Is It Fair to Claim a Neighborhood for a PC Business?

[Teresa Lynn]

maybe he knew the other lady wasn't going to sell anymore and honestly thought it was being handed over!!!
Peopel who don't know how our business works make alot of assumptions.
Teresa

 

[AMTC]

Glad it worked out!

I thought there might have been a Homeowner's Association in the neighborhood. Just FYI, some Homeowner's Associations have a No Soliciting Policy - my neighborhood in Florida does, so I don't solicit, I just invite the whole neighborhood into my house for a Mystery Host Party!

 

[KimmyDarling]

Buddy up to him on Dumpster Day, so that he'll consider YOU the Neighborhood Pampered Chef Lady from now on, rather than some recruit who doesn't even live there!Wear a PC shirt, if you've got one! Make sure your neighbors can put a face with your advertising efforts.

 

[SillyChef]

Glad it worked out!

I thought there might have been a Homeowner's Association in the neighborhood. Just FYI, some Homeowner's Associations have a No Soliciting Policy - my neighborhood in Florida does, so I don't solicit, I just invite the whole neighborhood into my house for a Mystery Host Party!

How do you know if they have that? Also, I am kinda having a bit of trouble too. I live in a apt complex and we have cork boards around the place and for some reason my flyers end up "missing" a couple of days after I get them up!!! It is starting to P--- Me Off!

 

[jodistrauss]

Maybe you could go in and talk to the people in the leasing office. Offer them a little "bonus" is someone books. See if they can put a flyer in a new lease packet. And, in the meantime, keep putting the flyers up!!!

 

[luvs2sellit]

I bet it was from the other consultant too. I think you should give someone the email and let them contact her looking for a PC consultant. I bet she replies.

 

[ihavethetools]

Is dropping information off in a driveway considered soliciting?

Since the mystery is solved though, I'm curios to see how the response has been from your effort.

Kris

 

[Chef Diane]

Since I am trying to get my business going, I ordered about 200 mini cats-fall/winter 2006 and got 200 flyers printed announcing that "there is a PC consultant in your neighborhood". I put them out Saturday night. I had the flyers printed on hot pink paper and put the flyer and the mini cat in a newspaper bag and put them on driveways in the neighborhood so everyone would get them when they gpot their newspapers Sunday AM. Anyway, I got the nastiest e-mail from "the homeowners"-not even signed....saying that there was a PC consultant in the neighborhood already, but that she was not continuing in the business, but that she was "giving" the neighborhood to her recruit. I wasn't aware of this at the time, but this "new person" has never even tried to advertise her business. I thought that PC is a non-territorial company. I want the business, but maybe I am too nice to go for it.

I wouldn't worry about it. Sinse the letter wasn't signed I would assume it was probably from the other consultant. PC is NOT a territorial company. You can't just pass a whole neighborhood off to a recruit. I'd get over it and go about "Your" business. If you didn't know there was another consultant in the neighborhood, chances are the other neighbors don't know it either. Good luck with your business.