theBiggest Misconception About Being a Consultant Is...

[nikked]

Please post

ok it's late and i'm exhausted, but this is the first thing i whipped together.. does it need more included in it? i couldn't think of the wording very well.. just thought it might be a good start for people to see that there are a lot of misconceptions attached to PC and even if all of them aren't addressed on here, it's at least a launching pad, right? i left the space for contact information, but i can fill it in if someone has something good to put there.. like i said.. too late for my brain to work right..

Could you please repost in the original format? I really like this! Thanks for your hard work and efforts!

 

[jrstephens]

I think the fact that you can't make extra money doing this as a "hobby" is a huge misconception. I do 2-3 shows a month...sometimes more...sometimes less...do an average number of opportunity meetings and make all the extra cash I need...and get great products for 1/2 the cost.

I agree Nicole. I only do a few shows a month and make good money. I have gotten our computer paid off and am now working on getting some furniture paid off not to mention all the other "little" things I have done with my money. If not for part-time/hobby PC I would not be less one bill a month and on my way to two less a month! Andd my kitchen cabinet would not be full of FREE products!

My goal is to turn my hobby into my full-time job and leave the job I have now. Although I love my job, I want to become a stay-at-home mom.

 

[pchefinski]

Okay I tweaked it and included the Publisher version as well as the PDF one. (back in my original post on the previous page) I can't take too much credit -- I took the information from everyone's postings! lol

 

[pampered1224]

Wow - Totaly Awesome!AMANDA THAT IS, LIKE, WOW!
I don't get thrilled over flyers much any more. Lord knows we have all seen enough of them. But you really did an fantastic job on that one!

BRAVO!

AND MANY, MANY THANKS!

 

[ChefBeckyD]

Amanda - I have to echo the others - What a brilliant flyer! This is such a creative way to answer some of those objections! Thanks for your hard work and willingness to share!

and JOHN - congrats on your house! I plan on using you as an example at my shows of how PC can work for anyone - men included! Didn't know you were going to be famous did ya?

 

[pattiinthekitchen]

I have to agree with the pyramid scheme---when I told my husband about it that was the first thing he said. He was very nervous about me doing this but I told him PC is just like every other business, you have to work hard to rise up the ladder and the reward for that hard work is a better paycheck and other perks! I can't stand it when someone refers to this as "not a real job" even if you don't do it full time its hard work to keep it going at all! It has definitely broken me out of my shell of thinking I am limited. When I received my last batch of free stuff (I completed my ss3) my UPS guy said "why don't you get a real job so you don't have to order this stuff?" and I said, This stuff is a gift to me--why don't you do what I do so you won't have to deliver my free stuff????

Hahahaha I loved reading the last part of this Kim. Thanks for sharing....that was a great come back.
Patti

 

[pampered1224]

OK now that's just too funny!I am totaly embarassed now as I never even thought to use myself as an example! I guess when you go through it and have all the headaches attached you just simply want to forget the process was such a pain.
The result were not though so... Ibetter work on getting it out verballya t shows!

Thanks!

 

[AJPratt]

Don't worry, John... I'm sure much more embarrassing things will happen to help you forget about this!

 

[pampered1224]

Snot!That's just the kind of thing I don't need to hear. Only because it won't be as much of a surprise when it does/did happen. Does it count that when I went to try out the Decorating Bottles and I didn't have the tip tightened down enough and squirted frosting all over myself at work count as emabrrassing?
Especially since it didn't want to come out of my pants?
Ended up going home to change! To funny though!
AND USE WHITE FROSTING PLEASE WHEN YOU TRY THESE THE FIRST TIME.
I HAD GREEN AND NOW IT WILL NOT COME OUT OF MY KAHKIS!

 

[AJPratt]

My mom used to do wedding cakes and use huge bags of frosting. I can't see those little bottles cutting it. I guess they would be good for a quick fix.

 

[lisacb77]

Those bottles remind me of puffy paint from the 80s!!

I haven't tried mine yet, but I think my EAD is probably still a better bet. These might be good for kids tho LOL.

 

[beepampered]

The bottles are good when you want a variety of colors, when you want to write something and when you don't own the EAD. My kids loved helping me decorate some cupcakes.

Now, those cupcakes came out of the silicone muffin pan. They were pretty but quickly covered up with frosting. And since my family thinks that cake is a means to neatly eat frosting, the pretty designs were lost on us. Really...to put a glaze on something when you can make it even more fattening with frosting is silly. The pans did have easy clean up.

 

[lisacb77]

Bee, I dusted my cupcakes w/powdered sugar. Still could see the designs, and they tasted almost frosted as it melted in a little!