It’s official, I’m an entrepreneur!

21 Jul 2010 5 Comments

by Nicolein Heartfelt Promo, Me, Raleigh Tags: , , ,

It’s hard to believe it’s been three months since I moved to Raleigh.

A lot has happened in the month and half since I last posted, and I’ve been getting used to my new life and to Raleigh. I started a new job here that unfortunately hasn’t turned out to be as good as it seemed. Thankfully it turned out to be a blessing in disguise since it prompted me to take another big step; to start my own business.

I had been thinking about it for some time now but never really felt brave enough to do it. After discussing it with Tom and praying about it, I decided to take the plunge, I went downtown, registered the business name, paid for my license and I was in business! :) I’m now the proud owner of Heartfelt Promotions, a social media marketing and event planning business designed to help local businesses. I use Twitter, Facebook, email, and promotional events to market local businesses, products, and brands.

Now I’m in the process of building a website, getting business cards and networking to meet new clients. I was actually fortunate enough to have 2 clients lined up before I even “officially” started and have been getting more since then. My goal is to get enough clients that I can quit my current job and work on Heartfelt Promotions full time, hopefully that will happen soon.

While this has been the biggest (and most exciting) thing to happen since my move to Raleigh I’ve got other things that I’ve been enjoying too.  I recently got to see a local production of RENT with my new friends from work, and was able to visit the coast with Tom to see our parents for the 4th of July.

We went down to Camp Lejeune to watch fireworks with Mom and Michael, who snapped this pic of us, we had a great time.

My first big business purchase, an iPad! This is the pink (of course!) case I got for it, it also props it up for easy typing and showing presentations.

I also got to see Ingrid Michaelson last month, she was a lot of fun to see live.

So overall things have really been coming together lately; I’ve met people and made friends, and Raleigh is starting to feel like “home”. I find myself using my navigation system less and less as I get more familiar with how to get around.  I’ve been pretty busy getting Heartfelt Promotions started but I still make time to sit on the balcony once in a while and enjoy a cup of coffee. Isabelle usually joins me and “people watches” while I work from my laptop.

So my life is changing again, and I’m very excited/nervous/thrilled/terrified about it. That’s a good thing though, right? ;)