Woot!

Back when I was reading The Success Principles I had made a list of goals I would like to accomplish by the end of this year and also into 2011. Of course as the year goes on I find new goals I want to accomplish but I don’t add them to the list. I feel like the original list was what I really wanted and was less of a fleeting thought…like most of my goals are now. It is what it is.

Anyhow one of the goals was 15% coverage of the United States, which means I would have my products in 8 states. It wasn’t overly ambitious, but I thought it would be a good goal to have for the 2nd year in business.

So lately I’ve been having some branding crisis, wondering if I’ve carved out too much of a niche, wondering if I’m losing potential money by not portraying a more, ahem, “upscale” brand instead of the “quirky” style. So I’ve been going back and forth on it. Im sticking with what I’ve got and promised myself I would revisit this in a year, giving me enough time to see where the market has taken Metropolis and if there needs to be a change (or an addition).

I was updating my shops page when I noticed “hey, there’s a bunch (sort of) of states on this page…how many states are we in?” Nine. NINE! Which means I passed my goal of 15% coverage and I’ve still got 4 months to go! Woooooooohooooooooooo!

I also remembered this post and I can now cross “6 new wholesale accounts” and “$1500 at a craft show” off of that list! I don’t know what I meant by “cut my debt in half”, Metropolis bottom line or my actual debt? Not sure…but its not important now.

So how do I feel? Great, of course…reinforced, remotivated, re…passioned? It’s all baby steps, but I’m thankful for each step taken.

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