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✨ Welcome + Introduce Yourself

You made it! Welcome to Square’s togetHER community 🙌

 

Our purpose is for you to find connection, advice, encouragement, and community with fellow women in business and allies. This community is built for and by you, so make it your own.

 

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First step: Introduce yourself in this thread! We want to get to know each and everyone one of you here. Stuck on how you should introduce yourself to other lady bosses? Here are some things to cover: Tell us who you are, what you’re working on and what type of business you own. If you have an online store, feel free to share with the group!

 

Our guiding principles

We all want productive, friendly conversation propelling us forward. Keep these in mind when posting:

  • Share actionable information/material. We want this group to provide advice and actions that you can implement immediately to improve your business. Give context when asking questions and be detailed in your responses. Post about the difficult things so we can figure out an answer together as a community.
  • Assume good intent. Tone on the internet is very difficult to convey. Let’s assume that everyone posting here comes from a place of good intention, so we can do the same. If anything feels amiss, please report it to our moderators.
  • Treat your fellow sellers with respect. We all come from different backgrounds and may not always agree with one another, but we can always treat each other with respect. We have a zero tolerance policy for harassment or abuse of sellers or moderators because this should be a happy place on the internet.
  • No spam or excessive self promotion. We’ve all seen those groups with the same people posting the same thing every single day. Let’s respect each other’s time and refrain from this type of excessive self promotion. But, by all means, when it’s time to celebrate you, shout that accomplishment from the rooftops!

 

Can’t wait to see your posts and celebrate you! 🎉

Ani
Gestora de la Comunidad de Vendedores / Seller Community Manager, Square
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It's been a busy morning! On your next (first/second/third) coffee break take a minute to welcome our newest members! 
 

@Loyalsquareuser 

@jbryan3 

@IlanaLMT 

@VKPMU 
@MCD07 

@Schavez0815 

@StrongType 

 

Now that your part of the togetHER group you can read through past posts and you're welcome to reply to any thread! Click Start a Thread to ask a new question or start a conversation.

 

If you're new to the Seller Community use @ before a username! If you have any questions I'm @Helen! 

 

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PS Don't forget to take our togetHER Book Club survey! 

️ Helen
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Hi my name is Kimberly,  I am a Certified Massage therapist  in California.  I've  been doing massage for almost 5 years and love it!

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Welcome Kimberly! Nice to 'meet' you! 😊

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Hello my name Lauren and my online store does full service group tours in the Caribbean. My next trip is this July 21-26. Please check out my page that I’m still working on. I’d love some feedback. Thank you! www.roamingnow.com

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Welcome @Roam, and to everyone else who joined togetHER over the past few days! 

 

@airving731 

@holdingpaddock 

@laurazorn 

@Brandused 

@SprayTanBoss 
@MrsMots 

@Chaliseshi 

@activeart 

@Socoent 

@mysticcoffee 

@LadaLadies 
@Starr1204 

@boojihair 

@reinedesigns3 

@CarolKennedy 

@Chriscancolor 

 

Reply to this thread to introduce yourself and tell us about your business🤗

 

You might also like to read some recent posts:

And last but not least, you can start a new conversation/ask a question too from the togetHER homepage😊

️ Helen
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A warm welcome to our newest members!

 

@KMadison 

@Mx4Design 

@PTB 

@Kevintran109 

@StacieArellano 

@linselu 

@pookievale 

@OCPPHX 
@AnuNakata 

 

You can reply to this thread to introduce yourself, or you can click Start a Thread (blue button) at the top of the screen to start a new post.

 

Glad to have you all here!

 

Helen 🤗

️ Helen
Seller Community Manager

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Thanks for the warm welcome. I'm a block print artist who sometimes sells online, though usually at art shows/conventions.

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Hi my name is Diane and I am a new business owner in Ephrata PA.  I do digital restoration on photographs. Mostly old ones. I did my very first square transaction today. Six dollars!!! Oh my. You’ve got to start somewhere. I’m a one woman business. No employees, looking to keep learning and needing a little fellowship from other women who are trying to take care of themselves. I lost my job so decided at age 62 to go out on my own. I have learned so much in the past two months. It’s been fun and scary 

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Hi Diane. Welcome to the group.

 

🎉 Congratulations on starting your own business and completing your first transaction! 🎉

 

I'm sorry you lost your job, but I'm happy that you decided to go out on your own. Even though it's fun and scary - I can relate - I enjoy the freedom of it. What about you?

