Friday Funday Recap : )

Hellooooo !!! : ) 


Tomorrow is the EyBeauty Natural Hair Extravaganza !!! Im so excited to see other naturals, meet and greet, network, and buy some products ! I will try to tweet as much as I can about it.. Keep up with my tweets here _SimplyCare_ . 


Also, just some other things I was thinking about today. I was thinking about the type of research that I need to do about product lines and etc... 


- Taken from Evernote-



Research marketing, packing, advertisements, social networking of other body care and hair care lines. 

How do they market a new line or new product. How do they rev up interest. 

Set up a goal chart. Keep thinking BIG..

- when I want to have products by
- when do I want to have samples ready
- who would try my samples 
- feedback sheet    
- we care card ( good ingredients bad ingredients)
-thanks for sampling card/ thanks for purchasing card
- hooking up with bloggers/vloggers to sample, review, host giveaways, shout out SimplyCare and it's products.  

Late Night Thoughts

Today my mind was a whirlwind, but when is it not ? I had the chance to sit down and write down everything that I want to accomplish within the next couple of months for my business.
- Completeing my Logo Design
- Bloggr Background (which will be able to double for my website background as well)
- Bloggr Header (will also double for my website)
- Business card design
- Letterhead Design


Also I wrote down a list of everything- project wise that I need to do that are outside of SimplyCare, which is kind of a lot..lol. I just have to  stay on top on things to get it all completed. I'm thankful for all the side projects though.


Last night I was really thinking about this whole business and everything that can potentially come with it.


How as a potential owner of a hair care product line and body care product line I should be ready to answer questions that a customer or person might have. Take yesterday night for instance, I was asked to help style a friend's hair. It's short like a twa but could have length if stretched and styled. She saidto me "I don't know what to do with this, can you help me ?" 


I need to be ready to answer questions like this. I know how to answer them but I need to be able to explain it in a way that is understandable. 
What would I tell someone that has no clue what or how to do their natural hair ? How would I direct them in the right way? To make sure that they know the proper way and have to proper tools to continue to take care of their hair ? 


Also I think I need to read up in public speaking.  I really feel that I can come across even more competent and confident vocally. I need to become more comfortable with public speaking. Even though I have already learned so much and researched so much I know there is even more that I can learn and need to learn. Good thing that is all exciting to me ! lol 

Making a list..

Starting a business is tough work, or taking what I do for fun on the side to the next level is tough work... lol
It takes a lot of research, planning, more research and more planning. There's probably some things that I forgot. That's where Google, libraries and bookstores come in handy ! It's also great to have somewhat of a mentor. My older sister started her own business and is now going on her sixth year in business. Seeing how most start-ups fail within the first five years, she is most certainly on the right track. I'm so proud of her and I hope to be where she is in 5-6 years.

While researching I came across many checklists and I thought I would post them here along with my progress of crossing them off. Crossing off items is the fun part !

This is the first of a few checklists that I have come across... I plan on posting them all because some of them have different approaches to the first steps or things that one should complete when beginning a new business.

STEP #1. ORGANIZE YOURSELF

STEP #2. SELECT BUSINESS CARDS, STATIONERY ADVERTISING BROCHURES ETC

STEP #3. DECIDE ON THE TYPE OF BUSINESS

STEP #4. CHOOSE A LEGAL FORM

STEP #5. DETERMINE WHERE THE MONEY WILL COME FROM

STEP #6. GATHER INFORMATION

STEP #7. CHOOSE A MAILING ADDRESS

STEP #8. PICK A BUSINESS NAME AND REGISTER IT

STEP #9. WRITE A BUSINESS PLAN

STEP #10. SET UP RECORD-KEEPING SYSTEMS

STEP #11. OPEN A BUSINESS CHECKING ACCOUNT

STEP #12. OBTAIN LICENSES & PERMITS

So far, I have Step 1 in progress and Step 3 completed !  Lol yay me. I've picked up a couple a business books from the store and I need to crack them open. I've also started writing a business plan. 

There is a lot to do !