Day 11
I spent the better part of Day 11 trying to learn how to put together a web page. I have this book that I am following the example. When I am all done I can substitute the files and elements to customize it for myself.
Building a web site is like trying to build a car from toothpicks. There are so many things that you must have done perfectly to get it functioning correctly. It is very hard to detect where exactly you went wrong. So I found myself trying to solve problem after problem. The good news is if keep refreshing the page that you can catch your mistake faster.
It was easier than I thought. Every time a piece of code didn’t get me the right kind of results, it felt like a “duh” moment once I had figured it out. Knowing what you are doing helps a great deal even if it is only basic stuff. The key is to be familiar with everything you are typing. Know why. Then when you have to go back and fix something you will remember what it is because you will know why you did it in the first place.
GoDaddy Gives Good Service
Go Daddy gives me a surprise call. They really have great customer service. I was able to ask them questions about my account. I could clarify what I paid for and what they offered. Sometimes you can only tell what they are offering, but you don’t have a clue to find out what is actually available to you when you first start.
So the woman walked me through the whole process of what to do when I am finished building my site. She also recommended me some tools that would help me build the site.
She just wanted to know how I found out about them and reminded me that customer service is always there if I need them.
This was the first time that I had received this level of service. She let me know that I could get my money back within the first 30 days. Maybe this was a retention call. It doesn’t matter. If every business did this they would make a lot more money instead of chasing new customers and neglecting people that clicked on order now.
Day 12
Happy Birthday to me! I spent my Sunday like I do every other: in church. Afterwards, I was thrown a surprise baby shower, which is my second one. I was very happy with their gesture and not to mention and cash and cute baby clothes. I’m thinking about how I will split the money between the stuff to buy for baby and investing into the project. Sinc the money didn’t come from me I think it’s fair game. Plus the very thing I want to buy for baby or that I can buy since we have so much stuff already, my husband has on his to do list.
Even though I didn’t work on the project at all, I did come up with a few ideas with my brother. Without knowing what I was up to, he and I came up with a new slogan at the same time. To add to the coincidence, he told me that I should copyright it and put it on a t-shirt. So I’m hoping that this particular word will be a big hit.
Day 13
Day 13 begins with me realizing that in one day I will be considered “full-term”. That means that the baby could come at any time now. It will be interesting to see if I have dilated yet by Day 15 at my doctor’s appointment. So I looked at the craziness called my house and had to come up with a plan of attack. All the neglect accumulated from the days that I have been on this project. So I cleaned and assembled the baby stuff until I was ready to pass out.
I was able to create and organize more slogans. The site is in need of variety so the new ones may sell the site better.
I am getting a credit for my PPC campaign so I decided to pause the current one.
So here are the numbers…
Statistics
PPC clicks: 108 clicks
Cost: $11.70
Hosting: $6.99
Domain Name: 2.19
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Total Business Expenses: $20.88
I keep on racking up cost. In 11 days, I’ll subscribed to pay another $6.95 for my premium store. I need to do something to bring in free traffic. For the next three days, I’m going on a Blitz.
1. Write 5 articles
2. Submit each one ten times.
3. Sign up for 10 forums total.
4. 3 posts per forum per day.
5. Request 50 pregnant friends on Myspace.
6. Sig Line – link to my site
7. upgrade the store with 20 new slogans
8. come up with 5 pages for website
9. Ezine--- with 5 issues ( other people’s articles)
10. add 3 new blog entries
If I follow this plan, it will make up for the days that I am behind. I want to get some Viral Marketing going to do the work for me. The success of the next three days determine if I will or won’t continue. I at least want to set myself up to pay for the costs that I incurred. I know that this is all a process, but if I don’t start seeing results, this project will be unplugged for the moment. Let’s pray for the opposite.
Maybe this is what I need in terms of accountability. In business, all that matters are results. If I can maximize on the new credits at a total of $50, then I can redeem myself. I am really disappointed that no one bought from this campaign yet but maybe that means that my keywords need to be adjusted.
Tomorrow is a new day, full of new hopes and dreams. Hopefully, these dreams become a reality.
Monday, August 13, 2007
Friday, August 10, 2007
Day 10- Focus On Website and Back To Basics with HTML.
Today I focus on the BigBellieMomma.com website to draw in customers instead of sending them straight to the Cafepress store. That way I have better conversion rates, save money with my adwords campaign and control more of what is going on. So far I have had trouble in tracking and adding adsense to my store. Since I am not the webmaster of that page I shouldn’t expect to have that much control. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to track and get ads on Cafepress. Putting up the site is a better use of my energy and time. I will literally be unstoppable once I create my first website.
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Statistics:
Total number of Visitors since stats put in place: 12 unique visitors
Hosting: $6.99
Domain Name: 2.19
Google Adwords: $ 6.04
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Total Business Expenses: $ 15.22
Focus on website
Since the website is the main thing holding me up right now, I am taking the time to learn how to build it. I think that this is one of the most important things that will get done in this project, because it will be the property that I own. I bring the value to the customer when they can search my site for content.
Hopefully, they will feel more obligated to at least view the items from the store as a returned favor. I want to have a content-rich site that will be helpful to these expecting moms. My goal is to answer many of their questions in one website and provide links that are helpful when I can not be. I love a site with great content so I am sure they will to about the topic they are most passionate about right now.
I can’t resist looking at all the pregnant women walking down the street or in the same store in public. Sometimes I ask them how far along they are. When I am not pregnant, the first thing I usually check for is the hairstyle (since I used to work in a salon) or if they have a kid. Now I am just checking for the belly. Especially the lady with more than one kid in all different stages that is most like me.
That is why the site is near and dear to me, because it is my passion. Pregnancy and parenting go hand-in-hand. So I know that they are many women that are like me. These women are trying to find new ways to make life easier---for them and the family. That is what motivates me to come up with this site.
Back to the Basics
I am sitting here with my old text book from my college class on HTML and a couple of other references. I have been brainstorming, organizing, and planning the site for most of my time. There are some rules in usability and design that I never considered. Skimmiing the pages are still useful in putting this site together. The most important part is the a got a book called Easy Web Design that helps me to understand the most important steps in creating a website. It really keeps me organized about the process and steps needed.
Just as I get to the part where I start using some XHTML and CSS, time is up. I will retain more information as a get my rest. I have this crazy plan of learning and coming up with code to build the site tomorrow. If I had most of my content done, then I could see it as feasible. So I have got to come up with more content tomorrow.
