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[janetupnorth]

I had three contacts today, but didn't make my CCCs. The Furry Guy's niece turns 14 on Wednesday. Ages 13-15 is celebrated in some way by lots of cultures, so I wanted to mark the event. We bought her a small piece of jewelry, and I took her to The Cheesecake Factory. (Thanks for the idea, Janet.) It was nice to have the chance to get to know her. I know about her, but I didn't really know her.

Hey - just saw this - glad it worked out!

 

[PChefPEI]

Okay, today was UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!

First, I get a call this afternoon from a lady who got my name from my recruiter who is no longer doing PC. She wanted to book a show. So, she booked for October 30. I'm thinkin' "okay, this rocks, never had that happen before!"

Tonight, I get home and check my VM and a past host, who I called a couple of weeks ago to give her the new catalogue had left me a message because her Mom wants to have a show on November 7, if I'm free. WOO HOO! This day is great!

Well, it gets better. I talked to last Friday's host and she wants to keep her show open 'til Friday, because she has a couple more orders to come and she's at $700 in sales now. SWEET!! She tells me also that one of her guests wants to book a show, so I call her and she books for November 3!!! WOO HOO....that's 3 shows now!

In the meantime, I am following up with some guests from my show on the 13th who wanted to book shows so I can get them in the system, because we're closing that show tonight. Well, I booked 2 more shows - one for November 21 and the other for October 20!!!!!!!

And then, to top off my awesome day, I close my show from the 13th at .... are you ready? ....

Spoiler

$1,050.42!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, for October, I have 6 shows booked....never had that many in a month. I only need to book 2 more to reach my goal of 8. And, I have 2 for November already. My business is finally takin' off!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, I'm done braggin' now!

 

[jessicafawn]

GREAT JOB MARIE-FRANCE!!! That's great!!!

 

[Christ Follower]

Pick your head back up....today is a new day!

You can do it, Ellen!!! I'm rootin' for ya!

Thank you! I didn't get too much PC stuff done today b/c I was just too busy with family/church stuff but I did find out from one of my upcoming hosts that one of her guests that is coming already knows she wants to book a show! :thumbup:

The other pc contacts today were team and host coaching.

 

[Christ Follower]

WOW Mary-France! That is amazing! Share some of that PC mojo with us will ya!? LOL!

 

[tlag1986]

So, for October, I have 6 shows booked....never had that many in a month. I only need to book 2 more to reach my goal of 8. And, I have 2 for November already. My business is finally takin' off!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, I'm done braggin' now!

Wow Marie-France what a day. I closed a show tonight with my highest sales over $800, and a possible catalog booking with her friend from another town near 1 hour away. I needed this.

 

[amy07]

only 1 contact yesterday.

 

[PChefPEI]

I dropped off 2 host packets. That was the extent of my contacts today!

 

[raebates]

I had four contacts. As the result of one I was able to take care of a customer care issue. One resulted in an October catalog show. One was with the guy from the conversation on Tuesday (see post #773). He placed an order because he didn't want to wait. The catalog host hadn't had a chance to get together with her mom to get the orders. She may just add the orders to a co-worker's October show. Since she was interested in cookware, I let her know that we still had some time for her to earn the 60% off. We'll see what she decides.

 

[Christ Follower]

I am off to do a show now... I will get my contacts there hopefully!

 

[amy07]

product adjustments today and 1 referral. Will call her tomorrow.......oh, and team calls.

 

[Bren706]

No contacts for me yesterday. I am dealing with a stomach bug and was taking medicine that caused drowsiness, so I took advantage of it and was in bed for most of the day.

 

[PChefPEI]

Hope you feel better soon, Brenda!

Okay, slack day today...closed a show at $747. My total for the month, with just four shows was $2900!!! I'm very happy with that!

 

[raebates]

Show tonight. Seven in attendance. It's a crowd that's notoriously frugal, so the sales are low so far. However, I got a call from my host for tomorrow morning. She already has $349 in sales and expects a $90 order tomorrow night. She's psyched!

 

[amy07]

no calls tonight. Marital bliss took control of our house. I kept tripping over the cord that still attaches my husband to his parents ***sarcasm intended*****

 

[Christ Follower]

Had a show tonight...$900 in sales but not one solid booking...drat!

I did get a lady to take some books so she can collect $150 to get the appetizer plate/caddy for 60% off. Hopefully that will pan out.

On to October now...

 

[chefmeg]

My show today was FANTASTIC! $900 in sales, 5 bookings, and one recruit lead! I just had such a great time~can't wait to do it all again on Thursday! I made some great leads from this one and plan to do big MAC calls tomorrow evening!

 

[raebates]

Great show this morning. The host had 8 guests. When I walked in the door she had $322.25 in sales (plus one $20 order she needs to collect payment for). Sales at the show were $322.75. She has at least three more solid orders waiting. Two bookings, plus she wants to book her own for March. However, I might not get those shows--she's seriously considering signing. We'll close on Tuesday. If she doesn't sign now, it's a definite future possibility.

 

[Bren706]

Yay, Rae, Meg and Ellen for some great shows!

