Secrets to Getting Repeat Hosts for Your Business

[wadesgirl]

I was asked to share how I get my repeat hosts from the other post I had about their guest list.

The biggest thing that I do is to book all my hosts off themselves at their original party. I try my best to keep up with them and give them a call around the new season to see if they want to take advantage of the double host benefit plus the new catalog. This keeps my business strong.

Now not a lot of them will but I have 3-4 groups of great repeat hosts who book shows every month or every other month with me. It does help to make a great connection with them and to help them out as much as I can!

I also try to find out their interests or favorite products so that when something does pop up that I know they would enjoy (cookware or stoneware specials, HWC, etc), I can follow up with them to check it out.

 

[ahinchey]

Sounds like a great idea. I have a question, how do you enter the sesond host benefit (do you enter them as a guest? and as 2 items under the host order?).
thanks

 

[stefani2]

Thanks for sharing! - I appreciate it!

 

[kcjodih]

Sounds like a great idea. I have a question, how do you enter the sesond host benefit (do you enter them as a guest? and as 2 items under the host order?).
thanks

Alana, I can't speak for Allison but yes the way to do it is you would add the host as a guest on her show just like any past host and then enter her choice for the 60% host special as the past host. She would pay shipping as a past host but obviously not as the current host of her new show. I also make sure that I choose the more expensive of her two host specials to go on her order as the past host because this goes towards her show total and may just bump her to the next level of benefits (free, 1/2 price etc)

 

[wadesgirl]

Yes, when they book off themselves, you put their name in as the host and the guest on their next party. And always put the highest priced item in as the guest because their show value will go up for that.

 

[debswork]

Wow, thanks girls for this, I never thought of double bonus 60%.

 

[babywings76]

Thanks for starting this thread! It reminded me that I need to call all my hosts from October shows who wanted to re-book to follow up and see if they are ready to do a March or April show. One of them I just called and she wants me to e-mail her the specials and see what she wants to do.

 

[pampered1224]

It work very well by keeping your host very happy!! I had a host who did a party in November. I always, as soon as I set up the show in fact, go down and click on the booking button and set the date out 5 months later. This way I get the reminder BEFORE it's too late! When I told her about the 60% off anyting bonus, she jumped at it. She wanted both sets of Executive cookware for her daughter as a wedding gift. We put the 7 piece set in as the past host bonus. This took her show total from $887 to $1037! She was thrilled! In fact, she ended up buying $1400 plus worth of products, with S&H and tax for $530.50! She saved $960 some odd dollars! She and a friend are cosponsoring my fundraiser in May because of that.

 

[ahinchey]

Great idea, thanks for sharing!