Trans Java Expedition Journey #1 (Day 2)

Hello guys!

Come back again with us hehe

We will explain that how amazing this journey in day 2.

First, we feel very happy becauser we going back to Jakarta yeay! Still, we got another missions to be accomplished today which is FOODBIZ! We will tell about our discussion related to foodbiz later. But first thing first, we gotta find money for paying toll and gasoline.
So before we go to our first destination for today which is Jasamarga Office Semarang, we deciced to stop by rest area km 538b and sell our inventory and sell it. Luckily, we got money around 400k rupiahs to buy e-toll and gasoline later.

Together we will survive! Fighting!

Trans Java Expedition Journal #3 (Day 1)

Heyho Guys!

Finally we arrived at Pit Stop 2, and on the way to Pit Stop 3!

This is so amazing!!!! Interesting!!!

We will tell you about our journey in Pit Stop 2. So keep reading our journal ya guys!

First....

We really come to pit stop to with almost no money. It was because before coming to pit stop, we stop by to top up the e toll for 250k. At pitstop 2, we put 500k as our minimum standard, at least we survive to buy driver dinner and gasoline to Surabaya. It turns out that we exceed our expectations. The first 10 minutes we arrived, we had a discussion about the target market (well, more like “guess” the target market at that rest area), then our observed, kak irres, asked how we’re doing and she actually bought a couple of electronic stuffs from us! We then divided the selling practices into 2 : a. Merchant/UMKM b.Family in a group (with the packages). For family market we were straight offering to a group of local tourist that have a dinner in front of their bus. We’re so lucky that some families were into our items and they bought some for themselves. Meanwhile, for wholesaler market, we offers our products to UKM center. Moreover, we’re very lucky because 2 merchants/UMKM bought a lot of items in bundles from us! Our strategy focused on something that we called “offering gradually”. It works by offering one item that leads to other items. We were also persuade our customers with friendly manners, by building rapports with them. We’re also very grateful that one of the merchants actually made us free orange juice and popmie!

From this 2nd pitstop, we surely got a lot of insights. We realized that it takes not only strategy, but also flexibility when it comes to marketing. We also found out that friendly manner is also the main key of marketing.