Business Plan revisited & new agenda in place
I have finally done it. I sat down over the last few weeks to update my business plan. It was about time I did, however I had not planned to do it so soon.
As most of you know I have been on disability through welfare since I had to leave school in 2001. Roughly 8 months ago I started to report my income from my web design business. Little did I know that what I was getting into by doing so. Welfare has taken it upon themselves to deduct a certain amount each month — whether or not I report any income. Now, with any business some months are better than others, and with mine some months have just been down-right depressing. And thanks to welfare making it difficult to get ahead and off their system, I have had to revisit and update my business plan.
Doing so has forced me to make some hard decisions and start taking more action on those decisions.
In the last couple of weeks I have updated and merged two websites into one; TinaStephen International. This site is now home to my web design business (that was known as tds Digital Web Solutions) and the parent company of WebDesignNewbie, my web design educational system that offers a free HTML course and resources — along with the soon to be announced WDN Coaching Program.
I’m also in the midst of a joint venture project with a business associate & close friend of mine where we’re merging our talents to bring some great services and products to the world. We’re still in the midst of planning, so it will be a while before anything starts to be seen online. 
Along with the above, I recently finished reading a book (that I will write a review for soon & include it within this blog) that has given me the much needed inspiration to kick-start my jewelry business. In the coming week, I’ll be announcing a new weblog where you will be able to follow my process in learning how to design jewelry, using the tools and techniques that await me to discover… along with articles on background information on the supplies I’ll be using to create my own jewelry. I have a few more things up my sleeve for this project, which I’ll divulge more after the blog is online. Am quite excited about this! … on a side note… I’d like to thank Melinda for offering me a great package of supplies. She and I met through Facebook after finding out that we went to school with the same people, though at different times, and that we both live here on the Island.
I don’t know if some of you are aware of or not, but WordPress 2.5 has been released and looks very promising! I plan on diving into that new version for my jewelry blog - after which I’ll be updating my other blogs & sites with the new version. I’ll write a review in this blog after I’ve had a chance to play with it WordPress 2.5 for a while.
That said… I best get back to the agenda I have made for myself to bring all these things to life
