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[PChefPEI]

So, I went to close my show from last night. After adding the orders from the calls that came in yesterday afternoon, she's at $301 and change. Well, we didn't close. Seems three of the people she talked to thought the party was tonight. LOL! No, the invitations weren't wrong. People just knew that she usually works later on Mondays, so does things on Tuesday. She told me she expects to have several people at her house filling out orders this evening. We'll be closing on Thursday evening.

Oh, yeah, and I picked up payment from a man who ordered the 12" Executive Skillet and Lid. I also dropped off the paperwork for someone who is joining in on my Holiday Host Raffle.

Show tonight to get my contacts.

That's funny! Hope she gets lots of orders! Good luck with your show tonight!

 

[amy07]

well, my host coaching for this weekends show went well. I think I may finally have a show this month with more than 4 guests!:sing::sing: It seems none of my hosts lately would push to get better attendance.


oh, and here is an odd way of increasing attendance.......at the end of this month I am hosting a pearl party for two reasons. One, my daughter attended one with me,and had soooo much fun and I thought it would be a good way to spend time with her and get some FREE Christmas gifts. Second, to help a friend. Well, I sent the Consultant my guest lists (over 50 names, I'm so impressed with myself) and she accidentally put the wrong date. She put Nov 3rd, and people have been calling me like crazy saying that they would've loved to attend, but that they JUST got their invitation. OF course, they can still attend since my party isn't for almost 2 weeks. Got me to thinking........maybe that's the way to send out invites. Seems to get people to RSVP and talk with the host (just kidding.........................kinda!)

 

[PChefPEI]

Hehe...You're funny Amy! So, can I ask what is a pearl party??

Okay, had a show tonight. 9 guests...host was expecting A LOT more, but all went well. This was the show where my host wanted all 4 of the recipes I had sent! Since she's a very good friend, I went there right after work and we made the brown sugar-dijon brie and cran-raspberry fizz ahead of time. Made the club house chicken squares and chocolate peppermint trifle for the demo. Everyone LOVED all the food! Sales are at $600 and may have a couple more orders. No bookings though, but that's okay.

AND, to my excitement, I got home and had a message on my answering machine from a girl who got my name from someone who was at a show and is interested in the biz!! WOO HOO! Guess I have at least one phone call to make tomorrow!

 

[raebates]

Only five people at the show last night, but she had some outside orders. Sales of about $350, with a January booking. We closed last night. She's happy with what she got, so I'm happy. We did have fun.

 

[ChefBeckyD]

I guess I should report in on my party from last night too.

There were 9 guests, sales are at $350 - but the host says there are several outside orders to come. the $350 in sales put me over the top for $3000 level for SAT, though, so I'm happy!

I also have a booking for Dec. (already knew about that one - she called to book before the party) and one for January. AND My Dec. host is thinking of signing - and she brought me her 46 person guest list for her show to the party last night!:thumbup:

Oh - and one other lady has a daughter getting married, and is thinking about a PC Bridal Shower for her!

 

[amy07]

Hehe...You're funny Amy! So, can I ask what is a pearl party??
Okay, had a show tonight. 9 guests...host was expecting A LOT more, but all went well. This was the show where my host wanted all 4 of the recipes I had sent! Since she's a very good friend, I went there right after work and we made the brown sugar-dijon brie and cran-raspberry fizz ahead of time. Made the club house chicken squares and chocolate peppermint trifle for the demo. Everyone LOVED all the food! Sales are at $600 and may have a couple more orders. No bookings though, but that's okay.

AND, to my excitement, I got home and had a message on my answering machine from a girl who got my name from someone who was at a show and is interested in the biz!! WOO HOO! Guess I have at least one phone call to make tomorrow!

the Consultant brings a bucket of farm raised oysters that have been "implanted" with a grain of sand to produce a pearl. You pick your oyster(s) and dig out your pearl and have it set in a piece of jewelry. VERY ADDICTING!! The 1st one I went to, I spent WAAAAYYYYY too much $$$$$. But DD and I had a blast! She even opened one with TWINS - which is too funny since she is a twin. We had earrings made for her, and her ears are not even pierced (yet, I'm waiting until she's old enough to take care of them herself. I'm thinking 10 is a good age).

 

[PChefPEI]

the Consultant brings a bucket of farm raised oysters that have been "implanted" with a grain of sand to produce a pearl. You pick your oyster(s) and dig out your pearl and have it set in a piece of jewelry. VERY ADDICTING!! The 1st one I went to, I spent WAAAAYYYYY too much $$$$$. But DD and I had a blast! She even opened one with TWINS - which is too funny since she is a twin. We had earrings made for her, and her ears are not even pierced (yet, I'm waiting until she's old enough to take care of them herself. I'm thinking 10 is a good age).

That is soooo cool!!! Really neat too that your DD got the twin pearls! How old is your DD?

 

[amy07]

ok, so i now have a show for next Monday night! Yayyyy!! this was originally going to be a catalog show, but her friends talked her into a cooking show once she tried collecting orders!

