Am I On Track to Hit My $10,000 Goal This Month?

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Discussion Overview

This thread centers around participants sharing their experiences and goals related to achieving sales targets within the context of the Sellathon event. Many contributors express excitement about their progress and upcoming shows, while others discuss personal challenges affecting their business activities.

Discussion Character

  • Anecdotal
  • Opinion-based
  • Exploratory

Main Points Raised

  • One participant, identifying as a consultant, shares excitement about closing a $500 catalog show and reaching the $3,000 level of Sellathon, aiming for a $10,000 month to fund a trip to Disney.
  • Another participant mentions a recent party totaling $775 and expresses hopes for future shows, aiming for the $3,000 level but realistically wanting $6,000.
  • Several users express encouragement towards each other's goals, with one participant cheering for another's success and sharing personal challenges that have limited their business activities.
  • One participant discusses having to scale back their business due to personal responsibilities but remains optimistic about attending a conference next year.
  • Another participant highlights the flexibility of the business, allowing them to prioritize family while still engaging in sales activities.
  • One participant shares their experience of having multiple shows canceled and the challenges of maintaining sales goals, while also planning a Mystery Host show to boost sales.
  • Another participant mentions having over $5,000 in sales waiting to be submitted but notes that many sales are from fundraisers, which do not directly benefit their income.
  • One participant expresses a desire to hit the $3,000 level but acknowledges that it may be a long shot given their limited experience.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Views differ on the ability to reach sales goals, with some participants feeling optimistic about their prospects while others face challenges that may hinder their progress. No clear consensus emerges regarding the feasibility of achieving the $10,000 goal this month.

Contextual Notes

Participants share a variety of personal experiences that influence their business activities, including family commitments and the impact of canceled shows. The thread reflects a mix of enthusiasm and realism regarding sales targets.

Who May Find This Useful

This discussion may be of interest to Pampered Chef consultants looking for motivation and shared experiences related to achieving sales goals during the Sellathon event.

I'm really glad you guys mentioned something about the 1-15th hold and submit deadline for the 2 shows. I can't believe I didn't catch that when I looked at the SAT flyer.
 
Not doing very good since it has been so busy at work. I had one show yesterday (waiting to close but sitting at $600) but had no takers to book shows. I also have a catalog show I'm going to submit this week and that is it for the month. I tried a mystery host but go only 2 takers, 1 turned into the catalog show so I guess that helps.
 
I am about $70 away from the $1500 level. I'm closing out my first $1k show, and my MIL's show will be closing next weekend. I'm also hitting up a few fairs this month as well as holding my own catalogue show to hopefully get me closer to the $3k mark. $3k goal is my reach as this is already the best month I've had since starting PC.
 
munkee41182 said:
I am about $70 away from the $1500 level. I'm closing out my first $1k show, and my MIL's show will be closing next weekend. I'm also hitting up a few fairs this month as well as holding my own catalogue show to hopefully get me closer to the $3k mark. $3k goal is my reach as this is already the best month I've had since starting PC.
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Congrat's!
 
Right now I have over $1,000 in sales that I closed already, but I have over $1700 in opened shows right now waiting to close!!! I just did 2 this weekend and both are anticipating several more orders. ALot of poelpe were unable to attend due to the flu! :(

I also have 2 more cooking shows left for this month which I have high hopes for both. My original goal for this month was $3,000. I know I will make that, now I would just like to hit the $4000 mark to get the extra boost in commision. I just started selling PC in July, so I am very excited about how well this is going for me.

I am looking forward to Dec as well. I just got my kids' swim team to do a fundraiser! there are over 100 children participating. I should hit my $15000 in Dec. if this fundraiser goes as well as I think it will. The coach has already started taking orders and I have not even given them all the stuff yet!! I am only about 5,000 away

I also work full time and have 6 children, so I am super busy to say the least. I am going to part time by the end of the year and thanks to Pampered Chef I will still be making the same amount of money if not more!

I love this job!:thumbup:
Diane
 
I just submitted a show just under $200 and one just over $1,000. I scheduled another November show today and got confirmation that another show is going to hold. I was a little worried about that second one. Plus, I have a catalog show yet to close.
 
Have done 2 shows this month already and have 3 this week and another 3 next week. Have a recruit who is on fire, so the bonus is a possibility. Sales should reach $3000, if not more. I do have some leftover shows from November so I have to be careful in the tracking of numbers. Having a blast with all the holiday botiques, too!
 
