Lots of plans, not enough time
Nov. 18th, 2014 02:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mekyriaI'm still doing the Bellydance Business Academy course and I have arrived in module 3: Social media. I've learned to tweak my fanpage profile (didn't realize I left 3/4 of it blank) and added a 'Notes' article (it will help boost the google rating of the fanpage). I am looking into social media dashboards like Hootsuite. It occured to me that every penny that I made in the past eight years was made in the Netherlands and my default language for social media profiles is English. There's something I could improve right away! I'm going to do a lot more stuff in Dutch for my promotion.
My recent succes is that I had enough people (8) enrolled to start a beginnersclass last night. Much to my amusement, I have a Rosanne and a Roseanne (and my real name is Rosanne) in my class. It was a good class and it reminded me of how much I like the simplicity of bellydance and it's way to connect women with themselves. I put this succes down to the fact of remodelling my website with BDBA so it is easier for people to enroll. That was 12 euro well spent! the website of the cultural center is a hot mess, very hard to find my course and enroll.
I am also looking into creating products that are for sale through downloads. Like the handouts that I make for my courses, PDF booklets, patterns, costuming how-to's, etc. I will be off the teaching grid for a while next year and maintaining my pressence is important to me. I was contemplating quitting teaching but I am not ready yet. Being a bellydance teacher makes me happy and if anything, I want to cherish this for as long as it does feel like a calling instead of work.
My production group is getting along nicely, next Saturday is our second three hour rehearsal (which is over way too quickly). We drummed/danced the full choreography a couple of times now and I am confident that we will rock the stage. the cultural center is being weird last-minute, asking if we can incorporate black and white tights (uhm, no) and I need to be there to supervise the building of the frame for the background. The university is a no dog zone, but I managed to be allowed to bring the dog this time because the building is closed for the general public. The cultural center asked for a name change so our show is now called 'Arabian Nights'. Not original, but it fits into the program. The flyer is a hot mess of non-information, our group is inviting people with the flyer one of us made. Also, thursday is closed to the GP, a recent change that wasn't announced to the performers.
In three weeks, this will all be over and we'll have some great memories to look back on. It feels like I am creating a masterpiece and the eight years of prior teaching all led up to this. There is also interest in my 'Bellydance specials' course in January and people enrolling right now, I feel like I am (finally?) on the right track as a bellydance professional.
My recent succes is that I had enough people (8) enrolled to start a beginnersclass last night. Much to my amusement, I have a Rosanne and a Roseanne (and my real name is Rosanne) in my class. It was a good class and it reminded me of how much I like the simplicity of bellydance and it's way to connect women with themselves. I put this succes down to the fact of remodelling my website with BDBA so it is easier for people to enroll. That was 12 euro well spent! the website of the cultural center is a hot mess, very hard to find my course and enroll.
I am also looking into creating products that are for sale through downloads. Like the handouts that I make for my courses, PDF booklets, patterns, costuming how-to's, etc. I will be off the teaching grid for a while next year and maintaining my pressence is important to me. I was contemplating quitting teaching but I am not ready yet. Being a bellydance teacher makes me happy and if anything, I want to cherish this for as long as it does feel like a calling instead of work.
My production group is getting along nicely, next Saturday is our second three hour rehearsal (which is over way too quickly). We drummed/danced the full choreography a couple of times now and I am confident that we will rock the stage. the cultural center is being weird last-minute, asking if we can incorporate black and white tights (uhm, no) and I need to be there to supervise the building of the frame for the background. The university is a no dog zone, but I managed to be allowed to bring the dog this time because the building is closed for the general public. The cultural center asked for a name change so our show is now called 'Arabian Nights'. Not original, but it fits into the program. The flyer is a hot mess of non-information, our group is inviting people with the flyer one of us made. Also, thursday is closed to the GP, a recent change that wasn't announced to the performers.
In three weeks, this will all be over and we'll have some great memories to look back on. It feels like I am creating a masterpiece and the eight years of prior teaching all led up to this. There is also interest in my 'Bellydance specials' course in January and people enrolling right now, I feel like I am (finally?) on the right track as a bellydance professional.