The good thing about my planning session today is that I wrote down all of the topics I want to include on the site. This will make it easier in researching and grouping my information. Another part of the planning process is planning how my home page will look. I still have to download the pictures that I will use in the site, and then I will be prepared to type my first piece of code.
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Statistics:
Total number of Visitors since stats put in place: 12 unique visitors
Hosting: $6.99
Domain Name: 2.19
Google Adwords: $ 6.04
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Total Business Expenses: $ 15.22
Focus on website
Since the website is the main thing holding me up right now, I am taking the time to learn how to build it. I think that this is one of the most important things that will get done in this project, because it will be the property that I own. I bring the value to the customer when they can search my site for content.
Hopefully, they will feel more obligated to at least view the items from the store as a returned favor. I want to have a content-rich site that will be helpful to these expecting moms. My goal is to answer many of their questions in one website and provide links that are helpful when I can not be. I love a site with great content so I am sure they will to about the topic they are most passionate about right now.
I can’t resist looking at all the pregnant women walking down the street or in the same store in public. Sometimes I ask them how far along they are. When I am not pregnant, the first thing I usually check for is the hairstyle (since I used to work in a salon) or if they have a kid. Now I am just checking for the belly. Especially the lady with more than one kid in all different stages that is most like me.
That is why the site is near and dear to me, because it is my passion. Pregnancy and parenting go hand-in-hand. So I know that they are many women that are like me. These women are trying to find new ways to make life easier---for them and the family. That is what motivates me to come up with this site.
Back to the Basics
I am sitting here with my old text book from my college class on HTML and a couple of other references. I have been brainstorming, organizing, and planning the site for most of my time. There are some rules in usability and design that I never considered. Skimmiing the pages are still useful in putting this site together. The most important part is the a got a book called Easy Web Design that helps me to understand the most important steps in creating a website. It really keeps me organized about the process and steps needed.
Just as I get to the part where I start using some XHTML and CSS, time is up. I will retain more information as a get my rest. I have this crazy plan of learning and coming up with code to build the site tomorrow. If I had most of my content done, then I could see it as feasible. So I have got to come up with more content tomorrow.
The good thing about my planning session today is that I wrote down all of the topics I want to include on the site. This will make it easier in researching and grouping my information. Another part of the planning process is planning how my home page will look. I still have to download the pictures that I will use in the site, and then I will be prepared to type my first piece of code.
Thursday, August 9, 2007
Day 9--- Nightwalker, Premium Sell Out, and Affiliations
Today you will find me to be a pregnant, cranky, sleep-deprived somebody. I went to bed very late last night. So I was in no mood to work after my doctor’s appointment. Driving is starting to be a painful experience for me. I spent the day catching up with my sister-in-law and brother. She is breastfeeding my two month old nephew right now. So she would be a prime candidate to help me come up with a few breastfeeding shirt ideas.
I didn’t start work on the project until a few minutes to midnight. My days and nights are starting to run together. Some nights I experience insomnia with so many things rushing through my mind. It’s been like this for a week now. In the last week, I probably went straight to bed the first but it was 2 or 3 in the morning. My trouble comes from laying flat or being uncomfortable laying on my side. But I can’t let this affect my work any longer. So tonight is an early night for me. (2 am)
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Statistics:
Total number of Visitors since stats put in place: 8 unique visitors
Hosting: $6.99
Domain Name: 2.19
Google Adwords: $ 4.08
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Total Business Expenses: $ 13.26
I Finally Give In To the Premium Shop
Today I finally gave in to the premium shop. I thought the whole time that I was going to have to give up credit card information, but I didn’t. They way the great people work at Cafepress is that they charge you a month after the 15 day trial period. It’s like they want you to make a couple of sales first and take the money from your commissions. If you don’t have enough sales to cover the costs that’s when they charge you the balance.
So most of time was used to add images to the shop and organize it a little. I know that I have a lot of work to do to get things better. At least, I have way more products for people to choose from now. I hope that my adwords prospects have a reason to look around now. I can honestly say that Premium Shops are way better by far.
Affiliate Program
I signed up for the affiliate program that Cafepress offers. It is run by Commission Junction. I will have to fill out my W-9 and send it to them before they will be able to release any money to me. By now I am used to providing the tax information they need to pay me. Whatever must done.
Here is the premium store worth viewing. I am just getting started on the punchlines.
www.cafepress.com/BigBellieMomma
I really should start coming up with a back up plan for Google Adwords, because it is not rendering any sales right now. I know that there are other shop owners that are doing well with it. I just hope that I can get a sale during the next 50 clicks. Then I would know that the store is doing what it is supposed to do.
I didn’t start work on the project until a few minutes to midnight. My days and nights are starting to run together. Some nights I experience insomnia with so many things rushing through my mind. It’s been like this for a week now. In the last week, I probably went straight to bed the first but it was 2 or 3 in the morning. My trouble comes from laying flat or being uncomfortable laying on my side. But I can’t let this affect my work any longer. So tonight is an early night for me. (2 am)
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Statistics:
Total number of Visitors since stats put in place: 8 unique visitors
Hosting: $6.99
Domain Name: 2.19
Google Adwords: $ 4.08
--------------------------------
Total Business Expenses: $ 13.26
I Finally Give In To the Premium Shop
Today I finally gave in to the premium shop. I thought the whole time that I was going to have to give up credit card information, but I didn’t. They way the great people work at Cafepress is that they charge you a month after the 15 day trial period. It’s like they want you to make a couple of sales first and take the money from your commissions. If you don’t have enough sales to cover the costs that’s when they charge you the balance.
So most of time was used to add images to the shop and organize it a little. I know that I have a lot of work to do to get things better. At least, I have way more products for people to choose from now. I hope that my adwords prospects have a reason to look around now. I can honestly say that Premium Shops are way better by far.
Affiliate Program
I signed up for the affiliate program that Cafepress offers. It is run by Commission Junction. I will have to fill out my W-9 and send it to them before they will be able to release any money to me. By now I am used to providing the tax information they need to pay me. Whatever must done.
Here is the premium store worth viewing. I am just getting started on the punchlines.
www.cafepress.com/BigBellieMomma
I really should start coming up with a back up plan for Google Adwords, because it is not rendering any sales right now. I know that there are other shop owners that are doing well with it. I just hope that I can get a sale during the next 50 clicks. Then I would know that the store is doing what it is supposed to do.
