mel jacobson on fri 20 jan 06
remember, the 50 mile circle in my statements
is a `starting point`.
never the end all, do all.
many do not understand that.
i like my dad's analogy.
the front hook on our screen door was his `first line of defense`.
it takes many forms of sales to make a living.
on today's market you have to sell to friends and neighbors.
sell from your home.
sell in shops or wholesale, and of course use your computer
and the internet. i try and stay out of stores, but i sure
do art exhibits in galleries when called on to do it.
the biggest issue of all is getting your name value to the public.
and, without question...gather names into a data\base. every name
you can get.
so. i have argued that national contests and high priced
shows that you have a small chance of getting in...are a poor
way to do it.
you may have greater success at a local garden show.
a story in a local magazine or paper will get you many more
customers than a story in the `new york times`.
mel
from mel/minnetonka.mn.usa
website: http://my.pclink.com/~melpots3
Kathy Forer on tue 24 jan 06
mel jacobson wrote:
> remember, the 50 mile circle in my statements
> is a `starting point`.
> never the end all, do all.
> a story in a local magazine or paper will get you many more
> customers than a story in the `new york times`.
...unless that happens to be your local paper ;-)
In a place where the population density is 66940 people per square =20
mile (25850/km=B2) -- 1,537,195 people in only 33 square miles in =20
Manhattan alone (of a greater city area of 304 square miles (787 =20
square km) with population over 7,300,000), average of 105 people per =20=
acre or easily twice as or more many per good sized 2 acre city block =20=
-- and there are 169 Starbucks within 5 miles all selling the same =20
newspaper, all those people need at least some kind of pottery when =20
paper cups lose their flavor.
Hard to hear a kiln whoosh at that density but easy to see and be be =20
seen in a newspaper.
Kathy Forer
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