ChefBeckyD
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"Tonights the night I'm bookin' 'em all!"
(long post alert!)
Wow! I went into last nights show with a not so great attitude - the host had rescheduled twice.....she insisted on doing the invites herself (and only used 7), and the day of the show said to me "Could be 2 here, Could be 10 - but my family will eat whatever you make".
We had 4 guests at the show, one was her mom, and one was the past host.....left the show at $300 in sales with (she promises) outside orders still to come, and bookings for June, July, August, and Oct.! AND the booking for June already stating that she is going to re-book from her show for August, so she can get 4 knives at 60% off!
I almost wrote off this host - because she really annoyed me (just being honest) from the first time I met her - at the show where I met her, all through the show, I just kept thinking "anyone but her - I'll book anyone but her" - but guess who was the first in line to book after the show??? She is an ex-Body Shop Consultant, and she refused to be properly host-coached....the only reason I went through with the show was because she only lives 2 blocks from me, and I thought "oh well, at least I won't be losing as much time or gas money to do the show".
AS I am setting up my demo area, I spent some serious time just praying that God would change my attitude - because at that point it really sucked and I just kept thinking "I'm missing Dancing w/ The Stars for nothing!" God is good, and I pulled up my big girl panties
D ) and did the show!
I demoed the Salsa recipe, and made Guacamole, and then made the Cool & Creamy Chocolate Fondue with strawberries and baked cinnamon chips(chips I made at home) The whole demo took less than 20 minutes and shows a TON of products - including ALL of the Summer Host specials! (Chillzanne I use for the Choc Fondue w/ the chips and berries around it) I passed around the salad chopper with the salsa and let everyone try it. They were all so into everything I was showing them - the host spent most of the evening just running interference and organizing their bookings to make sure she had one for each month of the summer!
One of the guests who booked said she had a consultant she has used in the past, but that the consultant showed the exact same products at every single show she had ever been to, and she really wanted to have me do a show to show her friends all of the new stuff because they had never seen any of it! I had a momentary twinge if guilt, like I was poaching - but really I don't think that's the case - she came to me to book! In fact, every one of them came to me at check-out wanting to book! I didn't have to ask anyone!
Soooo, I learned alot of valuable lessons last night, and wanted to post this as encouragement to all of you (us) who have had some sucky shows this month - you just never know what will happen with a show - so don't give up! I have had a LOT of shows that, going into them, I had high hopes that never materialized, and then I have a show like this - where my biggest goal going into the evening was to just get in, get it done, and get home - and WOW! I booked them all!
(long post alert!)
Wow! I went into last nights show with a not so great attitude - the host had rescheduled twice.....she insisted on doing the invites herself (and only used 7), and the day of the show said to me "Could be 2 here, Could be 10 - but my family will eat whatever you make".
We had 4 guests at the show, one was her mom, and one was the past host.....left the show at $300 in sales with (she promises) outside orders still to come, and bookings for June, July, August, and Oct.! AND the booking for June already stating that she is going to re-book from her show for August, so she can get 4 knives at 60% off!
I almost wrote off this host - because she really annoyed me (just being honest) from the first time I met her - at the show where I met her, all through the show, I just kept thinking "anyone but her - I'll book anyone but her" - but guess who was the first in line to book after the show??? She is an ex-Body Shop Consultant, and she refused to be properly host-coached....the only reason I went through with the show was because she only lives 2 blocks from me, and I thought "oh well, at least I won't be losing as much time or gas money to do the show".
AS I am setting up my demo area, I spent some serious time just praying that God would change my attitude - because at that point it really sucked and I just kept thinking "I'm missing Dancing w/ The Stars for nothing!" God is good, and I pulled up my big girl panties
D ) and did the show!I demoed the Salsa recipe, and made Guacamole, and then made the Cool & Creamy Chocolate Fondue with strawberries and baked cinnamon chips(chips I made at home) The whole demo took less than 20 minutes and shows a TON of products - including ALL of the Summer Host specials! (Chillzanne I use for the Choc Fondue w/ the chips and berries around it) I passed around the salad chopper with the salsa and let everyone try it. They were all so into everything I was showing them - the host spent most of the evening just running interference and organizing their bookings to make sure she had one for each month of the summer!
One of the guests who booked said she had a consultant she has used in the past, but that the consultant showed the exact same products at every single show she had ever been to, and she really wanted to have me do a show to show her friends all of the new stuff because they had never seen any of it! I had a momentary twinge if guilt, like I was poaching - but really I don't think that's the case - she came to me to book! In fact, every one of them came to me at check-out wanting to book! I didn't have to ask anyone!
Soooo, I learned alot of valuable lessons last night, and wanted to post this as encouragement to all of you (us) who have had some sucky shows this month - you just never know what will happen with a show - so don't give up! I have had a LOT of shows that, going into them, I had high hopes that never materialized, and then I have a show like this - where my biggest goal going into the evening was to just get in, get it done, and get home - and WOW! I booked them all!
