Belinda's Style of Host Coaching

[Pampered Laura]

HAHA! I was IM'ing her and said "Oh god I can't ask Belinda... I'll give you $5 if you ask her for me!!" Haha!!
I had a sudden case of phone phobia / starstruck-ness. LOL

 

[yummy4tummy]

Does that mean I am not worthy of you being starstruck with me?Guess I'll go eat worms now! LOL

 

[melindag]

I send the evite to myself and then have my host forward it to their friends and family so it comes from them. I've had better luck with that then sending directly from PWS. Sometimes I"ll send them for my host from my personal email and in the subject line I include the name of the host so the subject line would be "sally x's pampered chef party".

when you do it this way....there is no way to really utilize the guest list portion or in other words - when they then receive this forwarded email, the ability for them to click on Yes or No to RSVP is not really going to work, right?

Melinda

 

[GourmetGirl]

Do you guys also then send e-invites as well? Not all of the guest lists shared include an area of hosts to provide email addresses. And I'm wondering too - if you send e-invites, how has the response been? because doesn't the email look like its coming from YOU not your host and those who don't know you, are they reluctant to open the email, etc?

Melinda

What I learned to do is to log into my website as if I was the host. Then enter all the guest's name and email. Then send them out. That way it still says invited by sally host, instead of suzie consultant. hth! Also, I always send one to the host and one to myself... if anything it makes it look like more people are going to be there, and then the host knows what the invites look like that all her friends are getting...

 

[melindag]

I just tested this out on one of my shows currently set up, and this works perfectly. Thank you!!!
Melinda

 

[rebeccastt]

I must be confused, I could have sworn that Belinda said on one of her CD's that if she doesnt get a guest list, she doesnt do the party... maybe I misunderstood that? Because she was pretty clear last night that if someone is just very uncomfortable with that, then that's fine. Hmm.
Maybe she meant that she knows there will be no party if she's supposed to be sending the invites and she doesnt get a guest list. Durrr. LOL

Julie Weitz doesn't do shows unless the hosts give her the guest info. She says that she feels it would probably be a waste of time if they don't want to give her the information. She says she just does it for all her customers as a courtesy to help them make it a great show.

Maybe that is where you heard that....I was just listening to Julie's CD's today.