Jump!
Just do It!
A lot of times I hem and haw and stand on the
brink of a new project or goal or dream and just stare at it, frozen. I can’t start it. It can be as small as a new idea for a
crochet project or as big as opening up an Etsy shop.
When I first wanted to open my shop
I was so overwhelmed by all the advice in the blogosphere I became
paralyzed. “You must have excellent
pictures.” “You must write a witty and
revealing profile.” “Your sales copy has
to be primo.” “And don’t forget your
tags and SEO” And while of that is certainly true, you don’t
have to do it all at once.
It actually took me 3 months longer
to get going because I was afraid to start.
Nothing was perfect. My pictures
were bad. I didn’t know what tags and
SEO were. I would just sit and stare at
the Etsy site and then walk away because I couldn’t do it.
But I really wanted an online
shop. And a lot of people were doing it.
So finally one day I did it. I just
started. I put up my bad pictures (which
are no longer available, I didn’t even know about cropping or rotating the
pictures LOL) and wrote bad copy and just did it. And my
first attempt was bad. But it was out of
my head and the shop was open.
Now that it was out of my head, I
could see what had to be done. I learned how to write copy, and use tags, and
take better pictures. (I’m still not great at photos, but I just signed up for
an online course at Craftsy to learn more.)
I’m still learning every day. I
just found out a few weeks ago you can rearrange you shop pictures.
So my advice is Jump in, get
started and keep going. Soon you'll be jumping for joy.
