Archive for November 11th, 2010

DIRT BIKE SHOW 2010

So I think it’s only right that I start off today’s post with an apology. Sorry.  A combination oph a aulty keyboard and lack of photoshop made an entry into the blog a near impossibility. I’ve managed to get some editing software but the keyboard is still missing a few letters. It makes typing  a most jofyul experience. Once I’ve typed this out, I’ll have to go back and copy and paste a my f’s &  w’s. Needless to say I’ve been spending an unhealthy amount of time on the Dell website drooling over some new hardware. I plan to vent my frustrations with a long run as soon as this is online.

Right, no that’s out the way we can get down to business. Incase you haven’t figured it out, we were at the Dirt Bike Sho in Stoneleigh Park, Coventry. We went up on the Wednesday just to get things going and set up our stall.

As you can see, there was a lot of work to do beore things kicked off the following day.

Eventually we got things set up.

You might also notice that we were not alone in our stall.We were lucky enough to be sharing with Austin Vince of Mondon Enduro and Terra Circa fame. He was there to promote the HUMM, as well as the Travel film festival, taking place in Devon in June next year. I can’t find anything online yet but when I do I’ll put it up. We are also in the process of getting the Austin Vince Pyrenees maps produced and hopefully they will be seeing daylight in the next couple of months. As soon we know more, so will you, I promise.

The event itself was a huge success. hile the Satmap Active 10 is an established product, it is not very ell knon in the oroad orld. And it’s our job as Azcari to change that. Having said that, there were signs that our hard work was finally starting to pay off. e Had several customers who came to the show especially to chat to us and get a more hands on experience with this amazing piece of kit.

Thursday as quiet but was a good chance to see how things were going to go during the 4 days. I was a bit reluctant at first. Ater all I’m no salesman and secondly, I had limited knowledge of the unit itself. I picked it up quite quickly though and by Sunday I was styling. I was even able to close a ew sales.  I used it on a couple of runs as I didn’t know my way around the local area. It was awesome! I’m going to find a way to streamline one into my running kit.

Playing around with the Satmap Active 10 on the demo stand proved popular with the masses passing through Stoneliegh Park. Explaing the awesomeness only went so far. Showing them and letting them play around was what it was all about. Looking with your hands.

I’m taking a bit of strain having this busted keyboard so I’m going to sign off very soon. I’ll put a few more photos up and put the rest on our facebook and flickr pages if you want to check them out.

I think all in all the show was a massive success for us. Every event teaches us more and more and this one was no dierent. We’ll be even better prepared for next year as we go from strength to strength. And lets hope by then the word of Azcari & Satmap will have spread far and wide.

Cheers for now gang. Next time we speak I’ll using my new machine and then nothing can stop me from have an attack of the verbals. MUAHAHAHAHAHA….HA.

Zed

The boss giving these gents one more demo before they bought 2 units! He must have had his business socks on that day.

Austin Vince in his tradmark overalls sharing one of his many stories. On more than one occassions he had large groups of people hanging onto his every word.