genek
08-30-2013, 09:56 AM
Who are Potential customers, Where can I find customers.
How we make our living with the shop bot depends on customers. Without our customers we can produce all the product we want but we will not make a living and we will not survive.
My Grandfather Told me that one can be a poor man and be starving with a gold mine in his back yard. I was young and stupid at that time so I asked how could one be poor with a gold mine.
His answer was The gold is useless unless you mine it, and it is useless unless you can sale it to someone.
This applies to all of us. We each have a gold mine with our cnc. We just need to learn to mine it for it's valuable products, Then we must learn how to sale our product to make it profitable.
Now the question Who is my customer. Basically anyone you meet is a potential customer, even someone with a cnc. Yesterday I was at our local Kroger's as I was getting out of my truck I noticed that a company was striping and re-painting the parking lot. I over heard a man say that they needed to make new painting jigs to paint the handy capped space, that it was starting to get heavy build up. I went over and asked if he was the owner, he was not but that the owner would be here shortly. By the time I finished my shopping the owner arrived, Talking to him I found out they make their own templates but that they had to do this quite often from paint build up. I suggested they make them out of aluminum and informed him that I have a cnc machine that could cut the patterns needed very cleanly. Well now I have over 30 different patterns to cut for his company. why. I showed him a better mouse trap. the patterns cut in aluminum can be cleaned and is more durable than the plywood ones.
Had I not over heard the painters or just ignored the painters I would not have that job.
Also last night at Our local arts and crafts meeting A teacher from the High School attended. She was Looking for a wood worker to Make prop for a School Play. (our local school system in their wise wisdom shut down the Vocational classes last year.) I made the prop last night, and delivered it this morning. The principal of the High School saw it and asked if I could do another project, (which I could) He called the school board office and told them. Now I have a meeting with the school board to do a project for all of the schools.
Customers are everywhere, keep your eyes, and ears open at all times, Look for customers everywhere you go. Do not be afraid to approach people, the worst they will do is tell you they are not interested.
The More contacts you Make the more customers you end up with.
By the way I gave all of you a Potential customer. Approach the companies that paint parking lots tell them you can make their templates that they can soak in cleanser or stripper and re use with out having to replace due to heavy paint.
How we make our living with the shop bot depends on customers. Without our customers we can produce all the product we want but we will not make a living and we will not survive.
My Grandfather Told me that one can be a poor man and be starving with a gold mine in his back yard. I was young and stupid at that time so I asked how could one be poor with a gold mine.
His answer was The gold is useless unless you mine it, and it is useless unless you can sale it to someone.
This applies to all of us. We each have a gold mine with our cnc. We just need to learn to mine it for it's valuable products, Then we must learn how to sale our product to make it profitable.
Now the question Who is my customer. Basically anyone you meet is a potential customer, even someone with a cnc. Yesterday I was at our local Kroger's as I was getting out of my truck I noticed that a company was striping and re-painting the parking lot. I over heard a man say that they needed to make new painting jigs to paint the handy capped space, that it was starting to get heavy build up. I went over and asked if he was the owner, he was not but that the owner would be here shortly. By the time I finished my shopping the owner arrived, Talking to him I found out they make their own templates but that they had to do this quite often from paint build up. I suggested they make them out of aluminum and informed him that I have a cnc machine that could cut the patterns needed very cleanly. Well now I have over 30 different patterns to cut for his company. why. I showed him a better mouse trap. the patterns cut in aluminum can be cleaned and is more durable than the plywood ones.
Had I not over heard the painters or just ignored the painters I would not have that job.
Also last night at Our local arts and crafts meeting A teacher from the High School attended. She was Looking for a wood worker to Make prop for a School Play. (our local school system in their wise wisdom shut down the Vocational classes last year.) I made the prop last night, and delivered it this morning. The principal of the High School saw it and asked if I could do another project, (which I could) He called the school board office and told them. Now I have a meeting with the school board to do a project for all of the schools.
Customers are everywhere, keep your eyes, and ears open at all times, Look for customers everywhere you go. Do not be afraid to approach people, the worst they will do is tell you they are not interested.
The More contacts you Make the more customers you end up with.
By the way I gave all of you a Potential customer. Approach the companies that paint parking lots tell them you can make their templates that they can soak in cleanser or stripper and re use with out having to replace due to heavy paint.