Recent content by j.phetty

My director told me a lot of people are attracted to the simple additions stainless steel stands, esp. those with new or redone kitchens because often it matches the new hardware. And I would just tell near-horror stories saved by stoneware! I was helping my director at one of her shows last...

Thanks!I just did my first craft fair/flea market today and thanks to this lovely board I got two bookings and one sale in three hours! I split a $25 table with another consultant, who took over in the afternoon. I think the book to look thing really hooked them. Thanks all!

I am in SS1 and have four catalog shows going on: my sister, my mother-in-law-to-be (who doesn't know that she is ;)), and two of my best friends from college. All but the MIL live out of town. My sister has pretty much told me she's blowing it off until she graduates in May, at which point...

Rules?I have thought about doing this in some of the new apartment communities in my area. Do you know if there are rules about distributing catalogs and whatnot that way? At an apartment complex where I used to live, someone was placing flyers near our doors and someone called the police on...

My group just started doing this too, and the way it was explained to me was that the store sends us leads every two weeks and my director distributes among those in the cluster who are signed up (herself and 10 others). She mentioned something about in-store promos but the impression I got was...

Local slang perhaps worseWhat's almost worse than the spelling is the horrible grammar I've heard here. I try to lovingly ignore it since, as we've all said, the offenders probably have their own expertise in something. But when people say "Have you went..." and "This lawn needs mowed..."...

AgreedI definitely agree w/sivlepa especially on that last statement. When you're just starting out, calling up people you kinda know to do shows, it feels shady to talk briefly about their lives then launch into your sales pitch. I feel like a crappy friend, calling to say "hey we haven't...

Wow...scary. I hate hate hate knives. I avoid them at all costs...I'm paralyzed by my phobias so I'll probably sacrifice sales out of fear of slicing myself wide open...I prefer the food chopper anyway! At my one and only show I did grab the hot metal rack on my cooking stone, like an idiot...

My boyfriend would never come right out and say he thinks I have a bad idea or can't do something, but he did have a rather tepid reaction to me starting with Pampered Chef. It's possible he was afraid of me getting disappointed because I have rather high hopes. :) He is pretty wonderful. In...

thanks!I knew the local SAH-parents had to congregate somewhere...now I know where! Thanks! :) Have any of you had success trying to do daytime shows so you could save your evenings for the fam?

Okay, I am unmarried, childless, working nights full time and just starting with Pampered Chef. I am trying like crazy to book shows during the day Monday-Friday. I want to keep the two nights I week I have off to spend with my fiance (same with weekends during the day). But everyone I know...