064 HDVR – 18 Months Of Valuable Street Vendor Tips

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Robb and Jason Recap Robb Harper, the sexy voice behind the stingers and commercials on Hot Dog Vendor Radio show – spent over 200 hours listening to every HDVR episode.  Not only did he listen to them all, he took NOTES! Robb recaps the past 18 months of valuable street vendor tips, tricks advice and [...]

HDVR 063 – Consistency – Events – Catering – Organic Hot Dogs and Food Pods

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Successful Vendors Share Valuable Information With so many hot dog vendors finding the show, our conversations and topics are helping a wider range of vendors.  Daily now I receive at least one thank you letter or kind note about how the learn hot dog blog or radio show has helped them reach success. Hot Dog [...]

062 – HDVR – NO SHORTCUTS TO SUCCESS

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NEW PROGRAM!  YOU SIT AT HOME – WE MAIL YOU A CHECK I get calls and emails from some of the laziest – poor minded people in the world.  WHY not just stay at home and let us do the work for you?  Tonight, after my “no shortcuts” rant – we heard from vendors discussing [...]

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FORBES TOP TEN JOBS – HOT DOG VENDOR

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FORBES RELEASED THEIR TOP TEN! Making the Forbes Top Ten Jobs list is Hot Dog Vendor.  I’ve been preaching this for years, standing on my soapbox and explaining why hot dog vending is the perfect job.  Inspiring this Forbes Top Ten Jobs list was the book by Abigail Gehring.   Both the employed and unemployed [...]

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61 – HOT DOG VENDOR RADIO – VENDOR QUESTIONS – STEAM PAN LINERS

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ALMOST NO SHOW Hot Dog Vendor Radio was almost a no go but thanks to Jason Brown and Robb Harper and their desires to hear the steamy buns ad, they cancelled their plans and opened the show.  I was out of town and couldn’t be there, then I got sick and on top of all [...]

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Mans Best Friend – Hot Dog Cart Opens – Jon Pedigo

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Computer Science Major Opens Hot Dog Cart Jon Pedigo has opened Man’s Best Friend (MBF Hot Dogs) with the help of high school friends Chris and Marty.  Indiegogo was their platform to raise the funds, they purchased a Cash Cow hot dog cart and have officially opened for business. MBF Hot Dogs is not slinging [...]

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Oscar Mayer – You Had Me At Bacon

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IT APPEARS THAT OSCAR MAYER has heard that I love bacon. They have announced the all new Bacon Hot Dog to be released soon and I am already packing my iPhone Debut camping gear.  I will be camped out in front of the grocery store starting now. I have read they are going to have [...]

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DIRTY DOGS BUILDS A HOT DOG CART

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DIRTY DOGS DOES THE DIY Mr. Bill just wrote me and included some pictures of his awesome hot dog cart.  He took the Build A Cart video course, added some imagination, ingenuity and some genius and created this one of a kind DIY cart. He writes: I bought your DIY Cart package in March and [...]

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060 Hot Dog Vendor Radio – Selling The Sizzle – Sell Outs

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The Sizzle, The Winner, Events, Sell-Outs, Facebook Business! It’s all here this week.  We covered some ground on this show and got schooled on “SIZZLING”. Fellow Vendor is raising funds at FoodStart.com – http://foodstart.com/deliciousdishes Bob wins a bunch of stuff! Vendor questions working events and needs some guidance. Is your hot dog worth $7  - [...]

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HDVR 59 – STREET FOOD VENDOR Q AND A

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The calls came in and we learned about adding shaved ice, menu picture tips, the number one hot dog and much, much more.  Street food vendor tips were in abundance and we even answered a question or two. Alright Mr. and Ms. Street Food Vendor Show me some love. Open your iTunes panel Click iTunes [...]

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Hot Dog Vendor Daily Sales Log – FREE

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Want Your Very Own Hot Dog Vendor Daily Sales Log? Do you remember the beautiful and talented Miss Shelley West from Smokin’ Hot Dogs – well she’s at it again.  She brought us the hot dog vendor catering contract and now has designed the absolute best looking vendor daily sales log I have ever seen. [...]

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HDVR 58 Vendor Safety – 40 Questions with Answers

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VENDOR SAFETY AND MUCH MORE Click play above to listen so you don’t miss a thing.  The following are the show notes for HDVR 58. You are working your cart and a big man walks up and begins to open your pan lids, plundering around on your cart.  You can tell that he’s on drugs [...]

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SOLVED! BUNS AND HOT DOGS – EQUALITY

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WE HAVE BEEN SAVED!  GLORY, GLORY!  HOT DOGS I’m sure you’ve had the same dilemma – you purchase buns, you purchase hot dogs and you always have 2 more buns than wieners.  WHY?  It was a smart man that did the same and brought about the “bun length” wieners.  Remember that? Bob DeFratis sent over this top [...]

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HDVR 57 – BENSCARTS.COM AND MFVA PART WAYS

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OH NO – SAY IT AIN’T SO After years working with the National Assoc. of Hot Dog Vendors and then the Mobile Food Vendors Assoc. BensCarts.com, LearnHotDogs.com and Hot Dog Vendor Radio have parted ways from the MFVA. Not to bore you to tears, but from my perspective and the feedback I’ve been getting things [...]

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LEASE A HOT DOG CART $2.00 – VIDEO

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LEASE A HOT DOG CART After I got a couple of calls from some that had been approved for leasing a hot dog cart stating that they didn’t think that the financing (lease) was a good deal – I decided to make a video about leasing.  We break down a typical lease into the actual [...]

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ICE CREAM BIKE BUSINESS – INTERVIEW

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ICE CREAM BIKE FOR SALE OK, there are more than one ice cream bikes for sale.  I interview Jason of Love Hot Dog Co. / Lemonade Bros. and IceCreamBike.biz about these Green Ice Cream Bikes.  Yes!  I said green.  Did you know an ice cream trike can make you over $400 daily?  Well it can. [...]

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STREET FOOD VENDORS CALL IN SHOW – HDVR 56

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STREET FOOD VENDORS CALL IN – LIVE! From California to Vermont, one vendor after another called in to ask questions or share advice and updates.  We covered: News on Ice Cream Bikes Food Trucks Working The Locations No One Thinks Of Jumping Locations In A Single Day Craigslist Has Kept One Vendor Busy!  The Importance [...]

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HOT DOG VENDOR PROFITS 25% MORE

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HOT DOG VENDOR PROFITS Happy Jack’s Hot Dogs writes in with a great deal. “I wanted to share something that may be helpful to a few of your followers.  My wife went to an auction the other day and saw these freezers that were being sold from a high school closing.  I called the company [...]

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HDVR – 55 HOT DOG VENDOR RADIO – SPECIAL EDITION

HOT DOG VENDOR EXPERIENCES Click play above and be mesmerized.  Grab a snack and pull up a chair cuz this show is jam packed with goodness.  We heard from vendors across the country with tales of disaster to success.  YOU SHOULD JOIN US ON THE NEXT SHOW: APRIL 14th at 8:30pm EST. Click Here OH [...]

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