Take Charge/Take Action 2009-2010!

[NooraK]

That's awesome! Wish they'd all be that easy!

But I hate to be the pooper- but I thought the deadline was August 18th, not the 19th? I was at Wave 3 also...we had till August 18th. I'm hoping you meant she signed on the 18th, not on the day you posted (the 19th). BUT you'll still get a chance for the $50 Visa Gift card! Now get her lining up those 3-4 shows so she makes that mark! Encourage her with the free stones!

It was the 18th, but she posted at 12:41 AM so I'm assuming when she said "today" she meant the 18th. Would have been a pretty late call for her to have received on the 19th by the time she posted

 

[esavvymom]

It was the 18th, but she posted at 12:41 AM so I'm assuming when she said "today" she meant the 18th. Would have been a pretty late call for her to have received on the 19th by the time she posted

GOOD!! I missed the "AM" part...sorry!

 

[AJPratt]

Its good to be back! It can be tough to pick up the phone, but I look at it as CC calls and if I get more out of it, that's great!

 

[PamperedChefLayla]

I need my MoJo back. I commit to the following

1. 3-2-1 every day
2. Talk about the opportunity to someone everyday
3. Pay for February Cruise
4. Pay for 2010 conference
5. at least 4 cooking shows a month

 

[Gina M]

Been quiet here a few days - I had a productive day today. I made a phone call this morning - got a catalog show booked for October. Got an email from a past host with two orders (including the DCB) - enough for a catalog show to be submitted September 1st -yay!. And, a past guest from a show in June, called me today to set her fall show date (that never happens!!) - she's doing an October 1st show. I also left a message for a woman I met at a festival a week ago - hoping to set her show date soon. Feeling better about the fall now that I have some more things on my calendar. I will keep working on it especially since my kids are back to school on Wed.

 

[pamperedpals]

Had a party Sat night, sales not great, however, booked 3 shows out out 5 guests and got a new recruit!

Kids are away with my parent's this week, so I will be on the phone making calls in the evening until DH get's home from work. Need to finish filling September and start working on October.

 

[pc_jessica]

i have so failed with the whole 3-2-1 ... but i hope to get better.
i have started carrying around my catalog tote, so hopefully that will drive up some business.
today i have called my host for thursday night just to check in all seems to be a go as of now.
i have a catalog show going on as we speak.
i left a message with a potential host adn i am to call back tomorrow afternoon.
and on a personal note...i have been trying out a bunch of recipes from PC like those from the weeday dinners- done, and also from 29 mins to dinner.
i have also decided that after thursday night's show i am going to only offer about 2-3 recipes for my guests to choose from...i think that will be easier.
i have also decided i NEED to get better with contacts...and i need to start a newsletter of some type...i will work on that tomorrow!

 

[raebates]

The best thing to do, Jessica, is just to leave the past behind and start afresh today.I closed a show this morning. One of her guests was there, and we scheduled her wedding shower for September 12. I made a couple of calls while on the road. When I got home I found a message on FB asking me about hosting a show. Yippee!And, to top it all off, I got an email newsletter from my upline. I'm currently in her top 3 of sales for August. Gee, I love my job!

 

[AJPratt]

I am a little frustrated because I had a meeting with a recruit lead. It went very well. She was supposed to sign & come to training the following Monday. Well, she found out she's pregnant with baby #3. Everything is OK, thankfully. So, we reschedule for the Friday. She messages me saying she is sick. I did see things on FB about her being sick. Anyway, we were going to get together today, but hadn't settled on a time. I called and left a msg to see if she still wanted to get together. I haven't heard back yet. I know she has a lot going on, but I think this would be a good thing fro her, get her mind off of some of the crap she is dealing with (family drama). So, does anyone have any advice for me? My dir is away and I don't want to call her (even though I know she will be OK with it.

 

[pamperedpals]

Made calls tonight and left a lot of messages.

Worked with a new recruit that is signing Sept 4th. Set her Grand Opening for the 13th and she already has a couple of catalog show's lined up.

Received my Carpe Phonum book in the mail today and can't wait to crack it open here in a few and start reading.

 

[NooraK]

Made my calls, still no bookings. A friend wants to book for October, and said she would look at her calendar and we could pick a date tomorrow when I see her. I also have a gal from my last show that I have to catch up with to see if she found someone to co-host with, or if she wants to do a catalog show.Had our first training call with my ED and my new recruit. She's still very excited, although it's all somewhat overwhelming. Her homework is to learn about her new products, set a date for her Grand Opening show, and get her other first shows on her calendar so that she'll have time to close them before her 30 days are up.

 

[raebates]

Made calls tonight and left a lot of messages.

Worked with a new recruit that is signing Sept 4th. Set her Grand Opening for the 13th and she already has a couple of catalog show's lined up.

Received my Carpe Phonum book in the mail today and can't wait to crack it open here in a few and start reading.

Just remember, as amazing as Carpe Phonum is, it won't help at all unless you first read it, then implement the ideas.

 

[etteluap70PC]

I have been slacking, had a couple dissapointing shows and frustrations with closing shows and getting payments.

