Need Helpful Pampered Chef Tips for a Vendor Event

[vminaudo]

I am having a booth at a fall festival on 11/17 and need some help PC tips regarding this event. This is the first time I am doing something like this and I truly need to get bookings. I have SB and recipe cards to give out, but I feel I need a game or gimmick to lure them in. I was also thinking of raffling of the batter bowls with a snowman scraper. Any ideas or tips? Thanks, Vickie

 

[katem51]

I have a booth this weekend and I'm going to have a basket with envelopes in it. On the outside of each envelope, I'm writing a date and time for a cooking show. Inside will be a picture of a product the host will get for free if they hold the show. If they don't host, I won't be out any money. If they do host, I'll add the product to their host order and I'll pay for it as a consultant gift. I plan to be flexible; if I'm explaining it and the person is reluctant, I'll tell them if they would rather do a catalog show, I'll still give them the product as long as they get enough orders to qualify as a show. The products I've put into the envelopes are nice products, but all under $10.First time I'll be trying this so I hope I get some bookings.When I do booths, I hand out recipe cards with my contact information. I'm too cheap to give away SB for just walking by. Might give an old SB as a booking incentive.

 

[vminaudo]

Hi Kate,Thanks, I'll try that. Please keep me posted on how your event went. Regards, Vickie

 

[mgranich]

I haven't had much luck getting bookings at vendor fairs and trying to decide what to do. I like the idea of the envelopes but wondering if the beads would get more attention. Just don't know which option to try! I have a fair on Saturday too and I am going to run out on my lunch hour today to see if I can find red & green beads. If not, I may go the envelope route! Thanks for the idea!

 

[Kandi2candy]

I have only done one and have my second one this weekend. I had no cash and carry, but offered free shipping locally. I however had a drawing for a free cookbook, using the drawing slips you can order off of the supply order. Over 30 people entered the drawing, which was good because the craft show I was at was really slow.
PC Hockey mom told me to call everyone of them that didn't win and tell them they have won a consolation prize of a free cooking show! (See the posting My First Booth!) for further details.
I have at least three home parties so far because I did that.

 

[katem51]

Well I did my envelopes and got one booking from the 4 envelopes I had in the basket.
Not the greatest vendor event I've ever done, people didn't want to fill out lead slips. But I did get almost enough orders for my own catty show. I've sent an email out to get up the $150 with the news I'll give away the trifle bowl.

 

[pcsharon1]

I just did a booth on Friday night that was a surprise hit! I was not expecting the response that I got. It was not well advertised and sort of thrown together at the last minute - but I didn't have a show and thought "well, it's $10. What will it hurt?" I had envelopes with the dates I wanted to fill and inside was a label saying what they would get if they hosted a show. My biggest item to give them was the brownie pan but it does say, and I told them, they get it when their show hits $300 in sales. I also had a small Christmas tree on my table with rubs hanging from it. If they booked a show they could choose a rub to take home with them and they got whatever was in the envelope when they had a $300 show. I booked four shows for the next three weeks! And people loved being able to take the rub home - and I didn't offer them the rub until after they booked and chose a date. So they weren't just booking to get something. All four have started advertising their shows on Facebook. I didn't get a single order, but that's really not what I was trying to get so I didn't mind.