"Where Am I At?"
Talkin Scents 101
Or better yet, as the majority of my family would say "where you to?" haha.... I supposed I wanted to do somewhat of another update on my life, and where I am with my Scentsy Fragrance business.
I have recently been trying to get my foot in the door with local event coordinators, if you're a Scentsy Independent Consultant you know how difficult it can be at times to get a booth or a table at these events. My tip.... become more of a friend with the coordinator... Let them know how much you appreciate the efforts they have to go through with organizing these events, and let them know that you appreciate their time. It does take time (and often, money) to get these events going, and its up to the coordinator to organize everyone who will attend. I have found that although you do want to have a business relationship with this person, you also want to know that you care about them and their personal life as well. My last event, I personally gave the coordinator a couple of the Layers by Scentsy products (I believe it was a hand cream and also a shower gel/body lotion/body spray sample) along with a thank you card. It wasn't a lot, and didn't cost me an arm and a leg, but it made me stand out from the other vendors, who didn't seem to have a care in the world for the awesome lady who got them in there in the first place.
Also, I have been trying to get some more action as far as Scentsy parties go! I find that I have a lot of people who brush off the opportunity to host, BUT as soon as they end up doing it, they regret not doing it sooner.... I think the thought of the word "party" scares people..... I mean, come on... when you think of the word party... what comes to mind?... for me, personally.. I think of having to clean up my house, and organize everything in my home, prepare to feed my guests, and cater to them as well.... I am trying to come up with ways to promote the awesome opportunity to earn the amazing host rewards, but without having the "party" seem like a daunting task. This is because in reality, it doesn't take a lot of time or effort, and you don't have to have a formal party! It can be a bunch of ladies meeting up for a coffee for half an hour and smelling testers... who doesn't like to visit a local tea or coffee shop? Everyone takes care of their own food/beverages, and you don't even have to clean the house! OR, better yet... the whole idea of a basket party! I also think the term "basket" throws people off. I personally don't put my "basket" parties in a basket.... It's in a convenient small tote bag that has everything you need.... So I have been starting to mention "tote" parties a lot as well. THEN, I also came up with the even smaller version of this, which is what I call my pouch party. I have 2 versions of this... one is in a travel makeup bag that opens up, and the other is simply in a pencil case....
Also, I want to begin to expand my own team. I have put forth a lot of time thus far into learning the ways to be a good leader. I wanted to learn this business before I started offering it to others. If you have read my recent post regarding how to be successful with direct sales and multi-level marketing, you will read about the amount of commitment it requires to manage a team... Meaning... I want to be a sponsor who is ACTUALLY there for you to help you get your business going, and also to keep you motivated. I lucked out with not being an "orphan" in this business, but I have also come across other Independent Consultants who do consider their sponsor to have left them high and dry.
Pre-Planning.... I have found, and im sure many others have found this too, that at a certan point, time management can get difficult. I have learned through reading various articles, and books about running business to know that time management is key. I work full time for my family business, and also have my Scentsy Fragrance business on the side.... I get asked quite often how I mange my time... Running a household, a family, working full time, and part time, and everything else in between. I just make it happen... really to be honest it all comes down to being organized. I spend a minimum of 15 minutes per day on my Scentsy business.... My "Min 15 Min" routine came into play when my superstar director started a 90 day challenge with our team to commit 15-30 min per day on our businesses and to post what we have done. So I have committed myself entirely to this...
One way I pre-plan is by pre-posting my Social Media posts.... many people don't realize that you can schedule your posts on Facebook. I have my regular posts (for example Wax Wednesdays, Fragrance Fridays, etc.) pre-posted for an entire month, this allows me to not have to constantly monitor my social media account, but to also stay connected with my network of followers. All of my other posts in between are just the icing on the cake.... If I find something interesting, or if I have an order going in etc, I will take the 2 seconds out of my day to let everyone know that, but as much as I can, I pre-plan.
Same goes for my flyer handouts. If you have followed me at all either on my blog or on my Facebook, you will know that I have a mass flyer delivery that I do. 250 flyers bi-weekly, that I hand make up, and fold and prep.... So, how do I have the time to do this? Well I have gotten my flyers down to a science at this point.... I now can get 500 flyers completed in about 2 hours... So typically I use my Sunday evenings once a month and have it all done. I am reaching potentially 500 households per month, and it takes me 2 hours to prep for this. Its easy peasy... and don't get me wrong you don't HAVE to do any of these things that I am talking about, but... this is how I am doing things as of right now.
Moving on to event prep.... Events can take some time to prepare for, but I always know about my events months in advance. I think my next one (which is this coming Sunday) is the first one I have every procrastinated on.... I have everything I need, so its not a matter of gaining stock (which is where most of the planning comes in to play) so really its a matter of packing up and just showing up.... I don't have to bring tables or chairs this time, so that's great.... so I will be doing a small set up and I am happy with the product I have on hand at the moment.... Enough to display, and a few extra bars to sell cash and carry if need be. Although I tend to use my events to network and make new connections rather than selling product. I always get my money's worth at least back in sales as to what it cost me to actually rent the space for the event, but after that, I kick back and relax and let everyone else around me see how easy it really is to do what I do.
Anyway Scentsy Friends... this is my Scentsy Blog Update for now!
Wish me luck with my goals!!
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All my love,
Brittany Gerrity
Certified Consultant