Was going to do calls last night. Eneded up having a nice evening chatting with my hubby.
My hosp team is having a picnic on Sunday I cannot wait as I skipped the last training.

Onward!!!

 

[raebates]

I haven't even started my contacts for the day and I already have a new show scheduled. You can read the story of how this out-of-the-blue show came about here:http://www.chefsuccess.com/f19/why-customer-care-counts-55267/

 

[Bren706]

Paulette, I too have been slacking. I am still finding it a challenge to make time with a 2 month old in the house (as well as a 4 yr and 6 yr old). Of course, my calendar is showing that too.

I am hosting my own recipe tasting show on Thursday. Still have a bit to prepare for that. I do not even have an outline for the show yet. I sent out invites to about 120 guests and did a postcall invite as well, but that is as far as I got with phone calls . I have about 5 confirmed guests so far.

I have a booth event at a local church's Women's Day event on Thursday (10am-2pm) and then a show that afternoon. I have 1 show on my September calendar with a booth event at the end of the month for a street festival.

I did make a small handful of calls this evening. (The baby was actually sleeping during my phone call time, and the other two were relatively quiet). Made 2 customer care call contacts. 1 told me I could follow up mid-October about hosting.

 

[AJPratt]

I am a little frustrated because I had a meeting with a recruit lead. It went very well. She was supposed to sign & come to training the following Monday. Well, she found out she's pregnant with baby #3. Everything is OK, thankfully. So, we reschedule for the Friday. She messages me saying she is sick. I did see things on FB about her being sick. Anyway, we were going to get together today, but hadn't settled on a time. I called and left a msg to see if she still wanted to get together. I haven't heard back yet. I know she has a lot going on, but I think this would be a good thing fro her, get her mind off of some of the crap she is dealing with (family drama). So, does anyone have any advice for me? My dir is away and I don't want to call her (even though I know she will be OK with it.

So, my recruit contacted me and we have a meeting scheduled for tomorrow. Hopefully, she will sign! I think it would be good for her.

 

[NooraK]

Another round of calls, still nothing. I got a hold of one person who was not interested in booking a show.

Spoke to my ED about my new recruit. She's going to call her today, and I'm going to check in tomorrow or Friday.

Haven't heard back from the TS gal about the gold party, I'll have to call her tonight. If I'm going to do this, I'll need to arrange a baby sitter.

I'm getting quite frustrated at the lack of my progress. I'm just not getting any response from the people I'm calling. They don't answer, and they don't call back (not that I really expect many of them to call back, I know it's not a high priority). I really don't have money I can invest in a booth right now, and DH is already frustrated that this isn't really making me any money. Anyone have any creative ideas?

 

[pc_jessica]

today i made progress, if you call making tons of copies progress. went to my local staples and got about 1000 copies made (exaggerting). but i did copies made for the new season's gues/host specials for guest show packets, i did get my host packets made up (i was running low on those), i did some christmas wish list papers copied so i can start advertising that. so i failed with my contacts today, but hey thats okay lol tomorrow is a new day, and i didn't really feel like getting on the phone...howver i do have one small vent...this lady that is soooo excited to have show (she keeps telling my aunt this and telling my aunt to have me call her) which I have 7 times! and i have left messages 7 times! she will not call me back! i think she is just telling my aunt that and avoiding my calls!!! makes me angry!! okay vent over, now i am off to go make dinner the turky teritizinni from weeday dinners-done!

 

[raebates]

I didn't make calls today because I had Bible study. However, I did drop off some info to a potential host.

 

[esavvymom]

Another round of calls, still nothing. I got a hold of one person who was not interested in booking a show.

Spoke to my ED about my new recruit. She's going to call her today, and I'm going to check in tomorrow or Friday.

Haven't heard back from the TS gal about the gold party, I'll have to call her tonight. If I'm going to do this, I'll need to arrange a baby sitter.

I'm getting quite frustrated at the lack of my progress. I'm just not getting any response from the people I'm calling. They don't answer, and they don't call back (not that I really expect many of them to call back, I know it's not a high priority). I really don't have money I can invest in a booth right now, and DH is already frustrated that this isn't really making me any money. Anyone have any creative ideas?

Have you tried calling folks at a different time of day or on the weekend?

 

[NooraK]

I have tried, but I can't get in as many calls. I have an hour for lunch at work, and since I can eat at my desk while working, I can take the whole hour to make calls. At night, it's harder because DH doesn't get off work until 7 at the earliest, which means I have to figure out dinner for DS and do the bath etc. Most nights DH barely gets home in before DS goes to bed. By then it's 8-8:30, leaving little time for calls. The two nights that he is at home, he's understandably tired by the time I get home. He also works Saturdays, leaving Sundays as our only family day.I know it's possible, it's just harder, but the definition of insanity is to continue doing the same thing you're doing while expecting different results. If I am to expect different results, I'm going to have to do something different. I'm going to have to bite the bullet and figure out how to make those calls at different times.

 

[AJPratt]

I know its hard for me, too. Its a time thing. Maybe you can carve out 5 minutes and get a call or two in during the early evening. I actually found that if I made calls just before I left my office job 5:15-5:30, I had great results.

