Always Learning

Yesterday, my dad asked me to attend a class he was teaching that was part class for people trying to start their own business. My Dad was responsible for teaching the Marketing piece of a business plan. I walked into the room prepared to sit and review his presentation, but I did not expect that I would learn so much. For starters, my dad introduced me to someone in the class. He told her that I have an online store on Etsy. She asked me what i sold, so I gave her a description. Then she said, well show me. That is when my dad stepped in and said, I told her she should always wear a headband. And I thought to myself, wow, I really should and I don't really do it. Then I looked my keys and realized that I never use one of my keychains. Finally, I thought I could give her a business card and I didn't have any with me. All very bad, I should be a walking advertisement for my products and should ALWAYS have business cards on me. There were 5 people in the class that were interested in what I sold including the sorority headbands and I had no cards to give them. Major lesson learned there! Then I broke out into one of the small groups and we were discussing customer expectations and I got some news ideas from that too! I walked away from the class with a list of things I can work on for Purplelicious. That is the beauty of having your own business and life in general, there is always room to grow and ALWAYS something to learn! Now onto that list!