Sunday, November 15, 2015

Listen to Your Customers

At the last market a woman walked into my booth and noticed my trays. She picked out one with a pale green glaze. Then she picked out one of my ribbon vessels and placed it on the tray.

She declared the bowl was for gravy. Who was I to argue. Was it biscuits and gravy she was thinking of? She even said she'd just given me a new marketing angle. I now have several trays and bowls drying with plans for glazing them with the same glaze. Perhaps the tray could hold eggs and the bowl a fruit cup. I am sure there are many more possibilities. Thanks for reading and for all your comments.

16 comments:

  1. This is a good one! Isn't it nice when a customer gives something positive rather than asking for work in a style or glaze you don't do?

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    1. Hi Suzi, thanks, yes very nice indeed, she was being creative in my booth, ha.

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  2. I remember laughing with a group of fellow artists one night: more money in makimg what you sell than selling what you make.

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    1. Hi Joanne, thanks, it might be too early in the morning for me, lol. ha. oh isn't that the truth

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  3. Good idea, and a customer with ideas is always welcome!

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    1. Hi Barbara, thanks, I couldn't believe and suggesting the marketing too. ha.

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  4. Sounds good. Maybe, you should try a darker glaze so the food stands out better. Red, perhaps?

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    1. Hi Gigi, thanks, I do have a nice red glaze I intend to make them in various colors, maybe folks can mix and match.

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  5. I love that she looked at your work and saw one thing, and I love even more the fact that others will see her gravy boat as something entirely different...

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    1. Hi Sue, thanks, creative minds are everywhere even in customers.

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  6. It would make a great dip bowl and tray as far as I'm concerned - with Thanksgiving and Christmas both rapidly approaching....they'd be very handy when entertaining guests. :)

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    1. Hi Lee, thanks, yes I used to make these trays in similar patterns with different colors and had folks buy them in all different colors to use at a party so everyone would know which plate was theirs. Ha.

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  7. Yup, they just go well together.

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    1. Hi Lori, thanks, customers have the best ideas, thinking outside the box. Ha.

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  8. I love it when customers give me ideas, so many times I find them picking something up and saying: What's this for? :)

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  9. Hi Sandy, thanks, oh I get the 'what is that for' a lot, too, lol, sometimes I hate to answer that question because I may choose the answer they weren't looking for but then again do I say, can you guess, or what would you use it for? sometimes it's a guessing game

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I love suggestions, questions, critiques, thanks for your comment