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Day 8- Taking Care Of Other Business, Surprise Surprise, Business Management
Today, starts out with me rushing like a madwoman downtown trying to get to a class the State of Pennsylvania was holding. As a partner of an upcoming daycare, I have to go to all the classes to make sure everything is a go as far as having the information I need to open. I called last month but they said it was full.
My newly acquainted friend from a previous class encouraged me to go the day before. So I switched all my plans (just a doctor’s visit) just to go. Here I am half running thinking that I am late for a class I wasn’t even supposed to go to when I was supposed to be spread out on the doctor’s table to see if I am dilated or not.
Then I realized while I was downtown that I never sent in some paperwork for these online classes. So I figured it would be great to kill two birds with one stone. So it was a very productive day aside from this project.
Profit/Loss Statistics---
Hosting: $6.99
Domain Name: 2.19
Google Adwords: $2.09
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Total Business Expenses: $ 11.27
Google Surprise
I used to love to see how many clicks I had gotten when I had a different website. The idea that my advertising was sitting in front of thousands of people while I was handling other things is the amazing part of business. The real joy is to see how many actually clicked onto the site. But the bottom line is how many people bought from you.
I had received over 22,000 impressions in less than 20 hours since I set it up. So that’s
24,000 impressions
16 clicks
0.06% CTR
See it grew just in the time it took me to write this. The best part is that the bids are only 15 cents compared to the 50+ cents I used to pay. The only bad part is that it costs me two dollars. I figure that I could a sale after my first 50 clicks. Then I can work on getting that number lower and lower as I improve this site.
One oversight on my part is that I could have had my Adsense set up already. I could have made back some of investment. But that’s a lesson to learn. One should have a working plan of what they want to accomplish as big picture. Then from that, they can figure out the daily to do’s that are prioritized. A plan that comes together on paper has more success when you work at it instead of working in different directions without a clue to what should be next. That why they invented the business plan. Just because you shoestring your budget doesn’t mean you can’t be organized.
Anyway, I have the one ad performing a little better than the other one. They have the same body but a different title. Perry Marshall knows a lot about Adwords. I remember him saying that you should give each test add 20 or 30 clicks. Maybe tomorrow I could make some changes.
Managing Yourself And Your Business
Right now, I realize as any business owner does, that I have to manage the time I dedicate to the project. The project can be broken down to many different projects. Some have a small impact others may cost me money. I realize that each day I got to pick my battles. Sometimes I’ll get stuck, and I should keep working because I am in momentum. Other times when I get stuck, I should just put it on tomorrow’s list and move on to something else.
I like to make lists, but when it comes to following them, that’s a different story. Sometimes we work continuously but is it accomplishes the goal for today or creating a new problem for tomorrow? I have to constantly gage my progress on this project. I, however, can not say that I am not making progress because that would be an understatement.
I just feel that with all the work I am putting in, the results are not coming in fast enough. That is the way most business owners feel in the beginning of their projects as well. But I must keep in perspective that it is only Day 8. This is the most work I’ve ever gotten down in a week. I expect to continue after this experiment if all goes well. Somewhere down the line, I won’t even remember the beginning.
Starting something new is something we all continually face. I personally believe that if you are not learning, you are not growing. I just have to remind myself that I am going to be worth a lot of skill dollars before it is all over. And once I have the technical knowledge I need to add to my current skills I will be unstoppable.
I read that “ Rome wasn’t built in a day”. That’s something we’ve all heard, but it hit a hot button when I saw it posted in a forum today. Speaking of forums I’m due to join some…
Mile Long To Do List
I am still trying to get to my niche through Myspace. It is very easy picking out the pictures of the big belly women because they stick together. I figured out a way to requests friends faster for those of you who wants to know. It is really simple. All you have to do is right click on open in a new window. DUH?!?!!! I used to just click on each profile and wait for the download. It took so long and was frustrating. By the third time I was done. But making all those windows work at one is little something I like to call leverage. This allowed me to request 10 friends.
Part of managing my Myspace reputation is to send them a message. I mean who wants a friend who is not friendly. I responded to 2 people. I think that I will make a daily routine of that. I also included my URL at Cafepress. I hope that they check it out. I asked for feedback and I really would appreciate if they did give it. And if they want to buy something, hey that’s fine with me.
Next on my list: complete the Google Adsense process. I answered the questions gave my tax information. All that good stuff. I was so excited about getting it together and getting my code. Don’t you know I couldn’t figure out where to put the code. After searching the forums for more than an hour on this and tracking, I came up with that I am not the owner of the site so it won’t happen---at least not today.
So my new strategy is to open up a premium shop with Café Press, which I have been meaning to do. This will allow me to do much more than what I can with a basic store. I don’t have to pay for it for the first 15 days. So I am going to set up special time to create, design, and work it before they take money out. There’s no point of half doing the job. It just has to be done. Plenty of designs, categories, search engine optimization, no excuses!
The basic shop was a great learning experience. I might have given myself a head start.
I just have a weird feeling that the premium shop is for the HTML-ready user. We’ll see.
I signed up for eXtReMe tracker. Then I realized that I could use Google analytics for free. I thought that it was for getting reports on Adwords. That would be convenient if Google was all I need. Maybe tomorrow I can find out where to stick it so it can work.
My newly acquainted friend from a previous class encouraged me to go the day before. So I switched all my plans (just a doctor’s visit) just to go. Here I am half running thinking that I am late for a class I wasn’t even supposed to go to when I was supposed to be spread out on the doctor’s table to see if I am dilated or not.
Then I realized while I was downtown that I never sent in some paperwork for these online classes. So I figured it would be great to kill two birds with one stone. So it was a very productive day aside from this project.
Profit/Loss Statistics---
Hosting: $6.99
Domain Name: 2.19
Google Adwords: $2.09
--------------------------------
Total Business Expenses: $ 11.27
Google Surprise
I used to love to see how many clicks I had gotten when I had a different website. The idea that my advertising was sitting in front of thousands of people while I was handling other things is the amazing part of business. The real joy is to see how many actually clicked onto the site. But the bottom line is how many people bought from you.
I had received over 22,000 impressions in less than 20 hours since I set it up. So that’s
24,000 impressions
16 clicks
0.06% CTR
See it grew just in the time it took me to write this. The best part is that the bids are only 15 cents compared to the 50+ cents I used to pay. The only bad part is that it costs me two dollars. I figure that I could a sale after my first 50 clicks. Then I can work on getting that number lower and lower as I improve this site.
