Your Mission Should You Choose to Accept It
Have you ever taken on a mission for your business? A mission can be an exciting adventure with an outcome that can change your whole business climate and bottom line. It doesn’t have to be complicated, you just have to be committed to the belief that you will do whatever it takes to complete the mission. Here’s a good one: take a look at your next 4 weekends. Do you have any home parties booked? Are the bookings a little sparse or your calendar bare? It doesn’t have to be that way! Make it a mission, and in your head and heart get down to do whatever you have to to and...
Read MoreIs it Real Work or Busy Work?
I once had a secretary who loved to rewrite her notes, then type them, put a frilly border around them, assemble them into a colored folder, and then would do it all over again on different color paper. She did not last very long.There’s a difference between making busy work and doing real work. Making busy work can be an excuse not to do what you should really be doing. Real work is something you do that has thought, purpose, an action that creates an action, response. In our home party business, busy work may feel like it’s less stressful, more fun. If you are constantly...
Read MoreStill waiting for that call or email?
Are you still ‘waiting’ for someone to call or write you back? Part of growing your home party business is making sure you have a way of retrieving all those seeds from the business cards, catalogs, flyers, emails, phone calls, and Facebook posts you planted. That means going back and rekindling the connection every single day. It means a drop here and there to keep your relationship going. It does NOT mean that you hawk your goods or try to get a party booked every time. Or ‘waiting’ until they call you or email you back. It doesn’t work that way...
Read MoreThe ‘Let Me Think About It’ Prospect
Don’t you really hate it when you ask someone to book a home party and they respond with: “Let me think about it?” That used to drive me crazy, until I realized that just about EVERYONE says that, no matter what business you’re in! The worse thing you can do? Say “Ok, call me.” They won’t. Instead? Response with one of these types of opening statements: —“It’s good I called you today” or —“It’s good you came to the party today” or —“It’s good that I emailed you today” And then...
Read MoreBrain Freeze
I got Brain Freeze walking down the ice cream aisle in the grocery store yesterday. Why? Because nearly a hundred varieties of ice cream called out to me! I literally froze in my tracks (pun intended!) So what’s the problem? I was incredibly overwhelmed. DOZENS and dozens of varieties and flavors to choose from! And then I got a call on my cell and walked away to continue my conversation. Did I go back and buy ice cream? No. The same thing can happen with your customers at your home parties. They get easily overwhelmed. You ask for a booking and you hear crickets. You assume...
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