· Log of specific hours with a total and a description of your duties updated on the right hand side of your blog
Hours
Hours
· Contact Name and Mentorship Place
Laura Grello, Etsy: OneDutchButtercup
Interpretive
Interpretive
What is the most important thing you gained from this experience? Why?
I definitely gained a sense of the "behind the scenes" action that takes place in a business. Marketing plays a big part in gaining customers, sure, but having a strong business is ultimately the most important thing to focus on. Once you have a solid foundation, marketing becomes endlessly simpler.
Throughout my mentorship, I spent a lot of time on things like taking inventory and making sure that my mentor's business as a whole was running smoothly, all while maintaining a consistent brand. I thought of it like this: if a business is going to market one thing, but not deliver, that ruins the trust between customer and business. So, it's important to live up to the expectations you put forth in marketing.
Applied
Throughout my mentorship, I spent a lot of time on things like taking inventory and making sure that my mentor's business as a whole was running smoothly, all while maintaining a consistent brand. I thought of it like this: if a business is going to market one thing, but not deliver, that ruins the trust between customer and business. So, it's important to live up to the expectations you put forth in marketing.
Applied
How has what you’ve done helped you to answer your EQ? Please explain.
Since I was often able to choose which tasks I wanted to focus on during my mentorship, I got some specific experience with using social media. Simple jobs such as responding to customer questions or comments helped me to see how the producer-consumer relationship works. This plays a big role in creating a web presence, because social media involves that interaction. You have to know how to make customers comfortable and wanting to engage. It may seem overly simple, but there is an art to creating a brand, establishing a voice, and sticking to it.
My mentor helped me to understand what her business was all about, and from there, I could take on that brand identity and apply it to my interactions with her customers. Prior to this experience, I didn't recognize the importance of these interactions and thought it would not require any thought. Now I can appreciate the effort that business owners put into crafting the perfect way to speak with potential customers.
Since I was often able to choose which tasks I wanted to focus on during my mentorship, I got some specific experience with using social media. Simple jobs such as responding to customer questions or comments helped me to see how the producer-consumer relationship works. This plays a big role in creating a web presence, because social media involves that interaction. You have to know how to make customers comfortable and wanting to engage. It may seem overly simple, but there is an art to creating a brand, establishing a voice, and sticking to it.
My mentor helped me to understand what her business was all about, and from there, I could take on that brand identity and apply it to my interactions with her customers. Prior to this experience, I didn't recognize the importance of these interactions and thought it would not require any thought. Now I can appreciate the effort that business owners put into crafting the perfect way to speak with potential customers.
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