I tend to over worry. If my daughter doesn't text me back after about 30 seconds, I think she is either tied to a tree in the park or put in a sack somewhere and I have no way to help. And when I say something in public, a moment later I will question what i said and regret I even said anything. The worst part is that I believe my thoughts. Our first reaction to things comes from a learned habit from childhood. It is our history and has nothing to do with the present moment. My habit is to doubt myself . That is my default. I have learned to recognize it, to know it closely and get...
I try to sit (meditate) a few times a week before I go to work. I sit quietly, follow my breath, watch my thoughts and feelings come and go. Many times, a few minutes into the sitting, I will have an itch in my eye or on my hand that I feel like I have to stop and scratch. But I also notice that if I am able to just sit with the itch and not react to it, it will go away by itself. Every time I succeed in not reacting immediately and let it pass I feel very happy and open to trust whatever will come my way that day. Knowing that whatever it is, it will show...
Spring 19 will be our second season with Nuorder. Nuorder is a program that allows you, as our retailers, to go in and place your orders digitally as opposed to on paper. It is like an e Commerce wholesale site. No more worrying you lost that order! It is in your email. Other perks? It will send you your order confirmation with photos of all the styles you booked. You can also view allocation reports telling you how many tops to bottoms you ordered, pants to skirts and even sleeveless to long sleeve. Your total units ordered and dollars spent are there instantly for you. Want to know what you wrote season to season? Nuorder can show you! Need to...
One of the most important elements of being successful online, is making sure you are visible in Google search results page. Search results page is divided into 'paid advertising' commonly referred to as SEM (search engine marketing) and SEO (search engine optimization). Search optimization might be the most complex of all Internet marketing arts, as google is constantly changing his search algorithm, making sure we're all on our toes all the time :) There's no simple way to teach SEO as it is a massive topic, but the gist of it is: the more pages, images, and content you have on the internet with your name on it, the higher are the chances you show at the top. If you...