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dannyzmom
10-03-2009, 04:35 PM
Wow!!!!!
I offered the $99 deal we've been talking about all month...only I was totally flexible with it - if they wanted something else instead of the digital thermometer, I let them pick something of the same price, etc...TWELVE BAKERS at one show - WOW!!!!!
NooraK
10-03-2009, 04:45 PM
Wow! That is SO cool! You should send that in to HO for Good News!
Lisa/ChefBear
10-03-2009, 04:45 PM
WOO HOO Carolyn:), I'm sitting here in shock and amazement. I think I'd faint if that happened to me!!!

Congrats!!! Bet Hostess is thrilled you offer this special now!!

Lisa
NooraK
10-03-2009, 05:12 PM
How many guests did you have?
pattikake
10-03-2009, 05:19 PM
What did you demo? Tell us everything!
dannyzmom
10-03-2009, 05:21 PM
There were 29 guests.
8 outside orders (one OO was a DCB)
I made the Grilled Chicken Penne Al Fresca
So far guest sales are at 2138.00!!!
dannyzmom
10-03-2009, 05:21 PM
Wow! That is SO cool! You should send that in to HO for Good News!

What's the address to email it to?
patty42240
10-03-2009, 05:23 PM
WOW I am green with envy! LOL Very proud of you! I can feel your excitement! *clap! clap! clap!* great job!
robochick84
10-03-2009, 05:29 PM
There were 29 guests.
8 outside orders (one OO was a DCB)
I made the Grilled Chicken Penne Al Fresca
So far guest sales are at 2138.00!!!

Phenomenal! What do you offer in your 'flyer' besides the pocket thermometer?

Mind sharing your flyer?
wadesgirl
10-03-2009, 06:46 PM
Holy cow! Way to go!
debmiz
10-03-2009, 06:54 PM
Awesome!!! Big time congrats to you!

You should definitely share the good news with HO. The email address is:

publications@<hidden email>. Include "Good News" in the subject line.
Ginger428
10-03-2009, 06:59 PM
WOW!! Carolyn, thats AWESOME!!!!
aslion
10-03-2009, 07:04 PM
That is really awesome, I would be super excited if I did a 2k+show!
Pedey
10-03-2009, 07:15 PM
29 guests!!?? That's amazing - and 12 DCBs!!?? Great job! I think my heart would've been pounding out of my chest! LOL
dannyzmom
10-03-2009, 07:19 PM
The flyer I used is one I got here on CS
Ginger428
10-03-2009, 07:29 PM
The flyer I used is one I got here on CS

THANKS!!! You Rock!
wadesgirl
10-03-2009, 07:33 PM
When do you share this during your show?
PamperedChefLayla
10-03-2009, 07:49 PM
OMG!!!! That is GREAT!!!!! I hope I have the same success at my next two shows:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
pamperedlinda
10-03-2009, 08:14 PM
WOW!!!! When I grow up I wanna be just like you :D
ChefRiGuy
10-03-2009, 08:14 PM
I can't wait to buy the DCB with my PC Dollars and SOON...I want to use this on all my demos. I have talked about it at my shows but I think people need to see it to want it, because no one has even seemed interested...
Jolie_Paradoxe
10-03-2009, 09:25 PM
That is amazing!!! You must still be dancing! Congrats!
AJPratt
10-03-2009, 09:32 PM
WOW! That is awesome! Yes, Carolyn... Do tell us your secrets!!!
Sheila
10-03-2009, 09:58 PM
Oh, wow! I'm impressed!!! We can't do "ship to host" out here, I'd be paying $14.25 out of pocket for shipping PLUS the extra $1 that the products cost. But I might have to look at it (or a variance of it) and see what I can afford to do!!!

Maybe I'll just do a set dollar amount of products = free shipping and see where it gets me! LOL
Pedey
10-03-2009, 10:38 PM
That's my flier!!! ... updated for the new season. I'm glad someone's having success with it! LOL
quiverfull7
10-03-2009, 10:53 PM
You go girl!!!!! That is tremendous!!!!!!
wadesgirl
10-03-2009, 11:42 PM
It's late and I don't feel like doing the math! What's the actual value of the set?
NooraK
10-04-2009, 12:22 AM
That particular set comes out to $100. Even though I'm not in the same boat as Sheila, I also don't really want to offer free shipping. I'm going to try and see if just the package alone is enough to entice people.
pcchefjane
10-04-2009, 01:19 AM
That is amazing! I am going to use that flyer on Tuesday for my cooking show! This is a first time Host and she has thought about the biz but said she doesn't know if she can "afford it"! Maybe if some of her guests spent that much, she would see the potential of getting her money back really quickly!
wadesgirl
10-04-2009, 02:01 AM
That particular set comes out to $100. Even though I'm not in the same boat as Sheila, I also don't really want to offer free shipping. I'm going to try and see if just the package alone is enough to entice people.

