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]

44 icicles sales for NOV though etsy in 2012.....number to beat,

[Former_Member]

My goal is to make enough money this holiday season to pay my bills and start saving again. In order to meet that goal, I'm working hard on making new items & putting them in the shop, taking better pictures, and learning more about listing so I can be found more easily in search.

[SaedisBauerJewelry]

My goal is to photograph my new items and list them on Etsy. Then I would love to increase my sales. I am working on my descriptions, I find it so time consuming and feel like I am always searching for the right way of listing an item so the search engines will find me :)

My goal is to get enough salary so I can live on my art and pay my bills - My goal is to succeed :)))

[AddaSplashofColour]

My goal is to edit my listings, promote, improve my shop front and focus on making items which are less time consuming. Being a mother and running a business is not easy.

[SippinSnazzy]

Since I changed all my tags and descriptions to better find my products, I've had a few sales this year, I didn't exactly know what I was doing last year. My goal is to simply have more sales. I'd also like to get more views from Google. I'd like to better target my buyers.

[LindaFehlenGallery]

My goal is to list items efficiently and effectively. I want to learn how to use titles and keywords and produce sales. I spend way too much time on the process which keeps me from doing what I love - Paint! (after homeschooling my boys)

[Former_Member]

My goal is to list more items and make my first sale!! Anyone who would like to advise me, the advise is welcome!! :-)

[Former_Member]

I used to do 40 craft shows a year, I'm going to do 2 in November! I figured I would have better access on line but consistency is the absolute key to success! I was feeling gloomy about not having many sales and THEN I REALIZED I DIDN'T HAVE MY ANGEL PINS ON ETSY!!! CHECK THEM OUT TOMORROW!!!

NO MORE PROCRASTINATION!!!!! JJ

[Former_Member]

My belated goal is something I started a month or so ago and am in the process of implementing. Double my holiday sales as compared to 2012. Improve my shop and marketing efforts and build skills that will translate into future side jobs to grow this and future businesses.

In the short term, one thing I have done is emailing previous customers and offered a pre-season discount to order early. I have signed up to vend at a craft show. Depending on how that goes, I plan to scout additional craft shows the weekend after my craft show on Nov 2 to see which one fits best for possible vending at in 2014 and continue to blog and post to FB about what I'm working on. Longer term, increasing my listings, improving older photographs and working on related projects should also increase results.

[bombaymermaid]

My goal is to list all of the awesome inventory sitting in my workroom, and re-launch my website and begin building my newsletter. And also, to deliver as much boho-chic holiday cheer as possible!

Good luck ya'll!