What to do while you're waiting

[Sandra Siren]

I'm getting all my ducks in a row for starting my mermaid business. I've got my silicone tail in the works, I've talked to my city hall getting my business license, and my home properly zoned so I can work from my house, I'm doing what early marketing that I can, but I'm really frustrated because I seem to have hit a wall. I can't do much with myself until my tail is finished. Do any currently working merfolk have any advice on what to do while waiting?

[Mermaid Momo]

not currently working but if you don't mind my input:
-get a nice site going with booking info and a bio. You can add photos later after you do a photoshoot in your tail, but until then you could fill the places with stock photos. (there are a lot of nice free website hosting places too. Like weeby or webs or even blogging platforms. I like to play around with weebly when I'm bored, so here's an example of a weebly site I made just for the heck of it: http://forbiddenkingdomshop.weebly.com/ )

- Start planning out how much you'll charge, what days you are and are not willing to have gigs on, etc

- set up your professional email

- facebook pages are a plus, but that can come after the tail and such.

- start designing business cards and/or fliers of somesort to get your name out there.

Hope I helped a bit!

[Sandra Siren]

That is very helpful, thanks! I do have a Facebook page going, but a personal website/blog is not in the works yet. I have a few pictures of myself in a neoprene tail I made, so I could practice before using my silicone one, so maybe I can use some of those!