momentsinchocolate

since I was here last. And so much has been happening.

We’re still on school holidays here, one more week to go, so work has been sporatic. I’m looking forward to getting back into a routine and also withe the new direction I’m taking.

So what have I been up to. Well at the beginning of the year was sister was diagnosed with PND. It was physically and mentally exhausting. It was really hard to see watch her go through that and know that I could do absolutely nothing to help. the fight with the mental health system was not easy either. I cannot believe the lack of resources there is to help someone with severe PND.
So a lot of everything was put on hold to help my sister and I’m glad to report she is doing so much better which is a relief for us all.

The business issue I started writing about last year which resulted in a lot of confusion and unknown is that my franchisor is currently being investigated by the ACCC. I found out a lot of info that is very disturbing. I don’t have a lot of info to pass on because I lost files from my computer which contained all of my documents.

So once I found out most of what was going on, and noboy was quite sure where I would stand in business if he was found to be in breach, I decided I would start my own range.

Ally (www.webgraphicsbyemail.com) has designed 12 brand new gorgeous weddig wrappers for me. See www.MomentsInChocolate.com.au in the wedding category for her fabulous work. I’m so impressed. And she will be doing an entire range for me over the next coming months. A much more modern, classy range which I’m really excited about.

I have also finally emailed you Donna-Marie for some copywriting work. I want to shift focus to wedding planners/coordinators and wedding function centres because I think there will a lot more sales from that area. I will still be doing retail sales.

I have also gotten a move on with my baby hand and feet casting kits. EBay saw a fair bit of interest for me. Not so much in the last few weeks, I assume because of the new Paypal changes, so it’s about time I created my own website. Ally will be doing the design for me and I’ve decided to go with www.my-shop.com.au for a hosted shopping cart. It’s relatively new I believe but looks easy to manage and is a good price.

So I’ve been busy and will be very busy over the next few weeks trying to get both stores set up. I want to re-do Moments In Chocolate on www.my-shop.com.au as well because I’ve had a few issues with different things to do with that shop.

I guess that’s where I’m up to at the moment. I’m seriously considering Clixgalore provided it works with My Shop. I’ve heard a lot of good feedback about Clix so I’m hoping to try it out. And I’m on the lookout for some out of the box baby advertising.