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Originally Posted by phenomshel
Robert: I swear I should have you send me a pile of your business cards so I can hand them out at doctor's offices. More appointments today, no, not serious, my husband's hearing needed to be checked. But every nurse, doctor, secretary, etc. in the place had to see and hear about my EZ Reader. This one doctor was absolutely hilarious. I'm sitting in the chair right outside the door he was going in, and he stopped short and said, "Is that one of those new-fangled reading things? Can I see it?????" Like a little kid, I swear. I handed it over and he had a ball pushing all the
buttons.
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Dear Phenom:
I think you are right on. IF we could only set up a booth in doctor's offices we would capture attention. Maybe I should try a medical convention or something.
For me it is when I am on a plane. Stewardesses and passangers alike all are quizzical and then finally break the stares with questions and they all want to push the buttons. I still think that maybe 5% of the American public knows what an eBook Reader is and less than 2% have ever tried one. There is a lot of closet interest. People would love to try them but where? CES was great last year as, just like little kids, people were having a blast pushing buttons, switching languages, changing font sizes, etc. Unfortunately, you cannot SELL at CES. We must have gotten at least 1,000 people who said where can I buy, we provided the website, and almost none finally bought. YET, if I could have sold right there we would have sold to almost all. People just see SO much fascination at CES that they collect cards and brochures and then never look at them. CES estimates that 95% of the brochures people take never leave Las Vegas... they grab them but never look at them and do not want to pack them.
I am still trying to come up with something better to let people try them. An interactive video might help.
I thank you, AstakShel, for your comments and I wish I could get business cards in your hands.