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dannyzmom said:At one year I had done 44 shows. My first year was really not much of a year business-wise. I struggled to keep active - did ZERO recruiting or customer-care and paid very little attention to my business. Most of those "shows" were pulled together catalog shows and not actual cooking demos.
pchefinski said:44? Good heavens I'd fall over dead with joy to have 44 shows in my first year! I had 11. My first year was extremely hard and plagued by endless family hardship. An uncle and great aunt died unexpectedly, then my sister and her husband separated, my parents got into an auto accident (leaving my dad in a wheelchair), then my grandparents got cancer, and then the holidays, then my nephew passed away suddenly (he was only 3). On top of having an infant. Yea, it's been hard for me. I went inactive twice, but am keeping with it. I'd love to average 44 shows next year!
heat123 said:I do find myself struggling now though with Zero recruits and no customer care followups. I know until I can get over my phone fear my biz cannot flourish.
cookn' katie said:I had 55 shows the first full year in PC. I earned my $15,000 in sales in about 6 months. I work 25 hr/wk and a different job, also. I would love to do more, but mentally, this is really good for me. I have now been in for 1 1/2years and only have one recruit. It sound like we are all pretty similar to our show schedule, so everyone keep up the good work!!!
tlennhoff said:It is surprising how many of us have this problem. I'm still working on getting over my phone fear.
dannyzmom said:Oh gosh ... I dodn't mean to make it sound like I was poo-poo'ing 44 shows. Not at all. I went into this to make it a F/T business and 44 shows was more of a P/T thing...and as I said MANY of those 44 were not "really" shows....they were bunches of orders I'd pick up here & there and turn in as catalog shows (back then, 5 orders = a catalog show regardless of the dollar amount they totalled)
It took me a while to get my business to where I wanted it to be. But everyone's idea of where they want their business to be is very different.
My 2nd year I did 60 shows and my 3rd year I did 93
Koolotus said:Okay, I hear phone fear from you guys and myself way too much not to share a particularlly violent way I got myself on the phone one day.
I had my list of people I needed to call to get bookings.
So I checked my email, got a cup of tea, came on chef sucess.
Said to myself, "Self, you are being stupid! Shut off the computer and DO those calls! You need shows!"
So.... I shut off the computer, cleared off my desk, started filling in my calendar, got another cup of tea, went potty.
Then I said to myself, "Self, if you aren't going to call because you are afraid of how the calls are going to go then just throw out those contacts and go watch TV."
So...... I wrote big black no's on ALL those contacts with a big fat sharpie, chucked them in the garbage and went to watch TV.
Then.
On my way to the TV I passed my Golden Treasures tracking sheet on the door and saw that I really was only 2000 points away from the level I wanted, and it would be stupid to give up now.
So................... I set my PC Clock/timer for 15 minutes and started making my calls.
45 calls 5 beeps of the timer and one digging through the trash later.
I had 4 shows and a recruiting interview.
Moral of the story. You can do anything for 15 minutes and sometimes you just need a figurative slap in the face to get your bratty self to do what you know is best for you.
At least I do.
That's AWESOME!! Thanks for sharing. I love that you shared this personal experience. I love your attitude! That's good motivation.Koolotus said:So................... I set my PC Clock/timer for 15 minutes and started making my calls.
45 calls 5 beeps of the timer and one digging through the trash later.
I had 4 shows and a recruiting interview.
Moral of the story. You can do anything for 15 minutes and sometimes you just need a figurative slap in the face to get your bratty self to do what you know is best for you.
At least I do.