Tbh, the feature of this website I am most interested in is chat, but I am having difficulty obtaining a hub wheel. This week has been great. I'm worried my mil is going to kill my cat bc she is psycho, and everyone in the house being vaccinated and starting to live our lives again shatters her Karen fantasy of being the only one allowed to leave the house and have all the power in her mind. I started dieting bc I finally weighed myself for the first time in a year and I gained a lot over quarantine. Hopefully I will finally get to see my parents for the first time in months on mothers day unless MIL snaps and poisons us all first. My website is getting more page views than ever, but I'm still only making about $200 a month in sales, which after shipping costs and costs of materials actually comes out to like $80 a month. I'm not trying to be a debbie downer, I am actually very excited for the months to come, and I'm not too bothered by the things I mentioned above, I just wanted to talk about what is on my mind. Also I learned this week that tumblr hates Elon Musk... like why tho? People really do not care how much good a person does for the world, if they are on Forbes list they are automatically public enemy and I think it's stupid. I bought a used crock pot on Ebay. I'm gonna try my hand at hot process soap making this week. It'll save a day on waiting to unmold loafs, and I will know for sure this way they are gelled all the way through.
Sometimes on mobile I get that I need to refresh the page and trying again works. It's sporadic and annoying, but I live with it.
Can’t wait till the day I’m vaccinated. But I guess thats gonna take a couple more months. Sometimes it’s good just to write about the challenges you’re facing as a way to externalize it. Get it off your chest! So I guess you’re in the soap making business? Are you selling it on your own website or through something like Etsy?
I have my own website. I'm in some soap maker groups on fb and the general consensus there is that etsy is too difficult to get into these days. There are thousands and thousands of handmade soap shops, and shops that already have reviews get pushed to the top. Also they changed their search algorithm to only look up product names, so if a customer tries to look up your shop directly they wont be able to. Having my own website has presented me with a lot of challenges, but I like knowing that the traffic I get is a sign of successful marketing, and that other people's products wont be advertised to shoppers while they are looking at mine. Hopefully you are able to get vaccinated soon! I didnt think I would be able to as soon as I did, but the national guard stepped in and set up a few mass vax sites in my state and once they were up and running the wait time went from months to days!
Right now I am reading a book called The Start-up Owners Handbook, it's used by Stamford to teach business students, and I am following the steps in there to handle my company. I'm currently in the Customer Development phase, which means not spending money on marketing until I know the exact demographic to pinpoint. I am mostly posting on social media, using lots of hashtags to get attention from potential customers. I'm also going to sell at 2 festivals this summer, to give me a chance to meet customers face to face. This time last year I only had like 1 visitor a month, but I am up to about 15 visitors a day now. My conversation rate is only 5%, but once I identify my exact target demographic I can start pinpointing who I market to.
Well that sounds like a well thought out plan. Good to not spend money until you know exactly what demographic to target. I thought about it before to start a side hustle by selling things online but never followed through, no idea where I’d find the time to do it.
I think badge = promote. mk would have to confirm that receiving a badge would allow for chat use if hubwheel not yet earned.