I was getting a little nervous at this point but still had confidence that my battle plan would come to fruition.
The plan was simply to get myself and my service known to as many companies as possible. As mentioned, my existing contacts had already been notified, without any demand being created, so my goal was to tap into the vast amount of companies in the region via Cold calling, leaflets and emails. This, in hindsight, I did with a distinct lack of va-va-voom. It was late October, the gardening was dwindling and depressing, I had not heard from my previous employer (despite half-expecting some repeat business in an IT capacity from them) and I STILL had not generated any leads. No excuse admittedly, but still enough to knock wind from the most rejection-hardened entrepreneur's sails.
This process continued without development until I was poised to return to a temporary role back in Purchasing.
I then received a call from my previous employer just before Christmas. The offer was for 3-days a week assisting (among some of my previous tasks) in software implementation. The dream was given a life-line and I had bought some more time.
