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Old 01-05-2007, 10:38 AM   #1 (permalink)
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My first big sale!!!!!

I've been working on my business on and off for a few years now, but just in the past 9 months or so I have really gotten some stuff accomplished. I haven't really done any advertising (other than free stuff) and I still was managing to make a few sales here and there. I was probably averaging $100-$200 per month.

A few months ago I had a guy from an online university email me asking for bulk prices and if we could customized one of our products to include his logo and info. Of course I told him yes and I sent him some bulk prices. He emailed me back and said he really liked the prices and that he would get his graphic design team working on it. He said he should have it to me by the end of that week. Fast forward about three months later to today, I finally received his final order. He had originally talked about ordering 3000 units, but today to my great surprise, he ended up ordering 10,000 units!

This is a $45,400 sale! By far my biggest ever. I'm so excited. This will allow me to have somewhat of a budget now. Now I have to get my butt going to fill the order.

I just had to share this. This is my first big step with my business
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Old 01-05-2007, 10:46 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Congratulations!

All of your hard work and stick-to-it-ness is finally starting to pay off.

The best is yet to come!

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Old 01-05-2007, 10:55 AM   #3 (permalink)
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what do you actually sell ? Got a website ?
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Old 01-05-2007, 11:04 AM   #4 (permalink)
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what do you actually sell ? Got a website ?
My website is in my sig. I sell training products for Police, Fire, EMS and Dispatchers to help them communicate with Spanish-speaking individuals. This university wanted to take my quick reference card books, add another full card on top with all of their information, and then hand it out to criminal justice prospective students.
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Hey, that's awesome! Congratulations on a job well done!
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Thanks everyone for your congrats!
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Old 01-05-2007, 11:24 AM   #7 (permalink)
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great job, did you think about expanding into other languages?
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great job, did you think about expanding into other languages?
I did think about that, I just wasn't sure how much of a demand there would be for other languages. It will probably be something I get into once I have developed a few more products and have the time to research what other languages would have the demand for the products.
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congrats, I could see this being very successful.
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Old 01-05-2007, 01:14 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Congratulations! That's what I call a real entrepreneur!
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Old 01-05-2007, 01:26 PM   #11 (permalink)
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I did think about that, I just wasn't sure how much of a demand there would be for other languages. It will probably be something I get into once I have developed a few more products and have the time to research what other languages would have the demand for the products.
By the looks of it you will have a lot of success.
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Real good. GO S4E Go...

Its a neat idea . Keep it up.
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