Record-Breaking February: $4K+ Sales, 1 Recruit, 2 Prospects & Big Goals Ahead!

[pchefinski]

I had my best month so far. I closed out 6 shows, total sales of $2800 and 10 bookings. My goal for the month was $4000 in sales but I also had 2 shows that did not close out yet. I need to get more shows on my calendar for March. I only have 2. All the bookings were for future dates. I am trying to save money for a trip to Disney in June. My goal is to have enough money from PC alone for the trip. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to increase my sales and/or bookings for the next 3 months. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Debbie

Have you tried the "book to look" promo that everyone is raving about right now? Try to hook up some fundraisers -- contact local churches, schools, organizations, daycares, etc.

If you've closed out 6 shows, I'm guessing you have a decent bit of contacts from those shows. Do a coupon promo (see attachment) -- call EVERYONE and let them know about it. Do it as a "happy spring" or "Spring into A Brand New Season!" thing -- I know, that last one was kinda corny, wasn't it? haha. Anyway, if you do not allow the coupon to be redeemed for cookware (sets or open stock pieces), the most expensive item in the catalog is the stainless mixing bowl set ($69.50). and if they pick this to redeem at 50% off with the coupon, (25% off from host rewards + 50% host pay = only 25% that you have to pay) you're only paying $17.37 out of pocket, all of which is tax-deductible (remember to mark it as a consultant gift). And that's the most expensive thing that they'd be able to pick! (outside of the cookware). I set the minimum at $500, but I'm going to offer one coupon PER $500 IN SALES, to try to entice my hosts to work for a $1k show.

 

[The_Kitchen_Guy]

<snip for brevity>I didn't really think anyone was being hostile. I have gotten a lot of great information on this site and I really appreciate all the help from you guys. But, it does seem like lately it has been negative...people worrying about ebay sellers and who has their web address in their signature, etc. <snip>

Shawnna, there have been some people here who have received some of my postings as "negative" and don't seem to care for my usually sarcastic observations. I've never been afraid to say that the emporer has no clothes. Recently, I posted my opinion that something in PamperedPartner is, to me, a serious flaw of inconsistancy. Someone here really reamed me out for it. So what? I think it's a bad feature and if someone at HO thinks so, too, it'll get fixed. Otherwise, I'm swimming upstream and that's my problem, not that of the person who was outraged at my comment. (In fact, I think there are a lot of things in PamperedPartner that could be better. Does that mean I don't like PP? NOT AT ALL! It's one of the best programs of its kind that I've seen. I just think it could be made even better!)

Sometimes, people do some really absurd things. So do companies. I believe the people who run TPC have everyone's (especially TPC's) best interest at heart but they're subject to make errors sometimes, too. If they do something really silly, they're going to get silly from me. The recipe thing was absurd, and they got absurd from me. I understand what they were trying to do and why, but it just didn't make any sense. We complained. They changed. Did they change because of me? I doubt it. But they did change the policy based on feedback from all of us.

I agree with you that people breaking the rules may not affect us directly, however, it comes down to a "quality of life" issue. We live by the rules and expect everyone else to live by those same rules. Some of us feel more violated than others, some feel more outrage than others. Do you care when someone passes you on the highway, a few miles over the limit? Probably not. Do you care when someone passes you about 35 over the limit, careening down the road? You should, they're likely to hurt someone. Same here. Someone has a web link in their sigline? Big deal. Some director or consultant is selling the new product line before we've even seen it? That actually hurts all of us just a little. It undermines everyone's credibility and is incredibly self-centered on the part of the sellers.

Those who are trying to bait the violators or trying vigilante tactics are just wasting their time - and may end up costing themselves in the long run.

There is no doubt in my mind that spooks from HO are monitoring this site. Good. (Hello, Mr. & Ms. Spook - I hope you're enjoyng your visit to this thread!) You are right - there's a lot of really good information up here for all of us - that includes HO, too.

 

[fruit76loop]

All...I have to say is WOW! Well said!