Outlet Shopping Success: My $362 Order!

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Discussion Overview

This thread centers around participants sharing their experiences and thoughts related to sending emails about outlet shopping deals and the resulting orders they received. Many express excitement about their successes and the potential for increased sales through outreach.

Discussion Character

  • Anecdotal
  • Opinion-based
  • Exploratory

Main Points Raised

  • One participant, identifying as a consultant, shared their experience of sending a newsletter and subsequently an email about outlet deals, resulting in a $362 order.
  • Several participants expressed enthusiasm and congratulated the original poster on their success.
  • Another participant mentioned they were inspired to send their own email about the outlet after hearing about the success of others.
  • Some participants discussed the mechanics of outlet orders, including the necessity for customers to place orders online and the role of the home office in sending summary emails.
  • One participant inquired about the use of host discounts for outlet orders, with others confirming that it is possible.
  • Several users noted the importance of targeting emails to customers rather than sending them to other consultants.
  • One participant shared their initial experience with sending an outlet email, which resulted in a small order, highlighting that even small sales can be rewarding.
  • Another participant mentioned that they had received a $34 order after sending an email about the outlet.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Views differ on the effectiveness of sending emails about outlet deals, with many participants sharing positive experiences, while some express uncertainty about their own outreach efforts. No clear consensus emerges on the best practices for email outreach.

Contextual Notes

Participants are primarily consultants discussing their personal experiences with email marketing related to outlet sales. The thread reflects a mix of encouragement, inquiries about procedures, and sharing of individual successes.

Who May Find This Useful

This discussion may be useful for new and experienced consultants looking for insights into email marketing strategies related to outlet shopping and the potential for increasing sales through customer engagement.

It was from the personal website update:

PERSONAL WEB SITE TIP OF THE MONTH!
E-mailing an image from a web page or e-mailing a web page, for example Outlet images, causes a disconnect between your Personal Web Site and your customers. As a result, your Customers will be assigned to another Consultant. Direct your customers to your Personal Web Site using a link to your Web address to ensure online orders will be credited to you, and that you maintain compliance with our Internet Policy.
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I don't see where e-mailing a link would cause it to break. BUT - when you look at the address on your internet browser, it needs to have your website shown. If it doesn't, it will be a broken link (when someone actually gets to that link through your site, it will work).
 
Yeah.. I usually look....was one of those "I'll get this done in a hurry" kind of things. Live and learn. If it was more than about $7 commission it would be worse. As it is, it gets chalked up into that "lessons learned" column.
 
I know I read it too. Maybe it was in the updates for our websites?
 
grrrr... I remember there was something there that I didn't really understand.
I checked mine though. I sent an email to myself first to see if it would work and it did (it had my name at the top of the page). hmmmm...
 
I'm up to $353 in orders! YAY!!!! I also did nurse's day today so I met a @50 nurses and I instructed them all to go and check it out. We'll see how many actually do!!
 
Another order, biggest one yet $67.00! This is SO making-up for my sucky party last week!
 
dannyzmom said:
Jodi, you'd have to have it shipped to me but if it's lightweight stuff it should be cheap for me to then turn around & ship it up to you.
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Thanks Carolyn for the generous offer, much appreciated. I did get a PM from Ginny offering to help me out like I helped her in the past (I ordered some tshirts from the Canadian site - more selection at the time, and mailed them to her and many others separately after they all were shipped to me) and since I saw that before I came on to view threads I've taken her up on the offer. I'll keep you in mind (and use your website now that I have it if you don't mind ;) ) in the future.
 
Well, after sending out an email to my contacts last night I promised to come back tonight and update - so far only three orders totaling $52.75. Disappointing, bur certainly more than I had before sending out the email, right?

It frustrates me that we are SO limited to the templates in Customer Connection as many of them open up with "book a show" or something that I know totally turns off my customers. It would be nice if our message could be at the TOP of the email rather than at the bottom.
 
Thanks so much ladies....I sent my email last night and received $82.50 in orders today!!!! ROCK ON!
 
