DAY 30

[TOMgirlApparel]

DAY 30: Revise remaining listings, complete business plan

Yay! We made it! Finish up your tags and titles for the remaining listings. Keep in mind that you will continue to update these. Take some time to periodically review your stats, what phrases are working for you, where you show up in searches, and adjust.

Complete business plan. Some of it we have done throughout these 30 days and some you will have to do now:



Business Plan Template
(Value Proposition) Mission statement, may be Shop Title
(Your Solution) A description of your products, should be Shop Announcement
(Big Scary Goal) DAY 16
(Target Market) DAY 7
(Sales Channels & Marketing Activities) DAY 19
(Market need) What problem does this product/service solve for the customer?
(Competition) Who else is out there and why is yours better?
(Financials: Budgeting) Tools and materials needed
(Financials: Forecasting) How will I make money? What is your pricing formula?
(Future Expansion) What other stuff could I sell these customers later?
(Funding Needs & Use of Funds) Expenses
(Execution) DAY 29
(Milestones) How will I know it’s working?

What do I need to worry about? DAY 25
Next actions: DAY 29

[Former_Member]

I haven't kept up with all these exercises, but I copied and printed the above post to work on through August and to use as a periodic reminder afterward.

[swaddlemesnugly]

Good wrap-up, Amanda - and we all come away from the workshop with a workbook to refer to (and complete the tasks that we couldn't do on time) oodles of inspiration. What a great course, thanks all!

[SweetSomeday]

Eeek! So excited that some of you are finishing the cleanse today! Congrats!!! I think I've done about 1/3 of the activities but I have the list printed and I'll continue following along at my own pace! Hoping the team will stay accessible so I can come back to review.

[Maiook]

I still have some catching up to do, but this has been a wonderful experience. I learned a lot about both me and my business.

Great job everyone!

[Former_Member]

I've been along the sidelines working through this process, even though I haven't commented much. I have benefited from several excercises, have someone creating a logo for me, cleaned up titles, tags (somewhat), and even though I am pretty small potatoes, I went ahead and wrote a business plan just to see where I fit.

I have organized expenses & income, and will talk to my tax preparer what I need to be doing, so that has been an improvement. (My husband is terrified I will send us all to jail!)

My weak spot is still tags, titles, description. I have improved, but I fear it will always need work!

Thank you for this opportunity!
Debra

[Former_Member]

@ Amanda, Valerie, Maja, and Vintage

Thanks for putting all this together! So thorough, cohesive - well done!

[Former_Member]

I'm still working on day 28 but I will finish this!

[BlackCrowCurios]

That was awesome!

I still have some cleaning up to do, however your powers of motivation have kept me focussing on tasks that needed doing and I will continue to do the cleansing that is necessary...

Thank you all!!!!!

[kowaikuma]

You guys are awesome and inspiring! I meant to do this during my vacation but that plan totally fell through and I'm going to play catch-up throughout the year. But I do plan to come back and print each day and work on the cleanse. KUDOS to all who completed it~

[Former_Member]

Loved it! Still have tons to do but off to a great start thanks to all your help!

Thank you all!!! I learned so much and am so inspired!

[VintageRescueSquad]

This was quite the eye-opening adventure, huh? Forcing us to think about Big Scary Goals, clean through the workspace/computer, and address all the Big Scary Nasties some of us have been ignoring (which is your bugaboo: social media? titles/tags? getting legal? bookkeeping?).

More than anything else, this taught me to think about my shop every day (which, with a day job, just ain't happening) and to focus on the long goal.

What do I need to worry about? That last legal BS from Day 25
Next action? Day 28