, craft juice, wanelo, etsy carnival

Quarter Leather Journal on Cords

Basically, I want to take advantage of the fact that I'm not working as many races this month.  I'm only working 2, whereas last month I worked 6.  So I should have more time to be able to make this an even better month than last month.  Time to get to work & promote promote promote!  I'll let you know at the end of September how I did!

What are your goals for September?
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