Thank you Lisa....it was very exciting for me to have the opportunity to meet and engage with you and Ken. I was intrigued by Kens thoughts for an expandable containment door to compete with zip wall techniques...I'm going to work on it and will be in touch with you guys once we start exploring.
Yeah Stan was sitting next to me and got up and left. He's a smart man.
So I can assume that if you go to a home show in your home town and a fellow cleaner recognizes and comes up to you and says "hey can I buy a zipper from you" you will decline the sale because you haven't paid the entrance fee to the home show? I doubt it.
Then substitute the big janitorial show in Vegas. I was trying to come up with a show that he would be found at without displaying at.
Paying vendors get a table and guaranteed visibility. Under the radar can only talk, they can't show. Though many of the paid people don't seem to be able to show either. There are definite advantages to paying the show. If I were Larry I would be talking about myself wherever I went as well. We all do it, wether it's through our adds or the lady standing in front of the rug dr. Display or to the pretty lady in line at the grocery store and getting a job/2nd date.
Secret?
Well they had to be drunk to think it. Sober, who would.
Using that scenario of the home show, lets say you bought a booth. You invested 3k in a nice display, another 1k in literature. You commit to 3 days at the show and pay for additional sales staff.
Some days I wish I would have just stayed in bed. Larry might be having such a day.
Talk or sell?
