Building a Business Chapter 5/11-5/17

This week in business 5/11-5/17

After a weak week, I am focused on making a better effort this week. My consistent posting has remained the same, but the time put in has been fluctuating. I need a strong performance this week and I need to expand on the topics I cover. I also need to make a stronger effort into making them more creative and adding elements that could make my videos improve. Currently, it is the least amount of effort possible to maintain consistent posting.

A strategy that I am going for is getting reserves made that are smaller effort to provide a wide base to pull from if I am just not in the mood for doing anything. I am working on three weeks of posts in the bank for blogs, but I also need to add Facebook posts to the fold. Right now, my consistency is something I can be proud of, but I need to try and make new things.

How do I bring more business to the travel agency. Make content that HELPS people. Provide as much value as possible. Maybe even have deals where you get Wi-Fi on us for your cruise or free dinners. That is something TANGIBLE people can think about. People like free stuff. Wi-Fi on us could be interesting. Onboard credit or Wi-fi looks better. Onboard credit or a dinner paid for. HELPFUL. Pull costs of everything. Find questions on other pages and answer them. Right now, most of your tiktoks are just B-Roll of items with words. Unfortunately, it isn’t strong enough content to hold people’s small attention span. Just something to think about.

I am also happy that my new shiny object, new business started to fade away as I give this one more of a shot. I have more time to work on this without school during the summer so maybe I can really make it grow.

I was able to reach my yearly sales goals within six months. Now, it is all upside which makes me extremely happy. I dove in with that being the goal and I was able to hit it. It brought in some extra spending cash for me, and it also brought in discounted vacations. I was recognized for being a quick grower as well. Onwards to more growth as I leverage more social media and MARKET more.

Adding a new event tonight to make some videos about. I will be staying at a deluxe hotel without paying out of pocket, I am so excited for tonight. It will be awesome!

My stay at the deluxe resort did stop my consistency a little but I did get many pictures and videos of the property, and I am pretty happy with my experience there. It felt like I was on vacation again and I wish I had a few more nights where I could have enjoyed it even more. It was eerily similar to when I would go as a kid. Main difference was driving 30 minutes back home the following day and I stayed at a deluxe resort.

Overall, a good week, having some things to work on, had a decent week with consistency and posting. I just need to try new things and try to lean more into the helping. I have a few ideas. Maybe do some lists about things on property while I am walking in the park. Similar to the YouTube channel that does the news inside the park. It could be more engaging. Also, I would like to post more on Facebook and even enter the world of YouTube shorts and maybe long form YouTube someday.

Tuesday: 70 minutes

Wednesday: 55 minutes

Thursday: 138 minutes

Friday: 91 minutes

Saturday: 15 minutes

For a total of over six hours worked. A decent bounce back after the slow week the week prior. I am also starting to realize the potential in this business. How this could possibly be a full-time job for me. I am still extremely new at this but each day I have more ideas that maybe this could start working if I am consistent for several years. I have about four and a half years’ time limit on this. If I can’t get anything to work by then maybe I need to take a different path. Which I hope I can be strong enough to be honest with myself. Hey, this isn’t working. Maybe a different path is needed. That amount of time is enough to see the potential in something. Make SOMETHING work. Anything. And decide if it is what you want to do and if you are good at it. Several years of consistent effort.