It’s spring…have you wondered how to get “Bookings”? Answer: “Start planting some Booking Seeds”

Throughout your show demo you should be planting booking seeds.  At least 12 -15 different ones.

What is a booking seed? you may be asking!

A booking seed is a Key phrase that you ‘Plant’ throughout your show demo.

Things like “my last hostess received this for free” or “if you fall in love with more than your pocket book allows…talk to me about booking your own show”.

It’s been proven that the more “booking seeds” you plant throughout your show gets more results!!!

So start today!

After all, spring is upon us and its time to start “Planting!”

Jody

www.DesignedforDivineDestinations.com “Where its not just about the Destination, it’s the Journey to get There!”

I was looking through some photos on a friends Facebook page and she was showing pictures of her trip in Arizona (which happens to be the state I now live in). If you use Facebook, you will know that people can add comments to peoples status updates and their photos and photo albums. Some of these strings of conversation get pretty long.

The snippets of conversation turned into how dry Arizona is and how dry her skin is getting. All of a sudden there are women throwing out the names of these products they love and what has worked for them, myself included! Some were even posting links to the product for her to see.

Here are all these women… selling someone elses product for them and getting no commission. HUH?

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So it’s January of a new year and some of you in Home Party Businesses may be thinking “It’s the beginning of the year.. everyone has already spent all their money on the holidays and no one wants to have a party” or “People are all partied out and just want to rest”.

Uh oh! Sounds like someone is just making excuses. Delete that thought and replace it with a new one! Here are some suggested thoughts to replace those ones with….. Read the rest of this entry »

Ok.. so… there’s this cosmetics company that I found out about. It’s non-toxic, non-carcinogenic, and non-hormone disrupting. I totally get passionate about this sort of thing as I am working on detoxing my body as much as possible. I get excited about the fact that I can detox and not slather on more toxins with my every day makeup and cosmetics (soap, shaving cream, shower gel etc). I use up to 15 items every day.. the cosmetics industry (which is totally unregulated) says there are only “trace amounts” of toxins but consider that you use this stuff every day and it’s about 15-20 products. ….. alright you get it, I’m passionate.

I liked this company so much I became a distributor.. why not..it was free to be a distributor and get the discount on the products. SO When I started talking to my friends about it… many of them had questions. Lots of my friends know I read a lot about natural meds and detoxing my own environment, they trust me. They ask me about make up. It got to the point where so many were asking questions about the products and they wanted to see them that I decided to host my own party. When I signed up … I had no intention of having parties but I decided that was the best way to go so I could show everyone at the same time what the products were about and they could see the color palates and ask all their questions with my partner there who is great with the product knowledge.

I picked a night and sent out several invitations and WOW did I pick a busy night. Lots of people were unable to  make it. I had 2 guests. Was I disappointed? Not at all… I was happy that 2 of my friends were able to make it and hang out and have some cheese and wine and cider and other yummy snacks.

They asked lots of questions and made their orders. Earlier that day, one of my friends who could not make the party dropped by and made an order as well. So I had 3 orders. I also had stuff I wanted to get.

My desire was to make it more a party than about the cosmetics but I am the kind of person that lets things flow as they need to. My friends naturally gathered around the products on the table and we sat there and chatted about all sorts of similar interests and concerns with health and toxins . The conversation was natural and I let them ask the questions about the types of things they were interested in rather than trying to direct them to particular items. For me this party wasn’t about the money making  aspect, it was about introducing my friends to products I feel will help them live healthier lives.

I wasn’t disappointed about my 3 orders because I had more friends who can share the passion I have for clean living.

But wait… there’s more. I talked about these products with the 2 ladies in my networking group that could make it to the meeting earlier that day (perhaps that should have been my indicator as to what sort of busy day it was for several of my friends) and I knew that one of my friends in the group was VERY interested in the products. She is similar to me in that she prefers to use cosmetics that are non toxic and she does detoxes and eats healthy. I didn’t wait for her to call me… I called her (because I know that’s her… she’s busy and the way to get in front of her is to call her). She thanked me for calling her and she ordered several items which doubled my party orders.

If my friends like what they get, they will naturally order more. I can set them up as preferred customers and let them enjoy the same discount that I enjoy. Perhaps I didn’t make a fortune with this party and I’m good with that. My real passion is about showing these incredible products to my friends and helping them live a less toxic life. I know that money follows the passion. I have already made more than I expected with this company because as I originally stated, I only became a distributor for the discount and now I have earned a bit by sharing that passion.

Before you book your next party, ask yourself this…. “Am I selling a product? or am I introducing people to a product that I am fully passionate about?”

