Starting Over

Hello

I started this particular blog site to generate interest in my newly started Jewelry Business, however, shamefully I have not used it; not at all. Well those days are over. I will now be using the resource that I have literally "at hand" to help me propel my jewelry business to heights until now only dreamt of.

Over the next two and a half months, I will be getting my business and marketing plans together, looking for a more permanent web address and trying to figure out how I'm going to make my dreams a reality on a shoestring budget, with to date - no private investors. I know it can be done, I believe it can be done. My work is very good and I am confident that once I learn how to direct traffic to my site, it is going to be phenomenal.

Starting over may sound strange as a title for a first entry, but as I said previously, I haven't exactly been using this resource. I have had an online shop thought and been attending events as a vendor, however, I want something more. So by starting over, I am going to develop the structure that I need to succeed. I'm going to do it right this time, and not go flying by the seat of my pants. That is where the business and marketing plans come in.

Even in the roughshod stages I had some direction. I have a list of goals which will be modified, but here is what I have right now:
1. To have my jewelry in four (4) boutiques
2. To have booked and serviced 12 parties
3. To vend at at least 6 events
4. To have sales of $1000 per month or more from the about avenues
5. To enter one (1) contest
6. To submit one (1) piece of jewelry for publication in a trade magazine.
7. To have one (1) part time assistant

I still want to accomplish those goals, but I want the right structure behind it so I will have continued growth and success in the years to come.
It would be greatly appreciated if any of you out there with experience in the fields I need help in could lend some assistance. And please by all means, readers keep me on my toes, now that I have put this out in the atmosphere, I must be held accountable.

I welcome all feedback, and please visit the current site.
http://slhayesdesigns.zoomshare.com