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What is hosts: Definition and 200 Discussions

  1. C

    Where Can I Find a List of 40 Hosts for My Event?

    I know I have seen the list on here to give the Hosts for 40 names to invite, etc., but I can't find it. Can someone help?
  2. R

    Say Thanks: Incentives & Recognition for $1000 Show Hosts

    Do any of you offer any extra incentives or recognition to your $1000 show hosts? I would love to come up with something to encourage them and to recognize them when they achieve it? I know that PC offers them quite a bit but I would just like to really come up with a way to acknowledge the...
  3. K

    How to Persuade Long-Distance Hosts?

    My mother-in-law is hosting one of my first shows at her pokeno night next week. She lives out of town and I am wondering what I can do to maybe get a few catalog shows out of it. Should i make up a flyer about how easy a catalog show is and emphasize the discounts are for catalog shows too...
  4. C

    Can't Get My Hosts on the Phone

    I'm really working to step up my host coaching efforts but having so much trouble getting my hosts on the phone. Tips? Tricks? Thanks!
  5. Meigs

    Pictures of Recipes for Hosts: Get Inspired Here!

    I am just wondering if there are pictures of any of the recipes on the site anywhere?? I am fairly new and am putting together a flyer for my hosts of the recipes they can make at there show and would love to have picture for them. Thanks:)
  6. Bren706

    How Can I Increase My Repeat Host Bookings?

    Just curious to see what percentage of your past hosts are repeat hosts for you? Is it a small percentage? half of them? a large percentage? I have tried calling my past hosts to rebook and usually get their voicemails a few different times. I have rebooked a few of them over the past 2-3...
  7. esavvymom

    How Do You Get Hosts to "Book in Close"??

    I know they talk about it and make it sound "so easy"...but realistically, how are you accomplishing this? I have a very WIDE OPEN February calendar. I'd love to get a few shows for the week of the 8th, but how are you guys accomplishing it? And I mean specifics- because just 'getting on...
  8. M

    Two Shows and Both Hosts Intereste in Signing

    but maby after they se me do the show. they both had maby down onther slips and i have talked to them both. what to do to get them to sign in one month and they re both here in jan. one week apart. so what do i need to know and fallow up on? I really need this. So happy and loving my...
  9. NooraK

    Customers and Hosts on Facebook

    So, I know all the rules about posting online and linking my website and such, so this isn't a question about that. What I am curious about, is how many of you include your customers and hosts as friends on Facebook? This business is all about personal relationships, and we know that customers...
  10. wadesgirl

    Just Got a Great Boost From on of My Hosts

    I sent out holiday cards to all my hosts for the last year. I called one of my January 09 hosts to see if she wanted to book again. She gave me the best compliment by telling me that she loved the card I sent. She said she has done so many parties with other companies and not one of them ever...
  11. C

    Host Frustrations: How to Close Shows with Difficult Hosts | PC Business Tips

    I love her...I really do. This host has had a show for me every year in November since I started w/ PC - she was one of my first "outside my circle" hosts, and I can trace so much business from her parties... However! Getting her to close her shows is always like pulling teeth. I have...
  12. B

    Maximizing January Hosts with Procrastination-Proof Coaching Tips

    Yesterday I was going to get my host coaching together for Jan. hosts (letters, recipes, schedule). Of course I procrastinated. Does PC offer an Excellence Award for procrastination? I could earn that one in a heartbeat. Just peeked at the PC Newswire and HO has done letters and recipes for...
  13. wadesgirl

    Gifts for Hosts: Ideas for Thank You Gifts for the Past Year

    I usually send a thank you letter to all my hosts for the past year. I also like to send them a little something. Last year was fridge magnets with conversion chart and my business card attached. I'm trying to think of what to do for this year. Any ideas?
  14. N

    Recruiting & Motivating Catalog Hosts: Tips & Tricks

    I just got my 2nd recruit. She was a catalog host who did an outstanding job. Her sales were over $700 and she did ALL of the work except to enter it in P3. I told her she would make a fab host and that we have consultants who just do catalog show and that there are various ways to make money...
  15. kcjodih

    Need Help With Email to Potential Hosts

    I have two customers from my large show last night that put 'yes' on their doorslips to being interested in learning more about having a show and I'd like to followup before we close the show Wed morning. However, one is without a phone until Friday, just moved. The other left after the show...
  16. pc_jessica

    What Happened to My November Shows?!

    in a matter of 6 hours i have had all my shows for november canceled! i only had three on the calendar since we have family wedding and will be gone, and with thanksgiving. i was happy with 3 but now i dont' have any shows! eek what am i going to do?!?! i can't believe they all canceled! one of...
  17. PampChefJoy

    What Are the November Hosts for Dylab?

