Good response from doing it the old fashioned way

[clairemackaness]

After my little chat with MK printing I decided to go out and about and put little ads in my sweet shop windows, hoping to attract part-timers to my representatives position.

Whilst I was out I took a few samples of my work, my portfolio, leaflets and lots of cards and went into every shop, bar, hairdressers, dentist and doctors that had a bare wall and asked to speak to the manager.

I was really surprised how receptive people were. I had expected them to say no thanks and shove me out of the door, but at least 30% of them sat down with me for 5 or 10 minutes to look at my work and many of them are refurbing in the New Year so I could get lucky.

Although I didn't get any orders there and then I really am confident that a couple of them will get back to me soon and even if they dont, at least my name is out there a bit more. And dont worry I made sure I got there cards too so I can follow up my visit!

Thanks Matt for giving me the courage to go out there and make a prat of myself!!

[Cornish Steve]

Well done, Claire, for having the courage to go out there. I know first-hand how difficult it is; I am still a little nervous about calling on people for the first time, but I find that it does get easier over time. For me, the key is having a clear message that can be delivered in 30 seconds or less.

[clairemackaness]

Thanks Steve,

I'm about to e-mail all the people to say thank you for taking the time out to talk to me.

I'm off to the next door town tomorrow as well, now I'm on a bit of a roll! LOL

[crus]

Well done Claire,

you cant beat that face to face element, follow up like a pro and it will pay dividends.

So many people neglect this and other guerilla approaches that can do you lots of good.

D

[directmarketingadvice]

Well done, Claire.

Sometimes we convince ourselves that everyone's too busy to take a little time out. However, there are a lot of people who'll make the 5-10 mins if they can.

As cynical as the media wants to portray our society, most people are still inherently good and want to treat others well. And I think this is even more the case among business people.

Going in with a friendly attitude, a desire to create value for the other person plus a belief in yourself and your product will get a lot of good responses. As you proved today.

Let's hope you see some sales when the refurbishments happen.

Steve