I have the Monday blues. My first feature ad for Kaboodle Kids published on the Mommies with Style blogsite on Friday so I thought over the weekend people will view the site. I was right, over 1,500 people did view my site. However, not one order came in. :-(

So today, I spent all morning looking for other potential sites to put advertisements on. I believe the Mommies with Style blogsite does hit my target audience and will keep advertising there. I also like the exposure to new prouducts the site provides me personally. I just need many more webhits and having multiple advertisements out there is key. In my review today of other potential sites, I noticed the same ads over again. So I am not wrong in my assumption, as this is what everyone else is doing.

I need to remain persistent. I remember the first job I got as a teenager. Had it not been for my persistence, I probably wouldn't have gotten the job. I need that same energy I had back then.

Today my first on-line advertisement went public via mommieswithstyle blogsite. I checked the stats and see almost 400 hits to my website just today! My hopes are high.

My friends and family are really come through for me - they have forwarded to 93 new people that may be interested in Kaboodle Kids! What is wonderful is that it's even moving past just my friends - my friends' friends are even forwarding to their friends! This is awesome!

My husband introduced me to the blog world and of course the blogs he's interested in. I am really trying to find woman online communities to connect with. I spoke with a friend/neighbor at the park yesterday who mentioned a particular blogsite Mommies with Style that she regularly visits. This particular blog's sole existence is to help moms find products that all moms are interested in, which ranges to just about everything! Can you imagine one stop shopping while the kids are in bed? What a great idea!

Marketing, marketing, marketing! Can't do enough! I sent my first promotional newsletter and I am getting a great response. In two days, I've added 42 potential customers to my database! I knew word of mouth was a powerful tool! I hope the momentum keeps up. I also put an advertisement in my daughter's school spring program that will potentially be seen by 2000 parents/grandparents! More marketing ideas to come!

This weekend I've learned alot about website ranking and tactics to boost website ranking. We have initiated some of these tactics and from what I've read, it could take up to 6 months to increase your ranking. Consider this part of the marketing process, which is always ongoing anyway. Speaking of marketing, I sent out my Kaboodle Kids launch promotion email today. My hope is that these 100+ people feel an incentive from my promotion to forward my email to at least 5 to 10 friends that would be interested in kids clothes. More marketing ideas in the works. keep posted.

I have my business cards! I am officially marketing now, not that I haven't been before but I have the card to give those people I do talk to. I've been passing them out all weekend. I am sure there will be a few people that wonder how they got my card this weekend. I've also been working on becoming SEO friendly. I want those that search on the internet for unique fun kids clothes see Kaboodle Kids on the first page. I understand this may take some time but that is my goal!