June saw many new markets added to the events calendar and many others updated with new times, dates and locations. There was a bit of a go slow on contacting the usual amount of handmade businesses, this was done to provide more time to updating markets. Hopefully in the next week or two, all markets will be updated and this long list I am working my way through will be completed. There is a wonderful support group who let me know of markets I may not have listed, otherwise, I stumble across markets while stopping by business pages.
So for July, the aim is to have this list of markets entered in so I can more easily keep on top of them and continue to add and share upcoming showcases and any other events. For the website there is a little something new happening, I'll be adding a social share to all of the listed businesses allowing people to share straight from the website to other media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Google+. Daily, my aim then is to stop by around 50 businesses a day (Mon - Fri) just to keep in touch. There is one other plan I have which I will announce once the markets are all up to date, so stay tuned.
Once I am again on top of everything, there is the thought of sending out fortnightly newsletters as an easier way to keep in contact with people and businesses. While my list of contacts is growing daily, it is making it harder and harder to keep in contact with everyone.
Despite all the work I have lined up, it is still a joy to get out of bed every day to work on my business and take another step closer to achieving my dream.
~*~ Sarah
