Editing The Pen Addict 254/transcript (section)

== Notebook Covers ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' Anytime we can pull out of the old stock and make some interesting colors or crazy matchups, those always sell, right? The things you can't normally buy online or from retailers, those are what sells the most. It makes sense, right? Yeah. Except we've never had this opportunity to prove that. So we didn't know going into this show how we were going to do. We're glad we did well. But a lot of it's because we brought a lot of things that people weren't able to get before. Just directly. Which, you know, we'll always have like stock inventory cases. But we have to do like special show stuff if we really want to have like a good sales weekend at a show. Other than just standard stock items, which was something we learned. We kind of thought it would be that way. We didn't realize how much it would be that way. So now we're like... Jeff's like doubling down and just... Because Chicago, I leave a week from tomorrow, right? So he's trying to do whatever he can to, you know, not only make sure all the normal stuff's available. He's trying to put together a few different things as well. So that was our biggest takeaway. So it was a wonderful show. Feedback's always super positive about the products. And...

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, you got to trial some new stuff, right? Some stuff that you're working on. You get to put them in people's hands, see what they think about them, learn some stuff.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So we had our prototypes of the case, the notebook covers we have coming out in the fall. And we're actually going to modify one of them, one of the prototypes, just because of the feedback we got at the show.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So that's invaluable. Oh, yeah. I mean, you can't really pay for that sort of feedback because you get it differently, right? Like, this is just, like, honest. I'm holding it in my hands. There's no relationship feedback. And it's like... Right. Yeah, no, this is why your product should be different. And a lot of the times, like, it's easy to roll your eyes at that sort of stuff, right? There are people that, like, they come and they just give the funniest suggestions to me, right? And I'm like... Yeah. I always go, like, yeah, yeah, we'll think about that. And it's like, no, I'm all right.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But then every now and then, like, you're looking for something and you get some real, like, just some real actionable feedback that you can super do something with. And, I mean, I was seeing that in action at the show and that's really great.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. And I took away several notes, not even, like, case-related. One on our note cards, I got a brilliant idea that we've always been hung up on a certain thing about our note cards.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And that's just offering them blank, right? Because people love our cards. Several people want them blank. Like, well, we kind of have a hang-up about selling you blank sheets of paper, right? That's not what we want to do. But I got talked about it with someone for, like, five or ten minutes. And we end up getting to a point where, huh, I think we might have, like, a new product here.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So it's, like you said, it's invaluable to get that face time with people. They can hold products in your hands, tell you how they use them, tell you what you can do better. And us to take away that information is just stellar.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So, yeah. I think a real successful show overall, man. I mean, I had a great time. I felt way more tired this year, so that's a good thing, I guess. Yeah. Yeah. But it's great. I love it. I mean, I'm excited to do it again, you know? Yep. I already had the feeling of, like, I want Atlanta back. It's a great time. It's a great time. We have such fun. It's so nice to be around everyone and speak to people, meet people. And then at the same time, we have a good time, the three of us working, you know? Yeah, we do. We have fun. We're cracking jokes all day. Weird stuff happens. And, you know, it's great. It's a great time. We smile a lot. That's all you ask for. Yeah, we laugh a lot as well. It's a fun. It's a fun. It's a real fun show. And I think the three of us, me, you, and Jeff, have got into a real good groove with how we handle the show now. And I look forward to it every year because we have a great time.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. And let me just say thanks to everyone who helped us throughout the weekend. I'm not going to name names because I'll be leaving someone out without question.

'''Myke Hurley:''' People that went and got us lunch. People that brought us drinks and snacks. You know, people that helped us pack boxes. And yeah, you know who you are. And we super appreciate it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, we had a bunch of help at Knock on Thursday and Monday. I mean, all that stuff. It's just super, super helpful. And thank you very much to everyone who did that. And you know what? It's like, it's pretty much everyone that comes by. You know, you have to turn some people away because someone's already gotten you lunch, which is fantastic. You know, it's very, very cool that the support we have in the community.

'''Myke Hurley:''' People look after us.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's really, it means a lot. And it's super helpful at the same time.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So I think we're done for the day, man.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I think we are. You know, my voice was recovered this morning. But now that we've just talked for an hour straight, I'm already back into, I need some of Glenn HK's Hong Kong candy to start feeling better again.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But it's one of the funny things, right? People make, people joke or they ask us questions about like, the show's been going for like five years at this point. And we're like 250 episodes in. And it's like, oh, how long, how long can you keep it going for? And we recorded a show like four days ago. And we just recorded another hour. I think we're good. Yeah. There's more than enough. We'll be all right. You don't have to worry about us. Five more years. Five more years, we'll do it. If you want to find the show notes for this week's episode, go to relay.fm slash penaddict slash 254. If you want to find Brad online, go to penaddict.com, knock.co. He's dowdyism on Instagram. No, dowdyism on Twitter, penaddict on Instagram. Consolidate your brand, dowdy.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Hey, I'll tell you right now, I offered that guy 500 bucks for my Twitter account. He wouldn't sell it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Is this at penaddict or what? Yeah. At penaddict. Yeah. Oh, God. Oh, Twitter. Just really. I'm I-myke. I-m-y-k-e. The show is part of RelayFM. You can find this show and many great shows, all the great shows at relay.fm. If you only listen to the penaddict, there might be something else in our list that you will enjoy. I think that there's some. We'll be back next week. Thanks to Pen Chalet and Blue Apron for supporting the show. Thank you for listening. Until then, say goodbye, Mr. Dowdy. Goodbye, Mr. Dowdy.

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