Holiday Boot Camp Week One: Set a Goal

[#1]

Hi team,

As part of our first week of Holiday Boot Camp, we're excited to chat about goal setting. How are your goals coming along? We encourage you to share and discuss your goals here.

Also be sure to attend our Online Workshop “Set Goals and Streamline for Holiday Success” this Friday, October 11. Etsy Seller Jenny N Design will talk about setting goals, standards and workflow processes. Register here: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/8536321367

Not signed up for Boot Camp yet? Sign up here: https://www.etsy.com/emails/seminars

Looking forward to hearing about your goals!
Shannon

[Former_Member]

Right now I have 30 sales. I know, not much. So my goal is to have 50 by the time Christmas is over. But I think I'm taking the right steps to reach my goal, I joined the boot camp.

[PsStickerCo]

My goal is to try and market better and more often to real potential customers. Any suggestions?

I also plan to re work my sections one at a time and determine which key words are getting the most attention and expand those product lines.

Good luck to all of you this holiday season. I hope that all of us reach our goals and beyond!

[Former_Member]

First goal, review all items description and tags - done.
Next goal is improve pictures for a few items
And work on treasuries.

Happy sales!

[Former_Member]

My first and foremost goal: Maintain my sanity and stock up on rum. :-) My second goal is being prepared, which started months ago: I've worked all summer on new designs and stocking my shop; now it's time to build up some inventory. I'm currently tweaking all of my titles and keywords for relevancy-- I'm already seeing some results. Next? Find my recipe for raisin apple rum cake, of course. Very important to have lots of comfort food on hand.

[Former_Member]

My goal is to optimize SEO and search tags. List a bunch more items and hopefully sell.

[Former_Member]

my goals are:
70 sales by the end of the year (i won´t complain about 80 either...)
continue to create new items
remake the ones that are sold out
promote
retake some pics of a few items

[Former_Member]

Hi to all the team members! Etsy boot camp motivated me to join this team.

My current goal is to get my first 10 sales asap so i can move on to new goals.

The first milestone is to research more and more about marketing and sales tips. So far i have basically relied on my unique and lovely products only. Now i have decided to commit more time on active marketing - i`m sure there are people out there who would be thrilled about this textile - it is a pity i have not been able to reach them.

[Former_Member]

My goal is to make my shop more cohesive & learn as much as I can about developing my small business. I am relatively new to Etsy & I am learning so much & I am so fired up about the whole thing.

[PALEOLOCHIC]

Wow! great goals you all have, mine is to do and re-do at least half of my items photos and create stock ready by the middle of November so I can market until the end of the shopping season!

[Former_Member]

My goal for the holiday season is to list about 10 more items and have sales. I really need the money so I can pay some bills and also continue creating things I love

[Former_Member]

Last year I was very new to Etsy on holiday season, so this year I get to actually set goals for the holidays...

My goals are:

1. To reach more people; My audience is out there, I know it... Just need to realize how to draw them into my cute little shop ^_^

2. To list 5 new items to my shop and maybe suggest free shipping for the holidays.

3. To actually make a decent living from my sales this holiday... I hope!

4. But first and foremost... I really want to make this holiday special for my shoppers! Cute gift wraps and everything!

[Former_Member]

As for me my goal is to start a new made of fabric line this season. And to produce a calendar.
Maybe too much but I'm trying my best.
I've got amazing ideas and doing a lot to make them work.
Oh yeah, I also need a logo :)

[Former_Member]

My goal is to reach more people and list more items.

[Former_Member]

My goal is provide a consumer satisfaction in order to make this I need to take a order :) However, I could anticipate how long the process. That's why every new day I want to devolop my shop.

I hope everyone fulfill their goals!!

[Former_Member]

My goal is increase my listings (I'm just re-opened my shop after 2 years on vacation), I want to get one page full of new products...and be more active to get more exposure.

(Sorry if my english is bad)

[Former_Member]

My initial goal is to update my banner to something a little more "alive", and to get organized for Christmas shopping with at least 150 items in my shop.

I've met part of my goal: just uploaded my new header.
What do you think?

[Former_Member]

This is my first holiday season in Etsy. Actually, I'm an Etsy baby, going into my second week since opening the shop! That being said, I would like to become more established over the holidays, get on the map so to speak... Tall order when I think about it! One of my biggest challenges is time. I have a full time job besides the shop so finding time to manage the shop and get creative, while keeping life in balance can be quite the challenge. That's why I jumped at the opportunity of the boot camp! I need all the tips I can get to stay organized and keep focus! Thank you, Etsy, for making those tools available! And thank you, fellow shop owners for your support!

[anniekdesigns]

My goal is to continue to stock my shops and increase my marketing.

[Former_Member]

I have a lot of goals this holiday season -- some related to the shop, some not. Right now I am just about to the moment of shipping being a non-hassle using shipping labels, but I need to go get a few shipping supplies again because I do not want to run out mid-shipment. I also need to perfect my lightbox -- it hasn't been working and we're coming into the really rainy season up here. Other than that, I will re-look at my tags and just get ready slowly as I spent a bulk of the slow season building up for this time.

[CraftedByCorley]

My goal this season is a two parter. I want to improve my photos of my available items and I want to build a larger inventory available to potential buyers.

[tribomo]

These are my goals:
1) More more products
2) Improve SEO
3) Better-different style pics

I better start working on them NOW! :)

[itslauracrow]

As this is my third Christmas on Etsy I want to improve on sales from the last two holiday seasons. To try to achieve this I'm going to work on my SEO with listing titles/product descriptions and try to list some new items (want to get back up to around 120 items).

[Former_Member]

My goal is to get to 150 items by mid-November!

[SophiesKnitStuff]

My goal is to get all my items translated into French and add more items in my shop (hopefully 2 new items per week) - while at the same time knitting Christmas gifts for 4 of my family members.

[Former_Member]

My goal is have adding more items starting November. Make the descriptions and tags more accurate.