I Had a Show Tuesday Night - About 75 People Invited - 8 Rsvp'd - 2

[jcwarr]

i had a show tuesday night - about 75 people invited - 8 rsvp'd - 2 showed up - no sales!!!!!!

i want to cry, i did so much work and i am pissed as is the host!

just had to vent...thanks!!

:cry:

 

[janetupnorth]

Sorry to hear...I had a graduation shower/party like that - mailed 100 invites - had about 6 SMALL orders...only had about a $200 show for all the work and printing.Sometimes those just happen.

 

[smspamperedchef]

i had a show tuesday night - about 75 people invited - 8 rsvp'd - 2 showed up - no sales!!!!!!

i want to cry, i did so much work and i am pissed as is the host!

just had to vent...thanks!!

:cry:

Did she call and personally invite the 75 and did she follow up with the guests a few days before her show? Very important that she talks to them personaly either by phone or in person. E-mail is not personal.

 

[Chefstover2]

i had a show tuesday night - about 75 people invited - 8 rsvp'd - 2 showed up - no sales!!!!!!

i want to cry, i did so much work and i am pissed as is the host!

just had to vent...thanks!!

:cry:

I feel your pain...one of my new consultants hosted her own kick-off party, sent out 90 invites (didn't call, in spite of being coached to), 3 showed up, $180 in sales after almost 6 weeks. And she hasn't done another show since!

Hang in there and just keep swimming, just keep swimming :sing:

 

[peichef]

I'm sure she get some outside orders Cheer up. We've all had a show like that. Your next one will be great & you'll forget all about this one.

 

[pampered1224]

I feel the anxiety...I have a party coming up the day after I get back from National Conference on the 20th. Now, it is an open house type thing with three co-hosts. They all know that I am going to split the show accordingly if sales are high enough.
The plan is simple. I bring lots of tools BUT I AM NOT PAYING FOR FOOD and I am not doing a demo. I will bring some potaoes, carrots, whatever and set up spots where the guests can play with tools. I got caught bad in one of those traps once and promised I would never do that again. I am going to make up the sample pouches of spices as give aways and that is all. The first, and last, party I did that promised to be so big had about 60 people, lots of beer no orders and a food bill that took a whole months worth of groceries out of my own house. Lesson learned and I moved on. I will never forget that lesson either. If we let the bad parties get us down, then we will always be down. Yeah, it hurt and yes it was devistating to a point because I could not figure out what I DID WRONG! It was a couple of days but then I realized after pondering, worrying and chastizing myself to see if I did what I was supposed to do that I did my job. I made the contacts with the host, I got her list, I got her to make follow up calls and everything. How could I know that her followups went something like, "I am having a party Saturday night - you coming?" I found out from one guest about week later that my host NEVER told them it was supposed to be a Pampered Chef Party! So you can never guarantee anything your host does. So give yourself a huge hug, tell yourself it is OK and start planning your next party. You are good at what you do or you would not feel so badly. So go gettem tiger! Or should that be tigress? Either way, it was more than likely not you! (I would bet a million $$ on it!)