I just sent my email. Thanks Becky!! I'm doing all your wording exactly. It is going to 126 customers.
 
pamperedlinda said:
Welcome back Carolyn! I like the 2nd or 3rd one. My email title was Awesome Deals in the Outlet RIGHT NOW! And this was my email (see attached). I copied and pasted the entire thing into an email.
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I was just wondering if you meant to only included 9 outlet pictures? I LOVE your e-mail but I was thinking I might say something as well like..."many more discounted items on the outlet as well. come check it out!"
 
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dannyzmom said:
Well, after sending out an email to my contacts last night I promised to come back tonight and update - so far only three orders totaling $52.75. Disappointing, bur certainly more than I had before sending out the email, right?

It frustrates me that we are SO limited to the templates in Customer Connection as many of them open up with "book a show" or something that I know totally turns off my customers. It would be nice if our message could be at the TOP of the email rather than at the bottom.
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That is one of the reasons why I don't use the Customer Connection emails. I never get a response to those - basically because most of them never get opened. If I want a response, I send the email from my own account. The Outlet email wasn't sent from my PWS, it was sent personally from me.
 
I use Constant Contact and mine was sent to 302 people...yay! Looking for more orders to roll in :)
 
Had 3 orders yesterday alone for $73.50 -hoping for some more - glad I did it!
 
Gina M said:
Had 3 orders yesterday alone for $73.50 -hoping for some more - glad I did it!
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Awesome!!!:D
 
I've had 2 more orders today that are about $70 (take off tax and s/h) so I'm up to $423!!!:D

I'll be sad when the selection gets depleted!!
 
Sent out the e-mail LATE last night and got 2 orders so far. Only $43 so far but still thrilled it is something.
Hopefully more to come!!!
 
I sent some of my emails out late last night and got a $66 order today! Still have more to send tonight.
 
I just sent my newsletter this morning (cuz I'm always late!) and I forgot to put in a little blurb about the outlet. How long should I wait before sending something about the outlet?



And just out of curiosity, for those that are getting big responses, how many customers are on your list?
 
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linojackie said:
I just sent my newsletter this morning (cuz I'm always late!) and I forgot to put in a little blurb about the outlet. How long should I wait before sending something about the outlet?



And just out of curiosity, for those that are getting big responses, how many customers are on your list?
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I sent out my newsletter the morning of May 1st, and then sent out the email about the outlet that evening.

I have about 200 people on my mailing list.
 
Well I did get 2 responses from my newsletter, both saying they wished the pink products were better and 1 saying she'd order one of them anyway.
 
I sent this particular email to 630 contacts.
 
I sent it to 2700 contacts...about 19 opted out with this mailing. I have gotten $185 in orders since sending it out.
 
WOWSA! You guys have some awesome customer lists!19 out is probably a normal attrition rate...$185 is $185 you didn't have before and only for the work of 1 e-mail!Good job!
 
janetupnorth said:
WOWSA! You guys have some awesome customer lists!

19 out is probably a normal attrition rate...

$185 is $185 you didn't have before and only for the work of 1 e-mail!

Good job!
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Amen!
"Gee Carolyn, what did you do today?"
"I send an email and made a whole buncha money :)"
 
Ok, I'm going to try it out on my MIL first! :p
 
LOL! I sent it to her but forgot to change the website address from Becky's email. She's going to be like "what the heck???"

I fixed it and sent it out to the rest of my contacts, will post my results (if any).
 
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linojackie said:
LOL! I sent it to her but forgot to change the website address from Becky's email. She's going to be like "what the heck???"

I fixed it and sent it out to the rest of my contacts, will post my results (if any).
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LOL - I'll take that sale!:D :D :D
 
dannyzmom said:
Amen!
"Gee Carolyn, what did you do today?"
"I send an email and made a whole buncha money :)"
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That's how I felt in Nov/Dec when all those sales leads buying Christmas gifts kept coming my way. Except I didn't even send out an email!

I love that director perk!
 
wow you all sound full of excitement!! that in it self is so encouraging...would anyone like to share the wording for the monthly new letter??
I would love to get a peak!! and see if I can sneak a use of it too. :balloon:

If you would like you can email me personally at
[email protected]

Thank you !!!!
 
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