Marketing Tips from a Mee Pok lady.

ellloooooooooooooooooooo lovelies!!

i'm finally back to normal (well,my definition anyways, not the general public's) after the very hectic long weekend followed by the very hectic "back to work" first few days of the week and now, im restless and itching to catch up lah..

ok, i'll tok first and then you reply ok?because i miss your replies..and if you dont give me enough hits then how am i gonna someday be able to rely on this website to earn advertising money or whatever?

soh! went to singapura to catch phantom which was phabulous!phantastic!so phucking good!you must go watch..i promise you, no matter how macho you think you are, you'll be singin "that's all i ask of youuuuuuuuuuu" in no time.


although it comes close, that's not really the phantom.

i really like singapore because i always feel like i have more creative freedom there for some reason. i really hate singapore because i always feel like i lose the freedom to smoke there. our hostel didnt allow smoking in the bedrooms so i resorted to this:


standing on the bathtub,by the way..stewpid small window..



so jess and i stayed like 4 days. Three hours were devoted to phantom.The rest, shopping. i have NEVER, NEVER in my life shopped the way this crazy person shops. Needless to say we now have buyers remorse. And not only is it embarrasing enough to have NO financial restraint whatsoever..must go take picture of it somemore..god man..




Then there was the mee pok lady. She's not actually the lady selling mee pok in newton circus she was actually operating the shop NEXT to the mee pok stall lah..but if you've ever been to the newton circus food court, you'll understand that its rare to meet such a gem of a hawkerette. she flagged us down (as they all do) but shes didnt force us to eat her food (which i've never ever seen happen before). so that like, totally impressed me already..marketing tip no.1:always be kind to everyone.not just when you want business from someone.

So we sat down, ordered our mee pok from the real mee pok store and also O-chien (i heart o-chien) and then drinks. We didnt order anythnig from her. As we were eating, she came over, mentioned that the O-chien was the best in Singapore and continued to ask us where we were from,etc,etc. Marketing tip no.2: There is no need to diss your competitor. Marketing tip no.3: Taking an interest and finding out more about your potential clients.

Half an hour later, we decided since she was so lovely, to order a plate of cumi-cumi (litttle deep fried cuttlefish). It was incredible yummy and happens to be one of my favourite dishes,if executed well. Marketing tip no.4: it's not just about marketing your product, it would help if your product was actually good.

At the end of our meal (she continued to sit with us thruout the duration of the meal, by the way) she took one of the cumis and ate it. Her reason: quality control. tasting her customers' food so her cooks couldnt con her. thats tip no.5 for ya.

Finally she passed us EACH a name card. tip no.6: implant the name of your business in your customers brain. Also, be generous with your name cards. I've had some people go like"ah,you all can share lah" i find that shit ass to be honest. two people are two people,even if they're from the same company.

I'll tell you guys about crazy cab driver another time. he was such a whack job. i love holidays. one always meets such insane people!:)