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HEY,
I SEE WE HAVE A NEW FOLLOWER. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND WELCOME!
LATELY I'VE BEEN GIVING ALOT OF THOUGHT TO OUR BUSINESS AND THE FINANCIAL STATE WE ARE IN. TO PUT IT PLAINLY WERE FLAT BROKE! THIS SEEMS TO BE THE PLIGHT OF ALOT OF SMALL BUSINESSES THESE DAYS. BEING THE ETERNAL OPTIMIST THAT I AM, I INSIST ON SEEING THE PROVERBIAL GLASS AS HALF FULL, BUT AS MY HUSBAND KEEPS POINTING OUT TO ME YOU CAN'T INSIST THE GLASS IS HALF FULL OR HALF ANYTHING ELSE IF ITS FRIKIN EMPTY! OKAY YOU GOT ME ON THAT ONE HONEY EMPTY DOES NOT EQUAL HALF FULL AND EMPTY SURE DOESN'T PAY THE BILLS.
SO I GUESS THE QUESTION NOW IS WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? SINCE QUITTING IS NOT AN OPTION FOR ME (WE HAVE INVESTED TOO MUCH BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS NOT TO MENTION CASH TO JUST QUIT) SO ITS TIME TO RE-THINK OUR CONCEPT. WE HAVE A NICE SHOP EVEN IF I DO SAY SO MYSELF. EVERYONE WHO COMES IN COMMENTS ON HOW PRETTY EVERYTHING IS. AND WE GO OUT OF OUR WAY TO BE FRIENDLY AND ACCOMMODATING. WE HAVE OUR GIFT ITEMS NIC-NACS AND SUCH, AROMA CRYSTALS, CANDLES, AND OUR SPECIALTY GIFT BASKETS AND CANDY BOUQUETS. WE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SALES TO MAKE ENDS MEET SO WE JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS THAT WILL BRING MORE PEOPLE IN. WHAT IS IT THAT PEOPLE WANT THAT WE DON'T HAVE?
THE IDEA OF COMBINING OUR BUSINESS WITH ANOTHER BUSINESS HAS BECOME APPEALING TO ME. SOMEONE WITH THEIR OWN INVENTORY AND CUSTOMERS TO SHARE EXPENSES COULD BE JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED. I ALSO HAVE A FRIEND WITH A SOMEWHAT SUCCESSFUL ANTIQUE SHOP THAT IS OUTGROWING HER CURRENT FACILITY. INTRODUCING ANTIQUES AND COLLECTIBLES TO SOMETHING SPECIAL COULD ALSO BE AN ANSWER . ANY READER COMMENTS ARE ALWAYS ACCEPTED WITH APPRECIATION SO DON'T HESITATE TO CHIME IN ON WHAT YOU THINK OF OUR PREDICAMENT.
IN THE MEAN TIME ALL OF US HERE AT THE "SSB" WILL CONTINUE TO TREAD WATER ENTHUSIASTICALLY. AND IF YOU COME IN AND I TRY TO TALK YOUR HEAD OFF PLEASE BE PATIENT. I HAVEN'T HAD ANY ONE TO TALK TO ALL DAY EXCEPT A 2 YEAR OLD AND AS DELIGHTFUL AS HE IS I CAN ONLY MANAGE TO TALK ABOUT SPONGE BOB FOR SO LONG!
Y'ALL HANG IN THERE,
YVONNE
I SEE WE HAVE A NEW FOLLOWER. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND WELCOME!
LATELY I'VE BEEN GIVING ALOT OF THOUGHT TO OUR BUSINESS AND THE FINANCIAL STATE WE ARE IN. TO PUT IT PLAINLY WERE FLAT BROKE! THIS SEEMS TO BE THE PLIGHT OF ALOT OF SMALL BUSINESSES THESE DAYS. BEING THE ETERNAL OPTIMIST THAT I AM, I INSIST ON SEEING THE PROVERBIAL GLASS AS HALF FULL, BUT AS MY HUSBAND KEEPS POINTING OUT TO ME YOU CAN'T INSIST THE GLASS IS HALF FULL OR HALF ANYTHING ELSE IF ITS FRIKIN EMPTY! OKAY YOU GOT ME ON THAT ONE HONEY EMPTY DOES NOT EQUAL HALF FULL AND EMPTY SURE DOESN'T PAY THE BILLS.
SO I GUESS THE QUESTION NOW IS WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? SINCE QUITTING IS NOT AN OPTION FOR ME (WE HAVE INVESTED TOO MUCH BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS NOT TO MENTION CASH TO JUST QUIT) SO ITS TIME TO RE-THINK OUR CONCEPT. WE HAVE A NICE SHOP EVEN IF I DO SAY SO MYSELF. EVERYONE WHO COMES IN COMMENTS ON HOW PRETTY EVERYTHING IS. AND WE GO OUT OF OUR WAY TO BE FRIENDLY AND ACCOMMODATING. WE HAVE OUR GIFT ITEMS NIC-NACS AND SUCH, AROMA CRYSTALS, CANDLES, AND OUR SPECIALTY GIFT BASKETS AND CANDY BOUQUETS. WE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SALES TO MAKE ENDS MEET SO WE JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS THAT WILL BRING MORE PEOPLE IN. WHAT IS IT THAT PEOPLE WANT THAT WE DON'T HAVE?
THE IDEA OF COMBINING OUR BUSINESS WITH ANOTHER BUSINESS HAS BECOME APPEALING TO ME. SOMEONE WITH THEIR OWN INVENTORY AND CUSTOMERS TO SHARE EXPENSES COULD BE JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED. I ALSO HAVE A FRIEND WITH A SOMEWHAT SUCCESSFUL ANTIQUE SHOP THAT IS OUTGROWING HER CURRENT FACILITY. INTRODUCING ANTIQUES AND COLLECTIBLES TO SOMETHING SPECIAL COULD ALSO BE AN ANSWER . ANY READER COMMENTS ARE ALWAYS ACCEPTED WITH APPRECIATION SO DON'T HESITATE TO CHIME IN ON WHAT YOU THINK OF OUR PREDICAMENT.
IN THE MEAN TIME ALL OF US HERE AT THE "SSB" WILL CONTINUE TO TREAD WATER ENTHUSIASTICALLY. AND IF YOU COME IN AND I TRY TO TALK YOUR HEAD OFF PLEASE BE PATIENT. I HAVEN'T HAD ANY ONE TO TALK TO ALL DAY EXCEPT A 2 YEAR OLD AND AS DELIGHTFUL AS HE IS I CAN ONLY MANAGE TO TALK ABOUT SPONGE BOB FOR SO LONG!
Y'ALL HANG IN THERE,
YVONNE
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