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Discussion Overview

This thread centers around participants sharing their experiences and strategies related to the 3-2-1 accountability method for their Pampered Chef businesses. Many express enthusiasm for renewed commitments and the importance of community support in achieving their goals.

Discussion Character

  • Anecdotal
  • Opinion-based
  • Exploratory

Main Points Raised

  • One participant, identifying as a consultant, expresses a renewed dedication to the 3-2-1 method and invites others to join in for accountability.
  • Another participant shares their success of making two calls, resulting in a catalog show, highlighting the importance of early morning efforts.
  • Several users mention their preparation strategies, including making lists of leads and committing to regular calls.
  • One participant notes the growth of their business through sharing results, regardless of whether they are positive or negative.
  • Some participants identify as lurkers, expressing a desire to engage more actively and share their own experiences and questions.
  • Another participant shares excitement about a new recruit lead following a conference, indicating inspiration from the event.
  • One participant discusses the challenges of making calls and balancing personal commitments, while also expressing a desire to improve their posting frequency.
  • Several participants reflect on the importance of community support and accountability in their business efforts.
  • One participant mentions the need to include recruiting information in their newsletters to better engage their audience.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

No clear consensus emerges, as participants share a variety of personal experiences and strategies without a unified approach or agreement on specific methods.

Contextual Notes

Participants are sharing personal experiences related to the 3-2-1 method, with many expressing a desire to improve their business practices and engage more with the community.

Who May Find This Useful

Consultants looking for motivation and support in their business practices may find the shared experiences and strategies helpful.

bwaahawaahahahah! Like me Becky? You're my hero. here's the thing, you have shows that hold! Both of my shows this weekend postponed! At the last minute!:grumpy: AND then my recruit's fundraiser postponed to the end of the month! I was supposed to help her with it - so all my work for the weekend vanished in 3 calls!

for the recruiting - if I can tell that some is interested I've started just handing them the come join us booklet, and saying "here, would you like to take this home and look at it?" They almost have to take it since I'm basically shoving it into their hand.;)

I'm back on the phone this week! I only have 2 shows for April - both at the end of the month, and one vendor event at the beginning of the month. And like Becky, Easter and Spring break wreak havoc on my calendar! I refuse to repeat my mistakes this year! I will have a good summer, I will have a good summer, I will have a good summer!
 
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Whoot!

I've booked 2 shows for April this evening!

A cooking show, and a Bridal shower. Just wish they could be in the first two weeks of April! My last two weeks of April are looking good, but the first 2 weeks are pretty empty still.:cry: I need to find some women w/o kids who aren't going away for Spring Break.
 
spoke to a recruit lead last night - and made a bunch more calls - no connections though
 
I had the clerk at the grocery store ask me for a catalog. She may host a show. I am going to follow up with her tomorrow.

I also spoke to a recruit lead. She is still not sure about signing, but I will keep in touch.

I was very tired and lazy yesterday, and our cluster meeting was last night, so I did not get any calls in :(.
 
Four contacts today. One was a follow-up. She placed an order for over $250 in products. :) We turned it into a catalog show, of course.
 
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Wow - great job Rae!

I got in two contacts at once today. While I was out running errands, I ran into 2 past hosts, M & P - they are neighbors and best friends. One of them is a serious recruit lead, but has had some major family issues that have kept her from signing.
We stopped and chatted for a bit. M - who is the recruit lead, apologized for not signing yet. I know some of what she has been through, so I told her to in no way feel bad - PC will be there when she is ready. They both were excited about the most recent Newsletter I sent, and complimented me on how beautiful it is. (Um, thanks Joy!). Then P told me that she had printed it off and handed it out to a couple people at work who have fallen in love with it too. I told her to send me their email addresses, and I'd be happy to send it directly to them!
They are both invited to a party later in the month with another neighbor of theirs, so I didn't push booking - I know they'll be at the show, and we can book 'em then!

