Want to Pamper Your Business and Get a Free Dessert? Try This New Approach!

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Discussion Overview

This thread discusses a creative approach to promoting Pampered Chef services by offering local businesses a catalog show with the incentive of a free dessert. Participants share their experiences, express enthusiasm for the idea, and request examples of the promotional letter used.

Discussion Character

  • Anecdotal
  • Opinion-based
  • Exploratory

Main Points Raised

  • One participant, identifying as a consultant, shared their experience of sending letters to local businesses to promote a catalog show with a free dessert.
  • Several participants expressed excitement about the idea and requested to see the letter used for outreach.
  • Another participant mentioned feeling uncomfortable about approaching businesses but found the letter idea helpful.
  • One participant noted that they had success with the approach, securing shows after sending letters.
  • Another participant shared their plan to use the idea after a personal event, indicating its flexibility for different situations.
  • Several users mentioned the potential for increased orders and interest from businesses when using this method.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree on the effectiveness and creativity of the approach, with many expressing a desire to implement it themselves. No clear disagreement is noted.

Contextual Notes

Participants primarily discussed their experiences with local businesses, particularly hair salons, and the logistics of sending letters and providing desserts. The thread reflects a supportive community sharing personal strategies for business growth.

Who May Find This Useful

Consultants looking for innovative ways to promote their Pampered Chef business may find this discussion helpful, especially those interested in engaging local businesses.

Nicki, thanks for the letter... I agree with Kelly, gonna hopefully be great for keeping the biz going while gearing down a little for the baby! Worth a shot and I really like this approach much better than the 'traditional way'... I never got any orders that way... just lost $ on food and catalogs! I'll have to make a list of businesses to mail out to!!!!
 
Thank you Nicki for sharing your letter. I made 25 copies the other day, stapled my business card to them and handed them out at the Women In Business luncheon I went to. What great timing that I saw your post the day before! Thank you for the idea! I am hoping there will be some response from it and if not, at least I got my name out there and got a chance to introduce myself to the WIB group. I also had copies of the Going Going Gone discontinuing items and handed a number out. I have only been to two meetings so far but am going to try to go every month. I also got to practice my 30second advertisement about Pampered Chef with a lady sitting next to me who didn't know what PC was. (Who doesn't know what PC is?!? I had to bite my tongue! LOL)
 
I loved this idea and I played with the letter, cutting and pasting it onto another flyer I had that I liked the border and logo on top. Hope you all like it...
 

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Thanks for the great letter/idea! I have only lived in my current town about a year and don't know a lot of business owners. I think it is a great idea to start with Hair Salons first. They probably see more "traffic" of women who actually sit down for a few minutes to enjoy themselves! :) LOL!

I have copied both letters and will tweek it to match my area! I was wondering just how to approach these places!:chef:
 
I took the letter and copied the text onto another letter that is in the file and tweaked it just a little. Here is what I came up with, hope you all like it...
 

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I sat down tonight and went through my local phone book for Beauty Salons.;) I copied all the addresses and phone numbers down and am in the process of addressing envelopes. I thought I would mail these on Monday after I print some return address labels. I don't have a printer here and need to go to my DD & SIL's house to print anything. Anyway, I plan on mailing at least 15 this week and then following up with them by phone on Friday if I don't get a call first. Thanks so much for the great letter, ladies!:D
 
Thank you for sharing this idea. I belong to my local Chamber of Commerce and plan to offer this service to my fellow members.
 
I just printed out and addressed 6 letters (that took care of the "A"'s and "B"'s in the phone book that are located near me! Now, I am off to print more and hope that I get some kind of a response soon!
 
I tweaked the tweaked letter and included PC pictures - (hopefully nothing discontinued!) - for an even more profesisonal appearance. Thanks! I will be using this!
 

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That looks great too! I have 12 of the others and I'll print and send these next...see which one gets more response! I have envelopes to address!
 
