Wednesday, January 03, 2007
ramblings in the middle of the night.
i did a short interview with the ntu chronicles team a few days back regarding a lil post in the school's publications on my blogshop. i think thats the ONLY publicity ive done for my blogshop and i kinda have mixed feelings about it. i feel it's all kinda FAKE. it's not that what i said in the interview are all lies. but despite telling the truth about your experience in running a blogshop, when someone reads the article, they might not be able to capture the exact meaning. ive expressed such thoughts to a few people before. it's not that i DO NOT like the publicity but i guess i just have different aspirations or aims as compared to other blogshop owners out there on the streets. if my stuffs are good, it will do its own publicity.
i see some blogshops started out as purely into making jewelry but after business picked up, they sell just everything. things that they think will be profitable. i dunno whether is it because they lost interest, have digressed or they are fulla marketing and biz ideas. but why the big shift? it seems as though the interest is NOT there and the SALEs was the main thing. you know..
you see the links on the sidebar? ive added links to various local blogshops or online shops that are truly PASSIONATE about their stuffs (in my personal opinion). you hardly get multiple updates from them cuz i believe that inspirations doesnt come by every minute of the day. if you're just making jewelry, you can make them anytime of the day. but if you are serious about making something unique and good, it takes you forever. it's like designer goods. they dun come out new designs every time of the year. it goes by season and by batches.
sometimes i question myself "if thats the case, i wun be earning much" but then i wasnt very much bothered by the monetary issues and how much im earning anyway. i merely keep track of my sales but i wasnt paranoid over the profits etc. thats why the stuffs are priced reasonably and affordable to everyone out there as well. it's the satisfaction when someone buys your stuffs and gives u a positive feedback, and thats what im looking for. it's something that money cant buy.
and as you read thru the paragraph above, do u have the thought "really not? are u sure u arent bought over by money? dun bullshit lah!"....... SEE! thats what i mean by the negative side of the interview. even if every word i said is the truth and comes from the heart, some other people might not sense it. will they feel im SNOBBISH? hao lian? bragging??? i sounded as if im so WEI DA right?! HAHAHA thats the reason why i dun like the extra publicity. id rather people do the talking for me than i do it for myself.
well i guess it doesnt really matter as long as im happy with what im doing. i do not wish to push myself to a point of time where i feel that making earrings is boring, stressful and a chore. it's like making birthday cards. i used to love making birthday cards for my friends. till the point of time when everyone expect a birthday card from me and you get to make cards practically every month and deadlines to meet, it becomes a CHORE. it's sad but it's true. now ive lost the interest in making cards. but i guess when time goes by, i might wanna pick that up again ;)
if you're still reading at this point, i thank you for that!
xoxo,amy1:27 AM
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