- Jul 1, 2015
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I started in May. The first month I did 3 shows but couldn't get anyone from the shows to book a party. The reasons they gave were valid and they all were open to doing it in the future but not now because of situations with their houses (remodeling, adult child and large family moved back in, husband with cancer, etc.). I've called every person I know for more shows but I keep hearing 'I already have a consultant'. I've asked every non-profit, youth group, church and any one else I could find in town to do fundraisers and have gotten 9 to say yes, which was exciting. However, in June I held 3 of them and 1 of them refused to promote it AT ALL because they were too busy and it literally got nothing in sales. Zero! Another one acted like they were going to promote it but only mentioned it to a couple of people for reasons that were never made clear to me and only sold 355.00 with two orders only. The 3rd one sold just 263.00 but it was for a dog rescue so that audience is smaller and less known but she promoted it as much as she could. I have 5 other fundraisers coming up in August and October, but I'm not expecting much given what has happened so far with fundraisers. I read the paper everyday specifically looking for possible fundraisers (community section in particular). I read church bulletins online looking for fundraisers. I stop at any car wash fundraiser or cookie dough sale type thing in parking lots and hand out my information. Doing all this takes a lot of time which I wouldn't mind doing if it were getting me places but it isn't.
For the month of July I have zero shows booked so I'm doing my own Freezer Meal workshop for back to school as our schools start in early August. It's scheduled for July 25th and so far 4 people have shown interest. I won't know for sure who's coming until Friday when I order their items for the show. After all this I'm literally out of ideas at this point going forward.
I'm doing a bridal show later this month and a craft show to see if that brings anything in. Total cost to get in = 275.00 + 60.00 which means I need $335.00 in commission to break even on just the vendor fee for the events, not including what I'm going to spend on gas and show supplies. This means I will need to sell over 1600 in products during these two shows which I'm starting to think is not going to happen. If this doesn't produce anything at all (sales, bookings, recruits) I'm going to have to take a good look at this business and decide if maybe I'm just not cut out for it. I'll be sad about quitting because I enjoy it but I can't afford to keep doing it with commission checks of $120.00 per month. That is not even paying for just supplies (folders, etc.) and gas much less the time I'm putting in. If anyone has any suggestions to get bookings, I'd really appreciate it.
For the month of July I have zero shows booked so I'm doing my own Freezer Meal workshop for back to school as our schools start in early August. It's scheduled for July 25th and so far 4 people have shown interest. I won't know for sure who's coming until Friday when I order their items for the show. After all this I'm literally out of ideas at this point going forward.
I'm doing a bridal show later this month and a craft show to see if that brings anything in. Total cost to get in = 275.00 + 60.00 which means I need $335.00 in commission to break even on just the vendor fee for the events, not including what I'm going to spend on gas and show supplies. This means I will need to sell over 1600 in products during these two shows which I'm starting to think is not going to happen. If this doesn't produce anything at all (sales, bookings, recruits) I'm going to have to take a good look at this business and decide if maybe I'm just not cut out for it. I'll be sad about quitting because I enjoy it but I can't afford to keep doing it with commission checks of $120.00 per month. That is not even paying for just supplies (folders, etc.) and gas much less the time I'm putting in. If anyone has any suggestions to get bookings, I'd really appreciate it.
