by Eleanor Mayrhofer | Marketing, Organisation
My business has a ‘holiday rush’ but it’s really after the holidays. My highest revenue products are wedding invitations and stationery. Wedding season begins with a bang right after New Years, when everyone starts initial...
by Eleanor Mayrhofer | Time Management
The title of this post is really advice I try to give to myself. Intellectually I understand that it’s critical to take time out, time off. That’s how our creative batteries get recharged, and counter-intuitively, how we stay on...
by Eleanor Mayrhofer | Money
Like many small business owners, I just sort of jumped in the deep end when I started, and I didn’t have a lot of business systems set up. After a disastrous attempt at an upgrade of my online store that left me deeply in the red and...
by Eleanor Mayrhofer | Health, Motivation
A year or two before I quit my day job, I began to think deeply about all the things I enjoyed doing. I liked designing, I enjoyed writing and I was passionate about the internet and being part of the digital age. I recall feeling stifled...
by Eleanor Mayrhofer | Time Management
We’re in the throes of it. The holiday season. The time of year when all hell breaks lose and many of us are working like maniacs. We’re fulfilling orders, packing and shipping products, and on top of that we may also be preparing for the holidays...