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I was thinking of a sharpie but would that bleed on the fabric too much?

My printer cuts off the bottom of the page - the fine print with the details of the specials. I'm trying to figure out if there's a way to make it think the margins are narrower but I can't so far. I think it's the way they designed the PDF rather than my printer but I'm not positive. Are...

Thank you for the stickers! I did decide to order the full-size catalogs after getting everybody's input!

When they say no I don't really push. If they say maybe or "not right now" I ask if I can follow up. Guess I can work on the "NO never or no not right now" thing.Great suggestions Laurie, thanks.

What is the homemade OOF?

I'm not telling them they can only order online - I am sending home a paper order form with the packet. But I am definitely trying to encourage online ordering, most people in this school demographic are very internet-savvy.I am rethinking the catalogs though - maybe I could manage to buy them.

Yes, I'm definitely doing mini-catalogs. I just can't afford to send 262 full catalogs!

I am doing a fundraiser for my daughter's preschool. There are 262 students so no way am I sending home regular catalogs, I am thinking I will send a flyer, an order form, and a mini-catalog home. I am going to encourage people to order from my website but I'm sure many will do paper order forms...

I love that idea of saying "would you like to take advantage of the host specials?"I am trying to do more of the "painting word pictures" - focusing on the benefits of how someone would actually use the tool, not just reciting the features. Need to continue working on that!I have thought of...

Okay, I have had no firm bookings for my last several shows. Talk me off a ledge here - I am feeling very discouraged. At my first show in January, I got 2 bookings. 2nd show, 1 booking but the woman emailed the next day to cancel, I think she had a weird dynamic with her husband and he...

I've seen some people refer to monthly email newsletters you can buy to send out to your customers, does anybody have any information about that?

It's almost impossible to get them to enter the email addresses and send the e-vites. Just too much work for them to figure it out, no one wants to deal with it. What you need to do if you want to do it via your website is ask them to send you their address list, then log in as them, add the...

I had someone book a bridal shower at my show the other day. Her father is getting re-married so she wants to have a Pampered Chef show as a shower for his future wife. So I'm sort of confused about how the registry and the shower tie together. Does she have to set up a PC registry to have a...

I did the chowder for the first time at a show on Sunday and I had trouble filling the time during the 2nd 11 minutes. When I made it myself as practice I thought that doing the other stuff like whisking in the cream cheese and grating the cheddar, etc. would take longer. I will try quartering...

Would you mind telling us more about the workshops? How exactly does it work? This sounds right up my alley, what a great idea.