First look at 1 sample
I did my civic duty this week and went to jury duty. I was not picked to serve on a panel for a trial, but the process was interesting none-the-less. I have served on a Jury before and it was pretty neat. There were a lot people there that did nothing but complain and as I sat there with my books and magazines, I thought…”wow that’s a lot of time you are wasting complaining about something you can’t control to a room full of people who can’t help you”. I do complain now and then too, don’t get me wrong, I’m no saint, but man oh man the negativity monster ran rampant in that room!
It’s hard not to let life beat ya down with all the curve balls you get thrown but complaining about things that pretty much are just a fact of life knowing nothing can be done about it seems like such a waste of energy. On that note, I’m going to try not to complain about how slow the manufacturing is going!! I received photos of the first design and they weren’t exactly what I wanted. Basically the finish was not right. The goods news is that my sourcing agent has a very clear understanding of my “vision” so before he even emailed me the photo’s of the first sample he warned me that I was not going to be happy. After seeing the photo, I concurred. He is going back to the factory and they are going to try again.
Earlier in the week I had a meeting with a copywriter and PR gal. It was a great meeting and she outlined a wonderful PR strategy, I just wish I was more confident in a launch date to put this plan in motion. For now we pretty much agreed to hold off until there were more concrete answers on the manufacturing side. There are so many facets to bringing an idea to market and they all are reliant on one another. Right now all the balls are in the air… I just hope I can catch them when they land!!! Hee hee
Leslie Haywood, Founder and President of Charmed Life Products, Inventor of Grill Charms™ www.grillcharms.com
