...the WEB

USING THE WEB IS SO DIFFERENT FOR ME....UNHEARD OF JUST A FEW YEARS AGO....AND NOW IM all over the place.....

im not very tekky....but IM so thankful for the internet....now it is a part of our business and my day.... FOR ME ITS A WAY TO CONNECT, A PLACE TO GET INSPIRED, A GOOD PLACE FOR ARMCHAIR TRAVEL...AND SOMETIMES A GREAT PLACE FOR BUSINESS BRAINSTORMING...and info...

.........HERE WE ARE.....
http://www.magpiecottage.blogspot.com/
http://www.greenoakantiques.com/
http://www.gypsymarket.etsy.com/ our etsy
facebook!!! look under green oak antiques..or friend me.. http://www.facebook.com/people/Ann-Burton-Wootten-Furnivall/1421037692
http://www.vintagevillage.ning.com/ about etsy mainly
http://www.junkrevolution.com/ all about junk and the junky world
http://www.giftshopmag.com/ some good articles on here...and a forum
http://www.small-business-forum.net/ good informative posters on all things web related
http://www.giftbeat.com/ ....just joined and really like it....good active stores on there....good nuts and bolts store talk.....

here are some of my WEB issues right now....

how to use facebook as well as possible....and how to have it interact with our other web parts ....im considering an ad for the store on there....facebook can be so local....and altho i love being all over the place on the web...my MONEY comes from people who are here in indiana and can actually drive to my store inan hour or so......and i think they are on facebook....especially my new young homeowners.... any comments on this idea sure would be appreciated...hint hint...

how many times to email customers in a month

just figured out the link within widget!!!! its pretty wierd...i dont know how it works....but its on my magpie blog....it shows you 3 related posts within your blog.....how does it pick? who knows!!!!

how to sell my junk art on the web,....new website, etsy, facebook, ?????? and would it sell.

get a better camera...and the hard part...learn how to use it better...

and last but not least.....how to connect ....cyberley... with my local customers and not be a pest...

thats about it....

decision time

WE ARE ALL ABOUT CHRISTMAS RIGHT NOW.....

THE BIG OPEN HOUSE IS THE FIRST WEEKEND IN NOVEMBER....

im on line with lots of other stores ~~~~and hearing all their ideas~~~~ its putting me into OVERLOAD....

HERE ARE SOME OF THE IDEAS IVE HEARd ON LINE ;;;

PEACOCK TREES, lime trees, upside down treses, wall trees , ornaments on trees, theme trees

TRUNK SHOWS, yes or no...

SOME KIND OF PROMOTION THAT GETS THE HUSBANDS IN , INCLUDING BEER, how many promotions..

parties,LOTS OF IDEAS INCLUDING WINE AND SPIRITS..super food layouts, invitation only

COUPONS, BE BACK COUPONS, drawings,

DEMONSTRATIONS on decorating, flower displays,

GIFT BAGS, what to give your best customers.

every store does it different, and some have really wonderful events and some dont think it works at all.... ..

SO ITS SURE ON MY MIND TODAY... i really have to figure out the prop and furniture configurations very soon........we changeover so much of the store for christmas...

also

#TRYING TO REMEMBER....another problem is the stuff is mostly packed away and i havent seen our christmas merchandise since we packed away when it came in..ididntmake workbooks of the different displays as i ordered..

#MELDING TOGETHER all our advertising , newspapers, radio and ...

ALL THE CYBER PLACES... our site, blog and facebook...EMAIL making the most of it all and connecting witH as many fans as possible...my cyber work is so hard since i cant do any of it myself... thank heavens for my dh and dil....

last year i was good and made lots of notes....so its time to dig all that out and get a real plan going...

its been such a scary year but im going to try and make it as big and nice as ever...

I CAN HARDLY FACE THE PHYSICAL PART....WE HAVE TO MOVE A WHOLE SECTION OUT...