One oversight on my part is that I could have had my Adsense set up already. I could have made back some of investment. But that’s a lesson to learn. One should have a working plan of what they want to accomplish as big picture. Then from that, they can figure out the daily to do’s that are prioritized. A plan that comes together on paper has more success when you work at it instead of working in different directions without a clue to what should be next. That why they invented the business plan. Just because you shoestring your budget doesn’t mean you can’t be organized.
Anyway, I have the one ad performing a little better than the other one. They have the same body but a different title. Perry Marshall knows a lot about Adwords. I remember him saying that you should give each test add 20 or 30 clicks. Maybe tomorrow I could make some changes.
Managing Yourself And Your Business
Right now, I realize as any business owner does, that I have to manage the time I dedicate to the project. The project can be broken down to many different projects. Some have a small impact others may cost me money. I realize that each day I got to pick my battles. Sometimes I’ll get stuck, and I should keep working because I am in momentum. Other times when I get stuck, I should just put it on tomorrow’s list and move on to something else.
I like to make lists, but when it comes to following them, that’s a different story. Sometimes we work continuously but is it accomplishes the goal for today or creating a new problem for tomorrow? I have to constantly gage my progress on this project. I, however, can not say that I am not making progress because that would be an understatement.
I just feel that with all the work I am putting in, the results are not coming in fast enough. That is the way most business owners feel in the beginning of their projects as well. But I must keep in perspective that it is only Day 8. This is the most work I’ve ever gotten down in a week. I expect to continue after this experiment if all goes well. Somewhere down the line, I won’t even remember the beginning.
Starting something new is something we all continually face. I personally believe that if you are not learning, you are not growing. I just have to remind myself that I am going to be worth a lot of skill dollars before it is all over. And once I have the technical knowledge I need to add to my current skills I will be unstoppable.
I read that “ Rome wasn’t built in a day”. That’s something we’ve all heard, but it hit a hot button when I saw it posted in a forum today. Speaking of forums I’m due to join some…
Mile Long To Do List
I am still trying to get to my niche through Myspace. It is very easy picking out the pictures of the big belly women because they stick together. I figured out a way to requests friends faster for those of you who wants to know. It is really simple. All you have to do is right click on open in a new window. DUH?!?!!! I used to just click on each profile and wait for the download. It took so long and was frustrating. By the third time I was done. But making all those windows work at one is little something I like to call leverage. This allowed me to request 10 friends.
Part of managing my Myspace reputation is to send them a message. I mean who wants a friend who is not friendly. I responded to 2 people. I think that I will make a daily routine of that. I also included my URL at Cafepress. I hope that they check it out. I asked for feedback and I really would appreciate if they did give it. And if they want to buy something, hey that’s fine with me.
Next on my list: complete the Google Adsense process. I answered the questions gave my tax information. All that good stuff. I was so excited about getting it together and getting my code. Don’t you know I couldn’t figure out where to put the code. After searching the forums for more than an hour on this and tracking, I came up with that I am not the owner of the site so it won’t happen---at least not today.
So my new strategy is to open up a premium shop with Café Press, which I have been meaning to do. This will allow me to do much more than what I can with a basic store. I don’t have to pay for it for the first 15 days. So I am going to set up special time to create, design, and work it before they take money out. There’s no point of half doing the job. It just has to be done. Plenty of designs, categories, search engine optimization, no excuses!
The basic shop was a great learning experience. I might have given myself a head start.
I just have a weird feeling that the premium shop is for the HTML-ready user. We’ll see.
I signed up for eXtReMe tracker. Then I realized that I could use Google analytics for free. I thought that it was for getting reports on Adwords. That would be convenient if Google was all I need. Maybe tomorrow I can find out where to stick it so it can work.
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Day 7- Hosting A Nightmare, Stepping Beyond Fear, Google Setup Success
I’m skipping a day because it was dedicated to studying for the exam that I had to take. I was going to push everything a day back. The only problem with that is that I can’t tell the baby to wait a day so I might as well adjust the day number.
Hosting: $6.99
Domain Name: 2.19
Total Business Expenses: $ 9.18
Hosting Nightmare
Finding a web host proves to be one of the most confusing tasks thus far. Just when I thought that I found the right company, they ended up changing the deal on me. There are web hosts that charge you monthly but in a plan. They lower the plan you use the most likely you are of being charged an activation fee. When I decided to call about the terms of a two year contract, the representative let me know that I would be paying a very low price per month. However, the whole amount is due upon signup. I think that I could find better ways to spend the money.
As far as hosting is concerned, I just might pay a visit to my old hosting account with Kings Domain. They don’t charge me ahead of time and I hope that they haven’t changed their policy. It’s not that I don’t expect to host the site for long. I just don’t like the automatic payment thing or large upfront fees, obviously. I think that a balance exists out there for me.
I am trying to find a great web host that gives me lots of ad credits from Google or Yahoo. That would really help with help my budget. After I researched all of my options I registered with GoDaddy.com. I put the decision off to the later part of the day.
This is the part that business owners hate the most: risk. There is no turning back once you put money out. Yes there is the risk that I might fail, but no profit will be made if I don’t take the necessary actions. So the first thing I found out was that I didn’t qualify for the credits for Google or Yahoo. Still that will not deter me from my goal.
Fear Takes Over Temporarily
I am fearful that the web host that I choose will not allow me to design the site myself. But I reassure myself that I have done it before and I am getting at finding free substitutes for the programs I need. For example, I found an alternative to Frontpage called Nu 1.0. I think its great that if I search the right term, the information that I need is just a few seconds away.
I noticed that Wordpress is a popular tool that will help me to build my website. I don’t really know the value of it yet. Maybe I won’t have to bring out the HTML manual. I was playing with the idea of learning CSS but only if time will allow.
Despite the long list of NEW challenges that I am about to face, I believe that if I am dedicated that I will master these things. I have come so far and have learned a lot in the last seven days and refuse to turn back. So with all the frustration of picking a hosting site, I needed a break. It was library time.
I like going to the library and Barnes and Nobles to find out the information that is hard to find in one place online. I feel like many of the secrets lie in those pages. After I picked up a couple of books, I felt ready to work again.
Hosting Confrontation
Like I said before, I went with Go Daddy. I went through all the setups that I could. I was a little nervous about the website they said that they were going to offer me. I shouldn’t worry even though they all of a sudden want to offer me an upgrade to a website builder.
