Help! Struggling to Find Hosts for My HWC Show!

[dme.grant]

EEK! I need a little help please!

I don't have any shows booked this month and it's like pulling teeth to get people to commit to anything at all for the next two months. I'm still pretty new, so is it just the time of year?
I keep hearing, "I have finals", "the kids schedule is crazy right now", "we're going on vacation", "everyone I know is going out of town", etc., etc.

I've put together a HWC fundraiser online, and emailed all my contacts and facebooked about it too. I was hoping that would drum up a little something, but so far...zilch. I'm new to our area, and haven't held a show here yet, so I don't have any past customers I can call and ask to host again. My neighbor has said she'll do something at the end of the month, but I haven't been able to get hold of her since we talked to finalize a date, and another friend said she would ask friends to see what the interest is before she commits to hosting.

I thought about hosting a re-grand opening/new to the neighborhood open house, but I've never had much luck with those in the past.

I'm at my wits end!!! I really want that tote!!!

Please help!!! Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

[BethCooks4U]

Definitely do a show at your house. New neighbor, HWC... Invite the neighbors (personally) and everyone you have met so far. Do prizes. Give tickets for bringing a friend or outside order, ordering, booking a show...Do you buy Christmas, birthday, etc gifts? Any weddings coming up? Pre shop and put together a catalog show. My family are all getting MFPs, veggie weevers and mini mix n scrapers. Any month I NEED sales I will put orders in their names for their gifts. If I don't need to before that they'll be a catalog show in November.Another idea is Pamper a Business. Take catalogs to a local business and ask them to shop. Tell them you'll be back in a few days with a treat for them.Call your realtor or any other businesses you've dealt with since moving and ask them to help you network by hosting.

 

[Chefgirl2]

Do 2 shows and try to do it in the next 7-10 days. Do a night HWC mystery hostess show and a day HWC mystery hostess show. It's what I would tell my very newest consultants. Friday and Saturday work well because everyone has money in their pockets on the weekends. Let everyone know that the sale of the Pink HWC items will go to...(ACS)...

Then ask EVERYONE to bring guests because you want this to be low pressure and lots of fun! Obviously the guests will probably book shows. Then a few days later draw a name from each show and give away all or part of the host benefits. Go to seach and type in Mystery host for more details.

You can do this

 

[dme.grant]

Thanks so much for the great ideas! And today I got two orders placed via facebook and over the phone, so I'm getting there!
It's always so nice coming on here and getting wonderful ideas from some great people.
Thank you and I hope you both have a great weekend!

 

[mlewis525]

I Just wanted to say that I'm new to Pampered Chef also but from past experience with other home-based business companies that I've been a part of - the summer months are the hardest to get bookings! DO NOT aim for weekend bookings because you probably will not get them. The kids are out of school and vacations will be happening and most likely those vacations will begin mid to end of week and end at the end of the weekend or the beginning of the following week. Offer up week day parties and if the host wants a weekend party he/she will tell you... but also try to remind your host that just because his/her weekend is free his/her friends/neighbors/other family may not be available so he/she may have to chase people around for orders because they may be to busy to show up. And also, people love to cook out in the summer so if it gets down to the point where you have no other choice just do a grilling show! Nice way to book those June parties since the grilling tools are on host special.

 

[wingsey1]

Have you checked your local papers for craft fairs/festivals/ booths/ I tend to do well with those at getting leads and sales. Last weekend I had over $200 in sales. But mostly it is great for bookings! I don't have time to make 3 calls a night and am able to submit my two shows a month. Good luck!

 

[dme.grant]

OK, so I've had a bit of a break. My fundraiser is at $137.50 and I still have several orders coming in on that. And my neighbor has set a date for her show.
When I first started PC we were down in Virginia, and I used to do booths A LOT!! That was how I got most of my business. But, up here, I don't find out about things until after they're already full of vendors. It's so frustrating. I think maybe a lot of the organizers already know the vendors they want and don't even have to publish anything, they just call who they know. I did manage to get a table at a local fair through our library in August though, so I'm excited about that one

On a VERY good note, one of my recruits is over $1300 on her first show (up in Alaska!!), and I'm so excited for her!!!