A bit about KIDShow
It’s the last day of KIDShow and what an adventure it’s been. Yesterday was slow, slow, slow. I know there were a few vendors that did good - but for the most part, everyone was just trying to keep themselves awake. Where have all the people gone? Here’s the theories I heard:
- Trade shows suck now because of the internet.
- No body could make it out of the east coast because of the storm and cancelled flights.
- Too many shows going on.
- Did they advertise?
I met a lot of vendors yesterday though, so that’s cool to me. I’ve had a chance to meet some people who own companies I admire, which is super-cool to me. And most importantly, I have learned a world of information from some of the more experienced exhibitors. I am incredibly lucky to be surrounded by happy and helpful people, because not everybody at that show is so friendly (I will save it for another post, but it will be another post).
We have picked up new customers and it’s been exciting. But getting here and getting set up was the craziest experience of our new-business lives. We couldn’t get a babysitter to save our lives, so the kids had to come with us. I was going to come alone, but my husband was kind enough to come up for a couple of days to help with setup. I would never have made it without him. Not for our first show, no way. But it is really difficult to function with two rambuctous youngun’s in -tow.
And I have to give a shout out to my husband who spent the entire day yesterday doing stuff for me. And it was stressful for him because I know where all the stuff is back at home and he hung in there and did the whole darn project after driving our kids back home in the morning. That was our Valentine’s day. An early-morning good-bye and lots of stress. But we’re going to get some time alone after this journey. We need a break!!!
Add comment February 15th, 2007