How do you show up for your business?
When things are going well, it can be easy to show up with enthusiasm and focus because you know what you need to work on today to get your orders out the door!
When business is slower, or when sales are lower than you projected and uncertainty looms heavy, it’s important to keep showing up for your business.
I say this to you from the bottom of my heart because I know it can be hard to run your business when you’re feeling down and you don’t have enough money coming in.
This can be doubly true for established floral designers, since there’s no rule that your business will always grow or maintain itself year after year. There are in fact, down years in any business sometimes.
And that’s just one of the reasons why running a business isn’t easy (and no one every promised that it would be).
So when you contemplate your next moves, just know that the most important step is to continue to show up!
Showing up will look a little bit different for everybody.
In my floral design business in Vermont, it means I’m bending some boundaries and taking on work I find interesting–even if the orders are a bit smaller.
I just booked a great new client for a wedding in about 6 weeks–that’s not the usual timeline for me, but flowers are a huge priority for the customer and I’m excited for the gig!
I also took a graduation party order this week that’s much smaller than a usual wedding, of course, but then I got a few special prom orders from friends and a former bride from 18 years ago whose son is now in need of a corsage! And that’s a sweet set of sales I hadn’t planned on.
Then today, I got another order for tomorrow and since I’m getting flowers anyway, it’s an easy yes!
The reason I share this is because small sales stack up and so does the good energy you put out there when you keep tending to your work.
So what can you do to show up from here?
When sales are down, how do you keep your energy up? What steps can you take to keep yourself moving forward instead of feeling stuck?
And when business is booming and you’re barely keeping up with the work, how do you stay focused on what matters most so you’re working smarter, not harder?
There’s a lot of self-talk and self-management in business ownership. And yes, you can do this!
If there’s anything specific you’re working on or struggling with in your business, feel free to reach out to get in touch. We can book a call to talk about a good strategy for you! (And if you prefer to work alone, I’ll list a few more options on where to start to show up for your business as additional resources below!)
Just remember that giving up isn’t going to get you closer to your goals, so you might as well show up for your business instead.
xo. -Alison Ellis
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