Holiday shopping incoming
It is now November. Since we are in the business of selling merchandise, this means I’ve got to scramble to get everything ready for the coming shopping season. We’re putting in some quick orders on new merchandise. I’m working to make sure that the store inventory accurately represents the store inventory. We’re evaluating to decide what deals to make available. I’m considering putting some scratched and dented books for sale at a discount. We certainly don’t need four boxes of them. I also need to plan our marketing strategy so that the Schlock blog reminds people about cool stuff that would make great gifts, without being annoying. Oh and it all needs to be done in the next couple of weeks because many of our customers are international and if they want stuff for Christmas, they need to order before Nov 24. So the announcements of what we’re offering need to happen by Nov 15. All of this stuff is my job. Howard is not allowed to worry about any of it. He needs to be focusing on creating strips and re-coloring old strips for the next book. I’m not stressed about all of this. I just need to stay focused.