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]

My goal is to list more inventory and creating better pictures!

[TreeCraftDiary]

My goal is to double my Etsy sales from last month!

[loveofdrawing]

My goal is to create new items as gifts not just sell holiday cards!

[MadewithLovebyDeena]

My goals - are being done - I have re-vamped my shop - the pictures (at least the ones in the #1 spot) have been redone - used photo fused to help - my tags and descriptions have been updated and my shipping prices are in good order. The only thing I have left is to decide if I want to do the international shipping on every item or not - I have it on one section in my shop (soft cloth books) - only because I did have an order from Australia and I had to do some research on it - so that one I know...the rest not so sure. I joined a new team to help me promote my shop better and to get advice on things to help my shop be better at getting views and sales.

[AllMyLoveofCrafts]

My goal is to improve on my product photography. I'm open to any suggestions and ideas! I started taking pictures outside during bright sunny days, but now having issues with shadows...

[Former_Member]

My goal is to increase my views and of course more sales. With that being said, I was looking for my postings yesterday, made it clear to page 100 and still did not see a single one of my postings. How do I get my postings to show up more?

[Former_Member]

My goals are to "decorate" my shop for the holidays, update tags and titles, add at least 10-25 items to the shop, purchase holiday shipping supplies (tissue paper, ribbon), make gift boxes and tags, and maybe -- maybe create some holiday theme photos.

Oh, and sleep. ;D

[Former_Member]

Our goal is to list more items in our shop, and improve our outreach and promotion of our products. Step one, I guess, would be to to some shop "clean up" and rethink our listings, policies etc.

[Former_Member]

My 2013 Holiday Goals for Etsy:
1. Have 40 items listed in my shop by November 15th
2. Offer gift wrapping options
3. Review and edit shipping locations and estimates.
4. Oh and make a pretty holiday banner!

[jax2600]

My goal is to get more viewership and make my first sales via my newly opened Etsy shop this holiday season.

[Former_Member]

My two main goals are:

1. take better photographs of my scrubs and products that come in jars. They can be difficult to photo and show the texture accurately.

2. finalize attractive holiday packaging for soaps. I know many clients are buying as gifts and I want to encourage them to purchase from me. Gift wrapped items that save the client time are a good draw.

[Former_Member]

My goal is to make 3 new unique holiday decorations and post them in good time for the holidays. They will be made of fabric...that's as far as I have got.

ETSY: thanks for week 2's ideas: after reading them this morning, I just decided to use my sister in England as my Holiday Boot Camp buddy. We already inspire and motivate each other by Skype and email and she checks up on whether my goals are being met. In return I am trying to get her to start an Etsy shop.......she's a hard nut to crack on that one! Is there anyone over there in eastern England to give her a nudge. From here in California it's a long reach.

[Former_Member]

My goal is to double sales and learn how to better get noticed as I'm a jewelry seller, so we are in stiff competition!

I am, like many people here, taking better photos, listing more often, making new stuff, and reading or watching tutorials to better my crafting and online selling skills.

Go check out my shop and see if it's working!! :D

Thanks!

[Former_Member]

My goal is to increase sales and grow my customer base this holiday season! I have a fairly popular blog, and it is getting a little face lift in the rebranding process to coordinate my blog with my online studio. I am really pushing and incentive-izing my newsletter, as well.

If I wanted to set a numbers goal, my hope is to have 200 new subscribers and 80 sales this holiday season. I know the sales number is high, but I sell pocketbook-friendly, custom bracelets and they sell really well in general anyway.

I can't wait to see how everyone does with their goals!

[Former_Member]

My goal is to up my stock of pre-made gowns (I sell custom and pre-made Regency [Jane Austen] Era gowns :-) ), and to hone in on my social media marketing. This is the first holiday season for my business, and I am so excited!! :-)

[Former_Member]

My goal is to create more often! Get more creative and adventurous with the products i offer, to encompass all the things I truly love.
I look forward to working with my etsy team more to increase Holiday exposure and sales through things like bnr's.
Im excited to add tutorials to my blog!

My main goal is to drink more hot chocolate while making T's all winter long :)

xoxoxo

[Mettaville]

My goal for preparing for the holiday season, small steps
- have 70 items in shop
- re-shoot products
- hope to hit at least 50 sales mark by end of the year

[lucyssoap]

One of my goals is to get a shop critique from others. Anyone game to help me achieve it? If so - Thank you!!!

[MaxplanationPhotos]

I am starting to redo all of my pics and build up my stock

from nov to dec I want to get 150 sales (double my high two month trend of 76 sales)

[Soulmadehome]

My goal is to have a wide range of color choices of all my baskets, pillows and hearts and blankets and start after to make my knitted poufs and add them to my shop:)

[Former_Member]

Really enjoying hearing about all your goals!

I signed up to Bootcamp and have worked out my goals as:

- make and list a range of Christmas cards, tags, gift boxes and thank you cards (already done some tags and boxes)
- Finish my About page
- Stock up on shipping supplies
- Order a Christmas banner / avatar
- I'm doing a Christmas market locally on Nov 30th so need to build up stock for that

Ps - Sue, I'm in Eastern England so can nudge your sister for you!

[SuzeLakeDesigns]

My goal this season is to get 20 sales before Christmas. I know that doesn't seem much but I feel like I need to be realistic about it. And set myself some achieveable goals.

i would also like to get some more photos done and extend my range of products to a few things made with fabric.

really enjoyed reading through everyones goals! good luck for the season!

[Former_Member]

I set a sales goal of 300 by the end of the year. I need to increase that because I'm already at 288. So hopefully I will be able to hit 350 by the end of January when the holiday sales drop off.

I plan to upgrade my packaging for the holidays, adding some special touches that are holiday themed.

Create a holiday banner and avatar for my shop.

Send out an email blast to my followers on mail chimp detailing the sales I will be running throughout the season as well as highlighting the past year's successes.

Create a holiday post card and mail it out to all my shoppers, thanking them for their support and purchases over the year.

Create some listings and take some theme photos that are more holiday related for a few of my listings that will be in a special holiday section of my shop.

I have my work cut out for me!

[Former_Member]

My goal is to improve my photographs & SEO so that my shop has a more curated, cohesive look. I'm going to experiment with photo lamps, natural light and hangers vs model. Or both?
I'd also like to begin a blog and keep going with my social media channels!
Maybe I've bitten off more than I can chew? :P

Kate x

[Former_Member]

My goal is to increase my revenue in order to by some new equipment, I'm gonna focus on improving my SEO in order to get more traffic into my store.