Catalog Shows - Do You Ask for Catalogs to Be Returned?

[sderoberts]

Do you ask for a catalog to be returned? If so, are there any premade labels out there to place on the catalog asking for them back (politely)?

Thanks!

 

[jrstephens]

I do. Sometimes I get them and sometimes I don't. But I do ask. When there are bookings from it, I get them to pass them on to the next person.

 

[dwyerkim]

I've not been having great luck with catalog shows... I did a ton (like 8) in September and not one of them has closed yet--looks like at least 4 of them will not close. So what I am doing from now on is just setting them up online, and marketing them as "online shows"--if a host is getting orders online then I will offer to mail her some paper catalogs. I am toying with asking for catalogs back but I don't think I will get them back and worry that it will irritate customers--albeit bad hosts but still potential customers.

 

[finley1991]

I've not been having great luck with catalog shows... I did a ton (like 8) in September and not one of them has closed yet--looks like at least 4 of them will not close. So what I am doing from now on is just setting them up online, and marketing them as "online shows"--if a host is getting orders online then I will offer to mail her some paper catalogs. I am toying with asking for catalogs back but I don't think I will get them back and worry that it will irritate customers--albeit bad hosts but still potential customers.

That's what I do... all online. I call them Virtual Shows. Personally I'm really bad at catalog shows...I forget about them and don't host coach properly for them. I'll do it if someone asks for it though... but normally I forget.

 

[raebates]

I tell my hosts that I reuse paperwork, including catalogs. I don't stress out a lot, though, when I don't get all that many back. I figure anything out there with my name on it is free advertising.