And, I just finally told my husband, "You have to watch Mary, by yourself for like 5 minutes so I can make some $." I know Dave is tired, but so am I and unless he wants me to go back to work FT, he needs to let me do this. Good luck!

 

[raebates]

Today I went to my first Christian Business Network Association meeting. Made several good contacts among the 10 other people there. Made my evening calls. Have one customer who's considering doing a quick August catalog show. Did a little host coaching for Saturday's show. This is a brand new group of people for me, so I'm hoping for several newly excited customers.

 

[ChefBeckyD]

Okay! I've been pretty much out of commission the past week - sick w/ a nasty cold that turned into bronchitis, and ended up losing my voice.

I was LATE getting out invites to my Fall Preview, but finally got them out this week (show is Mon., 31st). I also sent out Evites. So far, I have 14 rsvp's for Monday's event...so I'm pretty excited about that!

One of those who rsvp'd is a new neighbor. I didn't even know her last name, so when she was out walking her dog, I walked out an invite and mini cat. to her. She's coming and bringing a friend! YEA!

I had to cancel my show for Thurs. because I was coughing, on an antibiotic and cough med w/ codeine. Didn't think anyone would want me around their food. :yuck: I offered to have someone cover for me, but my host (does a show every year) wanted to wait until I could do the show. I need to do something nice for her at her show, since she had the extra work of canceling w/ everyone.

Had my Man Show today - not my best show. I'm feeling better, but still slow. I tried, but I just didn't bring my A game to the show. Sales are okay, but no bookings.

I'm getting excited for Monday. I'll be really featuring KNIVES, SA, and the Cookie Press - September is booked solid, so I need to work on finishing booking October, and get cracking on Nov. & Dec.

 

[raebates]

Had a show yesterday. Only a couple of guests, but the host is considering starting her own business, and she'll have lots of outside orders by the time we close.

 

[ChefBeckyD]

Had my Fall Preview Show last night.

What fun!

I decided that I wasn't using any gimmicks to get bookings, so I just offered them all the opportunity to host a show.
The only "gimmick" I used was to let them all know that unfortunately, My September is completely booked, and October is booking quickly, so if they were interested in hosting, they needed to take a look at the calendar and reserve a date asap!

I got 2 October Bookings, 2 November Bookings, and 1 December Booking. :thumbup:

And I didn't have to give anything away to get them!

 

[ChefBeckyD]

Spent part of the day today working on getting ready for my busy September Schedule.

I also booked one more show for October. 6 shows and 1 Fundraiser now on the books for October.

I have an ever increasing list of people who said "call me to book a show" and I haven't been able to get a hold of them.

I had a team member who signed this summer who turned in 2 shows today - and is now qualified - WAHOO!

Had another team member who signed someone new on Monday - so she is now a Team Leader!

My big goal is to get all of my new team members qualified, so that I am safe in my ultimate goal of DISNEY.

 

[NooraK]

I haven't posted in quite a while, mainly because I haven't done much. I got quite discouraged by the lack of progress with all the calls I was making, that I've fallen off the wagon. I need to find some motivation somewhere.I got a call two days ago from a gal that had placed an outside order on my last show, and had expressed interest in booking. We had talked about her co-hosting or using my house because her house is not in shape to host a party currently. She called me to see if the 24th was still available, and if she could still use my house because she has found someone to co-host with, and wants to get everything rolling. We talked last night, and I sent her a host packet today.I received my DCB T-shirt in the mail yesterday (see here for image http://www.chefsuccess.com/f25/looking-dcb-tee-54207/#post667162). I wore it today and we went to dinner at O'Charley's. The waitress commented on my shirt and after explaining a bit about what the DCB is, I gave her a mini-catalog. I didn't get her number (I know, I need to work on that), but I also left my card with the check letting her know I'm also looking for new consultants to join my team.One thing I know I need to work on is my internal dialogue. Our NED was out here last spring for Spring Kickoff, and she talked about a list she had made about the 25 things she had to learn before she could be successful in this business (this was right around the time that 25 random facts thing was going around FB). One of the things that she talked about was how people can tell if you're not happy inside. Even if you put on a happy face, there's something there that people can sense. She compared it to walking into a dark room. It might not be scary or anything, but you still feel a bit of uneasiness, no matter how slight. I really need to dig up my notes from that talk and re-read them.I'm hoping my progress in the last two days will put me in a better direction.

 

[pc_jessica]

well i have been pretty awful lately. only contacts that i am making are mostly family and my mom's work friends. i need to get out more and get my name out there. however i did have a family bday party tonight and on of my aunts placed an order! and said she will be ordering more later for xmas gifts to her side of the family!!
also i finalized my contract for month long holiday booth and am now starting to get cash n carry ordered in.
i will be signing up for another craft fair on wed. that is later in november!
and yup i pretty much suck right now with getting parties booked. i have one party tuesday night...and then that is all i have! i need to get better at getting bookings. i just don't know what to do differently! i need to work on this!

 

[raebates]

I've been busy, busy, busy. Good show Thursday with a September booking and fun Wedding Shower on Saturday. No bookings from the shower, but you never know where it might lead.