ENTRY THIRTY: So Grateful
3 orders in the door this week - how lucky am I! One of the goals I set for this quarter was to bring in 3 orders a week. Totalling to 39 by the end of the quarter so end of March. I’ve got 6 more weeks to go. So far I’ve had 14 orders which means I’m tracking at 2 a week! Pretty cool to be honest. I really feel the consistency I started in June 2023 is now really starting to come to fruition. Another awesome thing from this week that happened was I sucked it up and posted a story asking if previous customers would be open to providing a google review! I was blown away by the responses - over 15 people responded and I’ve so far had 9 reviews! Feeling so so grateful. Still no structure with my days so that will be something I really aim to achieve this week. I’m aiming to be drawing by 9am everyday at the latest. Let’s get into the week!
As always, I welcome any feedback, support or questions you may have.
What I Did:
Monday: Drew customer prints and replied to customer emails
Tuesday: Customer emails
Wednesday: Customer orders
Thursday: Customer orders, sent off previews and sent in prints to be printed tomorrow once approved
Friday: Picked up prints, packaged, posted and recorded the process
Saturday: Worked on a reel, worked on a customer order, put together thank you cards and sent of a invoice request for printing of said thank you cards
Sunday: Sent off a print preview
What I Learnt:
Nothing again.
What I Spent:
Costs are all in NZD and are from the week just been. 12 - 18 February, 2024
NZ Post - $10.60
Dstudio (UK Printer) - $28.50
Shopify (Upload Lift App) - $17.33
Total: $56.43
What I Earned:
Custom Illustration Orders - $298.48
Next weeks focus:
Drawing Challenge
Routine Structure/Business planning
Set up UK shipping - figure out how to do it properly
The structure thing is still really big for me. I’m thinking 9 - 12 each day dedicated to Drawing and Simple Prints work in general but tomorrow is already going to be a little mucky as I have an appointment. Trying not to let that derail the entire week though!
Big love, Sam