By tomorrow they should have my account up and running and then we will see if I got what they were offering or not. I’m not afraid of calling them as I was on the phone calling other website hosting companies about their plans. That used to a foreign thing to call up a company and waiting. But that’s just what you have to do to keep your finances from flying out of your account.
Google Victory
Yesterday, I went through the whole process of setting up my ad account. But when it got time to add the keywords my research was not complete. I thought that it would have saved my work but that was not the case. I picked out my beginning words from the Overture tool. I then added my quotes and brackets to all of my words. This means that I had to copy each word three times.
I loved the results I got when I ran the Traffic Estimator tool. It looks like I won’t be paying more than fifteen cents per ad and I should get the number one spot. I know I will always be in the top six, but that’s just an estimate. This should result in more impressions and a lighter load on my budget. I basically have $20 to spend right now. I hope this can generate enough clicks that convert and the whole thing pays for itself.
I really need a email newsletter and my ads to balance the investment of this PPC campaign. The newsletter would capture the emails whether people buy or not. I applied to Adsense, so that is another proud accomplishment for me.
I also got a chance to make a logo for the website. As far as how I’ll put the whole thing together is why tomorrow might the most interesting day so far… Wait there is hope for me as I get my first comment on my blog. Thanks wai-yen!
Hosting: $6.99
Domain Name: 2.19
Total Business Expenses: $ 9.18
Hosting Nightmare
Finding a web host proves to be one of the most confusing tasks thus far. Just when I thought that I found the right company, they ended up changing the deal on me. There are web hosts that charge you monthly but in a plan. They lower the plan you use the most likely you are of being charged an activation fee. When I decided to call about the terms of a two year contract, the representative let me know that I would be paying a very low price per month. However, the whole amount is due upon signup. I think that I could find better ways to spend the money.
As far as hosting is concerned, I just might pay a visit to my old hosting account with Kings Domain. They don’t charge me ahead of time and I hope that they haven’t changed their policy. It’s not that I don’t expect to host the site for long. I just don’t like the automatic payment thing or large upfront fees, obviously. I think that a balance exists out there for me.
I am trying to find a great web host that gives me lots of ad credits from Google or Yahoo. That would really help with help my budget. After I researched all of my options I registered with GoDaddy.com. I put the decision off to the later part of the day.
This is the part that business owners hate the most: risk. There is no turning back once you put money out. Yes there is the risk that I might fail, but no profit will be made if I don’t take the necessary actions. So the first thing I found out was that I didn’t qualify for the credits for Google or Yahoo. Still that will not deter me from my goal.
Fear Takes Over Temporarily
I am fearful that the web host that I choose will not allow me to design the site myself. But I reassure myself that I have done it before and I am getting at finding free substitutes for the programs I need. For example, I found an alternative to Frontpage called Nu 1.0. I think its great that if I search the right term, the information that I need is just a few seconds away.
I noticed that Wordpress is a popular tool that will help me to build my website. I don’t really know the value of it yet. Maybe I won’t have to bring out the HTML manual. I was playing with the idea of learning CSS but only if time will allow.
Despite the long list of NEW challenges that I am about to face, I believe that if I am dedicated that I will master these things. I have come so far and have learned a lot in the last seven days and refuse to turn back. So with all the frustration of picking a hosting site, I needed a break. It was library time.
I like going to the library and Barnes and Nobles to find out the information that is hard to find in one place online. I feel like many of the secrets lie in those pages. After I picked up a couple of books, I felt ready to work again.
Hosting Confrontation
Like I said before, I went with Go Daddy. I went through all the setups that I could. I was a little nervous about the website they said that they were going to offer me. I shouldn’t worry even though they all of a sudden want to offer me an upgrade to a website builder.
By tomorrow they should have my account up and running and then we will see if I got what they were offering or not. I’m not afraid of calling them as I was on the phone calling other website hosting companies about their plans. That used to a foreign thing to call up a company and waiting. But that’s just what you have to do to keep your finances from flying out of your account.
Google Victory
Yesterday, I went through the whole process of setting up my ad account. But when it got time to add the keywords my research was not complete. I thought that it would have saved my work but that was not the case. I picked out my beginning words from the Overture tool. I then added my quotes and brackets to all of my words. This means that I had to copy each word three times.
I loved the results I got when I ran the Traffic Estimator tool. It looks like I won’t be paying more than fifteen cents per ad and I should get the number one spot. I know I will always be in the top six, but that’s just an estimate. This should result in more impressions and a lighter load on my budget. I basically have $20 to spend right now. I hope this can generate enough clicks that convert and the whole thing pays for itself.
I really need a email newsletter and my ads to balance the investment of this PPC campaign. The newsletter would capture the emails whether people buy or not. I applied to Adsense, so that is another proud accomplishment for me.
I also got a chance to make a logo for the website. As far as how I’ll put the whole thing together is why tomorrow might the most interesting day so far… Wait there is hope for me as I get my first comment on my blog. Thanks wai-yen!
Monday, August 6, 2007
Day 5- Licensed to Kill, First Graphic Success, Google Up and At ‘Em
After five years of postponement, today was the day I took my licensure exam for Cosmetology. I passed! Can you believe it? With all of the time I put into this project already I thought I would drop the ball at times. So now that that is out of the way I finally will have time to dedicate to this project. Although I still haven’t gotten my rhythm yet, I feel like the steps I’ve taken already will lead me to future success.
My whole day was taken up with a fridge delivery, a big dinner, eye doctor’s appointment, and taking care of the kids. I realized how hard it is for me to work without silence and that is a real weakness when you have the husband and kids either pulling on you or making noise. The true challenge of working from home is getting work done at home.
Graphics + Words = Something Worth Paying For
Although I figured out how to enlarge my slogan just the other day, I already forgot how to do it. I finally figured it out but the lesson of the day is to “remember it or write it down.” I was tinkering with the draw utilities with Paint.net trying to come up with some graphics. I found some royalty-free ones to add to my slogans. I thought that I would be able to at least three but I only got to do one good one. The resizing was the part that took the longest for me, but I think that I got it now.
Google Can Make You GO-GO Crazy
Opening up a Google and then not being able to get in is a very crazy thing. So after a couple of attempts and a password change, I decided to revert back to my old inactive account. I’ve already paid the initial five dollars so that should save me money. I can always delete the old campaigns with a couple of clicks.
