My daughter is officially an entrepreneur. She’s 6 years old and she’s just gone into the art business.
She’s selling her art on the internet and she’s selling it face to face when people come over to the house.
I remember Michael Masterson talking about his friend who sold art. He had one “go to” move where he would come up behind someone admiring a painting and say something to the effect of…
You know, a painting similar to that just sold for $X recently at Christie’s… but you can have that one for only $X…
My daughter’s approach is quite different. Because she’s never read a marketing book. Her head isn’t full of Selling 101 or the laundry list of Do’s and Don’t you’ll find in just about any business book.
She really doesn’t need those at this point. Because she’s not afraid to ask for what she wants.
She doesn’t need to justify what she’s asking for either. She just asks and then moves on.
I guess you could say that’s her “go to” move. Just asking for the sale. And then asking again.
So she’s selling a collection of marker drawings on 8.5X11 paper. She’s charging $6 dollars per painting.
It’s funny to watch people’s faces when she spits out the number. Some people think it’s a crazy amount.
One of our friends made an offer of $.41 for one of her paintings. She happily accepted his offer.
Another friend suggested she reduce the price to around $.50 and offer discounts for bulk purchases.
She sold another drawing that day.
In the end, my little 6 year old just got done with her first ever price test.
She listened to her market and happily met them where they were at.
Sometimes, kids just have the right idea all on their own.
She’s thinking outside the box. Heck, she doesn’t even know that a box exists!! I’ll do my best to keep it that way.
Imagine going through life not even knowing that certain things are supposed to be hard, or impossible, or out of your reach.
I think that’s what we all spend much of our adult lives trying to recapture and remember.
That willing suspension of disbelief that you need to turn on just long enough for great things to happen.
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