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To sell or not to sell?
By Elaine Watson on 17th Jul 2008I'm having a difficult few days! My landline hasn't been working, my mobile is broken and my Internet connection has been down. When you work from home and don't have the tools to do it it's a real problem, especially when you're juggling three jobs.
You can't be all things to all people...
By Elaine Watson on 5th Jun 2008Things are really busy at the moment: I'm trying to juggle three jobs, including my business, so I'm finding myself struggling to fit everything in and am absolutely exhausted. It's meant a few things like the fashion show I was talking about in my last blog have slipped, although I hope to get to them soon. One thing I have been doing recently is a bit of advertising in local little magazines, to try and target my local market in the run up to the prom season. The amount of
Networking works!
By Elaine Watson on 29th Feb 2008With everything being so busy up to Christmas I thought business would be a bit slower in the New Year. I was planning on a quieter period to catch up with my other work but actually things have stayed really busy. I think that has a lot to do with networking - everybody who comes knows somebody else who has been before.
'Tis the season...
By Elaine Watson on 4th Dec 2007Things have been busy thanks to the amount of pre-Christmas balls and parties and I've also got a new pool of customers that came about from a show I did at Driffield Rugby Club.
Changing rooms
By Elaine Watson on 15th Oct 2007I'm still working on putting my dressing room together but it's proving very difficult to juggle two jobs and being a full time mum working from home. I'm at that difficult stage where the new business requires more time, but I can't give up the job that is paying the bills until the dress business is more established.
