Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Non-Profit notions in the wind

So I'm considering making my for-profit consulting business into a non-profit. I'm not sure it makes sense to charge my targeted clients the sorts of fees that I require. Perhaps, I could create a monthly newsletter and charge a dollar or two for the subscription to cover operating costs.  In this economy, I'm just not sure it really makes sense to charge for my service.  I dunno. What do you think?

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Friday, April 2, 2010

Goals for April

So it's 1:30 am on April 2nd.  I had to wait til' after April Fool's day to write this because I thought it my jinx me not to.  My goals for this month are to really get down to the nitty-gritty with promoting my websites.  I've got two of them that I'm working on, and I am truly not a tech or webmastering guru, so getting down to business with these has basically been something I've avoided simply because I just don't know how to really get started.

I've got the basics going on the websites: Content, active links, and viable services, but I just don't know how to coordinate my promotions. There seem to be so many options that I'm not sure where to get started.

So far, for Supanatural Art Collection I've got: 1) the facebook fan page, 2) the webs.com website, and now I've 3) the twitter account (ha!--still laughing about this one).

For Pre-K2ba.com, I've got 1) the website and a newsletter, I've got 2) business cards, 3) fliers and finishing up 4) the brochure.

--Now launching a promotions campaign is where I'm stuck.

I mean for Supanatural, should I just be inviting random people on facebook to become fans? I hate when folks seek me out for that purpose, randomly.  So here's what I think I'm gonna do:

(*Begin raw thoughts here..)

Supanatural Art Collections
Target my niche: African-American women with natural hair, ages 17-37
Research "groups" on facebook. Maybe other art-related fan clubs, and join.
Reactivate my Myspace acct, and do the same.
Create natural hair dolls to post on m fan page and website
Create natural hair coasters to spread out my price points on the supanatural.webs.com
Have a store of 20 items by the end of April. 2 dolls and 1 set of coasters.
Update Youtube subscribers with my blog url!  (yay!!)

Pre-K2BA.com
Niche: Parents/Guardians of 1st generation college-goers. Students in low-performing schools.
Post fliers in Local YMCA's, Boys and Girls Clubs, libraries and Churches (Have Bridgette help during her visit)
Research low-performing schools in Oakland area, and post fliers in nearby public buildings.
Give a talk at a meetup group outing.
Get in contact with families I've worked with in the past, for referrals.

(*End raw brainstorming stream here...)

Ok, now who's gonna hold me accountable for all this......(sigh).

Gnite all.

Patrinia

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Twitter!?? Omg!

Ok, so I just signed up for a Twitter account. Omg, What's happening to me!>??
Ok, We'll see how it works out.

As an update, I know have 8 paintings posted to my website, available for purchase...check me out!
Thanks guys for all of your support and for subscribing to my facebook fan page! Keep in touch!

Patrinia

Out.

p.s. (follow me on twitter. Twitter.com/untamedwonder) ha!