chefann
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I had the best 2 hours last night!
Back in June, I met a consultant with a fairly new company at a vendor fair. We swapped shows (although nobody showed up for hers - but I did get a booking from it!), and have become friends. She told me that she had started her business mostly to do fundraisers. About a month ago, she sent me some info about a fundraiser expo being organized so that people participating in events in the area for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society could get fundraising ideas in one place. I never heard anything back from the organizers.
Then, on Monday, I got a note from my friend, "Are you still available Thursday? They don't have a PC rep." Matter of fact, I was still available. So I threw together some materials.
It was a short expo - 6-8 pm. There were about 6 vendors (a seventh didn't show up). I gave away every fundraiser flyer I had, got contact info for 27 people, and got 4 shows on the books! Plus a fifth tentatively. One in December, 2 in January (also the tentative one), and 1 in February!
As a bonus, the vendor next to me, who was from Little Caesar's, gave me a free Italian Cheesy Bread kit.
(I kept telling him that I'd cross-sell his pizza kits with our stoneware if he'd do the same.)
Back in June, I met a consultant with a fairly new company at a vendor fair. We swapped shows (although nobody showed up for hers - but I did get a booking from it!), and have become friends. She told me that she had started her business mostly to do fundraisers. About a month ago, she sent me some info about a fundraiser expo being organized so that people participating in events in the area for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society could get fundraising ideas in one place. I never heard anything back from the organizers.
Then, on Monday, I got a note from my friend, "Are you still available Thursday? They don't have a PC rep." Matter of fact, I was still available. So I threw together some materials.
It was a short expo - 6-8 pm. There were about 6 vendors (a seventh didn't show up). I gave away every fundraiser flyer I had, got contact info for 27 people, and got 4 shows on the books! Plus a fifth tentatively. One in December, 2 in January (also the tentative one), and 1 in February!
As a bonus, the vendor next to me, who was from Little Caesar's, gave me a free Italian Cheesy Bread kit.
(I kept telling him that I'd cross-sell his pizza kits with our stoneware if he'd do the same.)