Also, I got a call from someone about my pre-black friday sale. She wanted to make sure it was ok to forward to her friends because they want to take advantage of the sale too! Uh, yeah that would be good.
Another black friday call about why she didn't get the sale email, but her friends did - seems her email bounced. so that's taken care of!

today was the day they were contacting me - good thing because I was busy this evening with kid stuff. And now I feel like I'm getting the gunk my kids had last week. Time to self-medicate and recover for this weekend's show......

 

[PChefPEI]

Way to go, Amy!!!

I am so overdue for bedtime....5:30 is comin' early!!! I had 3 shows to send off via PP...thank goodness I'm not doing it manually anymore!!

Anyway...quick update. I called the lady who left a message on my phone yesterday about the biz. She seems quite interested. I am getting my Director to call her in the next couple days.

Called last Sunday's host to close her show. It closed at 526.90. Also sent off 1 other show which closed at 437.00.

Called a lady who I had sent a catalogue to. She was going through it and her wish list was too long, so she wanted a show. She booked December 3.

Also did some host coaching for next Monday's show....my SIL who now has 6 guests coming. I told her to make sure to call them all on Sunday night to remind them. Wouldn't want them to forget when there's only a small number coming!

Well, I'm off to lala land now...sweet dreams everyone!

 

[JAE]

Everyone seems to be doing great. I sent out an outlet reminder e-mail, and I received one order for $28. Not bad. Maybe more to come. Who knows. I plan to work the phone tomorrow.

 

[Christ Follower]

Collected a $20 order today.

Then at chuch a friend said she forwarded my "can you help?" email to her mother in law and she MIGHT be placing an order.

I also found out a friend of mine is passing around a catalog for me to try to collect some more orders!

I am only $5983 away from Miami! I am not sure I will hit it with the shows I have on my calendar so every little bit of extra helps now!

 

[raebates]

Spent last night doing host coaching instead of contacts. I'm getting lazy leading up to the holidays.

 

[Bren706]

Monday, I got 2 no's, which gets me closer to another yes! My third contact to a potential host led to a small $15.00 order, and I will contact her at the beginning of the year about hosting.

Yesterday, I was LAZY and did not feel like getting on the phone. I will need to make up for it today.

 

[amy07]

contacts made for today! I did it all at my kids school
2 orders for my pre-black friday
and gave a catalog to another mom who had mentioned that she wanted new cookware - fingers crossed. They definitely have the moolah. the rock on her finger could have bought my car I'm sure!

tonight I'm cranking up the phone - host coaching and trying to book January. I can't seem to give a show away for January!

 

[Christ Follower]

contacts made for today! I did it all at my kids school
2 orders for my pre-black friday
and gave a catalog to another mom who had mentioned that she wanted new cookware - fingers crossed. They definitely have the moolah. the rock on her finger could have bought my car I'm sure!

tonight I'm cranking up the phone - host coaching and trying to book January. I can't seem to give a show away for January!

Amy--- I sure hope you get that cookware sale!

I know how you feel about the January thing! I only have one (maybe) show for January! I am still trying to get a few more in December so I can make it to Miami, but in the meantime, my January is suffering.

 

[ChefBeckyD]

I have never sold a set of cookware at full price. Sure hope it comes through for you Amy!


I just booked a January show. This lady was a guest at a show a few weeks ago. She had to leave early, and I didn't call to ask her about booking after the show, because I know she isn't well. She had a liver transplant a few months back, and is still having some major issues. Could have knocked me over with a feather when she just told me she wanted a January show!

I guess that just proves again that I need to ask everyone, and to NEVER assume!

So, my contacts are in for the day. I did book a Feb show also. Took care of a product replacement.
Did some consultant coaching with 2 of my team members, and also did some host coaching for my show on Saturday. She is expecting at least 12 so far - so it should be a fun show!:thumbup:

 

[amy07]

Yeah Becky, I don' think I've ever sold a set at full price either. BUT this woman also mentioned once that she gave her husbands office employees her OLD set of PC and replaced it with something else. The something else is horrible and she wants PC back. So, there IS hope.

tell me HOW to book January. I seriously cannot give it away!

 

[janetupnorth]

My host just called - 8 confirmed for tomorrow 3-4 maybes...that's a decent group.Now, I need to get my butt going and get my kit pieced back together! I've only done catalog shows since August! Yikes!

 

[PChefPEI]

Okay, so today, my Director and I hooked up with my new recruit lead who was going to go online and sign up through my PWS. I couldn't walk her through it over the phone, because she has dial up. I will call her tomorrow to see how she got along, because I didn't get an email from my PWS about her doing it (assuming I would!), so I just want to make sure she doesn't have any questions. So that will be recruit #1 for me!!!!!!!!

Called my host for tomorrow night...left a voicemail.

I guess that was it for today. Not great, but I did get some much needed organization done with some of my paperwork.

 

[Bren706]

Attempted to make calls this evening, but got a handful of machines. Did speak to a couple of my current hosts.

I need to get myself organized and make some customer care calls and reach some new contacts! I have a show on Friday, and a show on Saturday, so I am keeping my fingers crossed that I will get December and January bookings from those.

