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Last Thursday, I got a call from a sister Director. She was asked to do a demo at the local Home & Garden Show. She accepted. Then the gal running the Show asked her if she was interested in having a booth for FREE. Yep, for FREE...otherwise it would have been $1130!
She called me immediately since she has a little baby (still nursing)...she knew she couldn't do the show on her own. She asked me if I could work some of the hours...are you kidding me? Of course! I was lucky since I didn't have anything going on Fri/Sat/Sun, with the exception of a show Fri night and a church function late afternoon on Sat.
So I worked
Fri from 12:00 AM - 4 PM,
Sat from 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM and
Sun from 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM.
Standing on concrete...was a killer...especially on Friday ~ standing from 11:30 AM til my party was over at around 9 PM!
It wasn't terribly busy the 3 days, but I'm not complaining...I came home with over 80 leads (did a raffle for the Collapsible Bowl). I don't do the Fish Bowl for "free party." I get a better response (with correct names, phone #s & addresses) if I'm raffling something off.
I made 4 calls last night...4 bookings!
3 for August
1 for Sept.
Made more calls tonight ~
1 Sept booking
2 Oct bookings
3 recruits leads...one of which is pretty solid.
Not bad stats for making 13 calls (3 no answer, left messages ~ "...if you call me back before I call you back, you'll get a cookbook from me!"
These were all the leads that signed up for the raffle. I was telling my DH, I'm surprised (knock on wood), not one said "oh, I didn't mean I wanted a party (or sign up)."
Guess what I'm doing tomorrow night? Making more calls!!! So for those of you who want to know if booths/fairs are worth the time?
YES!
Is getting ON THE PHONE worth it?
YES!
Just remember, if you get a no...you're that much closer to a YES!
Just PICK IT UP...the PHONE that is!
OH! Almost forgot...Frank (designer) from Trading Spaces was there. He's a hoot! I got his autograph on a PC catalog LOL He came by my booth later and got another catalog...he wants to shop! I took a picture with him...but something happened...and the picture is not there ;-(
She called me immediately since she has a little baby (still nursing)...she knew she couldn't do the show on her own. She asked me if I could work some of the hours...are you kidding me? Of course! I was lucky since I didn't have anything going on Fri/Sat/Sun, with the exception of a show Fri night and a church function late afternoon on Sat.
So I worked
Fri from 12:00 AM - 4 PM,
Sat from 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM and
Sun from 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM.
Standing on concrete...was a killer...especially on Friday ~ standing from 11:30 AM til my party was over at around 9 PM!
It wasn't terribly busy the 3 days, but I'm not complaining...I came home with over 80 leads (did a raffle for the Collapsible Bowl). I don't do the Fish Bowl for "free party." I get a better response (with correct names, phone #s & addresses) if I'm raffling something off.
I made 4 calls last night...4 bookings!
3 for August
1 for Sept.
Made more calls tonight ~
1 Sept booking
2 Oct bookings
3 recruits leads...one of which is pretty solid.
Not bad stats for making 13 calls (3 no answer, left messages ~ "...if you call me back before I call you back, you'll get a cookbook from me!"
These were all the leads that signed up for the raffle. I was telling my DH, I'm surprised (knock on wood), not one said "oh, I didn't mean I wanted a party (or sign up)."
Guess what I'm doing tomorrow night? Making more calls!!! So for those of you who want to know if booths/fairs are worth the time?
YES!
Is getting ON THE PHONE worth it?
YES!
Just remember, if you get a no...you're that much closer to a YES!
Just PICK IT UP...the PHONE that is!
OH! Almost forgot...Frank (designer) from Trading Spaces was there. He's a hoot! I got his autograph on a PC catalog LOL He came by my booth later and got another catalog...he wants to shop! I took a picture with him...but something happened...and the picture is not there ;-(
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