Start Up Kids Line

A new start; keep selling to boutiques

March 25th, 2007

Could it possibly be that the arrival of Spring has me feeling better, feeling at peace? I don’t know, but I’ll take it. Business is booming and we’re selling our personalized baby blankets in boutiques. We have a large order of our graphic baby tees and onesies to ship at the end of the week, and we’re working on new designs. It’s been a long time coming. Now, the key is to keep the momentum.

I’ve given up on the lost package. Someone has that darn thing sitting in their living room, I just know it. It was for a big celebrity and someone at that post office knew it. But, the cool thing is that I found better one-of-a-kind fabrics closer to the requested color scheme than I found before; so I’m going to be happier with the end result. For whatever reason, *those* one-of-a-kind blankets weren’t THE ones she was supposed to receive. What is exciting is that this isn’t just us shooting these blankets out to a celebrity in the hopes she’ll receive them; these blankets were hand-selected by her personal assistant as THE newborn gift she wants to give. That means a lot and that’s why it’s worth it for us to do them over. Sometimes, “do overs” are nice.

Now that we’ve completed some orders, it’s important that we keep the sales process rolling. You have to keep stuff in the pipeline all the time. This is why I’m trying to make 10 contacts a day. I didn’t meet my goals last week, but I made more contacts than I made the previous weeks, so the plan is working in that respect. The more boutiques we can get these blankets into, the more residual sales we’re going to have. The fact that a boutique can sell unlimited blankets from one display blanket means that we’ll be selling unlimited blankets through those boutiques too.

Today is a day for re-grouping, admin tasks, and prepping for a great week. I want to hit the ground running manana and feel like I’m prepared for it. That’s the best possible way to start a week. Getting more and more organized by the day will help me hit the ground running.

          

Entry Filed under: Motivation to Keep Moving,Planning beyond the collection