Today, it's the fourth day since my partner and I opened our store. Opening day was great, but since then we have had a grand total of two customers. We spent our entire life savings on this. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, is the third day since I opened my small coffee shop. My parents had given me a nice frame to put my first dollar from working in. I had to sneak in a dollar from my own wallet so they wouldn't know how bad business was when they came to visit. FML
Today, it's been a year since my partner and I opened our business. To keep it running, I've had to work 2 jobs just to make ends meet, as well as run the business. My partner has focused on the business. He just got a job offer that would mean we close and move, and I would only need to work part-time. He refused. FML
Today, it's been about 4 months since my partner and I spent all our savings to open a board game shop. We found that most people were interested in D&D, and so we stupidly decided to put most of our eggs in one basket, and send about 75% of our other stock back. Guess what everyone decided to boycott last week? FML
Today, it's the one-year anniversary of opening my own store. I love books and baking, so I turned my hobby into a career by opening a bookstore with a small cafe and bakery attached. I was not prepared for how hard the job would be, so now I hate my career AND my hobby as well. FML
Today, I opened my new clothing store. My only customer was my mom and the only reason she came in was to tell me that someone stole my sign. FML
Today, I got a phone call from my boss, who'd hired me after two months of waiting and begging for this position. A week into the job, the company is closing our store. FML
Today, I went to open my store but corporate had changed the locks without notice. The store's being sold. FML
Today, I arrived at work at 8, and business was abnormally slow, but we assumed it would pick up. Few hours later, we had not had a single customer. As I walk out of the restaurant, I realize the open sign has been off all day. FML
Today, I got fired from my new job. It was the start of my third week, and I got fired for not opening the store. The manager forgot to give me keys to open the store, and was two hours late. FML
Today, I closed the store on my own for the first time. As I was locking the front door, the key broke. Now half the key is stuck and the door is still unlocked. I have to stay until we open in the morning and I'm not getting paid for it. FML
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Marcella1016 32
You need to invest in marketing and advertising. Social media is a relatively* easy, free, or low-cost way to do it. Relative as in it takes some work and know-how. Hire someone to do it part-time, or watch a few easy videos on YouTube. And while it’s technically free, it’s also very worth it to invest in paid promotions, which allows thousands of people to see your social posts or pages - and they’re very low-cost. If you want to also (or instead) go the traditional route, print flyers, business cards, whatever, and leave them on cars in parking lots, in mailboxes, on boards in other stores or community areas like parks and libraries. Make them engaging and enticing. What do you have to offer? How do you stand out from others? Add a couple coupons for some kind of discount. There’s also loads you can find online. You can also contact your local chamber of commerce or the Small Business Administration. They will provide you with TONS of support, resources, and even free money to help your business. You’d be surprised, but there are many government programs designed to help small businesses. Don’t give up! You can do it! Think outside the box and more ways you can increase customers and engagement, and you can absolutely flourish! Good luck! 😃💰🎉😁
emmalou 19
have you seen schitts creek, my point is you could try to engage the community make it an environment they want to spend time in
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emmalou 19
have you seen schitts creek, my point is you could try to engage the community make it an environment they want to spend time in
Marcella1016 32
You need to invest in marketing and advertising. Social media is a relatively* easy, free, or low-cost way to do it. Relative as in it takes some work and know-how. Hire someone to do it part-time, or watch a few easy videos on YouTube. And while it’s technically free, it’s also very worth it to invest in paid promotions, which allows thousands of people to see your social posts or pages - and they’re very low-cost. If you want to also (or instead) go the traditional route, print flyers, business cards, whatever, and leave them on cars in parking lots, in mailboxes, on boards in other stores or community areas like parks and libraries. Make them engaging and enticing. What do you have to offer? How do you stand out from others? Add a couple coupons for some kind of discount. There’s also loads you can find online. You can also contact your local chamber of commerce or the Small Business Administration. They will provide you with TONS of support, resources, and even free money to help your business. You’d be surprised, but there are many government programs designed to help small businesses. Don’t give up! You can do it! Think outside the box and more ways you can increase customers and engagement, and you can absolutely flourish! Good luck! 😃💰🎉😁
Jesse Duff 15
reach out to your local community facebook, and tell them you're open, put out money for an ad, in the local paper, and remember, all new businesses will lose money in the first year.
vchan 20
If you opened your store, I’m sure you’ve studied your business model before and looked at your prospective sales in your location. So those sales should not be a surprise, except if there is a major problem in the area. You just need to apply your business plan (communication, etc.) and things will get better. A reputation can be very slow to build. If you didn’t do your due diligence before opening………. Well…..
RichardPencil 32
I guess word got out about your store. Be open to change, because the status quo is not working.
EmmaMK 35
You can do this. It just takes time. Stay positive.