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OKAY.... NOT NOW, BUT SOON! IN A MONTH'S TIME :)
AND IT'S NOT MY BIRTHDAY, IT'S OMS - OHMYSMOOTHIES!!!
There's so much plans for OMS in this coming month!!! Even though this is our one year of the official opening, it's not really that long ago. OhMySmoothies started on June 30th 2012. But our grand debut collection was on December 18th 2012. Like 6 months lagging. Haha. But that was after the flea we had previously. To all you followers/buyers/supporters of OMS since last year, yay! We are turning 1 together. Lol. So many things had happened.
Doors of opportunities have both closed and opened on us. There were so many setbacks and achievements for OMS. But, now, we are working much harder than ever before to make OMS a known brand! You must continue to support us ok????
NOW HERE'S THE THING; OMS IS TURNING ONE IN A MONTH'S TIME.
ITS A BIG DEAL FOR US. SO WE ARE MAKING CHANGES!
WE ARE PLANNING TO CELEBRATE OMS 1 YR BIRTHDAY BASH WITH A BANG!
I'm not going to reveal all the info just yet, keep you all in suspense. Will update this space with more details of our plans! But you can make guesses!!! Just pop me a question at http://ask.fm/ohmysmoothies and i'll gladly answer it!!!
I'M GOING TO GO SLEEP! :)
NIGHTS
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YOU JUST MESSED WITH THE WRONG PERSON YOU FAGGOT.
I AM SORRY IF THIS POST IS GOING TO BE FULL OF WORDS THAT ARE RATHER HURTFUL. SO I ADVICE ANY READERS TO LEAVE BEFORE YOU GET A HEART ATTACK.
So, to cut it short, what happened was, a smart alec decided to purposely attack my website on the most important launch thus far. It's called a cyber attack. What he did was called a DDoS (google it) where it was aimed to make sure no one can access my site. Well, yah, that happened. Either this person is a freaking computer geek or someone who just pays a hacker to do it. Like WTF?! Business ethics -failed. So this person have gone through a lot of effort to do this and for what?!
I have no freaking idea what's wrong with that goondu to have done that. If you asked me, OMS isin't that "famous" until you have to do that what. It's not like i have over 2000000000000 likes or something! Only a mere 4000++ likes! And if you're jealous also for what you freaking nutcase! You caused my customers to wait and wait and wait for your bloody prank. I was thinking that meh, maybe he/she won't read this. But i though to myself, if he/she, wait, lets call this idiot IT. So, i thought to myself if it can find and do that to my website, i'm pretty sure it can trace me here at my blog too.
SO SCREW YOU A**HOLE!
You'll never ever ever ever going to get away with this!!! EVER! I will make sure that i find you! I will make sure you pay for every single thing you've caused!!!!!! You've cause my web designer to stay up all night, you've caused a nuisance to my customers and you've just caused me to loose my sleep, mental breakdown and so much anger!
I'm really sorry for that irrelevant post, but i just need to vent this anger somewhere.
I feel like giving up and dropping everything at this moment. Maybe just go back to my normal work and school. Will finish this launch first. So keep your orders coming in to order@shopsmoothies.com with the items you want.
Will update this post when i'm settled down.
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I initially wanted to put a photo related to the title but i couldn't find any nice photos. Hence, i placed a photo of a special item, that will be sold at www.shopsmoothies.com. I'm not saying the rest are not special [ahems, of course OMS clothes are special to me] but this little thing right here is more special! I don't think i need to explain much, it's all written in the photo above :)
Back to what the title is saying, and also to continue from another "Blogshop Post" below.
There are tons and tons of blogshops around! It seems like an endless sea of blogshops. Doesn't make mine any different though. But i read an article somewhere and found it really relate-able and can be of good help to you cos i found it of help to me too! Heh. It's very wordy at their web, so i just picked out the main point and add in a few words too. I'm going to explain maybe 3 points today and the rest on other days. So, here it goes (sorry for it being wordy, i tried to add pictures too):
1) " Expect to have to wait for sales to happen - do not overspend on
publicity in the hope that things will be hyped up enough to cover
initial costs. Doesn't happen this way most times. Leave enough reserves
for the low seasons. "
I kinda think this is true. I think most blogshop will turn to bloggers to do an advert for them. It is essential, but only when you have the extra money to spare and have thought over it thoroughly. I'm not saying it's a must or a need to do an advertorial, but it depends how much publicity you want. So far, for the past 2 or 3 years, OMS/Spree Smoothies has never went gotten a chance to do a proper advertorial before but it doesn't mean I won't get one. Sometimes it's needed when you need the extra "ummmmph" to your blogshop and we will be getting a few bloggers to do an advert soon too! But if you don't have enough, keep your spare cash and do a better launch perhaps? Do your own advert, create promotions maybe? Won't cost you money anyways!
But, if you're looking for bloggers, i can suggest a few. I have never tried an advert before, but here's a few to list; QiuQiu Qweekly(a fashion online magazine), Pxdkitty, you can also try Yvonne Chua or Shauna Lim! These are the few bloggers that i do have intentions to work with, but never got the time. Will put up a link to their blog soon :)
2) "Expect to meet evil providers - be extremely careful when selecting suppliers and service providers. Expect
to have people talk bad about you - do not attempt to please everyone,
just do what you think is best and never allow your emotions to overtake
your objective mind in making business decisions."
