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In My Business - What Keeps Me Up At Night?

What keeps me awake at night running a small business in today’s market place?: An elephant in a bikini.

dance hall elephant

I sell a lot to galleries and boutiques, as well as jewelry stores. The galleries and boutiques are hurting. A manufacturing representative who I have been working with for eight years — she is one of the best — is deciding to move out of her showroom to cut expenses because business is so down. My business to stores is down considerably. Yet jewelry stores are doing just fine with their high end.

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Tags: Altered States of Business by Marc Choyt
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Start uga_insert_html_once: head, Footer hooked: HTML inserted: Location is HEAD Start uga_get_option: footer_hooked uga_options: array ( 'internal_domains' => 'www.circlemanifesto.com,circlemanifesto.com', 'account_id' => 'UA-8534005-1', 'enable_tracker' => true, 'track_adm_pages' => true, 'ignore_users' => true, 'max_user_level' => '8', 'footer_hooked' => false, 'filter_content' => true, 'filter_comments' => true, 'filter_comment_authors' => true, 'track_ext_links' => true, 'prefix_ext_links' => '/outgoing/', 'track_files' => true, 'prefix_file_links' => '/downloads/', 'track_extensions' => 'gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc', 'track_mail_links' => true, 'prefix_mail_links' => '/mailto/', 'debug' => true, 'check_updates' => true, 'version_sent' => '1.6.0', 'advanced_config' => true, ) Ending uga_get_option: footer_hooked () Inserting HTML since footer is not hooked End uga_insert_html Ending uga_wp_head_track: Start uga_filter:

What keeps me awake at night running a small business in today’s market place?: An elephant in a bikini.

dance hall elephant

I sell a lot to galleries and boutiques, as well as jewelry stores. The galleries and boutiques are hurting. A manufacturing representative who I have been working with for eight years — she is one of the best — is deciding to move out of her showroom to cut expenses because business is so down. My business to stores is down considerably. Yet jewelry stores are doing just fine with their high end.

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Start uga_preg_callback: Array Get tracker for full url Start uga_track_full_url: www.circlemanifesto.com/?p=50#more-50 Start uga_is_url_internal: www.circlemanifesto.com/?p=50#more-50 Start uga_get_option: internal_domains uga_options: array ( 'internal_domains' => 'www.circlemanifesto.com,circlemanifesto.com', 'account_id' => 'UA-8534005-1', 'enable_tracker' => true, 'track_adm_pages' => true, 'ignore_users' => true, 'max_user_level' => '8', 'footer_hooked' => false, 'filter_content' => true, 'filter_comments' => true, 'filter_comment_authors' => true, 'track_ext_links' => true, 'prefix_ext_links' => '/outgoing/', 'track_files' => true, 'prefix_file_links' => '/downloads/', 'track_extensions' => 'gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc', 'track_mail_links' => true, 'prefix_mail_links' => '/mailto/', 'debug' => true, 'check_updates' => true, 'version_sent' => '1.6.0', 'advanced_config' => true, ) Ending uga_get_option: internal_domains (www.circlemanifesto.com,circlemanifesto.com) Checking hostname www.circlemanifesto.com Match found, url is internal Checking hostname circlemanifesto.com Ending uga_is_url_internal: 1 Get tracker for internal URL Start uga_track_internal_url: www.circlemanifesto.com/?p=50#more-50, Start uga_get_option: track_files uga_options: array ( 'internal_domains' => 'www.circlemanifesto.com,circlemanifesto.com', 'account_id' => 'UA-8534005-1', 'enable_tracker' => true, 'track_adm_pages' => true, 'ignore_users' => true, 'max_user_level' => '8', 'footer_hooked' => false, 'filter_content' => true, 'filter_comments' => true, 'filter_comment_authors' => true, 'track_ext_links' => true, 'prefix_ext_links' => '/outgoing/', 'track_files' => true, 'prefix_file_links' => '/downloads/', 'track_extensions' => 'gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc', 'track_mail_links' => true, 'prefix_mail_links' => '/mailto/', 'debug' => true, 'check_updates' => true, 'version_sent' => '1.6.0', 'advanced_config' => true, ) Ending uga_get_option: track_files (1) Tracking files enabled Removed query params from url: www.circlemanifesto.com/ Start uga_get_option: track_extensions uga_options: array ( 'internal_domains' => 'www.circlemanifesto.com,circlemanifesto.com', 'account_id' => 'UA-8534005-1', 'enable_tracker' => true, 'track_adm_pages' => true, 'ignore_users' => true, 'max_user_level' => '8', 'footer_hooked' => false, 'filter_content' => true, 'filter_comments' => true, 'filter_comment_authors' => true, 'track_ext_links' => true, 'prefix_ext_links' => '/outgoing/', 'track_files' => true, 'prefix_file_links' => '/downloads/', 'track_extensions' => 'gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc', 'track_mail_links' => true, 'prefix_mail_links' => '/mailto/', 'debug' => true, 'check_updates' => true, 'version_sent' => '1.6.0', 'advanced_config' => true, ) Ending uga_get_option: track_extensions (gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc) Checking file extension gif Checking file extension jpg Checking file extension jpeg Checking file extension bmp Checking file extension png Checking file extension pdf Checking file extension mp3 Checking file extension wav Checking file extension phps Checking file extension zip Checking file extension gz Checking file extension tar Checking file extension rar Checking file extension jar Checking file extension exe Checking file extension pps Checking file extension ppt Checking file extension xls Checking file extension doc Ending uga_track_internal_url: Ending uga_track_full_url: Ending uga_preg_callback: [Read more →] Ending uga_filter:

What keeps me awake at night running a small business in today’s market place?: An elephant in a bikini.

dance hall elephant

I sell a lot to galleries and boutiques, as well as jewelry stores. The galleries and boutiques are hurting. A manufacturing representative who I have been working with for eight years — she is one of the best — is deciding to move out of her showroom to cut expenses because business is so down. My business to stores is down considerably. Yet jewelry stores are doing just fine with their high end.

[Read more →]

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