I mailed out 10 & plan to follow up this week. We'll see. If this works out well, I 'll send out another 10 next month & so on.
 
scottcooks said:
I tweaked the tweaked letter and included PC pictures - (hopefully nothing discontinued!) - for an even more profesisonal appearance. Thanks! I will be using this!
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That looks awesome! Nice job
 
scottcooks said:
I tweaked the tweaked letter and included PC pictures - (hopefully nothing discontinued!) - for an even more profesisonal appearance. Thanks! I will be using this!
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It's fantastic, but the Woven Large Square Server IS being retired :)
 
Now, how do you do the letter? Do you mail it or personally hand it to someone at the targeted business? And what sort of businesses do you go after? Just some questions about it. I love the idea, I just can't decide how to distribute the letter.
 
I mailed 20 of these today to local hair and nail salons. I included the Going, going gone flyer as well as the host and guest specials for August. I am confused as to how to follow up. Do you call and ask for the owner? It just makes me uneasy to call and follow up on something unsolicited. It just seems if they are interested, they will call but everyone on here is saying something about following up. If I can get a few of these, then my August will be AWESOME.
 
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I'm going tomorrow to take my dessert for my first Pamper Your Business show and I made a form to put with the cake. BTW, I'm doing the Chocolate Velvet Cake with Strawberries :) My fav!
It says:

Chocolate Bliss
Impressed?
You can create this decadent cake in less than 30 minutes!
Interested?
Leave your name and contact number to schedule your Chocolate Bliss show today!
Your friends and family will be glad you did!

Contact Info:_____________________________
Contact Info:_____________________________
Contact Info:_____________________________
Contact Info:_____________________________
Contact Info:_____________________________
Contact Info:_____________________________
Contact Info:_____________________________
Contact Info:_____________________________
Contact Info:_____________________________
Contact Info:_____________________________​


Wish me luck!
 
I think I am just going to personally hand these to various business owners and ask for their name and contact info.I don't think it really matters that the woven selections bowl is discontinued ... people might not notice exactly what it is.
 
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I'm leaving this letter when I leave the dessert. On the day that I pick up the orders.
 
For those of you that have done this, I need advise, one lady I spoke to today said no because she feels her clients would not be interested. To me this is a nice way of saying no, she commented they were too busy.How can I make them feel that it would not interrupt their business this is the second obstacle I have run into and I was wondering what you all thought.
 
scottcooks said:
I tweaked the tweaked letter and included PC pictures - (hopefully nothing discontinued!) - for an even more profesisonal appearance. Thanks! I will be using this!
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This looks very nice - thank you for sharing yours edits!

I like the photos you chose and will use it even though the woven server is going to be discontinued --- it isn't yet
 
Thank you to all who have posted the letter!! This site is such an inspiration for all, I'm just trying to wrap my brain on all of this, there is so much we can do to grow our business. Just awesome!
 
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Closed my first PYB and it was $600 in commissionable sales! WHOO HOO!
 
That is wonderful, Nicki!!!!!! Continued success in PYB!!!!!
 
Nikki,

Just curious. Do you just send the letter by itself or do you include anything else?
 
Niki you are a total WAA HOO Consultant! Totally awesome! And thank you for sharing this! And yes, I too am stealing it!
 
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I just sent the letter but told them that if they got me any shows I would give them a $10 gift certificate per show.
I have another one starting this week.
I'm excited!
 
ivy5683 said:
So I didn't feel right about just showing up with a recipe looking for 'testers' so I brainstormed this one. I decided to add this as one of the 'Services I offer' that I display at every party.
I say it's a catalog show with the benefit of a free desert!
I typed up a letter that I sent to several businesses in the area and offered this to them.
I gave them a choice of 7, 10 or 14 days to show the catalog in their office/shop and then on the final day I will bring in a free desert for them to enjoy while I pick up the orders.
I sent out about 8 letters to start and have 2 Pamper Your Business shows going on now and another scheduled for the first week of August.

Just thought I'd share!
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WHat kind of business did you target?
 
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I targeted hair salons. I figured it's a place where lots of women go in and sit in a chair for an hour or more with nothing to look at, why not put my catalog in their hands.
 
This may have been covered, but I might have missed it. Do you search for a name or do you go with the Dear business owner?
 
When you leave catalogs and order forms, are you leaving instructions on how to tally orders, etc or do you just take the time to talk to the contact person about it? Are you essentially leaving them the same stuff you would as any other catalog host?
 
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