Skirt Full of Fire | Tucson-based Tribal Fusion Belly Dance Instruction & Performance

It being the new year and all, I’ve been thinking a lot about what, exactly, I’d like to do with this site and my business.  I’ve been wracking my brain trying to figure out what I can bring to the table, business and entertainment wise.  I think I have an interesting voice in the belly dance world…I am at least mildly funny and I find my personality disorder to be entertaining, if nothing else.  I am also in a position to offer online classes and support, which I don’t tend to see a lot of in the tribal belly dance world.  I’d love to create and offer more content, but I simply cannot with the set up I have right now.

• My computer is dying.  It can’t keep up with the type of video editing I need to do, and it wheezes and whines when I open photoshop.  I can’t get to where I need to be with the machinery I have now.  I can get a refurbished Macbook Pro for $1300.
• I need a decent video recorder.  I have an alright webcam for private lessons via Skype, but it won’t do for pre-recorded online classes.  I’ve been looking around, and HD cameras with good ratings tend to be around $400-500.
• The last piece of the pie is marketing related.  I plan on doing a predominately grass-roots marketing plan, as I generally hate marketing myself, but I still would like to have the cheddar to put a couple of ads in belly dance magazines and local Tucson-based magazines, too.  For this, I have estimated $200 right off the bat, but I’m sure it will cost more.

I always feel weird about reaching out for help, as I am fiercely stubborn and wildly independent, but I have absolutely no means to do this myself at this point in time.  I have it a lot better than 99% of the world’s population, but I still live on a diet of, predominately, potatoes and eggs and don’t have health insurance.  I am reaching out to you all in the hopes that you might do me a solid and I’ll hope to be in a position to do you a solid in the future.

Even $5 towards this goal is appreciated, but if you hit these marks, I’ll have little prizes for you:

• $25 – A shout-out on my website and Facebook.  If you have a website you’d like me to link (safe-for-work content only, jokers), I will link it, as well.
• $50 – A signed 8×10″ print of my “Playing Card” image.  Not just a wimpy headshot, you could frame this baby and impress your friends.
• $100 – A month of online classes.  If you don’t particularly care to take online classes, you can gift it out.
• $500 or more – My undying devotion and three months of online classes for yourself or a friend.
• $1000 or more – A year of online classes for yourself, or you could split it up as much as you want for gifts.

I will keep you all in-the-know about where I am with my goals.  You can also support me in my goal by booking me for performances, taking my classes, or scheduling private lessons with me.  Thank you all so much for your interest in my little site.