I am in the process of getting the keywords list for the ad I just placed. I can’t wait to see what kind of bids that worlds like pregnancy and baby have to offer. I don’t plan on paying a whole lot per click because I don’t have a huge markup. I also want to wait for my statistics and see my conversion rates before I start throwing money at a campaign.
Fatigue and ADD
I won’t be able to activate the campaign until tomorrow, because frankly--- I am tired. I’m still walking and eating for two and I don’t think I am going to keep driving because it actually hurts. I am counting down the days to my birthday but the spa looks like its out of the question since I can’t lay on my belly. Tomorrow you might find me adding pillows to my site because boy are they needed.
My whole day was taken up with a fridge delivery, a big dinner, eye doctor’s appointment, and taking care of the kids. I realized how hard it is for me to work without silence and that is a real weakness when you have the husband and kids either pulling on you or making noise. The true challenge of working from home is getting work done at home.
Graphics + Words = Something Worth Paying For
Although I figured out how to enlarge my slogan just the other day, I already forgot how to do it. I finally figured it out but the lesson of the day is to “remember it or write it down.” I was tinkering with the draw utilities with Paint.net trying to come up with some graphics. I found some royalty-free ones to add to my slogans. I thought that I would be able to at least three but I only got to do one good one. The resizing was the part that took the longest for me, but I think that I got it now.
Google Can Make You GO-GO Crazy
Opening up a Google and then not being able to get in is a very crazy thing. So after a couple of attempts and a password change, I decided to revert back to my old inactive account. I’ve already paid the initial five dollars so that should save me money. I can always delete the old campaigns with a couple of clicks.
I am in the process of getting the keywords list for the ad I just placed. I can’t wait to see what kind of bids that worlds like pregnancy and baby have to offer. I don’t plan on paying a whole lot per click because I don’t have a huge markup. I also want to wait for my statistics and see my conversion rates before I start throwing money at a campaign.
Fatigue and ADD
I won’t be able to activate the campaign until tomorrow, because frankly--- I am tired. I’m still walking and eating for two and I don’t think I am going to keep driving because it actually hurts. I am counting down the days to my birthday but the spa looks like its out of the question since I can’t lay on my belly. Tomorrow you might find me adding pillows to my site because boy are they needed.
Sunday, August 5, 2007
Day 4- My First Product, Resizing Is Easy, Blogging, And My First MySpace Friend Besides Tom
Today was somewhat successful or should I say a day of progress. Just when I thought that I would never solve my problem of resizing the image to make it bigger, I found the answer on one the discussion boards. Another thing that I found out that if you press F1 that it direct you to a help website. This is probably something that a lot of people know already, but I didn’t. I usually surf through the Help menu.
So with that under my belt I was able to add the image to one of my products. Voila! My first product! Finally. I’m sure that lots of experienced web people take their skills for granted. Since this is a learning experience I am just happy to move on to the next thing. Now all I have to do is learn how to create graphics that have some artistic value, but that will come later. The only missing piece to the puzzle is sitting down and taking the time to add images to the products from the slogans I came up with on Day 2
Blogging
I decided to go through all of the functions that Blogger.com offers and I was able to change some of the settings. I was able to set up things like getting emailed my comments or using my email to blog. Trying to figure out how to tell how many people have read the blog is something that I am going to have to research. I wanted to network through the blogs and get people to start blogging on the project. I am thinking about creating the time to find blogs in my niche and either commenting on them or letting the owner know about my project. I also realized that I should start a new blog that is strictly for interest in my niche. I am not sure how I am going to work the whole thing yet but I already got a head start blogging on Myspace.
Myspace Grants Me a New Friend Besides Tom
Even though I have not set up my marketing campaign yet, I am continually progressing towards building my Myspace page. This page will attract the many proud and pregnant moms and hopefully they decide to become part of my network. Part of my strategy is to get them to view my profile so they can join as my friend. They key is to put relevant information and picturess on the site to catch their attention. Later I will add pictures of my products to my page so that my friends and people looking at my profile will be exposed to my products.
I noticed that there is a feature that you can have a slide show as your default profile picture. There I would be able to display my products every time I leave a comment on someone else’s page. This will probably be done the best if I finally got my digital camera. Since my birthday is next Sunday, I might get one. Hey, I’ve hinted to my husband already.
So far I’ve gotten two friends the way my page is already. I’ve probably only made 5 requests so far and gotten 2 friends. The advantage is having a lot of friends will allow me to post bulletins to them. I’ve already had many of the artists bulletin me to death and a couple of “your next home business opportunity”. I know I will have success offering products that actually relate to my market.
Another thing that I want to do is add Adsense ads to my Myspace page for extra income. So, time will tell how much more I’ll get done as I take tomorrow off to study for the exam I was telling you about.
So with that under my belt I was able to add the image to one of my products. Voila! My first product! Finally. I’m sure that lots of experienced web people take their skills for granted. Since this is a learning experience I am just happy to move on to the next thing. Now all I have to do is learn how to create graphics that have some artistic value, but that will come later. The only missing piece to the puzzle is sitting down and taking the time to add images to the products from the slogans I came up with on Day 2
Blogging
I decided to go through all of the functions that Blogger.com offers and I was able to change some of the settings. I was able to set up things like getting emailed my comments or using my email to blog. Trying to figure out how to tell how many people have read the blog is something that I am going to have to research. I wanted to network through the blogs and get people to start blogging on the project. I am thinking about creating the time to find blogs in my niche and either commenting on them or letting the owner know about my project. I also realized that I should start a new blog that is strictly for interest in my niche. I am not sure how I am going to work the whole thing yet but I already got a head start blogging on Myspace.
Myspace Grants Me a New Friend Besides Tom
Even though I have not set up my marketing campaign yet, I am continually progressing towards building my Myspace page. This page will attract the many proud and pregnant moms and hopefully they decide to become part of my network. Part of my strategy is to get them to view my profile so they can join as my friend. They key is to put relevant information and picturess on the site to catch their attention. Later I will add pictures of my products to my page so that my friends and people looking at my profile will be exposed to my products.
I noticed that there is a feature that you can have a slide show as your default profile picture. There I would be able to display my products every time I leave a comment on someone else’s page. This will probably be done the best if I finally got my digital camera. Since my birthday is next Sunday, I might get one. Hey, I’ve hinted to my husband already.
