Inventory is when I go out from client to client, make additions, subtractions, and specialty cards (such as mother's day cards ;) ), take a count to see what missing and get ready to send out bills. Yesterday was our first one, and while very exciting it is EXHAUSTING! We went to 10 sites and it took almost SIX hours! And that is just the beginning. once home the removed stock needs to be rechecked back in (which we didn't have, so something has to be made). Then the over stock needs to be filed (AGAIN which has to be made!). A final report sheet for tallies (again....oh you get the idea!). And it all funnels down to a tracking of WHAT sold and WHERE it sold. Even though it is tiring, the closer you get to those numbers the more exciting it becomes, and while I have not gotten ALL the numbers in yet from all the sites a clear pattern is starting to show. I'll write later about which one did best later.
Yesterday also marks the first "photo shoot". I met with Paul from the Sun Argus at Stockman's and he took photos of one of the managers, Dustin and myself, with one of the boxes. The photo will appear with an article that he is publishing THIS WEEK in the Sun Argus & Woodville Leader. Shannon and I have read the draft and its great. The article goes all the way back to when I was a kid, through Disney and to where I am today. Though I am not sure exactly how much of it will appear, because space might be limited, we are excited to see what comes out. I will try to put it out on the web page, but I encourage all of you to go purchase this weeks edition, also everyone there after just to see what that "talented" new cartoonist is going to come up with! ;)
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