lt1jane
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Last fall I bought the recipe calendars. Everyone in my family received one as a Christmas gift and I sent one to all of my past hosts. (My two year anniversary was last August.) [NOTE: my cluster did a bulk order of calendars so we all were able to enjoy the cheapest rate, we just had to order by 5's and make sure we had an even 100 for ordering purposes.]
For all of my hosts whose 10% discount was expiring in 2011, I put a return address label (80 labels to a page) on the date that their discount expires saying "PC 10% discount expires TODAY, time for another show?" For my hosts that had let their discount expire, I sent them a gift certificate (good only through me) for $25 if they would host a catalog or kitchen show by March 31st. I sent these to nine people. I have had parties for two of them, one person will have a party at a later date (she's my best friend from college and her husband is currently battling cancer, I'm willing to extend the expiration on the GC due to the circumstances.). I just got a call today from a fourth person booking a party for the 18th!!
I figure four out of nine bookings to jumpstart my year is pretty good! I will definitely do this again next year. My plan is to go back two years. All the people who received reminders on their calendar will receive the gift certificate this year if they have not had another party. All hosts from this year will receive reminders on their calendars.
Yes, it costs me $25 in commission, but my neighbor whose party was last week so far has commissionable sales of $520+. (She's working to get it to $650. We WILL close it this weekend.) That $25 was the deciding factor for her as to whether to wait or book a party now. Worked for me. I have three parties booked from my neighbor's show too!! I will be earning a discount on my Conference registration at this rate!!
For all of my hosts whose 10% discount was expiring in 2011, I put a return address label (80 labels to a page) on the date that their discount expires saying "PC 10% discount expires TODAY, time for another show?" For my hosts that had let their discount expire, I sent them a gift certificate (good only through me) for $25 if they would host a catalog or kitchen show by March 31st. I sent these to nine people. I have had parties for two of them, one person will have a party at a later date (she's my best friend from college and her husband is currently battling cancer, I'm willing to extend the expiration on the GC due to the circumstances.). I just got a call today from a fourth person booking a party for the 18th!!
I figure four out of nine bookings to jumpstart my year is pretty good! I will definitely do this again next year. My plan is to go back two years. All the people who received reminders on their calendar will receive the gift certificate this year if they have not had another party. All hosts from this year will receive reminders on their calendars.
Yes, it costs me $25 in commission, but my neighbor whose party was last week so far has commissionable sales of $520+. (She's working to get it to $650. We WILL close it this weekend.) That $25 was the deciding factor for her as to whether to wait or book a party now. Worked for me. I have three parties booked from my neighbor's show too!! I will be earning a discount on my Conference registration at this rate!!
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