My Latest Self-Imposed Challenge

There's a continual parade of ideas running through my mind at any given moment. I suppose I can thank my engineer father for that.

My latest endeavor I have taken on is compiling statistics on all my clients, for 2009 anyway. I started by trying to do it on the computer, using the spreadsheet, but that just looked waaay to difficult to manage. And I couldn't figure out how to print it..? The file would have been HUGE to compile everything I wanted all in one file. So I opted to make my own version on the word processor, and even then it's 2 pages front and back, with one page having 3 tiers on each side too. Hopefully I will be caught up-to-date by early next week, and will be happy to share what my "average" client profile for 2009 is beginning in January.

I expect these statistics to provide very useful information for me about what my clients' needs are, where they are coming from, how to market my business in the future, and help me decide what continuing education classes to take to improve my ability to meet the needs of my clients. It's odd to me how excited I get about this. I never thought of myself as any sort of a business-minded person when I was growing up and thinking of career choices, and I don't necessarily enjoy doing the work of compiling all this information, but I am so pleased with the end product that I don't mind doing it.

So check back with me in January to see how you compare against my "average" client. I will probably send an email out about my new information and may even post it on my website as well. Be assured, the closer you fit with my "average" client, the better you can expect me to meet your needs. Or should I say... "kneads"?