I had a booth at a street festival yesterday. Shared it with a clustermate until noon, had it by myself from 12-2:30, and then shared it with my director until 5pm. I got 19 leads to follow up with, including a potential recruit. Half of those leads came during the time I had the booth to myself .

 

[PChefPEI]

no calls tonight. Marital bliss took control of our house. I kept tripping over the cord that still attaches my husband to his parents ***sarcasm intended*****

LOL! That made me laugh....do we have the same DH??

Congrats on all your great shows, everyone! You guys are doing awesome.

I didn't really get any contacts made on the weekend. Back at it tomorrow!

 

[raebates]

No contacts on Sunday. The Furry Guy and I went on a date after church. It was very romantic. We went to dinner at Ponderosa; went to the movies to see Fireproof; went to Dunhams, Big R, and K-Mart to look for new everyday steel-toed shoes. Remember: romance is where you find it.

 

[ChefBeckyD]

No contacts on Sunday. The Furry Guy and I went on a date after church. It was very romantic. We went to dinner at Ponderosa; went to the movies to see Fireproof; went to Dunhams, Big R, and K-Mart to look for new everyday steel-toed shoes. Remember: romance is where you find it.

That sounds like fun! DH and I love hanging out together. It's much more "us" than staged romance!:thumbup:

The only contacts I had were with Rev. Sheets and Pastor Pillowcase. I caught DS's virus, and had a fever all day yesterday, so I didn't do much. Yuck - can't believe the crud :yuck: has hit already!

 

[raebates]

You know, Becky, Mark Lowry says his friend named his bed Prayer. That way he could say he spent the day "in prayer" without lying.I had two contacts yesterday. I would have had more, but I left my folder with my numbers behind when I left for closings and meetings. My folder's in my on-the-go bag, so I won't be forgetting it today.

 

[PChefPEI]

Just one contact yesterday - host from a couple weeks ago wanting to place another order.

My goals for the week are:
- To create my November packets
- To fill my November calendar. Have 3 dates on the books right now, so I need 5 more. I know that I only have 6 dates for October, but I am happy with that right now. I will host coach like crazy this week to make sure those dates hold.
- Make some CCC to gather a few more orders to be able to submit my own catalogue show for October.

 

[PChefPEI]

You know, Becky, Mark Lowry says his friend named his bed Prayer. That way he could say he spent the day "in prayer" without lying.

I had two contacts yesterday. I would have had more, but I left my folder with my numbers behind when I left for closings and meetings. My folder's in my on-the-go bag, so I won't be forgetting it today.

Hey Rae! Is that the Office On the Go you're talking about? How do you like it?

 

[raebates]

Nope. The Office on the Go won't ship until mid-October. This is my PC Cranberry Striped Tote I earned. I have a laptop sleeve in it with folder for calls to make, catalogs, order forms, upcoming specials, and one of each type of host kit. I also use it to conveniently carry whatever I need to take for the day from the house to the van and back. Right now it has:The cd from the last message I missed at church because I was teaching
Copies of my son's latest song to share with a few people
Coupons for restaurants and stores
PC Products I'm delivering this morning
A dvd I need to return to the video storeOne of the reasons I love the large tote is that I no longer have to carry a bunch of small totes with the stuff I want to carry.

 

[Bren706]

I started my calls to the leads I made on Saturday. I added 3 shows to October and 1 for November:thumbup::thumbup:. 3 more contacts wanted to either check their schedule or check with friends about interest and asked that I call back within a week or two.

 

[PChefPEI]

Nope. The Office on the Go won't ship until mid-October. This is my PC Cranberry Striped Tote I earned. I have a laptop sleeve in it with folder for calls to make, catalogs, order forms, upcoming specials, and one of each type of host kit. I also use it to conveniently carry whatever I need to take for the day from the house to the van and back. Right now it has:

The cd from the last message I missed at church because I was teaching
Copies of my son's latest song to share with a few people
Coupons for restaurants and stores
PC Products I'm delivering this morning
A dvd I need to return to the video store

One of the reasons I love the large tote is that I no longer have to carry a bunch of small totes with the stuff I want to carry.

I love that tote too! I use it to carry things to my shows and I love how much stuff it holds!

Now, slight hi-jack....you mention different types of host kits. What are they (I assume cooking shows and catty shows) and what do you put in them?

 

[raebates]

My kits are essentially the same except the label on the front and the types of invitations.

Let's Have a Great Party flyer (got that here)
Host Responsibilities (short list I put together)
Invitations
OOFs
Order Collection Envelope
Catalogs

 

[ChefBeckyD]

It was one of those discouraging nights.I couldn't get a hold of my host for Thursday - and I haven't talked to her in almost 2 weeks. This was a last minute reschedule, and she decided to just re-invite people herself, so I have no idea how things are going from her end.I left a bunch of messages w/ people who have said "call me for a Fall/Holiday time show....and talked to one husband. He informed me that his wife is way to busy (All I had said was "Hi, This is Becky, with The Pampered Chef) and when I asked when a good time would be to call her back, he laughed and said that there was no good time.I don't have much of a voice, so after that phone call, I decided to just call it a night, and watch Dancing With The Stars.BUT! Tomorrow is Another Day! (and I'm much smarter than Scarlett!)