What Products Do You Always Bring W/You?

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Discussion Overview

This thread centers around what products Pampered Chef consultants typically bring to their shows, with participants sharing their personal experiences and preferences. The discussion includes considerations for holiday events and strategies for engaging guests during demonstrations.

Discussion Character

  • Anecdotal
  • Opinion-based
  • Exploratory

Main Points Raised

  • One participant, identifying as a new consultant, expresses a desire to bring a wide variety of products to shows and seeks advice from experienced consultants.
  • Several participants mention bringing a mix of popular items, such as the batter bowl, quick stir pitcher, and cookware, particularly during the holiday season.
  • One participant shares their experience of adapting their product selection based on the audience, opting for a more varied approach to avoid repetition.
  • Another participant highlights the importance of demonstrating specific items, like the ice cube demonstration, to showcase product effectiveness.
  • Some participants emphasize the value of bringing cookbooks and using them as a way to engage guests during shows.
  • One participant notes that they have started bringing more items to create visually appealing displays, which they believe has positively impacted sales.
  • Another participant mentions the importance of bringing items that align with the interests of the host or guests to enhance the demonstration experience.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Views differ on the optimal number and type of products to bring to shows, with some participants advocating for a streamlined approach while others prefer to bring a wider selection. No clear consensus emerges on a single best practice.

Contextual Notes

Participants share a range of experiences from various types of shows, including holiday events and regular demonstrations, reflecting the diversity of approaches within the consultant community.

Who May Find This Useful

New consultants and those looking to refine their show strategies may find the shared experiences and insights beneficial as they consider what products to bring to their own events.

I try packing light also. I take what the recipes requires and then a piece of cookware, stoneware and some SA. I always take the APCS, food chopper, cutlery and the old utility knife.

Also, I always pack the host special(s) and guest special, all of the cookbooks and the heart trivet.

Remember, selling the products is big part of what we do, but ultimately we want to recruit and to recruit it needs to look simply, and definitely not cumbersome and costly.

Remember it's your business we only offer opinions and so play with our advice, mix and match and make it your own - & have FUN.
 
Remember it's your business we only offer opinions and so play with our advice, mix and match and make it your own - & have FUN.
I love this! Do what works for you!! I also agree w/ the above products that I bring to the show!
 
I usually bring what I demoing that night, plus a piece of stoneware, the cookware, and a matching tool, of course my tool turn about, and all the gadets, IE the can opener, paring knifes, cooks corer, etc, I bring one or two pieces of simple additions, mainly the entertainment set, I always have both batter bowls with me, me one to use durning my demo and the other I use for my drawings for games and DPDS, it works out really well... When I sell the batter bowl, I tell them that they can bake a cake in it, you can make stovetop stuffing with it, it has a nick name aka the bachlor bowl, my husband used his batter bowl for his ceral before we got married!! People love hearing personal stories, becasue if they hear what you or someone you know has used it for they will most likely buy it!!! The food chooper even if I am not using it..... I call it take your agner out in yoru kitchen tool... that always gets a laugh!!! and I never stand behind my demo table for more than a few mins, I move out in front of it, to be more personable,
 
This thread is great, totally calmed me down about what to do and what to say. I think I read it 5 times. Thanks Scott....REALLY AWESOME INFO> I said I was going to bed..but of course....I LIED.....HAHAHAHA. Still reading.
Doris's book tomorrow.
Thanks Carolyn...did you have to give me this site...SHEESH!!!
NO SLEEP..I am going weary.....LOL
 
scottcooks said:
and study the chapter on SOFT SELL. My sales have gone UP since I tell people at the beginning of every demo I do: Please Put Your Checkbook Away. I am not here to sell you on PC products! Instead, I want to share how they work. I am here to show them to you, to share how they can benefit your family and make your life easier in the kitchen. Later, if you see something you want, and you are interested in purchasing some of them, of course I can help you with that - but for now, sit back - relax - and Enjoy the experience.

I also want you to consider the possibility in the back of your head, that maybe you could do what I do. The PC apron fits folks from a few hours a month, to a few days a week - folks from eighteen to umpteen - you decide!

Now, on to our recipe:

This is some of the greatest verbage I have read - LOVE IT!!
I am going to work this into my shpeil!!
Thanks Scott!
 
I thought the exact same thing Carolyn...See Why I reread it today. I printed it out at work and kept reading it.
 
SilverCeladon said:
Wow Scott thanks so much for the information. I was wondering what I should buy...I know the "Try Me" pan doesn't come in the new consultant package-should I buy that or nothing at all. I appreciate everything you have told me!

Oh, and I just bought Doris' new book. I can't wait to get it!

The pan does come as one of the SS bonuses (1st maybe?) so focus on doing at least $1250 for each of your SS months and you'll get lots of extra freebie products - I believe you can get up to 7 SS bonus "packages" in your first 3 months. Plus if you manage to recruit during your 1st 3 months you get cookware bonuses.
 
SilverCeladon said:
Wow Scott thanks so much for the information. I was wondering what I should buy...I know the "Try Me" pan doesn't come in the new consultant package-should I buy that or nothing at all. I appreciate everything you have told me!

Oh, and I just bought Doris' new book. I can't wait to get it!

Scott ROCKS!!!
I cannot tell you how much of his stuff I have learned from & use in my shows...Thank you Scott. I just wish he was in Wave 2, I would love to meet him & Tom Marston...:rolleyes: Also I listened to her book only once, But I am going to listen again!
 

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