Just the boost I needed *Update in OP*
I got an e-mail from a local lady who's established in her oh-so-cute business saying that she liked mine! Anyway, she said when I'm ready, she'll forward my name on to the people at the biggest local news channel. They have a segment for local businesses. She also got me to think about putting my stuff in some stores, and I'm so going to! I've already taken the first step and feeling VERY optimistic. Thanks for letting me share!
**Update** Ok, so the deal with this group is you pay $20 (I hope it's a 1 time fee, but it might be for every time), plus you have to hand out 100 flyers, and you bring treats for your customers. The place where all this is is in a really really rich area, about 30-45 from my home. So I went up Tuesday and got the flyers. I started delivering them in my assinged area by myself. After an hour and a half and only 30 flyers later, my back was hurting it was hot and I felt a little funny. I figured that I'd go home, make some phone calls, then deliver the rest in the morning. So I went home- and was running a fever that got worse as the day went on. I had a fever ALL day! It was horrible. Luckily, when I woke up on Wed, it was gone and I was good to go. So I recruited my nephews to deliver flyers with me. It didn't take nearly as long that way. I drove the car, they delivered, I bought them lunch. Win-win. Ok, fast forward to today.... I get there, nervous the entire drive up- butterflies, everything- set up, all that jazz. There were 9 of us at the boutique- all of us had delivered flyers, most of them lived close. I'd used an entire tank of gas on all my trips up there. The thing was from 1-6. I think a TOTAL of 15 people came. Granted their school started yesterday. We were all dissapointed. It was pretty tough for me. I did learn a LOT about myself. It would be so easy right now to say, "OK, I'm done for good. Forget it, none of this is working," but I'm going to see if there isn't a boutique group in my county. Because there are rich people on the East Bench of Salt Lake, I don't have to go all the way down to Highland and Alpine to find them. Thanks so much for your guys' support. On my way home, I was like- I've got to go tell the other moms! So I thought of you guys!
Last edited by imafishtank : 08-24-2006 at 11:16 PM.
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