When you are passionate, people will find you, they will ask you about purchasing your products. Then they will tell their friends about it.

This is just a snippet of what the home part business is all about. Asking yourself the right questions will bring you success. Making sure that you present a way that is not intrusive or bossy but that gets others just as excited about your product as you are will naturally draw people to your business.

Are you selling products or are you introducing your passion?

Charlotte Salafia

www.designedfordivinedestinations.com

“Where it’s not just about the destination, but the journey to get there.”

A few years ago I was doing a home party show and was doing my Hostess Coaching with a great gal!

I knew she had done a few other different parties with other companies, but even knowing this I made it a point to set a coffee date so that we could sit down and go over the hostess package!

I met her at her home, brought the package and proceeded to go over the details.

We went over some key things that I do for every hostess:

• Brainstorm for guest names
• Discuss that if someone cannot make the show, they can definitely place an order
• I always tell my hostess’s that they know their guests better than I do, and how I do not like to “push sales on anybody”, so with this in mind if she has a guest who is on a ‘fixed budget’ this would be the ideal person that she could talk to…to host her own party!
• We also discuss how the hostess will contact people, and a ‘warm way to invite them’

My hostess was ECTASTIC and over the edge with happiness!

She gushed on how “no other consultant had set out clearly” about having a party!

UH???  I was stunned.

I had “ASSUMED” (ya know the old saying…it makes an ASS-Out-of-U-and-ME) that because my friend had several other parties with other companies, she would know all the fun details about being a hostess!!!

I was also pleasantly surprised by her warm “thanks” about how to even “invite her guests”…this was always something she had dreaded doing in the past…and she mentioned such things like:

• I never knew Exactly what to say when I invited people….so I’d usually say something stupid like “oh just come…have fun…I don’t expect you to buy anything” ((uh, even tho she did want them to buy a little something))
• Sitting down and making a list was always daunting and I put it off…but now we’ve done it together..thanks!!
• I never thought of keeping the food simple…I had no idea about giving people too many choices..I always thought I had to put together a huge COSTLY spread..thanks for simplifying it!
• I’m looking forward to this party, you have made it fun!

It just goes to show ya all….never assume that people who have had tonnes of other parties know even just the basics of having a Successful party…sure you mite get the seats filled…but filled with people who have no INTENTIONS of spending anything!!!

Think about it & I’d love to hear some of your most fun Hostess’s!!!

JODY )

Jody Maley is Motivational Speaker & Trainer, mom of six,retired entrepeneur, ToastMaster, Queen of the Home Party Plan Biz!

http://www.DesignedforDivineDestinations.com

“Where its not just about the Destination, it’s the Journey to Get there!”

As I grew into adulthood I could never did like the smell of coffee. My mom was more of a tea drinker so I followed suit. I have always been a tea drinker and love my tea.

Tea is a comfort thing for me. I know the stereotype in England is that tea will fix everything. Some tragedy happens and then there is someone putting the kettle on next. Putting the kettle the indirect way for Brits to say “I want to comfort you”.

Before I lived in England, for a couple of years, I would drink any ol’ hot tea. When I lived in Coventry, I learned what good tea is, I even go to import stores and get some when there is no one I know making a trip to England that I can bribe or if I can’t find some stranger in the UK online who I can charm into mailing me some. (Yes, I have done that).

Since I returned to the US in 1991, I just can’t take bad tea. On occasion I will pick up some random Ceylon (oh my favorite blend) and try it out.. I know, it’s never going to be as good but lots of times I will get lucky and it’s good. It’s always risky drinking tea when I’m out, tea seems to be the bastard child if you go to any place that focuses on coffee “we have 8 million coffees, and oh, here are our 4 teas (usually some weird fruity thing)” I always end up with an English Breakfast blend OR if there is a turine with hot water in it, it’s iffy..I mean..it’s probably had coffee in it …and they don’t clean that out well and well, the tea just ends up smelling like coffee.. BLECH!

Why all the tea talk, it’s kind of a rant but not really, because what this really is..is to say that life is too short for bad tea. Seriously, I can’t just accept the tea I am given. I’m not drinking bad tea. If I pay $2 for a cup of tea and it sucks, I throw it away. If I buy some at the store and it is stale, I toss it.

Life is too short for bad tea! I won’t accept anything below my standard. If I am that way about my tea, imagine what my life is like anywhere else! If I won’t accept bad tea, I certainly won’t accept less in my relationships, my work, my spiritual life..or any place else.

Are you drinking the bad tea because that is what you were served, or are you holding out for the good stuff..finding out where the good tea is?