THRILL OF SUCCESS

I sold real estate years ago. And with that experience I should know better. Anyone in the sales profession will tell you that their efforts result in failure far more often than in success. And so as I try to generate traffic for my website, I know I should not feel discouraged. But it’s not easy.

Last year I printed 4,000 bookmarks to advertise my site, www.FunnyPhotosContest.com with the hopes of local businesses giving them to their customers. In return, I would place a banner on my site to advertise their business. Of course, I called many business owners, but most said no. I then decided to contact high school teachers in charge of the school’s photo club. Surely their students would eagerly enter my contest to win some money.

However, I needed to first find out if high schools would approve my attempt at solicitation. So I called a local high school and left a message for the “Photo Club” teacher. But days passed and the teacher didn’t return my call. I called a few more times and then gave up. I would have made other attempts to contact other high schools, but other responsibilities required my attention.

Then yesterday, when my phone rang and the local photo club teacher finally called me back, I was thrilled. When I asked if the school would allow me to send the bookmarks to her students, I was pleasantly surprised and doubly thrilled to hear her reply, “Yes”. As there is no fee to enter my contests and my site is “family friendly”, there was no problem. I immediately placed a small stack of bookmarks in the mail and sat back waiting to receive photo entries from students from the local high school. Well, I guess I can’t expect two successes in a row. The teacher said yes, but the students haven’t sent me any photos!

By Hannah --www.FunnyPhotosContest.com a photo contest for cute or funny photos and photo captions.