At my cluster meeting last week - we learned a lot of things to use at our shows. I am planning on implementing some of the ideas little by little.
The first one I decided to try was the 3 pile approach at checkout. It has been mentioned on here before, but seeing it in action at cluster convinced me to give it a try.
It (basically) involves asking about Recruiting, then hosting, then giving the recipes.
In the past, I would always give the recipes at the beginning of the show (and ask the guests to keep me honest - and make sure I don't forget a step! ).
Well, since I was saving the recipes for my check-out, I did not hand them out ahead of time.
Wouldn't you know it - throughout the ENTIRE show a guest kept asking details about the recipe. What size box, what did you just do, how much whipped cream, what flavor was that, canned pumpkin or pumpkin pie filling, etc etc. I told her the first time that I would have the recipes available at the end of the show. But this did not stop her from asking every little detail. AND she didn't order a blasted thing.
Oh well, live and learn. Makes me wonder if I should try this approach again! I am hoping that was just a fluke. (And, no, this girl has not been to any of my previous shows where she would expect the recipe ahead of time!)
The first one I decided to try was the 3 pile approach at checkout. It has been mentioned on here before, but seeing it in action at cluster convinced me to give it a try.
It (basically) involves asking about Recruiting, then hosting, then giving the recipes.
In the past, I would always give the recipes at the beginning of the show (and ask the guests to keep me honest - and make sure I don't forget a step! ).
Well, since I was saving the recipes for my check-out, I did not hand them out ahead of time.
Wouldn't you know it - throughout the ENTIRE show a guest kept asking details about the recipe. What size box, what did you just do, how much whipped cream, what flavor was that, canned pumpkin or pumpkin pie filling, etc etc. I told her the first time that I would have the recipes available at the end of the show. But this did not stop her from asking every little detail. AND she didn't order a blasted thing.
Oh well, live and learn. Makes me wonder if I should try this approach again! I am hoping that was just a fluke. (And, no, this girl has not been to any of my previous shows where she would expect the recipe ahead of time!)