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When In Doubt ~

Stick To The Plan!

“Bonjour, tout le monde!” 

exclaimed Giselle as she struggled with her packages. "Sorry I'm late!"

The studio was empty.

‘Darn-it,’ she thought as she put her packages down on the floor, pulled out her cellphone and checked her calendar.  There it was, “2 pm meeting in the studio – 2^nd Quarter Review.” 

She checked the time, 2:08 pm.  “Honestly, why can’t we just stick to the plan?”

Joe, the recyc-letron, rolled up from the back of the studio, a mop bucket of vinegar and water dangling from his wrench-like hand.

“Buzz, buzz, BEEP – BEEP – BEEP,” he shouted at Giselle as he rolled by.  “Window - Washing  - Detail” blinked in red across the computer screen imbedded in his chest.

“Window washing? I thought we had a 2^nd Quarter Review meeting at 2pm,” she turned to shout after him as he passed by.

No sooner had Joe exited the studio than the robot Managing Mike entered. “Carpet  - Detail,” flashed across his screen, as he maneuvered a large, roaring carpet-cleaning machine before him.

“Mike,” she yelled. “I thought we had a 2^nd Quarter Review meeting at 2pm!”

Managing Mike paused but a second in his carpet-cleaning to indicate the large white-board in the front of Le Tron’s studio, and then he continued with his chores.

Giselle regarded the white-board. It read:

2^ND QUARTER REVIEW

Le Tron’s 2013 On-line Business Goals ~

Let’s Get Growing!

 1.    Start Blogging

      2.   List 100 Products

                     3.     Find Our “Niche Audience”

                 and Market To THEM!

Meeting CANCELLED due to a change of plans!!!!!!

“Cancelled due to a change of plans,” read Giselle aloud!

“Qui, Mon Cheri,” affirmed Madame Le Tron, who looked a bit out-of-place in her bandana and oversized rubber yellow gloves. “I decided to switch our monthly calendar.  We are ‘Spring Cleaning’ today, and we will meet sometime in the future to review our 2^nd Quarter.”

“But why?” inquired Giselle. “Sales have never been stronger, our Blog grows weekly and our “Niche Marketing” is producing solid results. Not to mention, our list of potential prospects and sale opportunities has never looked better.”

“Qui, but I think better when I clean,” said Madame despondently, as she slumped into the row of seats in front of the white-board.

“Madame, what’s wrong?”  Giselle asked with great concern.

Ghoulish Gordon had wheeled in silently, pushing a dust mop, and tapped Giselle on the shoulder.  She almost jumped out of her skin.

“Ugh! I hate when you do that, Gordon!” she stammered.

Ghoulish appeared to shrug and indicated his computer screen.

Giselle reached out and touched the screen, and a Linked-in Conversation appeared in response to Madame’s last Blog. “Wow, good job, Madame.  You have folks talking!”

“Qui,” Madame replied.  “Mais, given the tone of the conversation, I am more confused than I was before. I don’t know which way to go and I doubt that --”

“Doubt what?” said Giselle.

“Well,” replied Madame. “Should we shift gears, as they say, and revisit our ETSY site, re-write our descriptions and start all over again?”

‘Crash! Splash! Buzz, Beep! Bang! Bam!’  All heads turned toward the cacophony of sound. There lay Joe, sprawled on the floor with his mop bucket atop his head.

“When in doubt, stick to the plan,” he intoned weakly.

“That’s it!  You are absolutely right, Joe! Gordon, gather the recyle-trons.  The meeting is back on!” cried out Madame Le Tron.  “The advice in that Linked-in conversation is worth consideration, and consider it we shall, but to continue to succeed, we shall ‘Stick to our plan!’”

“Huzzah!” shouted Giselle.

“Bravo, Madame!” printed out across Ghoulish Gordon’s computer screen.

“Whoopee…,” said Joe weakly.

Madame regarded Joe’s dripping features, as Giselle and Ghoulish Gordon helped him back up upon his wheel.

“Whatever happened to you, Joe?” she asked.

“Excuser moi, Madame," interjected Giselle.  “It is all my  fault.  You see I was running late for our meeting today, and when I arrived, and no one was here, I put my packages down on the floor to check my calendar. I guess Joe tripped over them. I am so sorry, Joe.”

Joe waved his wrench-like arm to indicate to Giselle, ‘Not to worry.’

“And what exactly is in all of these packages, Giselle?”

“Well, I was sure a short dress was appropriate for graduation, but a lot of my friends are wearing long dresses. And, even though I had planned to wear a short dress because I really don’t think I look good in a long dress, I thought I should….”

“Stick to your original plan?” winked Madame Le Tron.

“Beep, beep, buzz-buzz,” echoed Joe.

“Exactly,” giggled Giselle.

Ah, once again, all is well in the Wonderful World Of

Le Tron!

Au Revoir, See you next week at 3 pm Central,

Madame Le Tron

Note: We have been working very hard at Le Tron, and we are seeing some real progress.

Le Tron’s 2013 On-line Business Goals ~ Let’s Get Growing!

      1.)  Start Blogging  - Our blog continues to grow, and people are talking about the  

              topics we have raised. We still need to explore how to get people to post   

              comments to our Blog, create a following and explore Google Adsense.

    2.)  List 100 Products  – We continue to struggle here. We build our   

inventory, and before we can put it on ETSY, we sell it.  Not a bad problem to have. Perhaps we need to strategize a bit more on this and start to look at seasonal sales trends for building inventory!

    3.) Find Our Niche Audience and Market To THEM! – We have found   

         them off-line; now we need to find them on-line. Perhaps we should ask the folks   

         who buy from us where they would suggest we market on-line.

Let’s keep the conversation going!  Ideas, tips or thoughts?  We’d love to have you share them below and help us start getting folks to post comments here!