I was thinking the same thing. I know on a $100 order I would make at least $20 so only paying $5.25 plus a little bit of tax out of pocket wouldn't be too bad but right now I'm trying to really make money not spend it.
etteluap70PC
10-04-2009, 11:08 AM
Wow Carolyn! Can I be like you when I grow up?

I'm not worthy! (channeling Wayne and Garth) LOL!

So glad you had a great night!

I want to know how you got her to have 28 people there!
legacypc46
10-04-2009, 11:35 AM
I'm doing the chair dance for you Carolyn! That totally rocks...and I'm definitely making a similar offer at a show I'm doing later this month!

***Go Carolyn***Go Carolyn***GoCarolyn***
Jen1409
10-04-2009, 11:43 AM
that is amazing
turtle15
10-04-2009, 01:32 PM
That particular set comes out to $100. Even though I'm not in the same boat as Sheila, I also don't really want to offer free shipping. I'm going to try and see if just the package alone is enough to entice people.

I am wondering what would be the benefit though without the free shipping. There would only be $1 savings, right?
Chef Endora
10-04-2009, 02:06 PM
That's great...I too would like to know how you got 29 guests!
chefcharity
10-04-2009, 02:12 PM
I am wondering what would be the benefit though without the free shipping. There would only be $1 savings, right?

My thought is that when you go to McD's it is easier to say... I want the #1, so same concept. You have just helped them do their shopping and have everything all wrapped up in your own #1 combo. OH!! They can super size it with oven mitts if they choose! LOL! Just a thought :)
pampered1224
10-04-2009, 02:45 PM
Carolyn,

I just had to add my two cents in here as well:

WAA HOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THAT IS SOOOOO GREAT!!!!
lisasfuncooking
10-04-2009, 03:27 PM
I am having a big cooking show tomorrow night. I am thinking of offering this too. If I total is up, it comes to $100.00. Do I just enter it in the computer and under payments use consultant gift and subtract $5.25 ($1 + $4.25 s&h)?
Then the balance would be her total?
NooraK
10-04-2009, 08:13 PM
Yes, that's exactly how you would do it.
NooraK
10-04-2009, 08:14 PM
My thought is that when you go to McD's it is easier to say... I want the #1, so same concept. You have just helped them do their shopping and have everything all wrapped up in your own #1 combo. OH!! They can super size it with oven mitts if they choose! LOL! Just a thought :)

That was my thought. If you've ever been to In-N-Out, their combos don't save you any money, it just makes ordering easier. And I don't plan on saying that it saves them money, I'll just talk it up as the "everything you need for dinner" kit.
topchef.heather
10-04-2009, 08:55 PM
Congrats! That's an awesome show all around!
ChefLoriG
10-04-2009, 08:55 PM
that's awesome Carolyn!!
dannyzmom
10-04-2009, 09:26 PM
Sold 2 more today!!!
Same recipe, smaller crowd.
dannyzmom
10-04-2009, 09:27 PM
I'm doing the chair dance for you Carolyn! That totally rocks...and I'm definitely making a similar offer at a show I'm doing later this month!

***Go Carolyn***Go Carolyn***GoCarolyn***

What?? All I get is a chair dance? I was thinking this is more deserving of a table dance!! LOL
;)
dannyzmom
10-04-2009, 09:28 PM
WOW!!!! When I grow up I wanna be just like you :D

Step one...don't grow up...then you'll be just like me!!!!!!! Incredibly immature and goofy! LOL
dannyzmom
10-04-2009, 09:31 PM
Ok - someone asked how I get her to get 29 guests...
this particular hostess ROCKS. She gets HUGE crowds at all her shows (this was like my 3rd or 4th show with her)...I mailed out minicats to everyone on her list...we also used the PWS invites and she printed up flyers and posted them all over work (she's a dispatcher for the Sheriff's office) - she had $315 in OO's before I even got there...and is working on collecting more this week! I would love to be able to take credit for the huge # of guests but the credit there goes to my hostess. If you want your hosts to do the same, you have to be in constant contact with them...encourage (even bribe) them. I told her if she had $250 in OOs before the show I'd give her a stone. She had $315 so I gave her a small bar pan and a retired bread crock - she was thrilled!
wadesgirl
10-04-2009, 11:17 PM
Ok - someone asked how I get her to get 29 guests...
this particular hostess ROCKS. She gets HUGE crowds at all her shows (this was like my 3rd or 4th show with her)...I mailed out minicats to everyone on her list...we also used the PWS invites and she printed up flyers and posted them all over work (she's a dispatcher for the Sheriff's office) - she had $315 in OO's before I even got there...and is working on collecting more this week! I would love to be able to take credit for the huge # of guests but the credit there goes to my hostess. If you want your hosts to do the same, you have to be in constant contact with them...encourage (even bribe) them. I told her if she had $250 in OOs before the show I'd give her a stone. She had $315 so I gave her a small bar pan and a retired bread crock - she was thrilled!
Do you promote this set through your outside orders or do you just do them at your show?

