Had a chance to try a little experiment on Friday. Had two meetings with potential customers. The first one had the customers coming to my office. My office is on the twelfth floor of a high-rise in Dallas. The building was pretty much empty so I thought I’d play with my (I know what your thinking you dirty little monkeys) Spaceland. First things first. Thirty minutes before they were due I held my breath and sprayed 10 blasts of Spaceland on the walls and floor of both elevator cabs. Then, one additional spray to the two seats in front of my desk. This along with my three drops of A314 and two sprays of CTTM, also on my wrists.
When they first arrived, I could immediately tell they weren’t thinking straight. Funny grammar and loss of train of thought. They weren’t babbling, just derailed a bit. I had anticipated these guys to be tough sells, so it seems things were starting out in my favor.
Customer one asked customer two to discuss his concerns with me regarding the maintenance on his chiller (it’s a type of air conditioning system). Customer two said he couldn’t think of any major concerns right off the top of his head. Customer one said “Oh, I thought you wrote some down…” and gazed down at Customer twos note pad. I won’t detail the entire conversation, but it was pretty much like that the entire time. Absolutely zero focus. Again, they were not babbling like idiots, so I don’t want any one to get the wrong idea. The Spaceland was definitely working though.
The downside was Customer one was getting frustrated and I don’t think he knew why. So, I took control and steered the conversation the way I wanted it to go but in a way that appeased them as well. I even answered all his concerns.
In the end, I got the contract. I won’t use this combination again for business though. I could have made the deal and not had the meeting drag on an hour longer than it should have. Nor would I have had frustrated customers.
Final Results:
A314 - It did it’s job, just as always.
Spaceland - No focus on speech and direction of conversation. No focus on time.
CTTM - They were talking. On and on. It was good except that coupled with the Spaceland they lost track of time. Talked way too long.
Yeah, Spaceland is a no no in that case. Makes me feel good, laid back, and chill so I can see it hard to get/be serious under the Spaceland spell. Good product though! Very awesome for adding fun to your fun.
Hilarity aside !!, yep, Instant Honesty is great for business.
You get a lot of trust and bonding, which is what actually creates the resultant honesty. I’d say it creates a lot of “unfair advantages”, but it usually makes things that work out better for both parties. So it’s kind of a two way unfair advantage. Very win win, very good stuff. One of my favorites.
Haha, yeah, I love that. I’d love to use it for something.
Not sure if we’d ever mass market Spaceland. Not as it is, with the essential oils. Actually, there’s one way we can, I suppose. We can refine the most active compound out of the EO, and use that.
We thought of making something for places like Record Stores (which don’t exist anymore!) and Urban Outfitters with a cheeky name like “Social Fabric Softener”, sort of like that Karma Spray you see. Something with lots of lower grade, but still more or less effective feel good pheromones. (Spaceland is a great name, too, even if we had to change the formula)
Either way, this would be a GREAT slogan to use, if you’re alright with that! It’s just great.
Go for it Jas! Royalties? I’m kidding! Anything for Jas and Androtics!
You know what though? I have grown to love the Spaceland smell, it reminds me of pine trees and Christmas. At first it did smell like bong water, but for some reason that smell changed to pine and a nice soothing scent that yes, really does add to the Spaceland feel. It might be because I received it around December and wore it for much of that month up to now, so maybe I associated it with all things Christmas?
