Showing posts with label Popular Present. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Popular Present. Show all posts
Friday, 5 October 2018
Friday, 31 March 2017
So how do you live long and prosper in a little retail world?
If you want a bricks and mortar presence on the High Street you need the premises, the products and the people.
Your shop fittings will help you stand out from the crowd and together with the ambiance you create, your business will be totally compelling to the public at large. The U.S.P. (unique selling point) of the store will make people want to spend money with you rather than a superstore or hypermarket.
Even better, stock stuff they cannot match, be it vintage, quirky or totally unique to you. Do all these things and you are off to a great start.
But it's not enough these days, you need to self-promote.
Even better, stock stuff they cannot match, be it vintage, quirky or totally unique to you. Do all these things and you are off to a great start.
But it's not enough these days, you need to self-promote.
You need Social Media of Course!
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc. I'm a novice with much to learn but I see the value of a presence on these platforms.
I joined Facebook years ago but only recently have I started using it to help promote my business. Does it work? I will let you know in due course.
It used to be the case in business that when times got hard the first things to suffer were Staff Training and Advertising budgets, but aren't they the very things you need to utilise when things get tough?
As Social Media is essentially free the only thing you need to spend is time and this can be a significant investment to the self employed.
As Social Media is essentially free the only thing you need to spend is time and this can be a significant investment to the self employed.
People seem to respond better to images rather than lots of text so I can understand the success of Instagram and I MUST try to make time to develop a presence on my recently acquired page. You would think that Twitter would work best with a picture and caption. Not for me though, I find Twitter to be rather disconnected, with people only looking for followers rather than content. As for others like WhatsApp or Snapchat etc. I am totally clueless. A newbie like me cannot deal with those yet, so my focus is understanding Facebook for now.
Image of this Blog on my phone.
Be More Mobile!
People seem more happy to get mobile on the sofa - with a phone or tablet in hand.
On checking how people connect with my on line "presence", I find there is an overwhelming amount of mobile device browsing compared to desktop computers. If you have a web presence you need to be "mobile" optimised. I was horrified to see some of my stuff while browsing on my phone, something I almost never do, it just did not look right. As I use a desktop computer almost all of the time I had not considered that there would be a significant difference, my bad!
For example, I purposely don't have side panels on this blog because they seem to distort the view on a small device. And I noticed my images don't work when shown three abreast whereas they look fine on a desktop screen.
None of this had occurred to me before, but as this is the future of on line browsing I had better start addressing mobile compatibility right now.
On checking how people connect with my on line "presence", I find there is an overwhelming amount of mobile device browsing compared to desktop computers. If you have a web presence you need to be "mobile" optimised. I was horrified to see some of my stuff while browsing on my phone, something I almost never do, it just did not look right. As I use a desktop computer almost all of the time I had not considered that there would be a significant difference, my bad!
For example, I purposely don't have side panels on this blog because they seem to distort the view on a small device. And I noticed my images don't work when shown three abreast whereas they look fine on a desktop screen.
None of this had occurred to me before, but as this is the future of on line browsing I had better start addressing mobile compatibility right now.
So Much To Learn So little Time.
Saturday, 11 March 2017
THE FUSCHIA'S BRIGHT...
The Future Is Fuschia...
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| Fuschia & Pearl - £24.95 - 25cm |
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| Mackintosh Rose & Leaf - £29.95 |
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| Flower Vase 30cm - £34.95 |
This combination reminds me that Spring has nearly sprung!
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| Small Hurricane Vase - £19.95 |
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| Mackintosh And More |
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| Posy Vase 20cm - £19.95 |
Monday, 20 February 2017
Feeling Blue
Not Really, just vase-ing!
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
The Old One Two!
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| Not one sale... |
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| But Two! |
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| Here I am, front row 3rd from the right |
You may remember, this Purple and Pearl Cylinder Vase was first introduced in the dresser group photo.
Well 24 hours after launching it into the inter-web marketplace it sold TWICE on eBay!
This might not mean much to most, but I, for one, am extremely pleased.😀
You can see it on eBay Here
Tuesday, 14 February 2017
A Dozen Red Roses
Happy Valentines Day
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Tuesday, 24 January 2017
On Trend Colours With A Timeless Style.
Wednesday, 18 January 2017
Stunning Hurricane Lamp Hand Decorated Glass Vase In Mackintosh Inspired Leaf And Line Design. Ideal For Large Candles.
Fuschia and Pearl Hurricane Lamp perfect for a candle or flower bouquet. Only £44.95 with FREE Shipping, buy it NOW
Friday, 13 January 2017
The Journey To Now.
Right Here, Right Now.
Wildflower Studio is alive and well and trading under her sister company Mackintosh And More. I am retailing my glass vases via Amazon and eBay rather than my own website as I'm such a technophobe! In the meantime I will attempt to be a newbie blogger!
Time To Start My Own Business
My "Cottage Industry" was born in 2002 when my husband and I decided that it was time to do our own thing so we opened a gift shop in the market town of Hexham in Northumberland.
Within two years I had started
to experiment with "leading" glassware. This was fuelled by my love of
the work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Art Deco and Art Nouveau eras.
Soon I was selling my very own product in our little shop.
This really gave me the confidence to pursue my small business full-time so in 2004 we sold the shop and took the next big step. We became a genuine cottage industry and our home was never to be the same again, we were and are, constantly surrounded by glass. We did try another shop premises to try to separate work and home life, we enjoyed it for a while but ultimately we preferred the flexibility of working from home, so here we are again surrounded by glass but now the kids are both at college so it's not such a big deal.
In Summary
Over the years, we have produced more variations on our designs with the input of our personal customers and the shops, galleries and heritage sites we have supplied. It is very rewarding to create a design which people like enough to actually purchase, very flattering. Anyhow, I do hope you enjoy looking at my work as much as I have enjoyed designing and making them.
Thanks for listening.
Wildflower Studio is alive and well and trading under her sister company Mackintosh And More. I am retailing my glass vases via Amazon and eBay rather than my own website as I'm such a technophobe! In the meantime I will attempt to be a newbie blogger!
Time To Start My Own Business
My "Cottage Industry" was born in 2002 when my husband and I decided that it was time to do our own thing so we opened a gift shop in the market town of Hexham in Northumberland.
This really gave me the confidence to pursue my small business full-time so in 2004 we sold the shop and took the next big step. We became a genuine cottage industry and our home was never to be the same again, we were and are, constantly surrounded by glass. We did try another shop premises to try to separate work and home life, we enjoyed it for a while but ultimately we preferred the flexibility of working from home, so here we are again surrounded by glass but now the kids are both at college so it's not such a big deal.
Over the years, we have produced more variations on our designs with the input of our personal customers and the shops, galleries and heritage sites we have supplied. It is very rewarding to create a design which people like enough to actually purchase, very flattering. Anyhow, I do hope you enjoy looking at my work as much as I have enjoyed designing and making them.
Thanks for listening.
Sunday, 8 January 2017
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