Struggles

I am not a natural saleswoman.  Sure, when I was little I had a lemonade stand periodically throughout the summers, and when I was in Girl Scouts I sold cookies.  I never "worked retail" though.  I did flirt with the idea of selling stuff like Tupperware or Pampered Chef or even Lia Sophia jewelry, but was talked out of it by my hubby.  I liked the stuff, but I'm not a very good seller.

Which is one of the reasons why I don't seem to be doing so well with the blogging bit.  Blogging requires salesmanship. However, I truely believe that with effort, anyone can turn a weakness into a strength.

Through the encouragement of several friends, I've improved my tweeting abilities (@PinkAstilbe), and I've even got a semi-decent facebook page, though I'm not very good at finding followers.  Like me please!

I'm starting to realize that I cannot just tweet the newest items that I've listed.  I need to share my personality with people.  I need to sell not just my jewelry, but myself.

I'm going to try and be better with the blogging.  Not just focus on vintage jewelry.  I'm NOT going to delete my old posts, they're part of the learning curve. However, I will try and be a bit better with them.

Thanks for following me, if you did!

-Joanne
PinkAstilbe Vintage