Holy Shimoly, do I LOVE PC!!! This is what I had to do ahead of time:
She dropped off this whole bag of stuff last week. For her demo I had to make 1 loaf of beer bread, 1 loaf of chocolate pound cake, 5 dips (2 warm), 1 pan of soup, and a batch of marinara sauce. Of course I did drinks too. This was all done before she got here. She did the demo pretty quickly, actually did a great job, passing plates of food to sample--it went pretty fast but there were a lot of samples. Of course, there is only so many ways you can say "this is great on chicken and fish"...but the food was good. I had 14 guests, and the sales were only $265--most people bought 1 or two items at most. No bookings, which I really didn't expect--she mentioned it but didn't ask for them and all my friends know I do PC, so they probably didn't book for that reason.
I am working to get two more orders to get to $300. You know what I get if I do? $45 in product. Normally it would be just $30 but in January they upped it by another 50%. So I get $45 in product. That's it. No 1/2 price, no hostess special unless I wanted to buy a loaf pan and beer bread combo for $40. NO DISCOUNT. Bupkis. So I picked out my 3 soups, 1 dip and a salad dressing and it still came to $20 over my $45.
Wow, am I talking about our great hostess benefits even MORE at my next show after doing all this work (and of course cleaning the house, etc) and getting a lousy $45 in product. And if it hadn't been January I would have only received $30 in product. This was a lot of work. Oh, and by the way, the invites she gave me to send out NEVER GOT THERE. Thank you, US Postal Service. Not one. I asked the mailman what would have held them up (I mailed them 3 weeks ago), and he said "well, they kind of look like a 3rd class type of thing". What? They had a first class stamp on them! So I spent $5.00+ in postage + bought the cream cheese, sour cream, garlic etc for the ingredients, + cooked for two hours+ cleaned my house, + ++...for $45 in product.
I LOVE OUR HOST PROGRAM!!
She dropped off this whole bag of stuff last week. For her demo I had to make 1 loaf of beer bread, 1 loaf of chocolate pound cake, 5 dips (2 warm), 1 pan of soup, and a batch of marinara sauce. Of course I did drinks too. This was all done before she got here. She did the demo pretty quickly, actually did a great job, passing plates of food to sample--it went pretty fast but there were a lot of samples. Of course, there is only so many ways you can say "this is great on chicken and fish"...but the food was good. I had 14 guests, and the sales were only $265--most people bought 1 or two items at most. No bookings, which I really didn't expect--she mentioned it but didn't ask for them and all my friends know I do PC, so they probably didn't book for that reason.
I am working to get two more orders to get to $300. You know what I get if I do? $45 in product. Normally it would be just $30 but in January they upped it by another 50%. So I get $45 in product. That's it. No 1/2 price, no hostess special unless I wanted to buy a loaf pan and beer bread combo for $40. NO DISCOUNT. Bupkis. So I picked out my 3 soups, 1 dip and a salad dressing and it still came to $20 over my $45.
Wow, am I talking about our great hostess benefits even MORE at my next show after doing all this work (and of course cleaning the house, etc) and getting a lousy $45 in product. And if it hadn't been January I would have only received $30 in product. This was a lot of work. Oh, and by the way, the invites she gave me to send out NEVER GOT THERE. Thank you, US Postal Service. Not one. I asked the mailman what would have held them up (I mailed them 3 weeks ago), and he said "well, they kind of look like a 3rd class type of thing". What? They had a first class stamp on them! So I spent $5.00+ in postage + bought the cream cheese, sour cream, garlic etc for the ingredients, + cooked for two hours+ cleaned my house, + ++...for $45 in product.
I LOVE OUR HOST PROGRAM!!