Big Party With Big Host Expectations???

[RossDeb2]

I ran into a friend I know who is buying a house and wants to have a housewarming party for herself where everyone buys the gifts from Pampered Chef. She wants to have it in October. She is a businesswoman who is a high acheiver. Anyway, she wants to know the highest total acheived from a party and has challenged herself to try to beat it. Sooo...what is the highest total here and what is the highest total for Pampered Chef, both in the US and Canada. Does anyone know? She asked this question so I'm definitely going to aim high with this one. I will meet with her next week to set up a date. I will call her in a few days to remind her. She's a successful sugarist so she has lots of clients. The contacts alone would be great! The last party she hosted for partylite was over $3000. Also, I would like to have a decent gift package to do a draw for and/or PC Bingo. I'm drawing on everyone's expertise for this. Please help!!! She figures she will have the party over a three day span so that everyone can make it...i don't want to get too excited until the details are firm but I need to be prepared with ideas when I meet with her. What food should I make for a deal like this??? EEEEEEKKKK.

 

[tlennhoff]

In Consultant News they list the top 10 shows.

In the September issue the top show was $3515

In The July issue the top show was $8038

 

[RossDeb2]

Ah ha...so should I tell her $3000 or $8000. Take a guess which one I will tell her. Thanks for the quick response. I didn't think of looking there.

 

[mommyhugz1978]

I have a host who is presently aiming for a four hundred dollar show.. Her show is on Friday...... We will see how the show goes!!!!

 

[scottcooks]

Coaching makes the differenceRemember your coaching of a host makes all the difference. Times I have done good coaching, I have had awesome shows.

Preach the 5-15-5 plan if you are expecting a $1K show, and wrap multiple activities together if you are counting on more than 1K.

5-15-5 is 5 orders before a show, 15 guests at the show, and 5 orders after the show. Explain not everyone will be able to attend, but most will want to order - so early people that say they cannot, get them a catalog and collect their order beforehand. 15 folks at the show is easy with the "bring a guest, get a gift" approach, you can give away twixit clips or pan scrapers with the list of 100 things you can do with a pan scraper, or qwikcut paring knives if you are flush. Remind your host that folks simply buy more, if they attend because they get ideas from everyone else there, and from seeing the products brought to life. 5 orders after the show is simply following up on the peopel you "knew were going to come" or "they said they woudl be here".

Multiple activities are things like - doing a browsing stations from 9-1, with a cooking demo at 11:30. My most successful event was 5 tables setup with themes...baking, bridal, easter/mother's day, new products, outdoor/BBQ, each had a tiny food treat and gave ideas for products. Then at 11:30 was a dual demo: biscuit appetizer then chocolate turtle fudge skillet cake. It was a 3K show! But I also had a host who really got the outside orders (12 of them ) and help at the event while I was cooking, she was checking people out.

 

[mommyhugz1978]

Thanks scott... that helps a lot!!!