There have been soooo many things that have to be done to get this small business on track that I haven't made anything in nearly three months. YIKES! Not long ago I even promised myself that I would start soldering after I had finished my website. Well, the website is nearly complete, but other things have gotten in the way of that too.
I read a blog posting earlier this week on freelancefolder.com/ titled: It May Be Your Fault If Your Client Doesn’t Appreciate All That You Do. It got me thinking about what I actually do and have been able to accomplished in the past few months.
Here's my "what I do" list (not in any particular order):
- research and purchase all materials and supplies
- design/create/produce beaded art and jewelry
- calculate material, labor and overhead costs to price each piece
- maintain material and product inventory
- packaging and shipping
- website set-up, management, (webmaster)
- some graphic design for printing and web
- all business printing: business cards, brochures, forms, jewelry tags, earring cards, coupons, labels, note cards, signs, etc.
- all photography, editing, resizing, posting
- copy writing, product descriptions, brochures and marketing materials, blog, etc.
- manage web store on Etsy
- write this blog ;)
- manage online photo albums and slide shows on Photobucket
- manage Facebook fan page
- record keeping and bookkeeping
- general customer service
Here's my "what I've done recently" list (again, not in any particular order):
- photographed, detailed, and posted over 200 items to my Etsy store since early Jan of this year
- created a Facebook fan page near the end of March - and have 33 fans as of today
- created this blog April 1, 2011 with one fan as of today
- created online photo albums and slide shows on Photobucket (work in progress), started last week
- set up and opened my website in the past few weeks
- joined my local bead society and volunteered to be their treasurer (I know, what was I thinking, right?)
Major Temper-Tantrum averted (whew!).
What's on your accomplishments list?
That's it for today....
Wishing all your wishes come true,
Shannon