Today has been stressful. There’s so much going on, I don’t know what to do with it all. I went to a seminar for StoresOnline.com that was supposed to teach you a bit about selling online, while they tried to get you to buy their product. Well, it taught me nothing. But it opened my eyes up a little bit to what competitors are doing. I got myself a little free trial and I hate it so much. It’s so confusing and poorly done. I’m happy I didn’t just pay $200 for it. But they do have a good idea to work off of. I really should be more active in looking at what my competitors are offering and trying to top them. The internet has changed and simply giving your clients freedom isn’t going to cut it anymore. Grandmas are now online with their blogs and quilting businesses and I shouldn’t expect them to know how to navigate cPanel.

I also got roped into signing up with Avon for some reason. It’s a long drawn out story, but I assume I’ll be quitting that very soon, too. I’ve never done anything like Avon, Tupperware, etc because I’m not a real people person. And especially not Avon because I don’t like make-up. But I will give it a try.

So I have my new website design that’s coming along incredibly slow (partially because I was out for a while with the surgery and all) and the new content and services I will be offering, then I have this Avon thing going, and now I’m looking to see how much more I can offer through E-Starr. I definitely need to be more active marketing but I realize that isn’t the only place I need to try harder. So I’m brainstorming, I want to offer a completely reliable and flexible service and while I’ve been striving to do that for so long, I’ve really begun to notice that I’m hardly scratching the surface. I’m looking forward to the new changes!