Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Feast
I've found it ironic lately that during the time while I was working 100% for my client and leaving my eBay store pretty much on autopilot, I was getting modest but steady sales in without any effort. Then as soon as I moved to working half for my client and half on my own site, my eBay sales went south.
I made a dent into that slowdown today with my single biggest sales day on eBay ever. It was gratifying to have to break off from my billable work regularly to answer questions and process orders.
I recognize that I can't take this as the way things are going to be from now on. Business usually is feast or famine. Sometimes you do great and others you're in the toilet. You can't get too high during the feast periods or too low during the famines. But I'll grant myself a bit of personal satisfaction at this feast. Hey, isn't the thrill of accomplishment a major part of what going into business is all about?
Jeff
I've found it ironic lately that during the time while I was working 100% for my client and leaving my eBay store pretty much on autopilot, I was getting modest but steady sales in without any effort. Then as soon as I moved to working half for my client and half on my own site, my eBay sales went south.
I made a dent into that slowdown today with my single biggest sales day on eBay ever. It was gratifying to have to break off from my billable work regularly to answer questions and process orders.
I recognize that I can't take this as the way things are going to be from now on. Business usually is feast or famine. Sometimes you do great and others you're in the toilet. You can't get too high during the feast periods or too low during the famines. But I'll grant myself a bit of personal satisfaction at this feast. Hey, isn't the thrill of accomplishment a major part of what going into business is all about?
Jeff
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