Monthly Goal Meetup

It's time for the Modish Biz Tips Monthly Goal Meetup!

Firstly, here's my goals for June:
1. Reread Your Home Business by Australian author Helen Chryssides.
2. Make a proper website again.
3. Figure out projected budgets and profits for different modes of doing business - markets, wholesaling, online sales, combinations of the above.
4. Book my next two markets. This will depend on the results of goal 3.
5. Iron out (craft business pun intended) details of destination embroidery outsourcing and confirm next order.

May I say, done and done! I'm totally braggingly happy that I completed all those and then some. Doing the website was the most frustrating, mostly because my preferred site-building software only runs on the Mac Classic OS and my laptop doesn't have that installed, and I didn't have the right discs, and the person who did have them couldn't find them, then when I did get it installed I decided the photos I'd taken sucked and I had to redo them... But it all turned out well. Redoing the photos was a blessing in disguise because I got shots like these:


I also made my first wholesale order, worked on three new products which I debuted at my market stall on Sunday, and took in a few direct orders. I rule!

I've made myself a week-by-week schedule for the next six weeks. I'll extrapolate my July goals from that.

1. Do my personal & small business tax return (Australian tax system). This shouldn't be too hard as I don't have any depreciable assets, was under the tax-free threshold for the financial year, and really only worked for four months of the year all together.
2. Research less obvious retail opportunities for W Class Cushions such as hotel gift shops and make contact.
3. Create two more applique designs and two or three screen print designs for Mills & Boon Trash Jackets.
4. Build up stock of W Class Cushions, Trash Jackets & Myki Pouches for future markets and Etsy listings.
5. Research & apply for spring & summer markets (again, I'm in the southern hemisphere).

I've already got stuck into goal five, and even sent out an application last night. I think the really big summer markets are going to have to wait for next year, when I've got a wider range of products, can afford the fees (one market wants the full season's fees upfront), and Little Jack's a little older.

My July is pretty much sewing, research, emails and bookkeeping. I feel like I should be stretching myself further but when I look at the minutae of my to-do list, and add in being a full-time mum to a curious ten month old, I think I'm doing enough.

Join the goal meetup here.