 

What did you do before you decided to enter the photo restoration business?

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Congratulations on this new venture, Diane!

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Hello everyone! I'm Vicky. I currently reside in Louisiana and I sell a variety of items. Currently, I'm in the process of putting my website together which will take some time due to working and other responsibilities. I'll share my website later on once it's up and running. Best of luck to everyone.

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Let's take a minute to welcome our newest members. I hope you're all safe and well. 

 

@CornerstoneYC 

@BuenosDiasCafe 

@BeautyBringsIt 

 

You can reply to this thread to introduce yourselves to the togetHER group. We'd love to get to know you and hear your business stories. If you have any questions, let me know!

️ Helen
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Hi I'm Robin and excited to be a part of the togetHER Community. I love learning from women business owners and hope to be able to contribute to make Square even better.

I've introduced Square to my current and previous employers so it's natural that I started using it when I opened my own business. 

 

I sell my upcycled, hand-made jewelry online and at handmade markets and craft shows.  Many of those shows unfortunately  have been cancelled or have been turned into Virtual shows due to current events. 
Like so many of us, we are just trying to stay afloat !

Mitten Beach Designs started on the shores of Lake Michigan in 2019. Being a former teacher, I’ve always LOVED creating. My love of creating lead me to discover hand-stamping on metal & recycled belt pieces. Leather and metal make a very special combination. Together, they inspired the birth of Mitten Beach Designs. I live along Lake Michigan in SW Michigan and travel all over the midwest to share my jewelry.

 

I find inspirational and motivational words, hand-stamp them & attach them on pieces of recycled belts! This upcycled jewelry is then crafted into bracelets, necklaces, earrings, keyrings/bag tags.

Each piece is hand-made with love and attention to detail. These are truly uniquely one of a kind pieces of fun jewelry just like YOU! My goal is to encourage people to discover meaningful words for their daily life journey.

 

I created my website MittenBeachDesigns.com using Square/Weebly and found it very easy to use. I’m also on Facebook and Instagram. I have a Twitter account but can’t seem to grow it. Anyone else use Twitter for business? Thanks 😊 

 

 

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Welcome @MittenBeach! Delighted to have you here and thanks for letting us know all about your business. Your site looks great (I'd like to go to the beach now please ☀️) - and your 'Bring Your Own Belt' concept is such a good idea! 

 

I see you're interested in growing your following on Twitter/social media. It might be worth starting a new thread about it here in togetHER. I think it's something that lots of folks would like to discuss! 

️ Helen
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Hi I am Kate from Kate's place in San Jose Ca. Its a salon suite, I am a hairstylist, and with the Covid19 shutdown STILL in place for CA I became an e-commerce business. I sell Unite hair products, pink pewter hair accessories, as well as a few tops, from Brands like Naked Zebra! The hair head bands have hooks on the side, which allows you to hook your mask so it does not have to rest on your ears!  I really like selling online however I am not super tech savvy so a lot of trial and error. I hope to read about you all and gain some business and technology insight! Can't wait to chat it up! 

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Welcome @KatesPlace! It sounds like you've had to learn a lot over the last few months and I'd love to hear more about switching to an eCommerce business (you are not alone!). I'm sure it has been challenging but I hope you can take a minute to acknowledge everything you've achieved!

️ Helen
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Welcome to our newest members @ENS @GRISGRIS and @LorisProfession👋 

 

If you have time, you can reply to this thread to share a bit about yourself or your business. Feel free to chime in on any existing threads too, or start a new thread

️ Helen
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And welcome @poapdx! 😊

️ Helen
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Let's welcome another group of new members @formomandkeiki@Tequilasspecial, @lauradaviesmd and @pies4eva. (Also, good morning!)

 

You can reply to this thread to share a bit about your business, or start a new thread if you have any questions you'd like to ask or conversations you'd like to start.

 

I hope you're all safe and well.

️ Helen
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Thank you for accepting me into the group. I own a small DME and natural parenting store located in Virginia. I have been in business in some form or another since 1998. I started using Square when It first came out and eventually integrated It into my site which is on the Big Commerce platform. Just trying to stay afloat currently.

 

~Gloria

For Mom and Keiki

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I'd like to welcome our newest members @AdrienneLMT@JupiterGames 👋! Feel free to introduce yourselves and tell us a bit about your business! 

 

 

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Gestora de la Comunidad de Vendedores / Seller Community Manager, Square
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