OK ... mind if I rant just a bit???I noticed the 1-15 timeframe when somebody else mentioned it ... and I was VERY upset! Then I got over it and got cracking ... set up an "anniversary sale" to be turned in by the 15th, confirmed my Nov. 8 show and booked a catalog show. She was psyched about turning it in on the 12th because minor surgery was scheduled for the 13th.Well, minimal orders on the "anniversary show" so I reasoned I would just add what I had to the catalog show.
Then I went to the Nov. 8 show ... guess what? One order turned in ... and one guest who is a friend of the family and had not yet ordered when i left. HOWEVER ... she has SEVERAL outside orders and is pushing to get them in by Thursday. (would be sooner if not for my work schedule.)
And finally ... talked to my catalog host, who has a severe sinus infection. Her surgery is now postponed as a result. So she needs more time.OH ... and did I mention I'm working Nov. 14 and 15?I do have a craft fair on the 13th which sometimes has been known to bring an order or two out of the woodwork, but in my experience, it's looking less and less likely that I'll hit the Nov. 15 deadline.I realize the other levels go the rest of the month, but it's looking less and less like I'll meet that goal. Maybe it's because i'm so emotional right now over not feeling well ... but I've NEVER hit the $1,500 level (even with five Nov. shows last year) and it feels like a carrot that I just can't catch!At this point I feel like PC is setting its goals way too far out of reach for those of us who are part-time hobbyists. With the economy and such, it just feels like they set those requirements to get out of giving us free products. In other product lines I felt like the goals were too high to reach and now I am starting to feel that way about PC too. I am really tempted to send this as an e-mail to my director, or maybe higher ...
 
Right now I am at about $300 in sales..but I think I will at least have 2 in the first 15 days if I can get my catty show to close in time.* And I might have enough to at least submit $1500 for the month.
 
Woe you are all doing awesome. I have one show in so far for $300 in sales that I got by doing a booth at a fair. I had a show on Friday and am not sure where sales are because everyone took their catalog home with them because the host told them it was okay to do that. :-( I am closing her show on Friday and have another show on Thursday. I also have a Ladies Night out PLUS a craft fair this weekend. I hope to get some more sales so that I can hit the $1500 level PLUS I am trying to put together a mystery host show. For those that have done those any tips you have on how to make that a success can you let me know either on here or email me at [email protected]. I NEED to hit $3000 in sales to help pay some bills we have. THanks. Sarah
 
Right now I have a show to submit tomorrow night that's closing at $1710 and another closing Wed at $800. So I now have levels one and two ($2000 here for level 2). I have one more cooking show, 2 catalogue shows and I might do an anniversary sale the last week of November, not sure yet. I've never had luck with the $1000 mystery host show and we don't have Black Fridays here but it IS my 5th anniversary this month so I might offer something to help get to level 3 if needed which is $3500 here.
 
I just submitted my first show at just over $3000.00 and have one open at just over $600.00. I've got 3 shows this week, and supposedly 2 more later in month.

I'm hoping for that $6000.00 mark.

Lisa
 
I had 3 shows this week. After closing two this Friday, I'm at about $1500. I have one catalog show open until the 22nd and a big fundraiser. My goal is $3000 this month.
 
I've submitted one show....about to submit a second tomorrow. At about $1800 with the potential of the second hitting another $100. Have another show with a cc decline that I have to resolve....hoping to hit 3K this month.
 
I've submitted one show ($677) and have two shows this weekend, and two shows next weekend. Plus I have a catalog show to close!! Plus I have two recruits this month, so I'll get that special spring product as long as one of them qualifies this month!!
 
Whooo HOOOOO!!! Go Mountain Momma! That's awesome!
 
Lisa/ChefBear said:
I just submitted my first show at just over $3000.00 and have one open at just over $600.00. I've got 3 shows this week, and supposedly 2 more later in month.

I'm hoping for that $6000.00 mark.

Lisa
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Please fill us in on what you did to get a $3000 show! That is awesome!
 
Laurie,
It started as a show for previous AWESOME hostess and sorta went into a fundraiser, but not a fundraiser. I said I would donate % of sales to hostesses charity of choice is she got sales to a certain level and she passed that, so I'll be making a donation to local charity.

We only had a few at the actual show, but everyone helped her get more orders, once they heard what I was going to donate, so it was great.

Tomorrow night, I'm doing a show for a Grandma for a Brownie Troop and said I would donate % of my commission to the troop itself, if sales were over $1500.00, so I'm hopeful.

Lisa
 
On the 1st -15th thing, I know I can't make it and I can choose to be upset about the new rules, but I also CHOOSE when I work and when I don't. So, I'm choosing not to be the least bit upset if I don't reach that goal. If I do it's positive for me, if I don't, I haven't LOST anything, just failed to gain something else.Something I heard this weekend that I'm really taking to heart at work and making work a better place is:

Even if someone is trying to offend, it is 100% MY decision whether or not to be offended. Choose NOT to be offended.It goes along with attitude and Swindoll's message on that...you are 100% in control of your attitude. I do PC because I enjoy helping others, if I get a free gift, BONUS! But I'm not going to inconvenience my family and others to do it. I'm confident if I have the right attitude about things, God will use and bless that.
 
