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I sell hot dogs. I am selling a few hot dogs a day. The hot dogs I sell are not unique to me... several other street vendors in my area sell the same hot dogs. However, the hot dogs are definitely superior to some of the shit masquerading as hot dogs in my city.
A guy told me I could sell the same hot dogs, but just move a few blocks over during certain hours and expand hours to what they have witnessed first hand is a huge surge in foot traffic. The move to the new corner would literally cost me next to nothing, but I feel that I am ill equipped to spend the time and energy it would take to make the move. I could keep all my existing business, and use my existing cart to cover this new corner as well.
I talked to a guy that used to own a cart, on my same corner! He told me he took the same advice, moved down the street, and his results were way different than mine! I don't get it. Maybe he doesn't get it. I have a lot of time invested in this corner. Now he's telling me I need to learn a totally new corner in addition to mine? I'd rather just stay where I am at. I can't be in 2 places at once... even though he told me I didn't have to be. I could cover them both, as each corner had different time constraints.
I could use my same cart, my same ingredients, and my same mustard. All I had to do was move a few blocks over, and expand my hours. I didn't have to add more staff, change my formula, or even change my price. I just had to move into a higher traffic arena.
I decided to stay where I was, and just try and sell more hot dogs from my existing corner. I want to give it another year.
After that year, if it doesn't work I will just sell the damn cart and try something different.
A guy told me I could sell the same hot dogs, but just move a few blocks over during certain hours and expand hours to what they have witnessed first hand is a huge surge in foot traffic. The move to the new corner would literally cost me next to nothing, but I feel that I am ill equipped to spend the time and energy it would take to make the move. I could keep all my existing business, and use my existing cart to cover this new corner as well.
I talked to a guy that used to own a cart, on my same corner! He told me he took the same advice, moved down the street, and his results were way different than mine! I don't get it. Maybe he doesn't get it. I have a lot of time invested in this corner. Now he's telling me I need to learn a totally new corner in addition to mine? I'd rather just stay where I am at. I can't be in 2 places at once... even though he told me I didn't have to be. I could cover them both, as each corner had different time constraints.
I could use my same cart, my same ingredients, and my same mustard. All I had to do was move a few blocks over, and expand my hours. I didn't have to add more staff, change my formula, or even change my price. I just had to move into a higher traffic arena.
I decided to stay where I was, and just try and sell more hot dogs from my existing corner. I want to give it another year.
After that year, if it doesn't work I will just sell the damn cart and try something different.
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