Posted by admin on November 12, 2011
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Register and fill out your profile, and then start exploring 2 Crazy Chics.
2 Crazy Chics is the brain child of 2 women who have millions of ideas going thru their heads but just not enough hours in the day to follow thru with all of them. So, they decided to put their heads together and bring all their idea’s to one place… right here to share with everyone! So, hopefully you will all join in our crazy idea’s and benefit from these 2 Crazy Chics!
2 Crazy Chics is an online social network to bring together WAHM’S, SAHM’S, Crafters, Direct Sales Associates, Dads, Parents, Women, Shoppers, Fitness Lovers, Cooks, People from every walk of life and more… all in one place to learn from each other and help each other.
When you join 2 Crazy Chics you are free to promote your business on your profile, in groups, in the forum and more.
Networking is huge these days and we all know that without it most online companies would be left out in cyber world someplace.
So, time to network!!
2 Crazy Chics is working hard to pull this site together and would love any suggestions for groups.
Soon to come, an online forum that will have a VIP Section to help you with your business. Lots of tips, advice, product review opportunities, paid affiliate marketing opportunities and much more will be available to those VIP members.
~ 2 Crazy Chics
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Posted by admin on November 30, 2010
For those that that sell handmade goods, it is difficult (at least for me) to completely track all my expenses. Of course I get excited when I make a sale and record all the information, deduct fees and shipping…but what about all the supplies I purchase? Ad space? Seminars or classes? Somehow I *forget* to write down everything I buy and there are two reasons for this: 1. I get lazy and 2. I’m scared to see how much I REALLY spend.
I promised myself last year that I would keep a better record of things, and I have…… of sales. Supplies though? Not so much. After about March I just stopped recording things. Next year I promise to try harder! Is record keeping as hard for everyone else as it is for me?
And for buyers of handmade goods (that includes us sellers too!): Buy less, spend more! Try to go all handmade and make gifts more personal. Not only will you search for the ‘perfect’ gift for the reciepient, but you will also be supporting an independent artist rather than the children in china making plastic toys for $2/month.
As for myself, the majority of gifts I’m giving this year are handmade by independent artists (or by me) and just a couple of them are store bought. It’s hard to go completely handmade (I want to meet the person who builds TVs from scratch AND keeps them at a reasonable cost!) but I definitely did try my hardest!
Posted by admin on October 26, 2010
Running a small business is hard, running more than one is even harder! No matter if you run one or five, it still takes organization and time management to get it all done (especially if you work a 9-5 too!) I wanted to give a few tips that I use (though by no means am I a guru of organization and time management!)
I am student teaching (I graduate in December, yay!), I have a weekend job and my tiny etsy shops so organization and time management are key for efficiency.
Organization:
- Get a medium size accordion filing system (kind of like a coupon organizer) and keep all your income and expense receipts in there. This will be especially helpful during tax time!
- Have your supplies/stock and work station in one place so you know what you have and what you are running low on.
- Keep your finished products/stock away from your supplies so you know what is completed. You will also know what you have, what you’re selling and what you need more of.
- If you are shipping or have listing fees, etc. keep a spreadsheet of all your costs. For example, I made myself a spreadsheet that automatically calculates cost of my item – fees + shipping paid for – actual shipping cost = net profit.
- Write dates on everything so you can track sales and watch trends!
- Write lists! Lists keep me sane…every time I think of something to do/buy/call etc, I write it on my list and cross it off when I complete it!
Time Management
- Again, Lists!!!! Keeping a list, not only allows you to be more organized, but saves time because you’re not constantly trying to remember what you had to do/buy/call!
- Set aside specific time, keep a planner if you have to, to get specific things done. You may be able to say something general like “Tuesday I will take photos” or something a little more specific like “Tuesday, between 12-2, I will take photos.” This will give you a schedule to keep and know that you need to stop doing something and start taking your photos!
- Set goals! Set goals to have XX amount of items made by the end of the week or if you can, do a daily amount. Set goals to have photos, items made and XX products listed daily. Treat yourself when you accomplish a goal!
Do you have any time management or organizational tips to share?
Meghan
Posted by admin on September 16, 2010
I found a great website for all you online shop owners. It is called Metricly and it is an aggregated dashboard and analytics platform. It helps businesses of all sizes track their metrics in one place.
They connect your data from a variety of platforms including Google Analytics, Salesforce, Twitter, Facebook, Mailchimp, Zendesk and more. They can even get live analytics from your own MySQL databases or custom internal data. Setup is fast and easy. Once you connect your shop(s), their powerful analytical tools make it easy to dive into your data and find insights that will help your business be even more successful.
I connected my 3 shops from etsy and the graphs were wonderful! You could choose what type of data you want to see and the trends based on the dates you choose. If you’ve been wondering who buys from you or how many sales you get per month, this does it for you. The best thing? It’s FREE!!!
Posted by admin on August 27, 2010
Hi everyone! My name is Meghan and you might see me blogging on here. I have have recently joined the team and will be helping out with the blog (obviously!), twitter, forum and facebook. Here is a quick list of our spaces for you to come chat with us!
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/2crazychics#!/pages/2-Crazy-Chics/234822290873?ref=ts
Twitter: http://twitter.com/2crazychics
Forum: http://www.2crazychics.proboards.com
You can reach me personally at:
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/nitelily-designs/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/nitelily3
Shop 1: http://nitelily3.etsy.com
Shop 2: http://nitelilyglamour.etsy.com
Shop 3: http://nitelilykids.etsy.com
As you can see, I’m a business owner myself so if you want to see any specific topics to be talked about or any questions answered, just post here!
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