UpAndAtEm
06-10-2008, 07:32 PM
Hey everyone!
I hope you're all doing well and writing away like crazy! As for me, I've got some great news to share!
First, if you read the other thread, I mentioned a company that called me one morning and wanted to order 500 copies of one of my booklet titles. That was exciting, wasn't it? But it just got better - A LOT BETTER!!!
You see, a couple of weeks went by and I never got a check. So, finally, yesterday I contacted the company and asked if they were still planning to place an order, as I hadn't seen a check yet. "We're just trying to decide," came the reply, "whether to just buy copies for this office, or for all eight of our offices." ALL EIGHT!!! OMG!!! This company came to me as a referral, and I had no idea they had more than one office! So, keep your fingers crossed for me on this one!
Now, I've got some even better news. In that other thread, I think I also mentioned a national company that has taken an interest in the booklet. They want to include it in their product packaging. I finally got a number from them as to how many they need - are you sitting down??? They need 600,000!!! No kidding! SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND!!! I knew they would need alot, but to hear an actual number just does something to me, especially one as high as that!
So, while I'm waiting for the first company to make up their mind as to how many offices will receive booklets, and while I'm hammering out the details of the 600,000 booklet deal with the second company, I've decided to get myself into even higher gear and move forward with two spin-offs of that booklet. The great thing about the spin-offs is that I don't need a new market to sell them to. I can sell them to my current market, and hopefully triple my accounts with some of my clients. And the spin-offs won't take me long to write because much of the information can be taken from the booklet I already have published. I do everything I can to leverage my writing, and this is a great way to do that.
Oh, one last thing. I have been working to put together a product and website for other writers who want to learn to do what I do - write booklets and sell them like crazy to huge quantity buyers. It's taking some time to get it all done, but I'm not one to sit and let the grass grow. So, I'm starting a new blog for writers who are interested in discovering more about my experiences with booklet writing. I'm starting that blog as soon as I leave here, so I'll put the link in my sig here just as soon as I have it. The website will disappear from my sig (it isn't for writers anyway), and you'll have the link to the writer's blog in its place.
I hope some of you will visit me on the blog. I'll be watching for you!
Take care and keep writing!
I hope you're all doing well and writing away like crazy! As for me, I've got some great news to share!
First, if you read the other thread, I mentioned a company that called me one morning and wanted to order 500 copies of one of my booklet titles. That was exciting, wasn't it? But it just got better - A LOT BETTER!!!
You see, a couple of weeks went by and I never got a check. So, finally, yesterday I contacted the company and asked if they were still planning to place an order, as I hadn't seen a check yet. "We're just trying to decide," came the reply, "whether to just buy copies for this office, or for all eight of our offices." ALL EIGHT!!! OMG!!! This company came to me as a referral, and I had no idea they had more than one office! So, keep your fingers crossed for me on this one!
Now, I've got some even better news. In that other thread, I think I also mentioned a national company that has taken an interest in the booklet. They want to include it in their product packaging. I finally got a number from them as to how many they need - are you sitting down??? They need 600,000!!! No kidding! SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND!!! I knew they would need alot, but to hear an actual number just does something to me, especially one as high as that!
So, while I'm waiting for the first company to make up their mind as to how many offices will receive booklets, and while I'm hammering out the details of the 600,000 booklet deal with the second company, I've decided to get myself into even higher gear and move forward with two spin-offs of that booklet. The great thing about the spin-offs is that I don't need a new market to sell them to. I can sell them to my current market, and hopefully triple my accounts with some of my clients. And the spin-offs won't take me long to write because much of the information can be taken from the booklet I already have published. I do everything I can to leverage my writing, and this is a great way to do that.
Oh, one last thing. I have been working to put together a product and website for other writers who want to learn to do what I do - write booklets and sell them like crazy to huge quantity buyers. It's taking some time to get it all done, but I'm not one to sit and let the grass grow. So, I'm starting a new blog for writers who are interested in discovering more about my experiences with booklet writing. I'm starting that blog as soon as I leave here, so I'll put the link in my sig here just as soon as I have it. The website will disappear from my sig (it isn't for writers anyway), and you'll have the link to the writer's blog in its place.
I hope some of you will visit me on the blog. I'll be watching for you!
Take care and keep writing!