2013 Bike Expo

Spent the weekend at the Seattle Bike Expo, this was my first experience actually getting out there and selling product.  I really worked hard on making a nice booth; something that showed I’m willing to go the extra mile.  I think that the work paid off.

My buddy Joe came down to help me man the booth, I was on my own for a little while Sunday afternoon and I’m telling you it sure is good having a friendly face to talk to and to have someone manning the battle stations while you rush off to the bathroom – once again too much coffee.  Joe is a great salesman and I learned a lot just watching how he interacted with the customers.  He was cool, enthusiastic and confident without being pushy.

Saturday was a long day: 9-6; we arrived at 7:30 and so Joe and I were on our feet for eleven plus hours.  Sunday was 10-4, given that we’d sprung forward the night before I was happy for the late start.  By the time four o-clock rolled around I was done – physically and mentally.

My son helped out Sunday afternoon and he was awesome.  I certainly wouldn’t have been out there talking to customers when I was fifteen.  I would have been hiding out somewhere no doubt about that.

All in all it was a great experience: made some sales, got some awesome feedback, meet some extremely cool people.  This doing your own business thing is a real rollercoaster: one minute you’re totally stoked that you did the right thing, the next minute you’re head in hand asking “what the hell was I thinking?”  Right now I’m in the totally stoked mode.