Goal Setting

[SnarkFactory]

Mine for the month of July:
1. get 175 new facebook likes
2. figure out craftori and wanelo
3. finish 4 paintings
4. complete a facebook giveaway
5. make 8 sales

What are yours?

[Former_Member]

1. List 200 items on my store
2. Reach 30+ sales
3. Have more followers
4. Practice designing and art
5. Finish my website's new layout

[OnTheHook]

1. Edit all listings that are up for renewal during July
2. Write and release at list 2 patterns
3. Create at least one new product line
4. Rephotograph some items
5. Build inventory
6. Organize my craft room

[Former_Member]

I LOVE reading people's goals!! It's totally exciting and motivating to me. :) Wow Artista, 200 items.. that's awesome!

1. Make 12 sales
2. Look into starting my own website (already begun but I'm not rushing it because I truly want to figure things out and have money to invest in it)
3. Create some new crochet patterns and WRITE THEM DOWN so I can recreate them and possibly offer them for sale in my shop.
4. Make some hippie boho chic vests.
5. Grow my tumblr following (I've let this one fall by the wayside, but I've heard that many people do super well with it.)
6. List 7 items a week.

[Former_Member]

I love reading others' goals as well! Definitely inspiring!!

1. Get at least one Christmas item listed every day in July!
2. Get 5000+ views this month (I was sooo close in June!)
3. Beat my record sales total - or make 15 sales
4. Set up my new website (not optional, my domain ends in two weeks)
5. Start working on my new product line, hopefully even listing!

[PaperScissorsPop]

Yes it is very inspiring reading goals.
Mine are

1. List 6 new items
2. Write to 1 blogger
3. Review my Policies
4. Make a 'how to tutorial for Youtube
5. Add 10 new posts to Tumblr

[xoxocrocheted]

Mine are:

1. List 6 new items
2. Make 10 sales
3. Participate in Christmas in July sales event
4. Perfect branding/packaging
5. Update shop banner
6. Fix up photos
7. 200 items favorited (I was TWO short in June!)
8. Release a street shoe version of my crocheted slippers

Ahh so motivated now! Love this thread!

[Flinta]

My goals for July:
1. Finish and list two new products
2. List the products I have not yet listed
3. Get 25 new likes for my Facebook page
4. Make 3 one-off products to use up some spare yarn
5. Make 3 sales
6. Look into getting a tumblr... I don't really understand social media.

[drudruchu]

- make a new logo
- get listings # up to 60
- post on fb once a week or more
- get to 100+ fb fans
- redo tags and titles of at least 10 listings

[Former_Member]

goals for july:
- list at least 15 items / get to 85 listings
- have at least 1 sale (that´s minimum goal every month)
- start creating christmas items and maybe start listing them
- rephotograph old christmas stock
- raise average number of views
i won´t make too many other goals but see what else i can accomplish

[xoxocrocheted]

Oh yes . . . and begin preparing for the holiday season :)

[Former_Member]

I would like to...

-List a few cards that I've been putting off
-Make at least two new designs
-Get started on holiday items
-Try to promote more

[Former_Member]

Goals for July:

-documentation, documentation, documentation
-new listings
-finish my website
-submit to one gallery
-learn about Twitter

[SnarkFactory]

Yay! I love hear goals, they make me want to work hard!
I just signed up for a Twitter yesterday, so maybe i'll add that to the list of things I should do to help my shop!
Good luck to all of us :)

[acbcDesign]

Great motivator! My July goals:

- Finish preparing product and booth for my first craft show
- participate in Christmas in July event
- post 10 more new products
- get 5 sale
- go on vacation :)

[Former_Member]

1. Make 5 sales
2. Add 10 new listings (2 down)
3. Be found on Google
4. Work on my banner
5. Plan a sale/promotion

[xoxocrocheted]

This is all so inspiring!

[Former_Member]

Nice topic!
Mine:
1-Take new pictures for some of my items
2-Take pictures and share the new packaging
3-Make at least 4 new items
4-Write some interesting and useful posts on my blog

[Former_Member]

This is so inspiring!

July Goals for my shop:
-paint two new mirros
-update tags and key words for older items
-increase my promotion on pinterest!

-finish a new set of leather stud earrings for a craft fair 7/17!!!

[Former_Member]

Wow, there are some amazing goals. Mine are
1. Write better descriptions for my jewellery
2. Make as much soap as possible before 11 July
3. Make 10 glass pendants
4. Get 2 sales in both my LeFrenchBijou shop and my Karramandi shop
5. Get some more likes on my Facebook page

So inspired to get my behind into action after reading some of these x

[Former_Member]

I haven't really set monthly goals before, but I had to think about it as part of the Etsy UlK Mentoring Month I'm involved in, so here goes:

1. Create an inspiring About Page ( I have a really minimal one, no photos at the mo)
2. Get up to 65 listings ( been hovering around 50 for ages)
3. Make 8 sales - already got 1 of them, hooray!
4. Work out a Marketing / Promotion Strategy which is effective but manageable.
5. Purchase a camera and redo the worst of my photos ( have been using my iPad!!)

It will be interesting to see how we have all measured up at he end of July! :)

[TheRitzyMeow]

1) Reach 300 sales on this shop by the end of this year.
2) Have at least 100 active listings (at all times).
3) Make a listing offering product photography.

[SnarkFactory]

How is everyone doing on their goals?
So far for mine:
Original goal: make ten sales
I've made 16 sales, so I surpassed that goal in a surprisingly pleasant way!
Original goal: Complete 4 paintings:
I'm well on my way to completing my second painting for the month
Original goal: Figure out craftori and wanelo:
Haven't had much progress figuring out craftori or wanelo, though I've admittedly not given it much attention
Original goal: Get 175 facebook likes:
I'm only 58 likes into the 175 facebook likes I had as a goal, so it seems unlikely that this goal will be met.

[Former_Member]

hm, looking at what i wrote at the beginning of july i can say that
- i already listed 15 items and will make it to 85 tomorrow
- i started with the christmas ornament production and already listed a few things
- old items have new photos as i already relisted a few
- number of views has been higher than usual in the last few days, yesterday was amazing because some of the items that usually get less attention brought in a lot of traffic
not yet accomplished:
- have 1 sale (i will trade with someone today or in the next days, it is all set up)
i guess everything else is a bonus and i can start thinking about my goals for august when i will celebrate my first etsyversary!! :-)

[drudruchu]

Thanks for bringing the thread back up!

- Original goal: make a new logo
Progress: i started and actually plan to finish it today

- Original goal: get listings # up to 60
Progress: i think I am at 59 and hope to reach 65 next week.

- Original goal: post on fb once a week or more
Progress: i did 2 posts so far, missed one week...

- Original goal: get to 100+ fb fans
Progress: 94 fans so far, I might run a facebook ad to see if that works

- Original goal: redo tags and titles of at least 10 listings
Progress: 0/10 I just don't like it.. Still plan to do it though, I really need more views so better Seo is important.

Not too bad overall :) i guess I set realistic goals this month that weren't too ambitious.