Day in the life of a Small Business Owner, Studio Vlog

Pack orders with me today! It's the holiday season here and I just did a free shipping weekend that brought in a ton of orders that need packing and shipping. Hope you have fun spending the day with me!
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[@anabs_wrenandrita]

I agree 100% with offering a free shipping event. I've done similar events, resulting in customers becoming loyal customers. I think what people fail to understand is that most places that offer free shipping are including it in the price of the item. Places like Amazon certainly make it more difficult for smaller businesses like ours. I've stopped offering free shipping but have been playing with some ideas for events going into the next year. I hope you have a great busy season!

[@caitlinblue]

Thank you so much for watching and I hope you have tons of success with your business this holiday season too! 💕

[@carolinechampion4375]

I’ve recently started watching your vlogs and I thoroughly enjoy every video Thankyou so much for sharing I love all your products and how passionate you are x x

[@caitlinblue]

Thank you so much for your sweet words and for watching. So glad you found me and my little business! 💕

[@carolinechampion4375]

Another great vlog,you give me so much inspiration for when I start my own business x

[@caitlinblue]

Thank you so much you’re too kind! 🥰

[@amymanganaro4243]

I totally agree about having occasional sales where you break even (or worse) but potentially gain a new repeat customer. I do it, too.

[@caitlinblue]

Yes!! Sometimes we top line sales growth is the priority!

[@soakitinartisansoap]

Love watching your videos. I'm 4 years officially in the business as an LLC and social media was my hurdle this year. Thank you for the tips and tricks to help me with the learning curve. For the life of me I can't find the video that states what to do organizer app your using. It's one feature I feel will help minimize my mind activity which keeps me up all night planning 🤣🤣🤣. Help!

[@caitlinblue]

That’s amazing!! The app is called notion. I’m working on a few plans for my channel that will hopefully help organize my tips and tricks a little better in the future!

[@kristie5916]

I’ve always wanted to buy from you & finally decided to try it because you had free shipping! 😅 So yay! Thank you!!

[@caitlinblue]

Awe yay!! Thank you so much for your order and for your love and support on KZbin too! 🥰

[@hilaryquinn8673]

Great video! I must have missed the video about the body butter samples. Looks nice!

[@caitlinblue]

Thank you so much Hilary! 💕

[@latoyareally]

Great tips! Thank you for always sharing!

[@caitlinblue]

So happy to share! 🥰

[@firdowskruger9896]

Thank you for the great tips, my friend😊 Will download the article. You're a 🌟 🤩

[@caitlinblue]

Thank you friend! Yes please read that article I promise there is so much great info we can all use!!💕

[@AnikasKreativePlans]

New to your channel. I love the tips.

[@augustatkinsonillustration5341]

Adorable vlog

[@caitlinblue]

Thank you! 💕

[@augustatkinsonillustration5341]

@@caitlinblue you're welcome

[@alinanaeem6003]

It was a fun video 🥰

[@caitlinblue]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@kimgould7471]

Do you design your labels? Where do you get them printed? Specifically the ones that wrap your jars. Love them 😍

[@caitlinblue]

Yes I do the labels myself! But I get them printed from a a company called Blue Label Digital

[@SJ-rq9zu]

Wow such great information, Can you do a video on how you put together your product information file for safety allergen information for small busines startups , thank keep up the good work 👏 🙌 👍

[@caitlinblue]

Thank you so much! Do you mean the safety data sheets for ingredients and formulas? I just print all data sheets for my ingredients and store those and batch records, etc. in binders. Look for the book "Good Manufacturing Practices" by Marie Gale. It a huge resource as is her other book on cosmetic labelling. hope that helps! 💕

[@samanthagiordano0]

Love the video! I could not find the shipping manifest on google. Can you please give me the link because that would be amazing!!!!

[@caitlinblue]

Thank you! The app is through shopify so you’ll have to search on their app section. It probably won’t show up on google.

[@cristinap.1489]

Hi! I love your videos!! Thank you for sharing!! I make candles in NY. You mentioned a place in CT where you get shipping boxes. Would you be able to provide the name of the company? If not, totally fine. Thank you!!

[@kjpbeauty]

I would also like to know

[@caitlinblue]

Oh shoot! I should have added the link but I'll do that now. the company is called East Coast Packaging www.eastcoastpkg.com/ !

[@cristinap.1489]

@@caitlinblue thank you so much!!! I really appreciate it!!

[@toca_boca_palace3494]

It's 46 outside and at 8:28 it's going to rotate LOL bye-bye

[@shoppinkprincess]

Hi Caitlin, do you use an app Orr third party company to buy shipping label or you buy them from Shopify?

[@caitlinblue]

Hi! I use shopify for all my shipping. I used to use ship station but the savings wasn’t much different from shopify and I didn’t want to pay the monthly fee.

[@shoppinkprincess]

@@caitlinblue ohh ok I see, ☺️ I use pirate ship and they already have that Scan form you can print so when you go to usps you just show that paper with bar code, same thing with the app you were using that you showed in the last part of this video, i’m just wondering so I asked☺️

[@brendanmackie6142]

Where do you get your crinkle paper and do you know which box I should use for like 2, 4 ounce boxes

[@caitlinblue]

Hi! I get it from Nashville Wraps, they have a ton of colors. It's so hard to know the size of the boxes, I would just order from them a few sizes to see which box fits best. Hope that helps!

[@smartprincess8408]

Nice video. And today you are beautiful 🥰

[@caitlinblue]

You're too sweet thank you! 💕

[@angeleyes4985]

do u guys ship to saudi arabia?

[@caitlinblue]

Hi! Sorry not at this time, we only ship to the US. But we have plans to open international next year!

[@toca_boca_palace3494]

Person can I thought this just said it was posted one day ago but it's one month hi to whoever is seeing this right now bye-bye. good night or good morning it is 11:03 Thursday January 7th of my tablets at 35