When do you share this at your show?
toenail1103
10-04-2009, 11:59 PM
Wow that is awesome!!! I am proud of you. I would probably crap my pants if that happened, My first show was 702 and I was excited. I couldnt imagine. I am definately going to start offering this at my shows!! Way to go Carolyn!!!
PamperedchefDaly
10-05-2009, 06:33 AM
you need to recruit her!
kdangel518
10-05-2009, 10:05 AM
you need to recruit her!

This is EXACTLY what I thought when I saw the original post! OMG!!! :eek: WOW and CONGRATS!!! I will do a table dance for you!!! ;)
pampcheflisa
10-05-2009, 10:20 AM
love it....congrats Carolyn!!!!

I pulled the flyer and took it to my last show. Only had 2 guests, one was her mom who forgot her glasses and couldn't read the catalog, so she didn't order on the spot, so the other guest ordered the bundle!!! And, then $100 more on top of that!!

The host must have talked about it to her friends, b/c she emailed me last night 4 more orders and 3 of them were DCB's......woo-hoo!!!!
Shell Northway
10-05-2009, 10:21 AM
That is great. I was excited to sell 4 in a week, you have given us all inspiration!!!! Thanks for sharing.
pamperedpals
10-05-2009, 10:31 AM
Congrat's Carolyn! That is awesome.
pattikake
10-05-2009, 12:03 PM
I took the DCB bundle info and added it to the bottom of my invites that I'm sending out for my show next weekend. We'll see if it works.
Katiek77
10-05-2009, 12:15 PM
Thanks for this information! I am going to try and sell the DCB too.
dannyzmom
10-05-2009, 12:20 PM
I took the DCB bundle info and added it to the bottom of my invites that I'm sending out for my show next weekend. We'll see if it works.

What a GREAT idea, Patti!
Would you mind sharing the invitation? I may try that as well!!
pattikake
10-05-2009, 12:58 PM
What a GREAT idea, Patti!
Would you mind sharing the invitation? I may try that as well!!

Here it is ..
15162
AJPratt
10-06-2009, 12:11 AM
I love that invite! So, the total comes to $103.50 for everything. Do you do Consultant Gift for the balance, tax and shipping? How does that work. Sorry if someone else asked that, I just couldn't find it. Too bleary-eyed.
pcchefjane
10-06-2009, 12:50 AM
$99 for the bundle with free shipping. They pay the sales tax as far as I can tell!

I am taking these to my show tomorrow night. In fact I made a "two to a page" one I am attaching since it was so much work! LOL! My Host has 20 CONFIRMED guests and I put a sticker on the minis that I mailed as invites "Bring a guest and get a free gift!" No telling how many we'll end up with! LOL!
Katiek77
10-06-2009, 06:24 AM
That bring a friend get a gift sticker is a great idea! Did you get the stickers from Merrill? Thanks so much for posting your double flyer!
Katie
Cr8vKitchen
10-06-2009, 01:50 PM
I have GOT to start demo'ing the DCB at my shows! I've sold only one so far and that just won't do ...I'm missing the boat! Next show= DCB!
chefheidi2003
10-06-2009, 02:57 PM
I love the flyer with 2 on it..that way it won't take as much paper or ink. LOL. Thank you everyone for sharing this. I took one of the other flyers to my cluster meeting last night and everyone loved the idea. I know that I am definately going to start doing it.
chefjeanine
10-13-2009, 03:34 PM
$99 for the bundle with free shipping. They pay the sales tax as far as I can tell!


Is this correct? Are you having them pay the tax on their purchase? I was thinking of doing this and figured I would be paying $11.03 as a Consultant Gift (paying tax and shipping). At a minimum, I would be making $10.97 on each one (my commission minus the consultant gift).

Just want to know if this how others are playing this out. . .
NooraK
10-13-2009, 03:39 PM
Jeanine, the beauty of this business is that you can do it any which way you want to. If you want to pay the tax and shipping, go for it. I personally wouldn't pay that much, but I'm cheap. :D
Jolie_Paradoxe
10-13-2009, 03:45 PM
I'm cheap! lol I tell them they get the bar board free....that's 9.50 for free. I tell them it's perfect for those who don't feel like looking through the catalog and that it pretty much ensures they are getting something they will actually use and fall in love. :)
AJPratt
10-14-2009, 12:52 AM
I am really excited to try this!