What is calling: Definition and 113 Discussions

:angel: Yes, that's it. That's how we've been dubbed. A friend from high school's nine month old daughter is at Children's Hospital Boston awaiting a heart transplant. She was diagnosed with heart disease in January-she's on the donor list, as doctor's have tried everything to no avail. Please...

I have a show booked on 2/23. The host still hasn't given me her guest list and she hasn't returned my calls or emails. I called on Thursday night and her daughter who answered the phone said she'd be gone a few days....I've left messages on her cell phone too with no response. Do I keep...

So after watching my CO box sit on "Transmitted to FedEx" for 4 days now:cry: :yuck: I finally called HO. They said that sometimes when a box doesn't get scanned in correctly, it never gets picked up. So they are rushing it out to me today. I shouldn't have waited so long but I figured maybe...

I am trying to get my February filled. I called a few gals who indicated a desire to have shows yesterday morning, is tonight to early to call back? I don't want to push, but always call every other day, usually - or at least every 3rd day, thoughts???

Help! On AOL every time I open a window of any sort, whether to read an email or do antyihg at all a "De-bugger" pops up. "Just in time De-bugging" "possible debuggers: New Instance of Microsoft Script Editor" then it asks "do you want to debug using the selected debugger" -- but if I click...

:confused: :grumpy: :cry: I need your help. I know this isn't PC related but since I know there are quite a few cat owners/lovers on this board I thought I'd turn here before I shell out big bucks to the vet. I have a 10 month old spayed female kitten. Camilla Bean is a gray, orange and...

I have a host who is at $903.77 in amounts that count toward her show. So she has a $900 show. But since a past host ordered a trifle bowl, my commissionable is only at 888.27. (So I can't really say my best show is $903 - can I??) I am hoping she makes it to a $1000 show - but that might not...

Here's the meesgae my 'puter is giving me: CiceroUIWndFrame:waol.exe - corrupt file The file or director C:\documents and sellings\carolyn\cookies\carolyn@aol[1].txt is corrupt and unreadable. Please run the Chkdsk utility it alos gives the same message with carolyn@advertising instead of...

In reading some threads about the lack of success on the Black Friday sales and lack of bookings I've noticed that lots have said that they've mailed flyers and e-mailed notes to people and very few mentioned getting on the phone and actually calling people to book, place orders, see about our...

OK, I'm starting to freak out. Myself and 6 other people are driving to Chicago next Friday to catch the matineee of Wicked. Yes, the day after Thanksgiving. The biggest shopping day of the year. In one of the biggest shopping towns in this part of the country. I'm freaking out about...

I placed an order on Wed. and when placing it I never rechecked the orders forms :mad: so since I made this mistake I left off a $16 order which in return made my host lost her $600 in sales so she only got $90 in free instead of $115 I still need to get the item I forgot to order for her show...

I'm going to be calling past customers / hosts and some people who entered their name into a draw at a fair I attended. I'm going to offer 20% off for a specified period of time. I also want to ask them to book. All of these people have been asked at least once by me if they would be interested...

Help, I am so nervous about making these customer care calls. I think I am freaking myself out way too much. I know I need to do this to make my business work, but I just feel like I am bugging people. How do I get over this?

I called last Friday about a having a booth at a craft show and she said that she would email me and I still have not received anything. I am new at this and was pretty excited about having a booth. I guess I am just going to have to call her again. Just needed to vent a little bit about it...

I am in my third month of relinquishment. Today I have 5 active consultants and our team has $4000 in sales. BUT on Oct 1st, one of my 5 active will be inactive. Will I then go into repromotion OR because I made it up and will have met the requirements by Sept 30th, will I then restart my...

I am getting ready to call customers that I mailed the new mini-catalog to. Does anyone have a calling script they use to call about new selling season? It is so much easier for me to follow a script, otherwise I stumble over my words. TIA

Does anyone have a script for "cold calling" organizations about fundraisers?

Greetings! I have a vendor fair on Sunday and a lot of what I ordered hasn't come in. If any one has extra recipes, etc. or things that I could buy from them for door prizes, please drop me a line. I live in Germantown (north of Milwaukee) but am heading to Platteville later tonight...

I know I have seen info on here before about calling the guest for the host and I don't remember where it is (old timers I guest). I have a host that I booked and I told her I would call her guests to remind them of the show as a perk to schedule and she took me up on it, no problem. The catch...

ok, anyone who ahs been selling LONGER than 13 years remember a pair of ceramic salt and pepper shakers? They are on page 2 of ebay listing.... has a cherry and strawberry on them I don't think they are PC ?!?! Anyone recognize them? Teresa

Is anyone on this forum that is in her line or speak with her on an ongoing basis? Im trying to get ahold of her and Im having no such luck. I just need to know if she is currently unavailable at the moment (like on vacation) and that is the reason she is not responding via email or PMs...

What do ya'll say when your calling new leads at this time of the year? I know I should mention the new host specials and new catalog/products, but I just dont know how to word it ... can anyone PLEASE help me? I gotta make calls today!!

I am having a problem with Hostesses who aren't calling to invite guests. I send the invitations for them but tell them it is only a reminder and they need to call and invite. At my last show, the hostess complained because a guest didn't get the invitation so didn't come. I assured her I sent...

I have been asked by some friends if I would be interested in catering their reception when they renew their vows in March. I haven't said yes or no yet (leaning more toward yes). My dilemma is they are expecting between 50-100 people and they are just looking for appetizer-type finger food...

Ok, I hum and I Ha, I over practice what I am going to say and I fret so much about calling people for bookings, I get so worked up that I just can't do it - that was until the start of this week. I have a new trick - it worked for me and it may work for you... Ok, I go downstairs to my...

Someone had some good words buried in a thread here today. I can't find it. Help.

I've been putting off calling a couple people from a catalog show that I did earlier this month - mainly because I've never met them! They both want to have cooking shows, so I finally got up the courage and called them today! I knew they were at work (they work w/ my MIL) so I just left...

With gas prices going sky high and people wanting to go on vacations lately, I think people have tightened their belts on their wallets because they need to pick where they spend their money, thus leaving the direct sales business dry and this includes us with Pampered Chef. I don't know...

wondering how you all deal with them. I've been really working on calling contacts but I get so many answering machines. If I am following up about an order I usually leave a message inviting them to call me back, thanking them for their order, and asking if they have any questions/concerns...

I know a few of you use this... so far I have not. Just a quick question about how it works. It states the # of calls made and a price. Does that mean if I have to call 40 people for one show that is 40 calls or because it is for one show, is it one call? Thanks in advance...