So yesterday was kind of a strange one for the taco dudes; we had about five minutes of live TV on our local NBC affiliate midday show, and then nine hours later, we got our first national blast by being one of the lucky inventions lambasted by Leno; they had nothing (and everything) to do with each other and so it was really weird how this happened.

 

Miles to go and all that jazz; and I wonder if the casual viewer sees the "Not Sold" as a big deal or if it's all good in the end.  This is a link to The Tonight Show.

 

(edit is because the hyperlink button is broke)

http://www.nbc.com/The_Tonight_Show_with_Jay_Leno/video/episodes/#vid=836981

You bet.  It's too soon to report as this was yesterday and we use Yahoo (they lag and are kind of lame), but I will report and try to tell what's from the local and what's from Leno.

 

I doubt they will be astronomical numbers.  Neither show provides "for more information links" on their websites; not really Web 2.0, but my crying about that is looking at horse-teeth.

 

For us, the major benefit will only be realized after we do something with the output; meaning, my direct sales have already jumped up a bit (bless customers who Google!~), our main targets don't watch TV, but they can't ignore how this counts for validation; I have to bring it to them (it would be nice if someone did see us and knew someone at Home Depot and they contacted them and all that kind of jazz, but this is the real world and things just don't happen like that for us ... so it's fun and work!~)

 

What amazes me on this, or when we've been in media where I know it "hits" the people who know me personally or our tacos, and I don't hear anything.  I read all the time, and when I connect the dots, I reach out and touch someone, and I make sure this happens a few times a week.  And yet, like with the above, or when we've been on the front page of two different sections of our major paper, I'll only here from a couple of people ... I'm rambling, but my point is that while I can't help but recognize and appreciate the real value of having someone else talk about our tacos, especially when it's media, and nothing for us has been bigger than Leno, I'd be a fool to think it's all that great or will sell tacos.

Chris, the latest news I have heard about the Jay Leno show, was the debates about Joy Behar and Elisabeth Hasselbeck. 

 

Then you??.......... How awesome is that!

No No . I'm not a trouble maker!  Oh, stop.... about Joy eating her for lunch!  Please, let's not talk the political stuff now, because we don't agree.. I was giving you credit for being the next interesting topic on Leno!  That' a wow for the Taco Maker!