So, How Did It Go Today With Your Two Shows?

[pamperedlinda]

So, how did it go today with your TWO SHOWS? Recruits? Bookings? Sales? Are you completely worn-out? :chef:

 

[chefann]

I am tired. Neither show had high attendance. Heck, only ONE guest showed up at the second one! No official recruit leads, but I was getting red flag questions from one of the 3 guests at the first show. She might book a Feb. show - she's gonna check with her friends to see if they'd come (she booked 2 years ago when this host last hosted and cancelled because nobody was going to come). I'd do it again, though. The 2 shows were only about 10 miles apart, and doing the same recipe at both was a good idea.

 

[finley1991]

Good idea about doing the same recipe at both shows... I'm double-booked Feb 9th and that's an awesome idea... I think that's what I'll do!

 

[sfdavis918]

Are the shows going to qualify?

 

[Bren706]

I am also double booked on February 9th (did it because I was thinking one host would be MIA). Both are about 30 minutes away from me. One is a brunch, and we are doing the Brunch Squares and berry wontons, so I don't think I will be able to get away with doing the same recipe for the evening one. I will be sure to make it a somewhat simple one though!

 

[DebbieJ]

If you do two shows in one day, you MUST do the same recipe. You will be going nuts with two different recipes.

 

[Deannasbiz]

So when you do the same recipe to you just do the dishes at the home of the first host? I almost always take my tools home dirty.....

You must be exhausted after two in one day!

 

[momoftwins]

What were your sales Ann??? I was suppose to do double shows today but my evening show got rescheduled for next Friday. It may get rescheduled again though as the host may be in Chicago again next week for work.

 

[pamperedlinda]

Sorry I couldn't stay on until you responded Ann, I was tired last night too - not from shows though.....from DS!

Sorry about the low attendance, hopefully they will got some good outside orders and maybe that recruit lead will pan out for you too.

 

[BethCooks4U]

I do two shows in the same day lots of times and I actually prefer to do two different recipes especially if I don't have a lot of time between them. I just pack in 3 bags/crates. One with the things I need at both and then one for each show. Then I have less dishes to worry about in between if I am delayed getting out of the first show.

 

[chefann]

I usually carry things home dirty (I almost never get the hosts who wash my dishes, and I usually mention that "I do the dishes" in my booking talk to make a show sound easier), but I washed them all at the first house. I expect a bunch more orders on that show - the past host who is technically the host of that one was out of town at a family christening and will be bringing orders back with her. Another branch of her family that's local (well, across town but at least in the same state) had a baby shower yesterday which is why they weren't there. And since it was a fundraiser for a mission trip, they were going to be taking orders after church this morning (And I completely forgot to leave extra catalogs at the house for them!). That show's at $400, but I expect it to easily pass $700.The second show is at $350. The host said that she won't be seeing anyone who didn't order already, so I can send it in today. I'm waiting until late tonight, just in case the gal who was there adds to her order (I got the feeling that she might).Both of these shows were on the east side of town, and I live on the west side. So I didn't go home between them. I went to dinner and called a friend. Actually, if I had a host that was an hour from me, I'd totally do this again and find a second host in her area.

 

[The_Kitchen_Guy]

If you went any further east, you'd need a passport to get back in.

 

[chefann]

Actually, just about. The second show was in Saint Clair Shores, less than a mile from Jefferson Ave., which runs along the Detroit River and shore of Lake St. Clair.

 

[finley1991]

That's so funny! My show last night was in Chesterfield on Jefferson at 21 mile... right across the street was the lake!

 

[chefann]

You'll get a laugh out of this one, Colleen. The potential booking from the first show is reluctant to book because there are a lot of PC consultants in her town. (As if that has anything to do with people coming to her show, unless she invites them all.) She lives in Macomb. I told her that I have a friend who dies shows in Macomb all the time, and isn't from there, so there must be a lot of people who don't know the local consultants.

 

[The_Kitchen_Guy]

You'll get a laugh out of this one, Colleen. The potential booking from the first show is reluctant to book because there are a lot of PC consultants in her town. (As if that has anything to do with people coming to her show, unless she invites them all.) She lives in Macomb. I told her that I have a friend who dies shows in Macomb all the time, and isn't from there, so there must be a lot of people who don't know the local consultants.

Yeah, I've got one joke that usually dies at a show, too.

Was that Freudian? You know what Freudian is? That's when you say one thing but mean your mother.

 

[chefann]

Nope, not Freudian. Just fingers refusing to work properly. And my proofreading eye seeing what I meant, not what was there.

 

[wadesgirl]

I have my first double show day in a couple weeks! Any good tips? I'm hoping for a good day just lots of traveling. The first show is 15 miles south of me and the 2nd show is 30 miles north of me so about 45 miles between the two shows. But my 2nd show was a past host who did an $1100 show for me last September and she has already expressed the need to do another $1000 show for me! At least it's on a Saturday and I can recover on Sunday.

 

[chefann]

I highly recommend having everything packed and ready to go the night before (except anything that you're taking that needs to be refrigerated, of course). I liked making the same thing at both shows, because I only needed 1 set of tools and I didn't have to remember what I was making, although Beth has a good point above about packing things in separate bags depending on which show they're for. Take a snack for in the car, and a bottle of water. And it's a good day to use any tools the hosts happen to have already - the less stuff you have to lug in and out of the car, the less tired you'll be.

 

[wadesgirl]

I highly recommend having everything packed and ready to go the night before (except anything that you're taking that needs to be refrigerated, of course). I liked making the same thing at both shows, because I only needed 1 set of tools and I didn't have to remember what I was making, although Beth has a good point above about packing things in separate bags depending on which show they're for. Take a snack for in the car, and a bottle of water. And it's a good day to use any tools the hosts happen to have already - the less stuff you have to lug in and out of the car, the less tired you'll be.

Thanks! I like to have everything packed and ready to go the night before. My morning show is at 10 which means I need to leave my house around 8:30. I'm not that big of a morning person so I'm struggling with that one a little. I'm glad that I can grab a bite to eat before I head out of town to the next show. I may even have a chance to stop at home depending on time but I will have everything ready to go anyway. My crate is usually packed with what I need for all the recipes I make because I generally take alot to my shows.