ALSO... just signed up and joined giftbeat.....it really seems nice....with lots of active stores talking....i love to hear from stores...so much better than the experts and female press....imho

heres our newsletter..... terri my dil....does it for us... http://www.greenoakantiques.com/oct2009.htm

well i got this from my antiquing buddies on http://www.rhubarb-reign.blogspot.com/.... its a game or award and im supposed to write 10 things you might not know.... so thanks guys and here are my 10...

1. im a war orphan...ww2,my dad was killed by a kami kazi
2. ......i went to arkansas by car with a black family when they couldnt even get served a roootbeer at a drivein...or stay in a motel....it was whites only.... 1950s i was little...they were helping to raise me and my sisters...
3. i was once a republican....for barry goldwater..
4. i never worked as a kid.... didnt have a job until about 27....except for about 3 weeks in college. dh an i have never worked for anyone in 35 yrs...
5. i cant fly
6. many local people, think i get a million $$$$ a year...... so not true...they cant seem to imagine that the reason i have money to spend because i sell a lot...duh...this nasty mean rumor has given me very tough skin...my family could have done something like that but they didnt....DANG...
7. no good at vacations
8. i love the dirty parts...gardening, digging thru stuff at auctions, painting ....very messy...
9. sorting is tops with me...and puttering...
10. i never grocery shop or do laundry...

too much?

my week ahead

1. DEALING WITH jons auction..he went to a good one yesterday and got 2 box trucks full.... it was a camp selling out...i think we got about 70 chairs, 10 huge tables, lab equipment, cute little metal boxes with birdhouse shape....tampon receptacles....lol... he didnt know... 5 pianos, 20 little oak kids chairs, and 27 old hickory couches and chairs....he brought 2 truckloads home...and will get the rest monday...jon gets all the fun...i had to stay at the store and work...i used to go every saturday....



2. CHRISTMAS ...... OPENHOUSE.. THE WHOLE STORE WILL BE TRANSFORMED FOR OUR CHRISTMAS OPENHOUSE IN ABOUT 4 WEEKS........INCLUDING PLANNING FOR :::::christmas gift bags ...THE TREES...... CHRISTMAS SCHEDULING, CHRISTMAS LAYOUT, CHRISTMAS ADVERTIZING...RIGHT NOWITS ALL PACKED AWAY....



3. .FLUFF UP THE STORE...we can hardly get thru the antique primitive room...



4. wreath project...carol is making the neatest christmas ball wreaths...i think they will be good sellers...



5. etsy plans...want to present it with more emphasis on steampunk....ITS GOING PRETTY WELL AND WE HAVE LOTS MORE TO PUT ON http://www.gypsymarket.etsy.com/ weve decided not to go for another website for selling...



6. where to go with junk art....way too many ideas in this world....but i dont even have a good place to sell....i think its a huge trend and getting bigger and bigger on the national scene....



7. THE LOGISTICS.... where to put 10 8 ft tables...just the physical part of jons sale seems pretty impossible...we are packed right now before we unload all the trucks....



8. final christmas orders



9. necklace project...ruth can solder!!!! i just bought a big collection of old matchbooks....with great vintage art....



10. upgrade my computer skills and try and use the web better...im loving facebook but have no idea where its place will be...we do have a fan page....i m on a great business forum with such good guys who are so generous talking about blogs and all things web related....im trying to learn from them......http://www.small-business-forum.net/

thats about it...once in a while i get a negative thought is we are too big for our location.... we have too much stuff , too many things going on....but like dh says it is what it is....we arent moving....somehow we just have to get more people to come here...

whenever i think we might have too much stuff , or too much going on, it passes quickly... therE is always room for more... if its interesting...

our business has been built on .if its a good price go for it..if we can sell it.....thats why jon bought 5 pianos...at least he passed on 40 boxes of books for 1$ each....if a good primitive buyer comes thru boy will i have some tables to sell....the bad part is our habits formed when we had tons of wholesale buyers who could use a truckload if it was priced right...oh well!

like mae west sayS

TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THiNG CAN BE WONDERFUL....