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Oktober Flea-Cast: The Cleveland Flea Podcast.

Stephanie Sheldon October 8, 2015

On today's Small Batch Dispatch, we chat about the upcoming October Flea. Sarah Wilt and Sam Cahill join in a lively discussion about what you can expect to see, taste, buy and eat at OktoberFlea. 

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www.theclevelandflea.com/the-next-flea

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In Small Batch Dispatch Tags oktoberflea, october flea, the cleveland flea, podcast, sam cahill, sarah wilt
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MONEY TALK | As you narrow your focus, your ability to make money goes up. While you may think that being relevant to the entire world is the best move (“as many customers as possible!”) you forget you must SELL to them. It takes energy to get energy (money) from people. And when you know who you’re for, and you project that with strength, selling becomes so much easier because your Dream Clients can recognize that you’re for them from a mile away. When selling becomes cumbersome and difficult, you need to ask yourself a few questions. “Am I truly doing what’s in my heart? Do I love the work I’m selling? Is my price correct for the market and for my operations? Am I trying to settle and sell something I think will be easier to the wrong person?” Once you find the answers to this, you’ll know what to do.
APPLY to sell in our holiday pop-up shop at @thevanakendistrict –application is located using the link in our bio. 🖊 by @folkandfloradesignco for @clevelandflea
Sunday vintage shopping over at the newly reopened @vintagefashioncle
Celebrating our friend @annawyunker today! Thanks for the cookies @littleredbirdcustomcookies ! #heybaby
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It’s still #FleaColorWall Season! Thanks for the photo @hannaha1996 !
MENTAL HEALTH + BIZ PART 2 . The reason we aren’t having a big holiday market is because too many people speak to us in unkind, shaming ways AND it’s not financially viable until we find a bigger, better space. . Having a big market requires thousands of people to support, attend and READ / PREPARE before they arrive. And truly, most people do not prepare until 5 min before they arrive. . Then they’re panicked and unprepared and overwhelmed and disappointed because of their attitude. . And who gets to deal with that? Us. . We’re not putting ourselves through that this year. To prioritize ourselves feels amazing. It’s scary because people do believe they know how to run our business more than we do, which is obviously laughable and untrue. . We love our vendors and customers and we get to love ourselves, too.
Check your email! First round (boss pass holders + early application folks) market acceptance and assignments were sent today via vendors@theclevelandflea email address. FOOD VENDORS — you will be booked separately ASAP. If you didn’t apply, it’s not too late (it’s almost too late) so use the link in our bio.
MENTAL HEALTH IN SMALL BIZ | PART 1 . You might not know it but we’ve had to study the emotional world of small business owners in order to keep this business afloat. . Small business owners are humans, not businesses. . They’re doing hard things–connected to their own goals–but nonetheless hard and complicated and usually emotionally, physically and financially exhausting. . We’ve had to do enormous work ourselves to remain positive within the wild world of our own business while attending to the needs of a small business community. . #worldmentalhealthday
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