Sunday, January 25, 2009

The feeling of Getting my First Sale!!

Hi World,

This weekend I had the best felling!! I got my first "real" sale after about a week of my site being online. (Real means from a complete stranger, not friends or family)

I was amazing.. at 12:42am Saturday morning I checked my phone before going to sleep, and as I was looking, the buzzing came though and I saw an email saying "order"...I was sooo ecstatic!! It was such a thrilling feeling to think that Finally after almost 2 years of planning, Itsy Bitsy Bra Bar DOES exist to the outside world! People CAN reap the benefits.

I wanted to wake someone up and tell them (but decided against it!). So when i woke up on saturday morning and saw my mom, I did the funniest Happy Dance ever! (I don't think I've ever done a "happy dance" in my life, coming to think of it!)

Well, just wanted to share my experience with you all...I hope it happens a lot more frequently...success fells wonderfu!

love,
v.
www.ItsyBitsyBraBar.com

Monday, January 19, 2009

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Happy MLK Jr. Day!

Twice in two days--i'm suprising even myself.

It's Martin Luther King Day--it's also the day before the big Inauguration!! Lots of festivities going on in DC and around the country. In Brooklyn alone, tons of restaurants are offering specials and having big parties, etc. Normally, I don't like to discuss politics because many people are so devoted to their own views that there is not even a slight chance they will listen and seriously consider any other opinion. However as a sidenote, I would like to say that I, like everyone else, am hoping a change in admininstration has positive effects. I am wary though when people think things are going to change overnight. After January 20th, our economy will still be struggling, millions of people will still be unemployed (with more likely to be layed off), and we will still have several wars going on abroad. America is the most resilient country and though it will take time, I'm confident we will be booming once again.

Anyway as promised, the story of Vitch. My name, Vitra, is very unusual..other than some nicknames from my family, no one in the outside world dared try to come up with a nickname because everything just didn't sound right. When I was doing my MBA, my roommate Keisha, who's Ms. Fabulous herself, started calling me Vitchy. I was going to Carnival in Trinidad and thought it would be fun to have a t-shirt that said something funny that would make me stand out. So I had one made that said "One Hot Vitch", and everyone in Trinidad loved it. So now, that's my "cool" name (or so I tell myself.) There are now several variations--Vitch, Vitchy, Vitchy Swa.

Today, I also signed up for several startup business websites. I figured it might be a good way to learn from fellow small business owners and expand my horizons...I'll keep you posed.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

New Year, New Goals

Hi Everyone,

I must admit, this is a little strange for me. I've never really written about myself, much less put myself out there to the entire cyber world. I guess over the next few days/weeks I will be trying to figure out on personal level what (if anything) crosses the lines, or makes me feel uncomfortable in sharing.

I will be totally honest and say that the idea for this blog is mostly to share my business website and get feedback from those people who are interested in my service--opinions, suggestions, likes, dislikes, etc. As a way to reach out to possible customers. I guess it's true that trying to put your name out there will make people do things they normally would not even think about.

Some goals I had for 2009 was to start my own business (done!) and to work hard to make it a success (in progress), but another thing I wanted to do more of this year was to get back to writing. So in a strange way, I hope this blog will help me accomplish this goal.

I will try my best to write about a whole range of things, and not just my website (which, by the way is, www.ItsyBitsyBraBar.com). But dont worry, I'm positive there there will be many frustrations of my site that I will need to vent about.

By the way, to share with you with my site actually is--it's petite undergarments for petite women. It's soooo frustrating for women with small busts to find nice bras and lingerie--my site has brands people know about...but only is sizes XS, S, 28A, 30A, 32AA, 32A..etc...you might as well check it out!

Until next time...
vitch
(I'll explain the story the of name "vitch" in my next blog...)