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Modolupe' Art Gallery

Modolupe Art Gallery

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My Successes

When Modupe Sodamade came to SCORE for advice, herdesire was to plan a marketing strategy to sell her artwork.

With the advice of her SCORE counselor, Marge Schneider, Modupe developed a strategy which involved the creation of a website (themodupeartgallery.com) and e-mails to those whom Modupe knew to be potential customers. As a result ofthat strategy, Modupe was soon able to sell three of her prints and is on her way to selling much more of her artwork.

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What's Great About My Mentor?

Marge Schneider’s contribution to Modupe’s growing success is best described by Modupe’s own statement to SCORE .

“Themodupeartgallery.com (website) has sold 3 prints since the opening of the website on Dec.6th, 2008. This success was achieved with the help of SCORE by timing the opening of the business to meet the holiday demands and also creating a beginning marketing strategy. SCORE helped me to turn some of my ideas into reality. They helped me to start out small by marketing to the people that I know first with effective e-mails and the appropriate e-mail address. SCORE also helped in channeling my ideas to the web (by) creating my first website. This way, all my customers or potential customers can view my work online and have effective ways to contact me through e-mail. This was all done with the help of my counselor, Marge Schneider.” 

 

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PS Scrubs - Paulus Sutrisna

Something of a multitasker, Paulus Sutrisna started his business, PS Scrubs, in October 2006, but keeps his day job as a certified nursing assistant

The native of Jakarta, Indonesia, still works a limited schedule at Ephrata Manor, putting in seven days every two weeks, and runs his business mostly from home while entrusting his five employees with most of the day-to-day business.

The store which sells "scrubwear" and uniforms for medical personnel, is in VF Outlets' Blue Building, where it already has expanded into larger quarters.

The moment of inspiration for the store came to him when he was buying a uniform. It was "very expensive," he said, and so he explored the opportunity to provide uniforms at lower cost.

Owner/Founder
Paulus Sutrisna
Year Company Formed
2006
My Successes

"VF Outlet center gave me the opportunity to open a store," he said. "The first year I got excellent response from people and did very well. The second year, I expanded the store."

Being affiliated with the health care industry, one of the best-performing sectors in the recession, and providing savings for customers have enabled PS Scrubs to thrive even in the downturn.

"This August our sales were 10 percent to 15 percent higher than last August," he said. "we're still dong really well. We've been busy every day the last three months. We're not affected too much by the recession because a lot of people need uniforms."

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