Try Change is Now Bi-Coastal!

We have exciting news! Try Change is in our first store on the West Coast – Decked Out Clothing! Thank you Bobby and Omar for giving Try Change the opportunity to be in your new store!





Decked Out Clothing is located in the Vista Town Center at the corner of Hacienda and Melrose in Vista, CA (Hours are M-Sat. 10am - 8pm & Sun. 10am - 7pm). They carry brands like Zoo York, Levis, and Tap Out along with shoes and women’s clothing & accessories. Decked Out just had their grand opening so please go out and support them and Try Change!

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We also want to thank everyone that voted for us during the Pepsi Refresh Challenge! We truly appreciate all of your support! Though we didn't win the grant, we ended up #41 and made some great contacts!

Thanks again!
Vince & Chrissie

More Opportunities

One of the great things that has come out of starting Try Change is that I am always looking for ways to get the Try Change message out to the public. Whether at the gas station or like today at the grocery store, I always come across something that sparks an idea. Today I was at a Bloom grocery store when I came across Northern Virginia Magazine. As the title suggests the magazine covers topics that are of interest to Northern Virginia one of the countries fastest growing regions. I will shoot off a press release to the editor tonight. Perhaps they will do a article on Try Change. Chrissie updated the Try Change Home Page with new t- shirt designs today and you also can go to our shop page at http://www.cafepress.com/trychange

to see more t-shirts designs. One of the best ways to help us get the word out is through the purchase of one of our shirts. Remember a portion of all profits go to Volunteers of America Chesapeake.

Thanks for the support!

Vince

http://www.trychange.org/

Keep Pushing

Well the Press Release went out today and of coarse I expected the local news, and CNN to be knocking down my door :-) I've learned not to take myself too seriously at this point in time. Actually the Press Release did increase the amount of hits on my web site and I can't expect too much since I've only been on the Internet for six days. I guess it's the salesperson in me because I did not let it get me down. Somewhere I read it's the extra thing that you do before you call it a day that makes you successful so I decided to do something crazy. After work I decided to walk into the local clothing store armed with my front page article from the Springfield Times and a sample of my t-shirts and try to make a sale. Now as I said before I do not know the In's and Outs of the t-shirt business but I do know people and people buy on emotion and I'm not selling a t-shirt I'm promoting a message. So that's what I did, I walked in and promoted a message. Well low and behold the owner did not laugh at me but agreed with my message of inspirational t-shirts and took the time to read my article and look over my samples. He gave me some suggestions and said he will look at the rest of my line of t-shirts on my website and set an appointment with me this Friday evening to discuss about possibly having my shirts in his shops. That's what I love about sales if you keep pushing something good will happen. I don't know where this sales call will lead maybe he'll sell my shirts in his shop or maybe he gave me just enough to keep pushing.

Keep pushing!

Vince