pamperedchef88
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Ok so please correct me if I am wrong. I am not a seasoned consultant I have been doing this for under a year.
I feel as if I have burned out all my friends and family they have all helped but I still can't get my business up and running. I felt like I had talked to everyone and still had an empty calander
So I came up with a this idea. I decied to get on my facebook where I have 200 somthing friends and I decided to go for the NO and instant message each one as they logged in and ask how they were doing and ask if they knew of anyone who might be interested in earing a ton of new products for the holidays by hosting a show or bridal show or if they new of a favorite charity or cause that someone might want to do a fundraiser for.
The results were amazing because people dont feel like you are asking them and they feel the freedom to say no but they also feel like they can say yes and I think more of my shows will hold from this because if I didnt even ask and they said they wanted free products then that show a geniune intrest.
My results were as follows for only 2hrs of doing this:
16 people contacted
-3 Never acknowledged my IM
-1 phone number (a friend said her boss might love it so she said to call her)
-1 who might like to host in the future
-2 direct bookings
-1 former host who wants to host again
-3 No's
-1 who didnt have a referal but wanted a gift certificate for her families gift exchange
-1 ended up with me being booked at a ladies night out christmas event
-1 Fundraiser
-2 thinking about friends who might be interested and will let me know
I thought this was pretty good and there were several who gave me referals that said they have friends they would check with. I was shocked how many of them said wait your a PC consultant I didnt realize that I love PC. I was shocked how many people I guess I didnt tell.
I think after this experiment my confidence has been boosted enough ( I found it frustrating that I didnt get more NO's cause I wanted 10 lol) that I can actually contact people by phone too and ask about the business oppurtunity. I know there are better ways out there but if you cant bring yourself to make calls at least this gives you something to try.
Just an idea that has worked for me
I feel as if I have burned out all my friends and family they have all helped but I still can't get my business up and running. I felt like I had talked to everyone and still had an empty calander
So I came up with a this idea. I decied to get on my facebook where I have 200 somthing friends and I decided to go for the NO and instant message each one as they logged in and ask how they were doing and ask if they knew of anyone who might be interested in earing a ton of new products for the holidays by hosting a show or bridal show or if they new of a favorite charity or cause that someone might want to do a fundraiser for.
The results were amazing because people dont feel like you are asking them and they feel the freedom to say no but they also feel like they can say yes and I think more of my shows will hold from this because if I didnt even ask and they said they wanted free products then that show a geniune intrest.
My results were as follows for only 2hrs of doing this:
16 people contacted
-3 Never acknowledged my IM
-1 phone number (a friend said her boss might love it so she said to call her)
-1 who might like to host in the future
-2 direct bookings
-1 former host who wants to host again
-3 No's
-1 who didnt have a referal but wanted a gift certificate for her families gift exchange
-1 ended up with me being booked at a ladies night out christmas event
-1 Fundraiser
-2 thinking about friends who might be interested and will let me know
I thought this was pretty good and there were several who gave me referals that said they have friends they would check with. I was shocked how many of them said wait your a PC consultant I didnt realize that I love PC. I was shocked how many people I guess I didnt tell.
I think after this experiment my confidence has been boosted enough ( I found it frustrating that I didnt get more NO's cause I wanted 10 lol) that I can actually contact people by phone too and ask about the business oppurtunity. I know there are better ways out there but if you cant bring yourself to make calls at least this gives you something to try.
Just an idea that has worked for me