Assisting two old friends to shop on a SpendHBD outdoor day

Today being Monday there is often restriction of movement in my city. But nonetheless, I decided to display our outdoor campaign banner at Gods own super market, hoping to sign up new users that visited the supermarket. Unfortunately, it was quite a dry day and there were very few visitors to the supermarket. Apart from the fact that many usually stay at home, the Christmas season has made many to travel out of the city to their home towns to be with family and friends.

It wont always be a fruitful day, but...

Yes like I said, I spent more than 2 hours at Gods own supermarket, expecting the place to be busy as usual. But that did not happen. Very few people walked into the supermarket and they are always in a hurry. Those that I spoke to would want to join some other time. I continued to display the banner and remained hopeful.

After a while, I received two phone calls from two friends that have joined us once in this project and they are ready to try shopping again. They mentioned that they would need assistance to remember how to pay with HBD and claim discounts. I happily told them that I am at Gods own supermarket and would be waiting for them to come. I was happy because a day that threatened not to produce results due to few people being around has suddenly given me a reason to be positive.

Assisting @onyifrank and @joedaddy1

The first person to arrive of the two friends that called was @onyifrank. Ahe was happy to see me and we exchanged pleasantries. She asked me to help her check if she has enough HBD in her wallet to cover her shopping bills. Happily, she has more than enough. So I asked her to start picking the stuffs she need.

with @onyifrank

It did not take her long to find some of the stuffs she wanted to buy. It was all gathered in a basket and it was time to pay. The store attendant generated her payment QR code. I showed her again how to open the scan inside keychain and she scanned to pay. It was really easy and fast. Next, I showed her how to access distriator from within the keychain browser and she did that. Claimed her discount and took pictures of the products she bought. She was really happy to have my assistance and happily bought me stuffs too. We took pictures as you can see below:

While I was still with her, the other friend @joedaddy1 arrived. He too have not done shopping with us after the very first day. Its been a while. So I also assisted him to remember how to scan. Of course that was after he had collected the few things he came to buy. I showed him how to scan, pay and claimed his discount. He was really happy to learn how to do this again. I encouraged two of them to be more consistent so they wont always require assistance each time they come shopping. We took pictures before they both left.

@joedaddy1 claiming discount

Tomorrow is another day

I stayed a little while after the two friends left. I was really hoping to make at least one sign up. Unfortunately, that was not going to happen. I closed up the banner 2 hours after the friends had gone. It was not an entirely wasted day because I helped friends to shop and also spoke to a few customers that expressed interest.

The week has begun. Although many people are travelling or preparing to travel because of Christmas, some friends will still be around. So we will together push our marketing efforts. I will still try to speak to some businesses and hope they would like to be listed. Ofcourse, the outdoor campaign is still very much on. We are yet to go to all the businesses I already listed. So this week, we will try to sign up customers of other businesses listed.

I will also try to finish up my plans for Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu Polytechnic. If not this year, we will attempt to hold workshops for students there from early 2025. I always feel bullish about SpendHBD and I hope thats how you feel too.