How Successful Are Mystery Host Shows with a Sneak Peek?

[chefkathy]

I have a mystery host/fall sneak peek show on Weds night and I already have $285 in online orders! Woohoo! I have 7 coming, so it should end up being a good show.

I only have 3 other August shows so I need this!

 

[baychef]

Alright Deb!!!! Way to go!!!:chef:

 

[chefruthie]

Way to go Deb! I have yet to set the date for mine! I hope when I do get mine going it gets off to a great start like yours.

 

[pamperedbecky]

Woo hooo!!!! That's awesome.

 

[Mel5497]

Woo-hoo's heading your way!

 

[BethCooks4U]

WOO HOO Deb!!

I just scheduled mine for August 21. I have 2 people reply yes so far. We'll see but I have a TON to do to get ready! I want my office to the point that I can actually let people go in there and so that I can FIND what I need.

 

[pamperedlinda]

Good luck everyone! Mine is this Friday night (maybe HO will call and we'll win a knife?!) I'm sending out my reminder email this morning and finalizing my menu and shoping list today.

 

[PampMomof3]

Great Job!! Maybe, I should have one....... Hmm................

 

[finley1991]

That's a HUGE Woo-hoo!!!!I'm scheduling mine in September only because I'm stealing an idea from my friend who does liasophia... she had a host/customer appreciation last spring and auctioned off all of the new line. I'm going to do that too but want to be sure that I have all of the samples here before I do it. I figure if I get 2 shows out of it, it will cover my costs for the sample products.I'm going to give tickets based on things they do (all laid out in the invitation -- rsvp, bring friends, schedule shows, etc) and also have a recipe tasting where everyone gets a card and they can "rate" the recipes.

 

[annew]

That's a great idea!! You'll have to attach the invite so we can take a look......I just had mine & that would be a great thing to add

 

[finley1991]

Here is my invitation...

PS: It's made in word:mac so some things might not translate over to windows just right but you should get the idea.

 

[pamperedbecky]

Great Job!! Maybe, I should have one....... Hmm................

I'm wondering the same thing! Are you going to do one??

Last night, I did just decide to do a very casual opportunity night at my house on Sunday. I sent out the emails last night. None of my guests could come to our Sampling of the Pampered Chef last Monday, which was part of our cluster meeting. I thought maybe doing an even more laid-back get-together at my house might be more appealing. I may do a show in September at my house - we'll see. It's mostly neighbors that come to my shows and I don't want to overload them.

 

[DebPC]

What's a Chinese Auction?

 

[finley1991]

What's a Chinese Auction?

It's where you put out the items they can win along with a bowl in front of it... the participants get tickets and drop them in the bowl by the item they want to win and then the winner is drawn at random.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_auction

 

[Chef Kearns]

A good friend at conference told me about her host appreciation auction. I was planning on doing it, but got a little bogged down with stuff. I need to do it. I will plan it for Sept. I will attach her documents in case anyone wants to use it. She did a really good job laying it all out.

Okay...I'll have to post them later. I forgot to save them from my email. Oops!

 

[pamperedbecky]

It's where you put out the items they can win along with a bowl in front of it... the participants get tickets and drop them in the bowl by the item they want to win and then the winner is drawn at random.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_auction

That's a great idea to buy the samples for that purpose. Hmmm, I may have to do that. I usually do any show I have as a mystery host show, but this adds even more to it. Great idea! Thanks for sharing.