Well i finally did it, i held my first open house on Saturday May 1st. i held it at my apartment building in the lounge from 10:00 till 3:00 and strangely enough while we were setting up 2 people walked in at 9:30 and looked around and both made purchases luss setting the stage for something i didn't expect. When i thought about how to get the SMC name out to the public i soon realized a showcase of products was neccesary.
My close friend who has assisted me right from the beginning thought as i did that quite possibly we could be playing cards for 5 hours, instead quite the opposite happened and mind you a large number were either family or good friends. There were also alot of lookers which as you know helps down the road, and of course you get the standard looker who decides that it was more fun to critize, me and the product however every business gets them, and what yjey don't know is i was involved in minor hockey as a player and coach for almost 30 years and you had better become thick skined.
On the whole the day was a huge success and by my count between 25 and 30 people attended with most either ordering or wanting a catolage for future sales. I decided to provide free coffee, free fruit punch, free cookies and free timbits to which i figured all the free loaders in the building would then begin to show up except this didn't occur (thankfully).
As you know i am wheelchair bound so somethings i need help with so want to take the time to thank a couple of my neighboures for their help as well as my good friend who not only assisted but has been both my assistant and also my biggest cheerleader. So a huge THANK YOU MARY even though it doesn't seem enough.
See you soon...
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