Then, I came home and made some calls - ended up talking to a bunch of machines. *sigh*
 
Okay, 2 contacts in. One lady wants to order a spatula. & while I was at the vet office the sec. wanted a catalog. I said do you want me to pay my bill faster, you could help me out by doing a catalog show at the office. She said it sounds like fun, bring me some catalogs (I should have been more prepared). I can't think right now my head hurts.I need to book 4 shows to pay off my $400 Vet bill. We may not be done at the vet, I sure hope my dog feels better soon.
 
pamperedalf said:
Okay, 2 contacts in. One lady wants to order a spatula. & while I was at the vet office the sec. wanted a catalog. I said do you want me to pay my bill faster, you could help me out by doing a catalog show at the office. She said it sounds like fun, bring me some catalogs (I should have been more prepared). I can't think right now my head hurts.

I need to book 4 shows to pay off my $400 Vet bill. We may not be done at the vet, I sure hope my dog feels better soon.
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that scares me about the vet bill - we've had a stray at our house for a week. I want to keep her, but my husband says that I'll have to foot the bill for her on my own......

1 contact yesterday for me - small order. had my meeting last night!
 
Booked a mid-May show, but other than that, NO CONTACTS! I didn't get back home until 7:30 from a homeowners association transition team meeting, and tried getting in a couple host coaching calls in before getting the kids in the bath and bed. I will be on the phone today!!!!
 
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Only one contact today.As I was picking up DS from Preschool, one of the other mom's asked me for a catalog.
Then she said that her mom, and both of her sisters were wanting some stuff too, so I suggested a catalog show!:thumbup: She said they wouldn't be ready to order for a couple of weeks - but that's okay - it would be a catalog show for the first of April - and that would insure me that I would get that stinkin' apron!Other than that, I had a cluster meeting. Spent some time afterwards chatting w/ one of my consultants who has been inactive, but now has 2 shows booked for this month!:thumbup:
 
One contact, I went to a pto meeting booked a bingo for 2 schools tonight. I'm excited and some of them are coming to my middle school bingo. So maybe 1 big contact.Amy~ It is scary, luckily I haven't had to take her to the vet a lot. She's doing so much better today. You can hardly tell she was that sick.
 
Only two contacts yesterday, with no real results. I will need to follow up with both of them in a month or more.

I have a show tonight, with about 10 guests. I hope to get some beginning of April bookings.
 
one CCC that may lead to a catalog show - she wants the roaster pan for 1/2 price. My DH added some "wonderful" new virus/spyware to my laptop and now I can't access much online - it protects so well because you can't open jack squat! I'm not a happy camper with him right now.

The BIGGEST & BEST result of this thus far is that I was so angry that I went to my "office" and CLEANED it! I mean I rearranged my furniture and have BAGS/BOXES of junk that is going out today! maybe that was his plan all along!
 
'puter working good now! Only product adjustments today....
 
Called a past guest and booked a show for April 26th - which is good since I had a show cancel in April just yesterday. Now I need to get more than the three I have for April (2 on April 9th!). Glad I actually was able to get a hold of people on the phone today.
 
Had a show last night, with about 8-10 guests in attendance. 4 of them attended a previous show in January. Sales are only at $200, with no bookings. :thumbdown::

I am right there with Becky and Amy. I need some bookings for the beginning of April!!:(
 
Closed 2 shows today. One of the hosts is very interested in signing. She's making sure she can get together the $1250 in sales to get 50% back. I expect her to sign toward the end of the month. I'll remain in contact.Four other contacts. Gave away 2 mini-catalogs. Have one customer checking her calendar to do a show.Host coaching for my show next Thursday. She already has just over $200 in orders. She's a seasoned host who loves PC. And, before you ask, yes, I'm doing my best to recruit her. She's having some health issues right now, though.
 
Had my best show ever this evening. The hostess was expecting 22 guests. I don't know how many actually showed up. The room was full. There were 15 orders, plus 4 or so outside orders. Sales are currently at $959!!!!!! I may finally have my first $1000 show after 2 years!!!!!! The down side is that there are no bookings or recruit leads. 2-3 people are maybe's about hosting, but not right now.
 
Congratulations, Brenda!
 
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YEA Brenda!
 
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Okay, these are my results for the weekend.

