ABUELITA'S Start Up, 1 Long Road, No Shortcuts

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Friday, May 25, 2007

I found Vista Printing online, and I am using them now to increase my

business. I wasn't sure just how to get ahold of the people on the REF USA lists that I had formed. I tried one whole day 'cold calling' and was shot down, stomped upon and miserable. It was kind of funny, which made me later shout at the telephone. "Finished??!??! Are you sure that you wouldn't... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, December 7, 2006

Self Promotion- a simple and inexpensive tool, I use it most.

Big Print for Old Eyes: Last year I volunteered to do anything helpful at the Centro Cultural downtown. I swept away leaves and made signs for our Rio Nuevo exhibit and for the little Christmas store at the back of the building, directing more people to it. This year the director called me,... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

What Talented People should do with their Valuable Time.

I see it all over the internet, people making a very good living at selling their brains, their accumulated library of knowledge. It is so much easier and much more lucrative than dancing or painting or planting as fast as humanly possible. Azur, take note. Majroj (disaster preparedness), you, too.... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, August 3, 2006

What I learned this week............ReferenceUSA

If you have a product to sell and desperately need a list of possible buyers of your specific product, ReferenceUSA has your list for you. Don't pay anyone for a list. ReferenceUSA may be free at your local library. It is free at mine. Your local university library has fabulous databases, too. I go... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, February 1, 2006

Time to Make the Doughnuts Again.....

I am sitting at my work table again, thank you God. I had been house cleaning and writing and playing on my computer and putting off real work. No more. I made about 48 angels this week, for the factory in China to reproduce. I am doing what my agent tells me to do, so far, she has been 100%... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, January 9, 2006

Will Success Be Abuelita's Downfall ??!?!?

Omigosh, a new toolbar which I cannot fully comprehend as yet. Well, here's what happened to me. I began to receive royalty checks in October and began to blogit less, huh? Then, I went to the national nativity collectors' and educators' and artists' convention and made even more money. I returned... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, November 25, 2005

Newsletter about Friends of the Creche Convention in Santa Fe'

Here is the small newsletter that I am sending out to everyone about the Convention in Santa Fe' two weeks ago.... SANTA FE CRECHE CONVENTION Friends insisted that I go to sell nativities in Santa Fe’ in November, so I made some, rented a car, cajoled a niece to go with me and attended. I had... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, November 1, 2005

What Am I Doing??!?!?

Click here and see, I am too brain burned to speak. Leave for Santa Fe' in less than a week now. So much to paint, so little time. http://www.flickr.com/photos/benzinha/ to see my latest nativities and some of the other stuff that's going into boxes today... I'm late, I'm late, for a very important... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, October 13, 2005

Wealthy Friends Who Write "Tide You Over Checks"

She called and talked about heading down the Amazonas River very soon, with old and ancient friends, about her recent return from China and its glories, about hitting Turkey and doing her textiles business, possibly. She talked about our mutual best friend's daughter's wedding in Rio and the fun of... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, September 20, 2005

"English Only" Means Half the Profits in Arizona, California, Texas and,

Abuelita is going crazy listening to or reading very ignorant things being said or written by very ignorant people on the subject of 'English only' in America. Some people want to take their ignorance even further and make it law. That would really make us stand out in the international community.... Sign in to see full entry.

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