So far I’ve gotten two friends the way my page is already. I’ve probably only made 5 requests so far and gotten 2 friends. The advantage is having a lot of friends will allow me to post bulletins to them. I’ve already had many of the artists bulletin me to death and a couple of “your next home business opportunity”. I know I will have success offering products that actually relate to my market.
Another thing that I want to do is add Adsense ads to my Myspace page for extra income. So, time will tell how much more I’ll get done as I take tomorrow off to study for the exam I was telling you about.
Saturday, August 4, 2007
Day 3 – TEXTING away and Myspace Rules
I already it’s going to be a great day. Still working off of Day 2, but I was determined to learn how to convert image files. One small victory for me. Now I have to learn how to change it using Adobe Photoshop or another program. That will be the test. Going to bed…(later) Back at it. Another sleep deprived day.
Finally Making Images.
So I figure out the whole Photoshop. But I ran google search for a free alternative and came up with Paint.net. So I was able to actually type with this program. The previous program only let me convert files which is great. But I was looking something that lets me start from scratch. I spent most of my time tinkering with the thing. I was able to download to my store. But the only problem is that it appears tiny. Little words bring big problems. I am really taken aback by this challenge because there is no use of promoting my site if there is no product. I only get the markup. If I make a sale all profit goes to Cafepress right now.
Myspace for Big Bellies
At least I learned what angle I will be taking in my marketing. I have decided to put up a Myspace page just for my niche. So I will be trying add friends to my profile. When they get there I will soft sell them on my products. I posted the Day 1 but it seemed real unintelligent to let them what was going on in my business if they only are here because their hobby.
Setting up my account, I realized that I should change the spelling of the project. I don’t want there to be any confusion about my brand. So I changed into a better spelled and liked name because I found someone already using my name. I don’t know how successful this project will turn out. But I am setting everything up like it will be successful way down the road. Hey, you never know. Myspace a 180 million people on it right now. I definitely should able to tap into that market especially when I’ve seen so many people blatantly are there for business.
The best motivation for me came when I found a profile of a pregnant woman. She had 1020+ friends all baring their bellies. I thought about making friends with this lady but the best I had was to network with HER friends. I could easily each and every person’s profile and request them as my friend. As I write this I thought about going into each person’s profile and sorting through their pregnant. This technique has a lot potential. When I request them to be my friend, they have to look at my profile to see who I am and what I am about. If I could get a robot to do it that would even better but it costs money.
So my intention is to get the looking interactive profile that is interesting enough to “capture” friends. And that’s pretty much all I did in the marketing department.
Finally Making Images.
So I figure out the whole Photoshop. But I ran google search for a free alternative and came up with Paint.net. So I was able to actually type with this program. The previous program only let me convert files which is great. But I was looking something that lets me start from scratch. I spent most of my time tinkering with the thing. I was able to download to my store. But the only problem is that it appears tiny. Little words bring big problems. I am really taken aback by this challenge because there is no use of promoting my site if there is no product. I only get the markup. If I make a sale all profit goes to Cafepress right now.
Myspace for Big Bellies
At least I learned what angle I will be taking in my marketing. I have decided to put up a Myspace page just for my niche. So I will be trying add friends to my profile. When they get there I will soft sell them on my products. I posted the Day 1 but it seemed real unintelligent to let them what was going on in my business if they only are here because their hobby.
Setting up my account, I realized that I should change the spelling of the project. I don’t want there to be any confusion about my brand. So I changed into a better spelled and liked name because I found someone already using my name. I don’t know how successful this project will turn out. But I am setting everything up like it will be successful way down the road. Hey, you never know. Myspace a 180 million people on it right now. I definitely should able to tap into that market especially when I’ve seen so many people blatantly are there for business.
The best motivation for me came when I found a profile of a pregnant woman. She had 1020+ friends all baring their bellies. I thought about making friends with this lady but the best I had was to network with HER friends. I could easily each and every person’s profile and request them as my friend. As I write this I thought about going into each person’s profile and sorting through their pregnant. This technique has a lot potential. When I request them to be my friend, they have to look at my profile to see who I am and what I am about. If I could get a robot to do it that would even better but it costs money.
So my intention is to get the looking interactive profile that is interesting enough to “capture” friends. And that’s pretty much all I did in the marketing department.
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Day 2—A Tired Big Belly, A Cranky Kid, A Scary Exam, and One Confused Woman
Well, today started out with a bang. My daughter woke me up at 5:30 AM for what I call the Morning Of Terror. For three hours she’s hungry, replay the channel, her diaper this and other kid stuff. Then she finally goes to sleep at about 8:00. I wanted to get up and work but I was so drowsy. I finally peeled my grouchy self up at 11:00. I wanted a full force day but I was exhausted and hungry.
I had stayed up late the night before trying to complete the study sheet for my big license exam on Monday. I have got to pass this test because first of all it’s been five years. Second, I have all outdated materials so I hope 80 percent of it stayed the same. I know they didn’t go changing the nerves on the face on me. So part of my day was spent finishing that and testing myself. Then I got sick of that and started doing the house work, well a little.
Another miracle, I made dinner. All this may seem easy to everyone else. But for a gravity challenged person like myself who has 26 days left to give birth, anything I accomplish is worth talking about.
Anyway, the first order of business was to open up my account at CafePress. I should of did it yesterday, but I still don’t know what my budget is. So I decided to opt in for the free account. I am working with a “prove yourself” mentality so hopefully that works out.
I spent hours trying to figure how to upload images. I know how to do it, it’s just that I didn’t have any images to work with. Nothing I have in Microsoft can convert. I just want to add text. Once I win that battle, I will be on my way.
For now my only lead is to convert files with a free program. Once I download that, I’ll be able to play around with the many downloads I’ve done. I got Adobe Photoshop, I think. So if and when I figure it out I will be able to add text and logos to my online store.
I needed a name when opening up the store. After brainstorming, I came up with
BigBellyMommy.com.
I checked the domain names and no one was using it. I’m glad to find a name I can live with and hopefully it will catch on. Hopefully, I can get the website up in a few days.
I have to work on what I am going to do in terms of marketing. A lot of day one was spent looking for an Adwords coupon. Maybe I’ll put the expense on a card and try to make that money back before the bill is due. My goal is really not to use any of my own money for this project. With a new baby on the way, who can blame me? I know that having a bigger budget or one at all would make things easier and faster but those are the rules. If I could keep everything under $50 and come out with a profit what a story that would make.
