Introducing Jeanette

Let me introduce you to our newest sales person - Jeanette.

But first some backstory so you can truly understand how insane I really am.

Several years ago while working in a job I absolutely detested, I started making up different personalities for myself while on plane rides. Essentially, if the person seated next to me struck up a conversation rather than telling him/her what I actually did for a living (and hated with a deep passion) I would make up another career entirely. Sort of like trying on a career for an hour or two and then I'd discard it later. It was fun and better then talking about a job I hated.

Even though I love what I'm doing now, as my last post shows, I'm terribly emotionally (and financially) invested in this business and it's hard for me to have people walk by our booth and disregard it. So I've decided that rather than being "Founder" this weekend at the trade show I'm going to be Jeanette - a happy (perhaps even perky?) sales person who doesn't really have too much invested in the business. Granted, Jeanette obviously believes in the product and wants the business to succeed but if someone walks by and says something negative she doesn't take it personally because it's not her baby. Instead, like a good sales person, she'll shrug it off and look forward to the next person to talk to.

Yes, I know it sounds insane but I'm going to see how it works this weekend.

In other news - the trade show booth is all set up and ready to go first thing tomorrow morning. I'm a bit nervous about the fact that I'm literally in a back corner (this is one of the shows I don't get a say in where I'm placed) but I had some new professional photography blown up and put it up in the booth and had a fair amount of vendors today stop and check out the booth simply based on the photos. So we'll see...

Hopefully Jeanette will be a killer salesperson. Though if she is, does she get commission?