I just got a quick May show and did nothing but answer my phone. Want to know how? Easy. Someone else left a catalog at a hospital without any contact information on it.
I got a call from a customer of mine. Here's the story as I understand it. Someone else who works in a different part of the hospital (which isn't anywhere near where I live) found a PC catalog in the hospital waiting room. They took it to the lounge. A few people wrote down orders and stuck them in the catalog. The catalog had sat around for a few weeks, when one of the people said, "Are we actually going to be able to get this stuff?"
One of the interested women asked a group of workers in another break room if they knew anyone who sold PC. My customer said, "I do."
She called me, then transferred me to the woman who had asked. I just emailed her an OOF so she can figure up what everyone owes. I'm meeting her on Wednesday to close the show. She's got over $150 in orders already with at least 2 other people who she knows want to order.
Lesson #1--Always put your contact information on EVERYTHING. Seriously. I mean, I'm glad to have the show. This pretty much guarantees that I'll earn that free June product. Still, the consultant who paid for the catalog really lost out.
Lesson #2--Make sure your customers all know how to reach you easily.
The funny thing is that my customer doesn't need anything right now, so she's not even ordering.
Thank you, consultant who didn't label your catalog, wherever you are. :balloon:
I got a call from a customer of mine. Here's the story as I understand it. Someone else who works in a different part of the hospital (which isn't anywhere near where I live) found a PC catalog in the hospital waiting room. They took it to the lounge. A few people wrote down orders and stuck them in the catalog. The catalog had sat around for a few weeks, when one of the people said, "Are we actually going to be able to get this stuff?"
One of the interested women asked a group of workers in another break room if they knew anyone who sold PC. My customer said, "I do."
She called me, then transferred me to the woman who had asked. I just emailed her an OOF so she can figure up what everyone owes. I'm meeting her on Wednesday to close the show. She's got over $150 in orders already with at least 2 other people who she knows want to order.
Lesson #1--Always put your contact information on EVERYTHING. Seriously. I mean, I'm glad to have the show. This pretty much guarantees that I'll earn that free June product. Still, the consultant who paid for the catalog really lost out.
Lesson #2--Make sure your customers all know how to reach you easily.
The funny thing is that my customer doesn't need anything right now, so she's not even ordering.
Thank you, consultant who didn't label your catalog, wherever you are. :balloon: