Making the Most of a Catalog Show: My Experience

[maestraMichelle]

My Feb went really well, and I made my 4 shows in 30 days! The only problem is, the people that hosted the shows for me really didn't try to invite many people, so I had no bookings. The whole month of March went by without any bookings But, I now have a catalog show booked and a cooking show coming up, but am trying not to get placed as inactive. Do you all have any ideas to make the most of a catalog show? This person is my husband's Aunt, and she doesn't really hang out with the family much, and has a whole different social circle that it would be great to get into. She doesn't want to do a cooking show, just a catalog. Any ideas?

 

[wadesgirl]

I have encouraged hosts to give me 5 orders within their first week. They get a free gift from me (usually a mini serving spatula unless they got alot of orders). This way it helps to make sure they are working on it. You could also add an incentive for bookings. Catalogs shows can be back on bookings

 

[hperschnick]

Make sure you encourage her to get complete contact information for all of the orders!! Maybe give an incentive for that as well (I know you don't want to be out a lot of money). I had a lot of catty shows in the beginning with just a name - you can't do customer care calls without a phone number and you can't ask for shows either. Tell her that you need complete contact information for the warranty - which is true but you also want it so you can follow up with the customers.

good luck!