Janet, thanks for your post. I am feeling better today. I blame yesterday's rant on oversleeping/feeling out of sorts, TOM and an accidental overdose on one of my meds that made me feel like I had the stomach flu.Just for the record, though, I don't exactly choose when to work. My PC schedule is much at the mercy of my day job, and I did everything possible on my end to get things in before the deadline. However, as I am seeing, some things are beyond my control. So while I am disappointed (this is the first time I will not have made Nov. SAT due to these new requirements) I'm choosing not to dwell on it today. I'd be lying if I said it made me happy, though.
 
Di_Can_Cook said:
Janet, thanks for your post. I am feeling better today. I blame yesterday's rant on oversleeping/feeling out of sorts, TOM and an accidental overdose on one of my meds that made me feel like I had the stomach flu.

Just for the record, though, I don't exactly choose when to work. My PC schedule is much at the mercy of my day job, and I did everything possible on my end to get things in before the deadline. However, as I am seeing, some things are beyond my control. So while I am disappointed (this is the first time I will not have made Nov. SAT due to these new requirements) I'm choosing not to dwell on it today. I'd be lying if I said it made me happy, though.
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It wasn't directed at any one person, just something I learned this week and am working hard on, even though I'm generally a positive person.

My PC schedule is at the mercy of my day job too...and church...and camp...and family...and fire department. My day job is my bread and butter, my insurance, and much more. However, I still CHOOSE when to work PC. :)

Don't feel bad about not being happy, you don't have to be happy about the change, but you can choose not to be upset too. I choose to decide that not getting it for November is not going to impact eternity for me, so off to focus on that.

Di...if you want to hear the whole sermon that comment was in, you can listen to it online...Pine Grove Community Church and it was the Sunday 11-8-09 sermon. It was on Biblical Unity but the principles contained in the message apply to work and many other things in life. It's about 40 minutes long and a .mp3 file so nice to listen to sometime.
 
That's cool. I often listen to mp3's when my roomate is gone b/c I have no CD player in my car. My computer is in my living room, however, so it's really impossible to listen to stuff when Roomie is home.
 
janetupnorth said:
I do PC because I enjoy helping others, if I get a free gift, BONUS! But I'm not going to inconvenience my family and others to do it. I'm confident if I have the right attitude about things, God will use and bless that.
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Thanks for that reminder... PC has such great incentives, that initially I got way too focused on trying to get them.
I'm trying to work more in 'moderation' now... do my best with what I can do, but remembering that I need to keep my priorities straight (and not get too materialistic about getting the free stuff - although it's really exciting to get!)
 
Just submitted my 2nd show! And hit $1550 with both of those! Level 1 and 2 taken care of. I have three shows and 1 catalog show to turn in. May hit $3000!By the way I did the Mystery Host Show. Had 5 hosts willing to participate. 2 actually submitted. With their orders, I closed out at $750 in commissionable sales! YAH!
 
I am up to $100 in individual orders, and I have a catalog show closing. I will be happy to stay active at this point. I have some people I am going to call tomorrow to reschedule. :rolleyes:
 
AJPratt said:
I am up to $100 in individual orders, and I have a catalog show closing. I will be happy to stay active at this point. I have some people I am going to call tomorrow to reschedule. :rolleyes:
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amen to that! Same boat for me too *LITERALLY!...it's been raining cats and dogs since yesterday- stuck in the middle of a N'easter/remnants of Ida (?)*
 
My October kind of fell apart and trying to get everyone into Nov has been tough. I really want and need to have a good month, so I will see if I can salvage it! (Glad to hear I'm not alone).
 
Well ... here's how cruddy my November is doing:

* Host 1 has turned in her orders ... all $67 of them! I do have a $46 order to add to it but even that isn't enough to pull this one out. Haven't taken her paltry payments to the bank yet so who knows if this one's gonna get in by the 15th. Not holding my breath.
* Host 2 is getting dismal response in addition to being sick ... she is trying but forsees ordering $150 worth of stuff and giving me the host credit ... I told her I didn't need it ... she is so sweet.
* Craft fair today was the biggest waste of time EVER .. no sales, no orders and dismal interest ... I did manage to wrange phone numbers from two people who took catalogs, however.

Right now I DON'T CARE about Sell-a-thon ... BUT I do want to have a decent amount of sales for November/December to start my year in gear ... and to have a paycheck I can use for holiday shopping!
 
I'm so excited, my sales right now are at just over $5000.00. I've only got 2 little shows and a booth until end of month. Bummed though, a show I KNOW would have set me over, had to be postponed due to illness in family. Hopeful with that one for Dec.

I say little shows, as I know one hostess has already said, she's just aiming for lowest level, so it can qualify, as allot of her friends are strapped for $, so I'm trying to give her a push to go and try and get outside orders by taking book to work, dropping at a salon, etc., and so far, she's just not interested.

So I'm trying to get orders that I can to help boost. I'm going to send out update newsletter and say I'm close to a goal and give everyone a discount of something, not sure what, just to get the orders. Ideas??

Thanks,

Lisa
 
Don't forget, get your 2nd (or 1st and 2nd) show in by tomorrow to get a spring product. I've got a show to get submitted and am hoping to close other 2 also.

Lisa
 
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