My true goal is to show all of the women at home that they can run their home, their family, their business and make money in their spare time while learning some invaluable skills. I am a hard worker and I know that I have what it takes to meet this challenge. I love challenges but this seems to be the big one.
Anyway, (speaking of business). I am a partner with my mom in opening up a daycare in our Philadelphia neighborhood. I have been up and down trying to open the daycare for months. Because of the lack of proper information, it took us longer than usual. We also had to learn the tough lesson of starting small first, then growing on to bigger things. So that is another thing to add to the “Before the baby is born” list.
We women sure are multitaskers. But one thing is for sure. The girls are going to grandma’s house so some real work can get done.
I had stayed up late the night before trying to complete the study sheet for my big license exam on Monday. I have got to pass this test because first of all it’s been five years. Second, I have all outdated materials so I hope 80 percent of it stayed the same. I know they didn’t go changing the nerves on the face on me. So part of my day was spent finishing that and testing myself. Then I got sick of that and started doing the house work, well a little.
Another miracle, I made dinner. All this may seem easy to everyone else. But for a gravity challenged person like myself who has 26 days left to give birth, anything I accomplish is worth talking about.
Anyway, the first order of business was to open up my account at CafePress. I should of did it yesterday, but I still don’t know what my budget is. So I decided to opt in for the free account. I am working with a “prove yourself” mentality so hopefully that works out.
I spent hours trying to figure how to upload images. I know how to do it, it’s just that I didn’t have any images to work with. Nothing I have in Microsoft can convert. I just want to add text. Once I win that battle, I will be on my way.
For now my only lead is to convert files with a free program. Once I download that, I’ll be able to play around with the many downloads I’ve done. I got Adobe Photoshop, I think. So if and when I figure it out I will be able to add text and logos to my online store.
I needed a name when opening up the store. After brainstorming, I came up with
BigBellyMommy.com.
I checked the domain names and no one was using it. I’m glad to find a name I can live with and hopefully it will catch on. Hopefully, I can get the website up in a few days.
I have to work on what I am going to do in terms of marketing. A lot of day one was spent looking for an Adwords coupon. Maybe I’ll put the expense on a card and try to make that money back before the bill is due. My goal is really not to use any of my own money for this project. With a new baby on the way, who can blame me? I know that having a bigger budget or one at all would make things easier and faster but those are the rules. If I could keep everything under $50 and come out with a profit what a story that would make.
My true goal is to show all of the women at home that they can run their home, their family, their business and make money in their spare time while learning some invaluable skills. I am a hard worker and I know that I have what it takes to meet this challenge. I love challenges but this seems to be the big one.
Anyway, (speaking of business). I am a partner with my mom in opening up a daycare in our Philadelphia neighborhood. I have been up and down trying to open the daycare for months. Because of the lack of proper information, it took us longer than usual. We also had to learn the tough lesson of starting small first, then growing on to bigger things. So that is another thing to add to the “Before the baby is born” list.
We women sure are multitaskers. But one thing is for sure. The girls are going to grandma’s house so some real work can get done.
Challenge---Day 1
Day 1- Starting With a Why
With only 28 more days before this baby comes, I have decided to start off day one early but not going to sleep till 1 am. This is going to be a real challenge, because there is so much I have to try and learn as I go along. I was going to get online a little later this year, but my husband challenged me. Guys can be so cruel when they make more money than you but you have to do a lot of free work. Oh little things like raising the kids, school, taking care of the house, cooking, and oh yeah opening up a business.
So anyway, this new challenge is going to be a great way to kill even more time waiting for the arrival of my new baby girl. Also, I’ll be studying for my Cosmetology License exam that I have waited five years to take. Finally, I’m getting it out of the way in 5 days.
So the first thing I have done is to consider what product I am going to sell. I don’t if I’ll have time to come up with a book. I do know that I want to come up with something for pregnant women. What’s so funny is that I have never really worn t-shirts since the days of high school basketball. But now I am buying fashionable t-shirts with words on them. I just can’t where them all because they don’t fit my personality. What better to buy the shirts I want than to come up with my own saying.
I am considering t-shirts, tote bags, maybe some baby shirts and a book. I don’t know what how I will tie them all together with but I’ll figure that out later. I stopped by Barnes and Noble and spent hours researching the task that I was about take up. Picked up the children because the baby misses me. They were supposed to stay at grandma’s for a couple more days but I couldn’t leave my baby there if she was asking for me.
When I got home chores needed to be done and I really needed to prepare for my Exam which I scheduled for Monday. Five days away and I have so much to study. So tomorrow should be very interesting. I only got a few hours of sleep because of the ideas just wouldn’t stop. Have you ever gotten ideas at night and you really don’t know if you were really sleeping or thinking? How exciting but at that excitement and I haven’t had a chance to do anything physical about it yet.
Until tomorrow…
With only 28 more days before this baby comes, I have decided to start off day one early but not going to sleep till 1 am. This is going to be a real challenge, because there is so much I have to try and learn as I go along. I was going to get online a little later this year, but my husband challenged me. Guys can be so cruel when they make more money than you but you have to do a lot of free work. Oh little things like raising the kids, school, taking care of the house, cooking, and oh yeah opening up a business.
So anyway, this new challenge is going to be a great way to kill even more time waiting for the arrival of my new baby girl. Also, I’ll be studying for my Cosmetology License exam that I have waited five years to take. Finally, I’m getting it out of the way in 5 days.
So the first thing I have done is to consider what product I am going to sell. I don’t if I’ll have time to come up with a book. I do know that I want to come up with something for pregnant women. What’s so funny is that I have never really worn t-shirts since the days of high school basketball. But now I am buying fashionable t-shirts with words on them. I just can’t where them all because they don’t fit my personality. What better to buy the shirts I want than to come up with my own saying.
I am considering t-shirts, tote bags, maybe some baby shirts and a book. I don’t know what how I will tie them all together with but I’ll figure that out later. I stopped by Barnes and Noble and spent hours researching the task that I was about take up. Picked up the children because the baby misses me. They were supposed to stay at grandma’s for a couple more days but I couldn’t leave my baby there if she was asking for me.
When I got home chores needed to be done and I really needed to prepare for my Exam which I scheduled for Monday. Five days away and I have so much to study. So tomorrow should be very interesting. I only got a few hours of sleep because of the ideas just wouldn’t stop. Have you ever gotten ideas at night and you really don’t know if you were really sleeping or thinking? How exciting but at that excitement and I haven’t had a chance to do anything physical about it yet.
Until tomorrow…
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