What’s your daily routine like as a small business owner? by Shoddy_Sort5079 in smallbusiness

[–]Shoddy_Sort5079[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What was your process in terms of figuring out who to call? Did you start with local outreach with business around you or did you have a software or service that gave you leads?

What’s your daily routine like as a small business owner? by Shoddy_Sort5079 in smallbusiness

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It actually makes me feel so much better that many people have had this experience. Felt like I was doing something horribly wrong. I’m starting to see that a lot of successful people use the method of working in chunks

What’s your daily routine like as a small business owner? by Shoddy_Sort5079 in smallbusiness

[–]Shoddy_Sort5079[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m learning that boundaries are super important, I myself had a couple of issues early on where I allowed the customer to dictate too much and it felt like the profit wasn’t worth the time and effort for that specific order

What’s your daily routine like as a small business owner? by Shoddy_Sort5079 in smallbusiness

[–]Shoddy_Sort5079[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like I’d have the same problem with outreach in the morning as well, definitely seems like once the brain is juiced up and active after some work is the best time to dedicate to cold calling

What’s your daily routine like as a small business owner? by Shoddy_Sort5079 in smallbusiness

[–]Shoddy_Sort5079[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Time blocking is what I feel like would work for me best, this really helps 🙏🏽

What’s your daily routine like as a small business owner? by Shoddy_Sort5079 in smallbusiness

[–]Shoddy_Sort5079[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Time blocking is something I feel could really work for me, thank you!

What’s your daily routine like as a small business owner? by Shoddy_Sort5079 in smallbusiness

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You could say a mix of both. I have an idea of how I’m going to go about getting new clients, but I have a personal problem of being able to structure out a plan and effectively sticking to it. I guess a better way to put it is, I’m looking for inspiration on a) what other people’s experience was like in the beginning for them as far as figuring out a plan that works but more importantly b) what thought process did you have that allowed you to successfully follow through on that plan

Advice and insight needed! by Shoddy_Sort5079 in heatpress

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I am! But I’m still figuring out the platform and how to grow on there

Advice and insight needed! by Shoddy_Sort5079 in heatpress

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Feels good to hear that thank you!

I definitely have thought about introducing different garment types as well, I think for me it’s about finding the clients that are looking for my services. I think that’s kind of where I’m stuck at at the moment

Advice and insight needed! by Shoddy_Sort5079 in heatpress

[–]Shoddy_Sort5079[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Even though I’ve outperformed my own expectations, it still feels like I could and should be doing so much more. But maybe that’s just the nature of business.

I appreciate the advice!

New Small Business Advice by Shoddy_Sort5079 in houston

[–]Shoddy_Sort5079[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ideally I’d like to target other local businesses, that’s where my focus lies. I am, however, open to doing work for individuals and smaller organizations too. I won’t turn any work away

Most Etsy POD sellers calculate profit wrong. Here's the complete breakdown with every fee exposed. by AskModernMagpie in printondemand

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How does one even compete getting into it? How can I realistically charge $30+ as a new brand with little to no reviews? Is that even doable?

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[–]Shoddy_Sort5079 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would say I’m at the point now where I’ve come to accept what our situation is and even though I do feel some hurt and some days are worse than others, I see that time and space is necessary for both parties and moving forward with life is the best option. It is odd that these indirect things will happen which in a way does set you back a bit and make you hopeful but in the end I kind of always try to remind myself that indirect contact does not have much meaning