Yesterday was my Man Show! So much fun, and I have at least one booking - for a couples show the first week of June. Sales are at $313 so far, but that's only with 3 orders in....many more to come! Oh - and 2 recruit leads.:D:thumbup:

Today - I don't do calls on Sundays, and try to mostly take the day off, but I was forced to book a show while at church today! I go into church early to meet w/ volunteers and I usually bring continental breakfast items for them. Today, I had muffins and fruit, and I packed it all into my PC shopping bag, and took it into our meeting room. I had to take DS to his class, so left before everyone had passed through the room.

After 1st service, I was on my way back down to the room, when my Greeter team leader stopped me and told me that one of her greeters needed to talk to me, because she had seen my bag, and went crazy, because she wants to have a PC show! So, I just went to say hello to her and she booked a show on the spot! YEA!
 
Congrats Brenda, awesome show!I have had a rough week between my dog being sick & some of our chics dieing, I'm going crazy. I did have a team training yesterday w/ Barbara Duke. It was great.I'm tossing the idea of doing a cooking class in my home every couple of months. But I'm not sure about the details yet. Here's to a new week.
 
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ChefBeckyD said:
Okay, these are my results for the weekend.

Yesterday was my Man Show! So much fun, and I have at least one booking - for a couples show the first week of June. Sales are at $313 so far, but that's only with 3 orders in....many more to come! Oh - and 2 recruit leads.:D:thumbup:

Today - I don't do calls on Sundays, and try to mostly take the day off, but I was forced to book a show while at church today! I go into church early to meet w/ volunteers and I usually bring continental breakfast items for them. Today, I had muffins and fruit, and I packed it all into my PC shopping bag, and took it into our meeting room. I had to take DS to his class, so left before everyone had passed through the room.

After 1st service, I was on my way back down to the room, when my Greeter team leader stopped me and told me that one of her greeters needed to talk to me, because she had seen my bag, and went crazy, because she wants to have a PC show! So, I just went to say hello to her and she booked a show on the spot! YEA!
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Umm, wow! Just got my 2nd out of the blue booking for the day! A friend of my neighbor just called and said she wanted to have a show - and she wanted it still in March! So we booked her for March 31st! Wahoo!
 
Hey, Becky, way to prove that good things happen when you go to church! ;)
 
ok, so I was a little busy this weekend.
2 shows yesterday - I piggybacked them since they were 1 hr 45 min from my house - thankfully they were only 10 minutes apart from each other. 1 March booking, 1 May Fundraiser, and 3 recruit leads - one being the host. I sincerely hope she signs (and quickly) as I really do NOT want to go back to do the shows - but I will.:p I'm hoping also that if she signs she will sign the March booking as she is also ready to sign - then I'll have another SC.

Show today - sales ok for the crowd - more importantly I have a lunch interview tomorrow with the 2 recruit leads from todays show - they too are friends, so I'm hoping to get another 2fer!:D Oh, and I also got 2 bookings - one will call me with her date - She said she is definitely doing a show and that it WILL be a large one. She is Latino and had NEVER been to a show before - she's in L-O-V-E!:D Me smells another lead - and hopefully one for the Spanish Market!

I cannot wait until Tuesday to see either of the 2 shows I submitted this week are on a double points day if we had one!
 
2 recruiting interviews today - nothing as of yet. bummed. totally bummed.
host coaching calls tonight - 1 cancelled. another bummer.

I believe I must be on the wave leading down this week - but I know I'll be riding high again if I could just get some new recruits or new bookings.......April would be a VERY nice month to have shows, and not just on the last weekend of the month.
 
ok, I just saw my post above - and boy did I sound excited and then depressed in just one short day........this business is truly a roller-coaster ride - but I think that's why I love it too!
 
Nothing yesterday. I made no contacts at all. I didn't leave the house. I didn't make any PC calls. Zip. Zero. Zorch. I did work on PC stuff, I just took a day off the contacts. Back on the trail of bookings and recruits today.
 
Ugh! No contacts for me yesterday, neither. I am in this rut of not knowing who to call. The potential bookings that I did have (call me after the first of the year), I have called and got their voicemail each and every time. I need to buckle down, stop pre-judging, and making some old, overdue, customer care calls!!!!! I only have 2 shows on the books for April!!! (and 4 for May)
 
Four contacts. Booked an April show and am sending info to another person for a possible show in late April or maybe May.
 
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