dannyzmom
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I'm at a loss...(long)
I have been really down on my business since the new Career Plan ... it's been a real struggle to stay motivated. Unfortunately I NEED this income so my lack of enthusiasm has REALLY hurt us financially. After talking with a few upline people and my husband and listening to some training CDs I was REALLY getting motivated recently. I booked some shows...and one was someone who read an email I had sent out thru my PWS. She was SO enthusiastic...then about 10 days before the show calls me and says she wants to change it to a FR. Okay. I scramble to change everything around, re-send her email invites, send her a second host packet with the FR info. Then (after I went over the FR benefits but before she rec'd the 2nd packet) she emails me a pouty email about how she doesn't feel PC gives enough $ back. Very sulky in her email. I call her and cheerily explain they give 10-15% and I give an additional 10% out of MY OWN COMMISSION plus they get $3 per booking...at which point she totally changes her tune and is all "Oh yay!! I guess I misunderstood, blah blah.."
Fast fwd to last night - I get there, she is all huggy/kissy with me, calling me Sweetheart and Honey...at the end of the demo she leads the guests in a standing ovation. As I am packing up to leave (after booking two shows and only getting $467 in orders b/c she only invited about 20 and only had 7 show up and one left 10 minutes into the demo), she is going on & on about how wonderfully professional I am and how much fun they all had and how she can't wait to do another show with me for her Girl Scout moms, etc...then I get this email from her this morning:
Hi Carolyn,
I got thinking last night about the show, I feel you overshowed my sales by these future bookings too soon, I heard Karen H say "I'll wait till I have my show and I got an order from a friend and I'll just hold it till my show." It's sabotaging the hostess sales. you really need to wait till the hostess orders are in !! I could of gotten more orders,its too much emphasis on the Future Shows.
Keep this in mind for your next hostess.
Joan
Now I need to respond...not a clue what to say to her. Don't want to piss her off because she is still collecting orders...but am at a total loss. She had not nearly enough guests to make her FR worthwhile (HER DOING), so I did all I could to help boost the $$ her group will be getting (ie: securing bookings that would bring in $3 per booking for her group).
WTF am I supposed to say to this crazy woman????:cry:
I have been really down on my business since the new Career Plan ... it's been a real struggle to stay motivated. Unfortunately I NEED this income so my lack of enthusiasm has REALLY hurt us financially. After talking with a few upline people and my husband and listening to some training CDs I was REALLY getting motivated recently. I booked some shows...and one was someone who read an email I had sent out thru my PWS. She was SO enthusiastic...then about 10 days before the show calls me and says she wants to change it to a FR. Okay. I scramble to change everything around, re-send her email invites, send her a second host packet with the FR info. Then (after I went over the FR benefits but before she rec'd the 2nd packet) she emails me a pouty email about how she doesn't feel PC gives enough $ back. Very sulky in her email. I call her and cheerily explain they give 10-15% and I give an additional 10% out of MY OWN COMMISSION plus they get $3 per booking...at which point she totally changes her tune and is all "Oh yay!! I guess I misunderstood, blah blah.."
Fast fwd to last night - I get there, she is all huggy/kissy with me, calling me Sweetheart and Honey...at the end of the demo she leads the guests in a standing ovation. As I am packing up to leave (after booking two shows and only getting $467 in orders b/c she only invited about 20 and only had 7 show up and one left 10 minutes into the demo), she is going on & on about how wonderfully professional I am and how much fun they all had and how she can't wait to do another show with me for her Girl Scout moms, etc...then I get this email from her this morning:
Hi Carolyn,
I got thinking last night about the show, I feel you overshowed my sales by these future bookings too soon, I heard Karen H say "I'll wait till I have my show and I got an order from a friend and I'll just hold it till my show." It's sabotaging the hostess sales. you really need to wait till the hostess orders are in !! I could of gotten more orders,its too much emphasis on the Future Shows.
Keep this in mind for your next hostess.
Joan
Now I need to respond...not a clue what to say to her. Don't want to piss her off because she is still collecting orders...but am at a total loss. She had not nearly enough guests to make her FR worthwhile (HER DOING), so I did all I could to help boost the $$ her group will be getting (ie: securing bookings that would bring in $3 per booking for her group).
WTF am I supposed to say to this crazy woman????:cry: