Steve,
Back in your September 23 blog you talked about getting into the haunted house scene.
I sent you an email thanking you for the great idea because after contacting every Halloween gig in the Wilmington NC area, I landed one where these two young men invested more than $500,000.
They had 11,000 square feet of pure terror, with up to 30 to 40 actors and actresses every Thursday to Saturday from 6 pm to 11 am starting October 21st.
Well needless to say, my wife and I made a killing in more ways than we could have dreamed of. We made good money but better than that we got countless contacts that can only help our business grow.
This is our first week away, and man do we miss that party atmosphere especially while making money. Words can not describe what a great time we had.
So here are some pictures that you told me to send when we were done, and again, thank you so much !!!!!!!!!!
Jeff Williams
P.S. They start filming a movie there in mid November.
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Today’s lesson:. Nothing happens until you take action, and that’s exactly what Jeff and his wife did.
Like he said, the profit from the gig is just the tip of the iceberg. The real pay off is the future income which will be generated by the contacts they made. That’s how to leverage your activities.
Jeff, you and your wife are doggin’ like pros – great job!
Let’s give it up for the Williams’ in the comments, and don’t forget to click the Facebook button (upper left) to give Jeff some helpful free publicity!
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Way to go guys….
man you guys just had pure fun, wow way to go there. I see jars on top of your cartm what where you selling in them
Tony
Cool Pictures , Keep on Dogin
GREAT JOB! I BET YOU STILL WISH IT WAS OCT. YOU ARE RIGHT THOUGH, THE BEST IS YET TO COME!!
SUPER IDEA! How did I miss that one!
How fun! How fun! How fun!
Glad it was a success in every way! Here’s to wishing you the best hot doggin ever.
That was great timing for the Halloween haunted house. I have an idea to go to Christmas Tree Lots. There open all day and at least till 11:00pm at night. Well Yummy Gourmet wish you all the best of luck with your Dogging business.
Awesome job guys, Sounds like you’re headed in the right direction. If you don’t mind me asking, how many Dogs did you find yourself slinging per day during the event?
That was great. Now, if you have soccer fields or something similar, try them out!
Great Job. Hope you had fun
Steve
On a different note. Is there a business plan template for starting a hot dog cart?
Must have been funny to see people in lots of make-up eating a hot dog. Great idea!
Amazing! Making lots of money while having fun…it doesn’t get much better than that.
Congratulations to you both!
Jeff – great follow through on Steve’s idea!
If I may ask what kind of deal did you work out with the haunted house?
In my case I think the approach is harder than the actual job. I don’t always know what to say or what kind of deal I should or could work out.
Anyway – now you can move on to x-mas – work with a santa clause (you could even pass for one) or tree sales – Good luck with the business!
Ihave been setting in the dark I want to be in with the doggin I have just about all my money for my cart I want to say WOW to Williams @ his wife that the way to go and to all dogger out i have a little ways to go but I am go be with all of you you don’t know me but that is ok I WILL SET BACK and watch and listing to you .you helping me thank you for listing to me
That is an excellent looking gig! nice score! Sell ‘em all! Thanks for sharing the pics.
Very exciting to see success happening in the the Hot Dog World. Keep up the good work and thanks for the inspiration!
Thank you one ,and all for all the great up lifting comments.At first they wanted 10% of my gross sales,but after the 3rd night they said they did not want anything,because they felt we were doing a great service for them just by being there at the right time,and staying till 2:00am till everyone left,so there employees could eat also.I did not argue about them letting me keep it all,and said to my wife i can’t believe,how much we feel appreciated just a great feeling while making money.Again thank you all,and Steve a BIG THANK YOU TO YOU FOR THE IDEAS,AND PUTTING MY WIFE,AND I IN HDCN.LOVE YOU GUYS JEFF.
steve I ben collcet parts for the hot dog cart and i went to the reclcy yard i find a coffee yur that work of of gas