Thread: How to get my products to consumers

Getting your products into small local stores would be an excellent way to start. Remember you can't start on top, you have to progress. Picture this, you have your products in a few local shops, your local customers move out of town and ask chain store X if they have your product. If they keep hearing your product name, that might be a wake up call for them to get it in stock. Could be wrong but thats just my opinion on it.

Thank you, that is what I think the benefit of that approach would be. It seems very time consuming (but not any more time consuming than some of the other business activities that I am doing). The long-term benefits could be very substantial.

I agree start small but start right, this could be a very great foundation for your products. Sending out sample kits can also jumpstart your business. Turning into network marketing may also be very good in terms of sales but then again the sales might just be from the networking itself and not because of the product per se. Managing netowrk marketing can be also quite hard to begin with because you basically have to map out the whole system so people who would market your product would actually earn. IMHO I say go and focus with 1,2 and 3 first and once you are set for the big league there's no harm in trying out 4 and 5. Though in case you settle for those you might lose the initial natural cosmetics product and end up as one the MLM products today. There is nothing wrong about MLM products but then , these products are known not because of the beauty of the product itself but from earning by recruiting.

Thank you for that perspective on the network marketing avenue. It's definitely a huge decision to go that route and could have an effect on the brand image forever.

Don't try everything with the goal of getting fast results. I think you should have strategies that are designed to work in the long haul alongside strategies designed to be more quick with results.

I think facebook advertisements are overrated. Personally, out of all the websites I visit every day, I could not tell you one single ad that appeared. I think it's because I've trained myself to blurr out advertsiements and any banners on the side of the pages. I think you may have more luck by generating real discussion on facebook. If I see Person A > Person B: "OMG, SOOO GOOD" or something, I'm much more receptive to this and will probably check the website or product out. Just my opinion though.

I also think you are wrong to assume that getting your product into small stores is a waste of time. If you think about all the red tape and garbage you have to go through to get your product put into a chain store, getting them into smaller ones doesn't look so bad, especailly if you walk in and the owners there, you walk in, propose it, negotiate the terms, and bam, they're available.

Just say you worked on the venture full time, and aimed at winning over 4 small stores a day, in a year that's almost 1,500 stores. Just say you made an average of $30.00 net profit at each one, it still adds up to big numbers, (49k/month) .. if you're willing to hit the road, travel, and sell your products, I am sure you can make a killing!! Good luck!!

Originally Posted by damien275x

I think facebook advertisements are overrated. Personally, out of all the websites I visit every day, I could not tell you one single ad that appeared. I think it's because I've trained myself to blurr out advertsiements and any banners on the side of the pages. I think you may have more luck by generating real discussion on facebook. If I see Person A > Person B: "OMG, SOOO GOOD" or something, I'm much more receptive to this and will probably check the website or product out. Just my opinion though.

I also think you are wrong to assume that getting your product into small stores is a waste of time. If you think about all the red tape and garbage you have to go through to get your product put into a chain store, getting them into smaller ones doesn't look so bad, especailly if you walk in and the owners there, you walk in, propose it, negotiate the terms, and bam, they're available.

Just say you worked on the venture full time, and aimed at winning over 4 small stores a day, in a year that's almost 1,500 stores. Just say you made an average of $30.00 net profit at each one, it still adds up to big numbers, (49k/month) .. if you're willing to hit the road, travel, and sell your products, I am sure you can make a killing!! Good luck!!

Have you been on facebook in the last few days??

Yes. I use it quite a lot. My point was that the advertisements as tailored as they may be do not get seen by me. They are ignored. Unless they go deep into my subconcious or something. The ads that do popup/get in my face, I make a commitment to avoid that product when I see it.Especially irritating ads with flashy images and music.