More exciting news. Well first of all, today I was really, really tired. I got about 4 hours of sleep for the past three nights straight, plus Elliana kept waking up, so I'm not sure how much of that was actual sleep. Debbie and I have worked out this schedule where a few nights a week I can go to Madison to get some work done. I usually start at a coffee shop from 8pm-11pm, and then move to buffalo wild wings until 2am. Both have free wifi so I can get my work done.
Don't have much time here, so here's just a few quick developments....
1) Have a meeting with green glue and their marketing firm next Wednesday to discuss the project
2) Hired a lady from Egypt with an IT degree to do some research for me. Came up with a crazy idea of having her sell my product in the middle east on my behalf since she speaks Arabic. She's actually pretty excited about the idea. There's about 50 ways it could totally not work I know, but it might be fun to give it a shot. The most important thing though is not to make this a distraction for all my other stuff, or sales. So I'm limiting my time on this to 2 hours a week max. She basically has do to all the research, learn more about acoustics, and try and find some sales. I'll give her some pointers here and there. If she makes a sale then great, if not, she's learning in the process, and I'm learning about international selling as well. We'll see...
3) Got a great idea to port my software to the Ipad. That's cool in and of itself and I'm talking with some VAs to see how much it would cost. The real cool thing though, is I'm thinking about having a promo - Buy a $2,500 project and get a fee Ipad! I'm thinking that marketing people already will like the product, and the chance at owning an Ipad might be enough to push them to buy.
4) Dan Miller has agreed to meet with me to discuss my business! He's got this program where you spend a few hours with him and he helps give you direction for your business. He only takes people whose business seems like they have good potential, so I'm really flatter he's agreed to take me on.
Next week is when I hopefully can get a lot of the loose ends tied up on the website and product development, and can start to focus on selling. I think I tend to focus on the product and the process, and really need to go out and get some sales. I know that will make Debbie happier and more prone to think all my scheming is a pipe dream. We'll see...
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