where to go from here

We are currently looking to try to sell the towels in different places like Festival and the Commons. We also are looking for more marketing decisions to help boost sales.

Round 1

Today we had the front desk of Showker reserved to sell the towels. While we sat there through prime time traffic (10am-12:30pm) we did not have the sales turn out we expected. People seemed very interested and wanted to buy the towels, however no one has cash on them these days. We though about trying to rent a card reader but we don't think it would be profitable for us. The only bright side was when Dr. wales tried to buy 20 towels at one time.

Time to sell

So far we have just begun to start selling towels. We were a little nervous at first but it looks like they are going to sell very well. The next thing we need to do is to get together with our sponsor James McHone to work on our marketing. We are working on a few ideas to help with marketing.

OUR VISION

One of my good friends who goes to PSU- his friend made this video. It is definitely worth checking out.

Rally Towel- White Out-PSU

This is what i envision for JMU....... the whole student section waving rally towels. The atmosphere would be incredible.

Hopefully we can make this happen!

RALLY TOWELS HAVE ARRIVED!

So the towels are finally in! We picked them up on Friday and they look awesome. Check them out...We started selling them this weekend.... and are planning to really start to market/ promote and spread the word around campus in these next two upcoming weeks before the next home game.

disappointing loss this weekend.... but hopefully we will get a win at William and Mary this weekend. GO DUKES!

Bill "Clutch" Wales

One Tuesday i went to the office of Business services to get the final approval to use the Duke dog symbol. I was immediately shut down one day before we were planned to start production. So we were left sitting there with the sponsorship money we needed, the printers ready to start, and we came up one signature short. Well surprise, surprise, along comes Dr. Wales and on Wednesday morning we were in business. He cleared everything and they allowed us to use the JMU symbols.

Getting The Ball Rolling

We met with the coordinator of student activities to see if our rally towels idea would be acceptable at school. He seemed to love the idea and sent us over to the deputy director of athletics. He also seemed to like our idea, but gave us some hurdles we are going to need to get through. We need to create a letter for the sponsors that we will potentially try to get, to let them know that we are not affiliated with JMU athletics and that their donation would be separate from their athletic donation. We are still waiting to hear back from the deputy director of athletics to see if our letter is acceptable. If it is this week we will get the towels made hopefully before the weekend for parents weekend.