The Annual WOW Sale That Was...

So, now that the dust has settled it's time to look back on the The Annual Wow Sale that was..It was a great week for us here in LUHQ which is exactly what we wanted to mark both of our birthdays..

The whole spectacular kicked off initially on Facebook with "Crack the Code" Contest..We asked people to try figure out what T.A.W.S might stand for (..should be easy for you now though ;)) which seemed to go down well and was a nice way to let people know of what was coming..

Then, on Monday 30th of May, we kicked off our sale and were instantly bamboozled with the number of orders we received...But, to clarify, that is bamboozed in a good way :) As well as having 30% off + free shipping our sale contained an extra twist as well, that is, "Buy a print and a tee and get a notebook for free" which seemed to go down very well...So well we've decided to leave that little combo offer running, go check :)

As the week was progressing we, myself and Elena, were busy recording and editing down a silly little video full of WOW for the sale..At 5am, after the whole video was finally edited, I had the perfect idea for what the video should have been called and what the intro screen should have said - "28 Wows Later"..Instead, as the editing was done before the 5am stroke of genius, we went with the title of "The Annual WOW Sale" - creative huh? ;) Some nifty embed work means you can watch the video just below - which wow is your fave?



Our sale then ended on Elena's birthday on the 6th of June and there was a final flurry of sales from you good people out there which kept us busy packing orders...Some people may think of packing as a chore but I can assure tis the most pleasant chore we have in LUHQ ;)

Would also like to take a brief moment to thank all of the bloggers who mentioned our sale and everyone who tweeted about it, shared it on facebook or went old school and actually spoke to someone in "real life" about it - without you guys sharing the good good we'd be nowhere so thank you..

Anyway, lots more news to come your way so stay tuned and stay happy...ohh, and which wow rocks you to your very core? Ole...

How I Spent My Birthday - WOW

Oh the life of running an online business...

Yesterday was my birthday and to celebrate it we kicked off The Annual WOW Sale which is a week long sale with 30% off..Week long because Elena celebrates her birthday next Monday and so we'll have the sale running for the duration of the birthday week here in LUHQ...

Anyway, as most of our twitter friends will know I am a bit of a night owl and rarely sleep before 5am and rarely wake before 11am or so. Yesterday I woke with zeal though, not because it was my birthday, but because we were starting our sale..In fact, I got a call from my mother wishing me a happy birthday at about 5.30pm - she asked if I had received the card she sent to me and I honestly didn't know. I was so engrossed in the sale and trying to spread the word I pretty much didn't even check the post or eat or anything really..It was simply a case of waking up and entering "promo-mode"...

Some people might be reading now thinking "wow, that's kinda sad" and I can kind of agree but for me I can't think of a better way of spending my birthday..I've never been one for fanfare really and so I enjoyed spending the day to myself just working away on the web...As the numbers on the clock rolled around towards 11pm I started to relax a bit and marked the birthday with a glass of wine with dinner (yep, no dinner til 11pm yesterday - when in the "trenches" one forgets about food..I had a bowl of cereal at about 2pm which carried me through the day)which was, as always, rather nice...Had a insanely tasty Ravioli with Venison..

And, as for our sale, well, it has started ok..It's become harder for me to be satisfied with sales etc as I want more and more now - not as a result of greed but more a desire to succeed..I think in this online world motivation and "gas in the tank" can fluctuate with peaks and troughs but yesterday, for my birthday there was definitely a peak (and I'm still plateaued and going hard today and will be all week) which filled me zeal..I had started to promote TAWS with a contest last week which stoked my coals for this sale to be our best one yet...And I won't stop til it is..Any other online business owners experiencing anything similar? Hehe, how was your last birthday?

Anyway, that was my birthday and this is my life hehe...If you can tell a friend about our sale or share it on your facebook or tweet the life out of it...If you have a blog why not whip up a short blog post - anything at all would be insanely appreciated...As always, your help is a lot more powerful than all of my man hours so anything you can do is awesome - my ultimate birthday wish...And if you want a t-shirt, I'd suggest now is a good time :) Thanks all & stay happy, ole...


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