A while back I started a thread talking about small town advantages. It was about a soon to be realeased story about my pen making here in Columbus Indiana.
here the "old story": http://www.penturners.org/forum/showthread.php?t=82914
Well it came out today. It was much better than I expected. I think the reporter did a very good job. Knowing I had the interview I was pretty much afraid to say much about it to friends or family because I might jinx the whole thing. But it came out in the paper today! I went to early service today and I have never been so surprised as to how many read the paper. That is - early on a Sunday. I know it's well over 20 people came up to me to personally congratulate me and my wife on the great article in the paper was and wishing us much success. (Some I have sold pens to in the past, yes) All people that I know and all, but it was the early service - 8:30am! They must have gotten up at 5am just to read...MY eyes don't focus at that time! Anyway despite me being in pictured in the article, it wasn't too bad. I am not a great photographer or anything but the first picture I'll attach here is one of the Front Page of the Sunday edition. On the top of the paper! I don't think anyone could buy a headline like that. Other than if they did something very, very wrong. I look of it as s sort of "Good News Headline". Then inside section three in what we call the Lifestyles Section I take up the entire page, literally and figuratively(?).
To take a quote from a friend and fellow IAP member on here - the one called: Wood Butcher, this from an emaill sent my way just this morning: "now figure out how to promote sales through this before it gets cold."
That's all I have to do!
Thanx for your time and comments!
Randy
P.S. I have my email address in the article. I have already started to receive inquiries (2) and congradulations now numbering 12!
here the "old story": http://www.penturners.org/forum/showthread.php?t=82914
Well it came out today. It was much better than I expected. I think the reporter did a very good job. Knowing I had the interview I was pretty much afraid to say much about it to friends or family because I might jinx the whole thing. But it came out in the paper today! I went to early service today and I have never been so surprised as to how many read the paper. That is - early on a Sunday. I know it's well over 20 people came up to me to personally congratulate me and my wife on the great article in the paper was and wishing us much success. (Some I have sold pens to in the past, yes) All people that I know and all, but it was the early service - 8:30am! They must have gotten up at 5am just to read...MY eyes don't focus at that time! Anyway despite me being in pictured in the article, it wasn't too bad. I am not a great photographer or anything but the first picture I'll attach here is one of the Front Page of the Sunday edition. On the top of the paper! I don't think anyone could buy a headline like that. Other than if they did something very, very wrong. I look of it as s sort of "Good News Headline". Then inside section three in what we call the Lifestyles Section I take up the entire page, literally and figuratively(?).
To take a quote from a friend and fellow IAP member on here - the one called: Wood Butcher, this from an emaill sent my way just this morning: "now figure out how to promote sales through this before it gets cold."
That's all I have to do!
Thanx for your time and comments!
Randy
P.S. I have my email address in the article. I have already started to receive inquiries (2) and congradulations now numbering 12!