NO ONE ELSE CAN MAKE YOU HAPPY BUT YOU! Also be-careful with the things you do or engage. Not everyone has the best of intentions. Especially when it comes to suppliers. Though i can't advice much, just trial and error. I got "cheated" once by my supplier. Don't worry, this supplier is not local. Still in the recovery stage now. Gave me a few months of setback. Urgh! The next, don't mix emotions with business, at least not the bad ones of course. :)
3) "Expect to be tired and overwhelmed. You need to buy stocks, get products
packaging, start an inventory list, take pictures of your products,
write products descriptions, get the website started, upload your
products information, do online and offline publicity - all these work
can take up a whole lot out of you! Sales happen later."
I need not say more! There's so much things to do! But don't give up just yet. You need to work hard to get your blogshop/business anywhere. Plus it ain't going to get any easier from now on anyway so might as well get used to it. BUT, if you do get bigger and better in the future, you can hire someone to lighten the load :)
There's so much more but i'll end it here for now!
Stay tune for OMS Launch on the 25th May, 8pm at www.shopsmoothies.com
I will be blogging with a paid advert in the next few posts :)
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Won't you just fall in love with our upcoming collection on the 25th May 2013? The two hottest products and i absolutely looooooove it! I will post up more sneaks for sure! So, during this upcoming launch, you can expect to find so much more varieties of items! We've included caps, socks, headband, bow bralet, peplum; on top of the usual tops, pullovers, shorts, dresses! Some of which would be the Black Label products [read a few post down to find out more about the Black Label] ! So i'm damn excited for this upcoming launch because there's so much to get!
Plus we will have a special Feline Necklace whereby all proceeds will go to Cat Welfare Society to help the cats and kittens that require medical emergency. I will be posting a full post about that by the end of this week as well as an interview with Cat Welfare Society, a nice Caregiver and a video of all those cats!
This is the cute Feline Necklace will be on sale on 25th May 2013
It will only be at $5 and all proceeds will go to Cat Welfare Society
My whole team had the amazing opportunity to hold an interview with one of the members from Cat Welfare Society as well as a caregiver [take care of cats that were found injured] just yesterday. It was an awesome yet tiring Sunday. We were surrounded by cats the whole entire time and they were sooooo cute! The kittens were so playful and the older ones are slightly tamer but definitely adorable. It was a visit we never will forget because we learnt so much. Will talk about this when i do a full blog post about Cat Welfare Society.
Don't have the camera with me at the moment but this special cat on top is a cat saved by the Caregiver with help from Cat Welfare Society. He is such a sweet cat and he's so affectionate!! Don't just judge him by his looks ok. He likes it when you pet him under the chin and he will immediately just purr! It's so super cute Anyway, he is wearing the Feline Necklace! Our special model of the day! Hahaha :) It's been a tough week and it had been great! The video is currently being edited! Hehe :) After we're done with the interview, we went to have a small shoot at The Pet Safari at Nex where there was a Cat Adoption Drive! More on that soon :)
There's no picture of me with the cat on my phone cos i look like crap. I was sweating all the way trying to get the interview done. OMG! It's was damn hot and i had to run here, run there and everywhere. But it was all worth the time and effort!
Until next time; have a good week ahead!!!!!
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Those very words will one way or another cross every blogshop/livejournal/online store owner's mind. I don't really know what today's blog post is going to be about, but i assume it's about the wonderland of blog shop world, the start off, the problems, the downfall, the success and everything i can think about plus some experiences i did encounter [both bad and good]. But for today, i'll post about the beginning of a blogshop world.
Everyone needs to start somewhere so here it goes:- For your blogshop to take off, you need to start selling something. It can be your 2nd hand items or even a pre-order. Most of the online stores i see do buy from other blogshop and sell it at a slightly higher price to get the marginal profit of $1-$2 from each item. The important thing you need to open an online store is a trust-able supplier!
Online Spree Supplier: You can find tons of supplier everywhere in Singapore but you have to search carefully to get the right one! There's those website that has spree items from China, it's cheap but that's before you put together the shipping and handling and all sorts. So always count in the shipping + handling before you go "Eh, so cheap! Must buy then sell!" because end up, it becomes expensive. Next thing to worry about is the quality! I bought a few tops for me and my cousin, then when it reaches, JIALAT! So, my advise it, if you find a good, trust-able seller and you can still earn after calculating all hidden cost, stick with it. If not, search harder.
Local Store Supplier: If you find one, then good for you :) Just make sure that they are not ripping you off! The good thing is, you get your items on the spot and you check the quality then you're good to go :) But the bad thing is, if you're thinking exclusive then no because they do supply to thousands of blogshop owners. Second would be price, it ranges anywhere between $14-$20. And if you're lucky, very rarely you'll find those at $10-$15 with limited pieces. But still, it would mean buying a minimum of 10 to 15 pieces mix and match. Try to look around, go source out for supplier for your blogshops and never never never buy a huge amount from a store you just happen to pop-in. Always must try-try first. Haha. :p
Online Blogshop Suppler: Ever heard of these? There are a few of them around who supplies to only a few blogshop and this makes them slightly more exclusive. I've seen many and they do sell really pretty items and at reasonable prices (because they don't pay rent and etc). My supplier is one of them! And the best part is, her prices are at wholesale price, so it's always between $8-$12 & she stays one MRT station away from me, so collection stocks is damn convenient.
The only bad thing is, they run out of stocks very quickly. Nevertheless, i stopped taking supplies from her because she's currently away on a school trip and will only be back this end of month or early June? Which is far too long for me and therefor i stop taking supplies from her for good :( SIGHPIE~~~~
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