So Saturday our show was about keeping the faith. The faith in yourself and the faith in your business. You've got to have it it you truely plan to succeed. Friday night was a night for me that ended very late. For the most part Jason wrote the script and I worked in my kitchen on the charms for the ladies' faith bracelets. Due to the clay that I used it had to be baked slowly for 2 hours. So while Jason and I skyped to discuss what all would be going into the script and what we felt was important to discuss for the show on Saturday I rolled out the silver clay, used my clay cutter to make the flowers and then scooped the clay off the counter where it got stuck. It was an exhausting Friday night and considering I needed to test how the screen press would need to work that I built myself for the t-shirts my night didn't end until late.
I was not about to try to put bracelets together so late. It would be best to do that in the morning. And well as we know Saturday morning.has come and with it came not hearing the alarm. I was hoping to get up at 8:30 but got up at about 9:30. Time for another crunch. Worked on how the bracelets should be put together, the type of wire to use, etc. etc. Once that was figured out and the first bracelet created, it was time to get the pictures together so that we can sell the survival bracelets that I created several weeks ago, the new women's bracelet and the t-shirts.
I can't believe that we managed to get the pictures created and posted and then after the show Jason put together the section of the website where all the products would be sold. I really am surprised that we managed to get everything done today. But we did it. Another day another show in the books.
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
So on Saturday's show titled Getting your business off the ground we talked about a form of branding yourself that was inexpensive using clear pens and a pin that I saw on pinterest. So here is the breakdown on the pens and how to create it using your information or like us, even your pictures.
The pens that we used for the Something Building brand is R.S.V.P. by Pentel, a nice clear pen that can easily be taken apart add your paper and then put back together with no problems. The pens cost us $9.49 for a pack of 12. As an e-publisher I'm pretty good with photoshop but if photoshop is not something that you can afford you can do a google search and find free versions of photoshop knock off's that work just as well. And if you have a regular color printer that works just fine. You don't need to have anything super expensive or mind blowing out of this world for a printer, just make sure that you don't have any jumps or skips when you print. When I measured out the inside of the clear pens I used cm's and roughly got 8 cm's wide and 2 cm's in height.
When you create your page to be that size in photoshop or even the photoshop knock off it makes it easy to go wild with creating how you want your information displayed regarding your business and yes if you prefer to have your face in your pen have at it! It's not hard at all. From there print it out and cut, roll the paper with a round chop stick or a super small pencil, this will make it easier to add the rolled paper right to the tube and put the pen back together. And to prove how easy it really was here is the proof. And it only took less then an hour to "fix up" all 12 of the pens that I purchased at office depot.
And as you can see I have added our picture from our radio show and somethingbuilding.com web adress.
The pens that we used for the Something Building brand is R.S.V.P. by Pentel, a nice clear pen that can easily be taken apart add your paper and then put back together with no problems. The pens cost us $9.49 for a pack of 12. As an e-publisher I'm pretty good with photoshop but if photoshop is not something that you can afford you can do a google search and find free versions of photoshop knock off's that work just as well. And if you have a regular color printer that works just fine. You don't need to have anything super expensive or mind blowing out of this world for a printer, just make sure that you don't have any jumps or skips when you print. When I measured out the inside of the clear pens I used cm's and roughly got 8 cm's wide and 2 cm's in height.
When you create your page to be that size in photoshop or even the photoshop knock off it makes it easy to go wild with creating how you want your information displayed regarding your business and yes if you prefer to have your face in your pen have at it! It's not hard at all. From there print it out and cut, roll the paper with a round chop stick or a super small pencil, this will make it easier to add the rolled paper right to the tube and put the pen back together. And to prove how easy it really was here is the proof. And it only took less then an hour to "fix up" all 12 of the pens that I purchased at office depot.
And as you can see I have added our picture from our radio show and somethingbuilding.com web adress.
Monday, November 5, 2012
Entrepreneur Evaluation
So today on the radio we talked about evaluating yourself as an entrepreneur. It's always best to evaluate where you stand for the simple fact that you can eleminate time wasters and find where to strengthen your business. For those who catch the show but did happen upon this blog, check out the show. We were live and yes I did have a blunder but no big deal for me, I love to laugh at my mistakes and own my mistakes proudly cause it's another lesson learned. www.blogtalkradio.com/somethingbuilding
Here's your evaluation for your small business!
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1nolifQjMkcZ0NzSjZhNGRYV2M
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