{"id":2951,"date":"2013-02-22T11:50:25","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T16:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.123print.com\/?p=2951"},"modified":"2016-07-27T20:39:12","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T20:39:12","slug":"123print-small-business-sense-erin-pelicano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.123print.com\/blog\/123print-small-business-sense-erin-pelicano\/","title":{"rendered":"123Print Small Business Sense &#8212; Erin Pelicano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Looking to start your own small business? We&#8217;ve got you covered.<br \/>\nEach month, <a title=\"123Print\" href=\"http:\/\/www.123print.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">123Print<\/a> will interview real, live business owners to uncover their tips and tricks<br \/>\nto starting and growing a successful small business in the 123Print Small Business Sense interview series.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This month &#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Erin Pelicano, Owner of <a title=\"ErinPelicano.com\" href=\"http:\/\/erinpelicano.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Erin Pelicano Jewelry<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> talks about starting and growing her own business.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"123Print Small Business Sense - Erin Pelicano\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H9pgJup6uhM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Some key takeaways from Erin Pelicano&#8217;s Interview:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 13px;\">It&#8217;s been quite empowering to have people really support you as a creative person.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>It was one of my goals that I grow my business to a point where I was ready to start giving back.<\/li>\n<li>Failures actually are a great thing, because you learn from each one.<\/li>\n<li>Social media has been most successful for me.<\/li>\n<li>The first business stationery I ever ordered were business cards.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s been important for me to learn to leave my work in this space.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s great to see women try and find what it is that their heart is really telling them that they want to do, and finding that balance between being a mom and having a career or business that&#8217;s yours.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;<\/span>Something that I have found very important in growing my business is listening to your gut.<\/span>\u00a0 Because in our day, this day and age, you can be bombarded with information.\u00a0 You read books and read blogs and you read this online and that article, and there\u2019s so much information which is amazing and helpful to a point, and then it can get confusing and feel overwhelming.\u00a0 So at times you have to sort of refocus yourself and listen to what your gut is telling you, because you might hear that this worked for one person, and that worked for another person, but it might not be exactly right for you. \u00a0So I think it\u2019s important to really find that balance of listening to everyone else\u2019s experience and this expert and that expert, but then taking that information and thinking about it and really focusing on what is going to work for you and listening to your gut, because sometimes taking other advice that might not feel quite right, there might be a reason behind that.&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8211; Erin Pelicano<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;I\u2019d say for anyone who\u2019s in a similar circumstance that has either lost their job or is just thinking about a complete change in career, that really <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">investing in yourself is very important.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0When I started to make this transition from continuing to search for a job in a full-time industry to deciding I want to follow my creative dreams, I did, I took some more classes, and I decided it was time to invest in myself.\u00a0 So I think if people who are in the beginning stages, it\u2019s okay to take some classes and see if it might be something you\u2019re interested in, and I think it\u2019s a good investment in the very beginning.&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8211; Erin Pelicano<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Erin Pelicano Interview Transcript\" href=\"http:\/\/www.123print.com\/blog\/transcript-123print-small-business-sense-erin-pelicano\/\" target=\"_blank\">[Click here to access the full transcript of Erin Pelicano&#8217;s 123Print Small Business Sense interview]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check out the official Erin Pelicano Jewelry website: <a title=\"ErinPelicano.com\" href=\"http:\/\/erinpelicano.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.erinpelicano.com<br \/>\n<\/a>SHOP Erin Pelicano Jewelry on Etsy:\u00a0<a title=\"Erin Pelicano Etsy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/erinpelicano\" target=\"_blank\">www.etsy.com\/shop\/erinpelicano<\/a><br \/>\nLIKE Erin Pelicano Jewelry on Facebook:\u00a0<a title=\"Erin Pelicano Jewelry Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/erinpelicanojewelry\" target=\"_blank\">www.facebook.com\/erinpelicanojewelry<\/a><br \/>\nFOLLOW Erin Pelicano Jewelry on Pinterest:\u00a0<a title=\"Erin Pelicano Jewelry Pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/erinpelicano\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.pinterest.com\/erinpelicano<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Let us help\u00a0<em>your<\/em> business succeed!<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a title=\"123Print\" href=\"http:\/\/www.123print.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.123Print.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking to start your own small business? 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