This is not "The Reality of Getting Seen Online [Part IV]" ... because that will come next week!
When I ended Part III, I promised I would talk next about the moment when you realize that keeping a small business visible isn’t a one-time job.
But . . . . . . then summer arrived. I closed the shop, packed up the RV, gathered the dogs, and took my annual summer holiday. Yay me! We did the usual much-needed trip up to Kentucky to see all of our kids,…
So … You Did All That Work. Now What?
So … Let’s Talk About “Just Posting Something”
Okay … picking up from where we left off.
You see that she posted a picture and you think, 'Oh, that's so cute'.
Simple. Quick. No biggee ... to you.
I wish it were that easy. Slap some syrup on a…
I used to think (or maybe just quietly hope) that once my shop was set up… that would be the hardest part. You know… the whole get the site built, upload the photos, write the descriptions, hit publish … and then sit back and wait for customers to be clamoring to buy stuff from me. Okay, so that's dramatic, but you get the point.
Spoiler alert: That didn't happen ... and I know…
Starting a website from scratch sounds exciting… until I’m going cross-eyed staring at settings, checkout glitches, photo uploads, and wondering why a button refuses to behave like a freaking website button should.
A huge shoutout to the very patient customer who stuck with me for five days while I kept saying, “I swear it’s fixed this time…” 😅 …and also, “Let me fix this real quick…” (it was never real quick).
…Some days, being a small business owner feels like standing in the middle of a creative tornado.
Do I make a bag? Tweak the website? Finally figure out Instagram and Pinterest? Enter receipts like a responsible adult?
Or… do I go eat chocolate and stare into the void for a minute?
The truth is, there’s always…