    I'll update these as soon as Jan/Feb are announced but here they are in the meantime.
  18. doughmama

    Do You Send Out Invites for Hosts

    if you do, do you have a flier that you give them for them to fill out all the addresses, phone numbers, etc? thanks for any help with this. want to give this a try for the next few months to see if it really does improve my business.
  19. C

    Unleash Your Inner Party Queen with Our Host Coaching Services!

    ....who challenge themselves! I have a host who just came to pick up her host packet. She is an outside order from another show I just did, but we discovered she lives right down the street from me! Anyway, I did her first host coaching with her, and I was coaching for a $500 show...
  20. J

    Giving Hosts Discounts for Booking Off Another Show

    Hi...Not sure if I should post this here, but... I had a show tonight that was booked off of another show. The consultant of the 1st show was my recruiter and she gave me the show when I signed... So the question is, how do I give the past host discount for the monthly special if I didn't do...
  21. K

    Rewarding Your Hosts: What Prizes Are Best?

    Do you offer your hosts any prizes for collecting a certain amount of outside orders or having a certain amount of guests at the show? I am thinking about offering prizes but I am not sure what would work best.
  22. P

    Past Hosts: Get 30% Off Sept. Stoneware & Bakeware!

    I am attaching a file that might help consultants increase sales on the September Stoneware and Bakeware Sale for past hosts that qualify for the 10% discount. These prices are for Past Hosts Orders Only. Encourage past hosts to take advantage of their 30% discount!
  23. C

    Navigating Dual Hosts: Handling New Recruits' Recruiting

    I just wanted some ideas of how everyone else was handling new recruit's recruits. I had host A in April and she just signed the end of July. Her training show was at host B's house who was a guest at host A's party back in April. Host B is now thinking about signing ( I have worked and...
  24. JenniK

    Pws Wishlist for Hosts: Maximize Your Hosting Experience with Added Features

    Is the wishlist useful for anything besides adding items so they have a list? Will it calculate the hosts total or anything (including half off and host specials)? Also, if it does any special calculating, will it do it for July orders with the extra free product? TIA!
  25. kdangel518

    Xp: Do You Ask Your Hosts to Pay for Postage?

    If you mail invitations (which really, only about 1/3 of my hosts request I do- the rest prefer to use the email invites from my website...) do you request that your hosts cover the cost of the postage? I've heard this before... that during checkout with your host you tack on the amount for...
  26. kdangel518

    Do You Ask Your Hosts to Pay for Postage?

    If you mail invitations (which really, only about 1/3 of my hosts request I do- the rest prefer to use the email invites from my website...) do you request that your hosts cover the cost of the postage? I've heard this before... that during checkout with your host you tack on the amount for...
  27. S

    Booking Phone Messages to Leave for Potential Hosts

    I have customers who want to call me to book a show-either I met them at a show and they did not have their calendar with them and/or want to pencil in a date, or I met them earlier in the year and they want me to call them in June (or a specific month or time) to set a date for their show. I'm...
  28. esavvymom

    Mini-Vent- Hosts Who Don't Respect Your Time

    I will be so glad when tonight's show is done...IF it happens. This host already rescheduled on me once- and for a good reason, but she waited to the last minute to do so. She never calls me back. Yesterday, I called for my final host call to get head-count, etc, and she had just broken a...
  29. C

    July Host Specials for Past Hosts

    Can anyone explain to me how the host special works for the booking benefit? I have a host from this month that had two people from her show book in July. How does the special work for her? Thank you so much!
  30. pjpamchef

    Are Hosts Allowed to Purchase HWC Guest Items with Their Credits?

    I know this is a dumb question, but can the host use her free to purchase HWC guest items?
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