AUTHOR: ~~ Lisa TITLE: FAB FRIDAY - Selling Tip #4 - Balance DATE: 12/12/2008 09:18:00 AM ----- BODY:
We’ve all heard it. “Everything in moderation”. You wouldn't think you'd need that reminder when it comes to work though, right? Whether it’s Etsy, Artfire, 1000Markets, Silkfair or any other of the multitude of selling sites we have the opportunity to belong to, you need to be able to balance the work with the fun. And if you're anything like me, it's reaaaaaally easy to get obsessed with sales and making sure that number keeps going up! TinkerAndPo started out with me. Just me, and I did the felting, cutting, seaming, buttoning, photographing, editing, listing and shipping. But then…WHOA! The shop took off and my husband became a big part of the action at TinkerAndPo too! At first, he took care of the packaging and shipping. Now, he does all that plus some of the finish work on the gloves! It has been all-consuming, but we’ve learned an excellent lesson. With success comes the need to be able to balance your work life with your personal life. We were so unprepared that we had to let it consume us so that we could keep up, and our personal life as well as our family life has suffered. The light at the end of the tunnel for us is to know that after the holidays have passed, things will slow down to a manageable level, and we’ll be able to regroup and think about the future and where we’d like TinkerAndPo to go in terms of product, market and design. Next year, we’ll be much more prepared. We’ll start earlier, keep an ample amount of stock on hand at all times, and things will run smoother and be much more enjoyable for everyone. Hindsight really IS 20/20 and we’ll be able to go into the holiday season keeping a clear focus on balance! Here's to a balanced, happy and safe holiday selling season for all of us!
----- COMMENT: AUTHOR:Blogger JuliaA DATE:Dec 12, 2008, 9:49:00 AM is balance something you have to learn the hard way? because it really seems like it!

but yessss, i agree heartily with everything you said. and congrats on your many sales, and on tonight!

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