I won’t say I actually failed but do to having to go back and work for my husband and having a child I no longer have time to promote my business of chocolate :(. I plan on restarting again when things get a little less hectic!
As I said before. You can not half ass these things. It is not hard to be successful at any of these selling jobs but you do have to have time and commitment!
Don’t let my pressing the pause button stop you from succeeding!
I will be back!
Wish me Luck!
In March I ended up having 3 shows!
I did over $800 in sales
0 recruits!
I wasn’t too far off of what my goals were!
April my goal is to have 1 show (I have zero so far)
$500 in sales
1 recruit!
Now it is the true test. I need to get out and call and market myself to get new shows! This is were people either win or choose to lose at the home business game!
I will say that my 2 friends that I am closest to (I don’t have many friends) have no interest in holding a chocolate party. It is very discouraging because a part of me feels they don’t think this is a good deal. I have now just come to realize that they are wrong. They just are Debbie Downers! Well not literally! I have gotten such positive feedback from costumers and other individuals! If you are reading this and you feel that you are not going forward with something because of a couple people in your life, you are doing yourself a horrible disservice! You are the only person that is stopping yourself from succeeding!
I got invited to a Wine Women Wealth business network event to showcase my chocolate! yippee! I am also doing a booth this weekend at a local craft fair.
I am the creator of my own happiness!
Wish me Luck
February I only had 1 show…. my other show had canceled :(.
But did I sit down and say ‘woe is me?’ NO!
I called past costumers and I got myself my own show!
I was $240 away from my next incentive and I knew I could do it if I picked up that phone! I have only been a chocolatier for a few months and I don’t have many past costumers but I got a total of 7 orders that totaled almost $300 dollars in sales! Not only does that give me my next incentive, but I now have REPEAT CUSTOMERS!
I have 2 shows, so far, at the end of March so here are my March goals!
3 Shows!
1 Recruit!
$1000 in sales!
Wish me luck!
Had a great show on the 2nd of February. I, also, have a show this Saturday! Planning on getting at least one show from this Saturday to host a show before the end of February!
I am still getting used to the shipping methods of Fedex, but otherwise no problems or complaints.
Wish me luck!
Why is it so important to set your goals and stay positive?
Well I just posted my goals for February and then about 15 minutes later I checked my email and VIOLA! Someone who had said no to having a party last night had emailed me wanting to do a party! THE POWER OF SETTING GOALS AND POSITIVE THINKING!
DID I REACH MY JANUARY GOALS?
I wanted to do 5 shows…. I had 4 shows!
I wanted to do $2000 in sales…. I did $863 in sales!
I wanted 1 recruit….. I got 0 recruits!
I am very proud of myself! Why am I proud since I didn’t reach my goals? Because I now know what I am doing! I am well past the break even point! I have completed my ‘training’ month and now am better prepared!
FEBRUARY GOALS!
4 shows! (I have 2 scheduled so far)
$1700 in sales!
1 recruit!
Wish me luck!
This week I hit over $1000 in sales. That means I so far have made $250 being a chocolatier in 6 weeks. I have had a total of 4 parties. That is an average of over $60 per party. I spent $115 on the kit and have spent about $100 in other business expenses (folders, file holder, pens, ect.) This includes me buying a few extra products and some new catalogs. From here on out I calculate that 80% of every show will be going into my pocket and 20% will go back in the business. For example;
If in one month I do $1000 in sales, which is $250 in commission I will really have made $200 dollars after a few expenses.
$200 a month to me is almost my whole car payment!
I have 2 shows tomorrow!
Wish me luck!
I went home to the family for a week so have been out of the loop. My sister had a show and got $200 in sales. I didn’t make much off my family because I paid their shipping, but it is family I don’t need to make money off them. It was a lot of fun and really believe they will love the product. I have a party this Saturday so will have to give her a call today. I am also going to a chocolate meeting tonight and might call a couple people to see if they are coming as well. I will also call the 3 people that have a party next weekend. To sum it up I am going to make a lot of calls today.
Half way thru January goals!
I am $400 towards my $2000 goal
I am 2 parties towards my 5 party goal
I have 0 recruits towards my 1 recruit goal
Wish me luck!
Oh and I am finally going to meet my upline tonight!
I had my second official show 2 days ago! There was 20 guests but only 2 orders. I know that sounds like a fail, but I booked 2 shows from other guests, So even though I didn’t actually make money on this show I should do well at the others.
Mistakes I have made so far!
mistake 1: I had a ‘show’ in January with a lady, but I didn’t talk much to her beforehand as to how she wanted the show to go. Big Mistake! I drove 30 minutes to her house to find out that she wanted to host a show sometime later and this was just a prequil to that show. So needless to say I spent a lot of time and people ate my product and the host didn’t want me to take any orders or sell anything.
Lesson I learned: Communicate with the host BEFORE the party.
Mistake 2 and 3: giving away too much in product or in a prize. My downfall is I want people to taste everything. First it takes up too much time and second people loose interest if you are going over everything you have. I also did a drawing for 2 free shipping on what I thought would be a big show, well there was only 2 orders and they both got free shipping.
Lesson I learned: Less is more! Keep it simple stupid! I am going to go over only 2 items from each catagory and only have 4 or 5 samples. One candy, One drink, One candy making, One Savory, One Recipe. Example: Cinnamen Dusted Almonds. Martinis. Fondue. BBQ sauce. Chai Tea Dip. This should be enough to taste and save on supplies.
Lesson I learned. For give aways just give away one thing. If at the end you have 8 to 10 orders and you want to give away something extra then do it, just don’t let anyone know you will give away more.
A Growing Chocolatier? 