 

[kcjodih]

-Closed one show at $600
-talked to MIA host for tomorrow night's show, changed to catty. She has had a crazy week, we never connected for recipe choices, she had 5 that couldn't make it but ordered and only had 3 that were going to come (who had all been to the show she booked from). These are all my groupies who have seen the new product, so she saved me a 45 minute drive. She's at $350 already and will close in a week.
-spoke with host from last night and got a couple more orders
-spoke with host from Tues night and will meet next Tues to close her 1K + show
-did an adjustment
-spoke with a gal who wanted to place a stoneware order and got her gathering orders for a catty show - will close on Monday (she already had her order and one more)

After my full time job today, I've done enough tonight. Now I'm just surfing CS

 

[Christ Follower]

Tonight I did a TON of customer care calls! These people were so happy I was calling just to check on their stuff. Nothing else! It felt really good to call just to say hi and give customer service.

I spoke to 8 people, 5 answering machines and one email.

Then I host coached a bit as well.

I have a show tomorrow and Saturday and am praying for some December and January bookings from those!

 

[raebates]

I had 2 contacts while out and about yesterday. I closed my show from Monday and had quite a conversation with my host. It took up my call time, but it was worth it.Shows tonight and tomorrow.

 

[amy07]

I did some more calls last night, and attempted some host coaching. then on to Team calls.

So far today, I have connected with one catty host and had a customer phone me with an order.....

I'm tired today. So I'll attempt a few calls and check in with tomorrows host.

 

[Christ Follower]

I have a show tonight, but I booked a December 5th show today!

Woo Hoo!

 

[amy07]

Ellen, I do believe you will have sand between your toes come April (or whenever the trip is!)

 

[amy07]

I had a customer call me to let me know that she'll be placing her order on Monday along with a co-worker who took the catalog home over the weekend. They are both doing some Christmas shopping. This is great for my pre-black Friday sale.

My host for tomorrow's show is expecting "between 10-15 for sure, probably more". She said she's lost count! That is music to my ears!! I have seriously had some serious issues with hosts and their attendance lately. 4. that seems to be max party this month! No matter how much I encourage them. ****sigh****

And if any of you have some fantastic January booking suggestions, PLEASE pass them along to me. Aside from assuming guardianship of their teenagers, husbands, and paying off their credit cards I cannot get anyone to book January!!!

 

[raebates]

There were 12 guests at tonight's show. She's at just over $500. We'll be closing on Tuesday, so she may have more. One catalog booking for December. Two for Jan/Feb. Oh, yeah, and I almost brought home a replacement for our son. LOL! The host has an 18-month-old son. She tells me he was crying for at least 1/2 hour before I arrived. As I walked through the door he stopped. He "helped" me set everything out. He was fascinated by my table and tablecloth. As I was setting up the prep area for our interactive recipe he came to me, lifted his hands, and said, "Up." I held him while I did most of the set up. He left with his grandpa before the guests started arriving. The host told me he never takes to new people. He was back before people started leaving. (They were a very social group.) He would spend a few seconds with one or another grandparent, then come back to me. I held him a lot while going through tear down. He helped by throwing a few things away. He actually cried when I went out to put things in my van. Made me miss having a little guy around. My 22-year-old son is a little big to hold while I cook.

 

[Bren706]

I had a show tonight. There were 4 guests. One of those guests have been at 3 other of my shows with this group of people, and another guests was a a guest of one of those invited. Only 2 out of the 4 guests placed orders, but they were good, so the show is qualified at $164. The host knows of at least 5 others that want to order. Her guest list was approximately 50 people (and I did her reminder calls using postcalls), but it was in the 20's tonight, so that may have kept people home.

1 have 1 February show booked, and 2 others need to look at their calendars but will most likely set a date, and the 4th (the one that had been to my prior shows) has moved her December date to January, due to a recent illness.

But, best of all, the host is a potential recruit. She was asking about teaming up with the January host to sell this as a team.

Now to go to the recruiting forum and do a search on recruit leads that want to team up.

 

[Bren706]

There were 12 guests at tonight's show. She's at just over $500. We'll be closing on Tuesday, so she may have more. One catalog booking for December. Two for Jan/Feb.

Oh, yeah, and I almost brought home a replacement for our son. LOL! The host has an 18-month-old son. She tells me he was crying for at least 1/2 hour before I arrived. As I walked through the door he stopped. He "helped" me set everything out. He was fascinated by my table and tablecloth. As I was setting up the prep area for our interactive recipe he came to me, lifted his hands, and said, "Up." I held him while I did most of the set up. He left with his grandpa before the guests started arriving. The host told me he never takes to new people. He was back before people started leaving. (They were a very social group.) He would spend a few seconds with one or another grandparent, then come back to me. I held him a lot while going through tear down. He helped by throwing a few things away. He actually cried when I went out to put things in my van. Made me miss having a little guy around. My 22-year-old son is a little big to hold while I cook.

Aaawww! My DD and DS are 3 and 5, and I still miss the infant/toddler stage.