You Can’t Rush Chocolate or Hostess Coaching

I made chocolate covered strawberries over the weekend.
They were delicious. And they were a huge pain in my neck!

Why?
Because I went through 3 bags of chocolate before getting it right.
I was in a rush, and because I have done this dozens of times before, I thought I could just microwave the chocolate bits, and viola’!

But noooooo.
I ruined the batch of chocolate, twice.
All because I was a little too confident of myself, a little to lazy to do it the right way and actually ‘temper’ the chocolate. And in case you don’t know to ‘temper’ means to melt it slowly, ideally over steam in a double boiler.

So, what does this have to do with Hostess Coaching???

Well, after you’ve made dozens of hostess coaching phone calls in your life, you can forget about some of the basic ‘musts’ that need to be addressed and addressed at the proper times.
Why? Because you want to make sure you got the right time, the right place, the hostess with the right attitude and the right amount of guests waiting for you!

Here are the hostess coaching calls and timing, no shortcuts allowed:

   -1. Calling your hostess a few days after you mailed her hostess pack.
Why? To make sure she got it, that it didn’t get lost in the mail, that you have the right address, and to reconfirm the party date.
   -2. Calling her again about 2 weeks before the party.
Why? To get her re-excited, to go over some guest attendance building tips, to encourage her to create an event on Facebook, and to reconfirm the party date.
   -3. Calling her the night before the party...no exceptions here!
Why? To trouble shoot any small issues and fix them before they amount to anything.
Also, so you can encourage her to make last minute reconfirm phone calls, and the attendance can get beefed up. And-so you can review the driving directions to her home (even if you have a GPS!)

If you are relying on email ONLY to hostess coach and take place of these calls, you’re losing out. There is nothing like the human voice and connection, and you want to make sure that connection is there and working for both you and her.

Make the calls, with the right reasons and at the right time!

—Rina Valan

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Once upon a time, in 1984, a woman named Rina Valan was frustrated about the limits placed on women in the business world and in their personal relationships. Back then, you literally had one choice: raise a family or have a career. In addition, if women complained of lack of pleasure with a partner, it was just assumed she was ‘frigid.’ Those choices were just not acceptable to Rina, and so her mission because clear to be that champion for the financial and personal well-being of women and their partners. With a $10,000 loan from her mother and drawing out all her cash advances on credit cards, in August 1984 Rina started Fantasia Home Parties in a small dusty warehouse in Elizabeth, NJ. She loved her 3 year old daughter so much that she could not bear to leave her with a sitter, so she took her to work every day. In the evenings would train new consultants so they could sell at home parties and be able to support their families AND be there to take care of them too. Today, Rina and her daughter, Emily, still work side by side. So 30 years later, Fantasia Home Parties stands as the pioneer and leader in romance home parties. As one of the founding member of CAHPA (Certified Adult Home Party Association), Fantasia continues to forge the trail and we make it possible for women to be equals in matters of the heart, personal pleasure, or providing income for themselves and family. Some of us do it in pink high heels or sneakers, some are single or married, some are single moms, or some of us are even taking care of own moms. With over 33 years of executive experience in the Home Party and Direct Selling business, her personal attention and real life experience is the backbone of our team. It is not unusual that she shares her working experience daily by coaching and with personal support with both new and experienced consultants.

You Can’t Rush Chocolate or Hostess Coaching

Rina Valan, President and Founder of Fantasia Home Parties