wish me well

[cdrover(Clyde)]

\i am doing something today that I have been wanting to do for a long time. I have spacerented at the local mall and will be leaving soon to set up my display. I think I have enough product at various price points. Crosses, baskets plaques easter ornaments etc. Will report later as to the results.

[Keefie]

Best of luck with your sales

[scrollgirl]

I hope you have a great day!  Let us know how you do.

Sheila

[newfie]

good luck Clyde

[Billy in Va]

Good Luck Clyde

[julief]

Have a great ( and profitable) day.  Let us know how it goes.

[king310]

CD are you taking your snow plow? That would be a great item for those who want a workout....

Hope you sell all of your items.

[Marcellarius]

good luck and I hope you make a great sale!!

(pictures? )

[Judy Hunter]

Hope you make so much money, I can borrow some 
Sales are great but it is also great to hear all the admiration.

[dgman]

Good luck Clyde. Tell how you do.

[cdrover(Clyde)]

And the report is......... after expenses........................we made .................. --$ 40.00. But we got a lot of exposure, passed out a ton of business cards
 Really I am disappointed but it was something I wanted to try. My next venture will be a WEB SITE, already have one started of Weebly,  so look out, I aint giving up. As for the snow plough King, we are into spring, snow is all gone, for now anyhow. Ya gotta love it. 

[wombatie]

Sorry it was not up to expectations but hopefully something will come of the cards you handed out. You never know you may get a real big order be optimistic that's my motto.

Marg

[Marcellarius]

bad luck there Clyde.
but don't trow in the towel after one attempt, right?
better luck next time, and who knows web site might be a winner....

[dunk]

When I first moved here to a small community.  I gave the local Saturday market a try.  I was really saddened to not be selling more on the weekends.  I kept going though and each weekend i sold a little more.  I began to see familiar faces stopping by my booth and actually taking out there purses and wallets.
After about 6 weeks i was selling quite a few items and was getting more and more custom orders.   it finally dawned on me after talking to a few other vendors, these are local folks who don't know me & I needed to earn there trust, and seeing me there week after week seemed to help establish that trust.
I finally was accepted when I made new signage and proclaimed "Locally owned and handcrafted in Montana!"  My sales doubled that weekend and have been great since.  Give it a try.
Give it some time, earn your place in the community.
Make informative signs about hand crafted locally, no computers, no lasers.  Custom orders accepted.  Shipping offered.  Make it hard for them NOT to buy from you.
Keep a smile on your face.
Give out small items to passing kids Book marks, a hug (little hug word art cutout).  Have a puzzle and challenge some of the teens to assemble it in under 5 minutes for instance and if they can they can have the puzzle  If you are giving out to many puzzles make a harder one and lower the time to assemble.
Any time you have activity at your booth others will stop in to see what is going on.

Good luck!!!!  We are rooting for you.

[cdrover(Clyde)]

Durk you are right about all you said, (and I hear you saying to yourself, duh, of course I am right). I spoke to a lady who sells quilted items, she is there every weekend she told me the same think. But it is an expensive venue. I did give away a few items. A little girl maybe 4-5 years old picked up a $3.00 easter ornament and asked her grandmother if she could have it, the grandmother looked at it, want back to the end of the table with the little girl, I assumed to look at the others, I had planned to give it to her at no cost but before I realised what had happened the piece was put back on the table and they were gone into the crowd. I get a delight at the look on the parents faces when you pass along some little thing to their child and "say this is for you". Ya gotta love it!