On the sunny side of the street

Beadle is on the sunny side of the street. Well that is when the sun is shinning. We've had loads of rain in Toronto and it of course effects business. The other be factor is that the TTC no longer has streetcars running along Dundas West between Lansdowne and Bathurst. They have buses running instead because of the water main construction...ugh! But most people don't like the buses and they fill up faster than streetcars so a load of people are just avoiding Dundas and going to Queen or College. But of course I am always attempting the think positive...

When all of the construction is completed next spring/summer the roads will be nicer, the streetcars will be back and business will boom. Right? Oh, I mean RIGHT!

For now I am focusing on ways to market Beadle on line to put the word out, building a local following. And find ways to market Beadle online to increase my online sales. All of which must be FREE of course. That is definitely keeping me on my toes. Trying to find creative ways to network and market Beadle for free isn't that hard it just takes time. There are loads of ways, Craigs list and Facebook Marketplace are the two I am focusing on in the coming days. To put a further sunny spin on it at least this keeps my creative brain challenged because for me being bored is almost like being dead. (creatively speaking of course)

Wish me luck.

sunny |ˈsənē|adjective

(of a person or their temperament) cheery and bright : he had a sunny disposition

suggestive of the warmth or brightness of the sun

a sunny disposition cheerful, cheery, happy, lighthearted, bright, merry, joyful, bubbly, blithe,

jolly, jovial, animated, buoyant, ebullient, upbeat, vivacious

look on the sunny side optimistic, rosy, bright, hopeful, auspicious, favorable

ORIGIN Old English sunne, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zon and German Sonne, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek hēlios andLatin sol.

genuine

Even when I'm just going about my day, checking various forms of communications - Email, Twitter, Facebook - things, good things, can pop out at you. Restoring my positive outlook on my day even when sales are bleak.

Here is one example of what I am talking about.

I stumbled across this blog/website today called www.etsyitemoftheday.com This seemingly lovely woman (I say seemingly only because I don't actually know her) whom really enjoys things handmade, has taken it upon herself to promote an item/shop on www.Etsy.com each day that somehow catches her attention. I've also found her on Twitter. I read her blog and it seems that she just does this for fun. Imagine an individual who is genuinely interested in promoting things that are handmade without any financial benefit from it. I guess it's her hobby and what a feel good one it must be.

There are genuine people to be found in this world. How truly wonderful.

genuine |ˈjenyoōin|adjective

truly what something is said to be; authentic : each book is bound in genuine leather.• (of a person, emotion, or action) sincere : she had no doubts as to whether Tom was genuine | a genuine attempt to delegate authority.

ORIGIN late 16th cent.(in the sense [natural or proper] ): from Latingenuinus, from genu ‘knee’ (with reference to the Roman custom of a father acknowledging paternity of a newborn child by placing it on his knee); later associated with genus ‘birth, race, stock.’