My first appearance on QVC was a major disappointment, but the only thing I kept hearing in my head was "when the going gets tough the tough get going". The first thing I did was call my biggest investors and give them the results of the show. The second thing I did was measure my garage to determine if QVC decided to return their remaining inventory could it all fit in my garage. The answer was yes but the car would have stay outside. Next I contacted my QVC agent to see if there was any type of deal I could work out with QVC for another appearance. As it turned out, QVC had already realized that many of the products that aired the day that Kennedy died under performed. The news cycle surrounding the death of senator Kennedy was the most news intense event since the death of Michael Jackson 3 months earlier. Looks like I was going to get one more chance.

The last Saturday of every month I attend the Inventors Association of Georgia meeting. It’s a great place to network and talk to other inventors. Each time they have a different guest speaker that talks about different aspects of the inventing process. This month the guest speaker was from a law firm and was going to discuss the legal issues that inventors face during product development. As I was sitting there waiting for the guest speaker to start, the club president came up to me and whispered that the guest speaker was going to be late and asked me if would mind sharing my story, "my inventors journey" with the group?. The first thought in my head was "No I'm not prepared" but before I could say a word my mind had changed and the only thought in my head was "go for it". I had about 5 minutes to get my thoughts together before it was time to stand up and speak to a room full of hopeful inventors. I always seem to do best under pressure and speaking straight from the heart, it felt like I did a good job. Several people came up to me afterwards to tell me how much they enjoyed my story. Hopefully someday in the future I will have the opportunity to speak to even larger groups and inspire a whole new generation of inventors. I believe its important to give back.

A few days later I received my second air date for QVC, 4:00am on September 29th on the Kitchen Clearance Show, at least I got a second chance. In the mean time I received an email from LegalZoom.com inviting me to enter into their "Customer Story Contest" where the winner has a chance to star in the next years LegalZoom.com TV commercials. That was exactly what I was trying to do when I contacted their PR firm back in the spring of 2009. I quickly went to work, writing my story down in script form, making every word and sentence count. With in a few days I was standing in front of my video camera  telling my story and how LegalZoom.com helped make it happen. It must have taken me 15 takes to finally get it right, but I made it through my 5 minute story without making any mistakes. Then all I had to do was upload my video and wait.

A few weeks later it was time to head back to West Chester, Pennsylvania and the QVC studios. Counting the training classes I attended, this was my 4th trip to QVC. I finally found a hotel I liked and was just relaxing in my room a few hours before the show when I receive a phone call from the Vice President of Marketing for LegalZoom.com. He said they loved my story were interested in having me do a radio commercial for them, then he added I would still be able to stay in the Customer Story Contest for next years TV commercial. Wow... me and my product in a national TV commercial, now that would be a once in a lifetime opportunity!