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-- On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Quilter Janet <quilterjanet@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm sorry to take so long getting back to you with my thoughts... I
have some suggestions and you may have them but it my help someone.
I've done farmer's market for 2 years and occasional booths in
events. Here is what I've found works for me. I have a clipboard
with signups... Lines... but at the top it's Name/ Phone/ Email
address/ and Write numbers that apply to you: 1) How to use & buy 2)
Come to classes 3) Host a class to learn oils & 4) Start a business.
This way I don't have to lure them with hope of winning a gift, I only
get those that are truly interested in a natural way of healing/
alternative health care system/embracing a healthy choice. As people
come by I have a bottle of oil in my hands open and ask if they would
like to try an essential oil (usually citrus bliss... it's cheaper)...
the questions start there and I can follow through with all of them.
Some roll their eyes at me, some walk faster, and the rest either try
or say no thanks. I let them know what it's benefits are and where/
how/when/how often/how much to apply. I also mention it's one of the
oils that really helps with depression (I'm not ashamed of that or
helping others with that). I always let them smell the oil first
before they put it on...some might hate it from the beginning. I use
balance as well.. a major fav smell of mine. If I have power, I would
have my laptop going in the background with the you tube video clip
downloaded (I think build doterra) and looping showing the blood
sample (another thing to talk about--and scientific :D). I don't do
drawings anymore. The reason is if it's free ANYONE will enter to win
whether they want it or not. I want people who want it. So if anyone
will book a class, I will give them a wild orange on the spot (from
the physician event kit-super cheap). Of course, have a few pages of
the next couple of months printed off with dates for classes
highlighted that you have available. Have a sign posted 'free wild
orange if you book class today'. I also hold 3 classes a month at my
home. The first one is always an intro to essential oils. Then the
other two are specialty classes... tons of ideas, email me if you want
help with that (quilterjanet@gmail.com). For farmer's market I only
have the summer months printed up so I could hand people that if they
are interested in coming to FREE classes at my home. With that
schedule I will staple my card and also a page from the rip pads (so
many good ones to choose from: the basic trio, reinventing healthcare,
or the basic education rip pad). I switch around and keep it fresh
for repeats. If you want to sell something you might try having a few
(about 3 made up) of 10 drops in a 1/6th dram amber bottle of say...
clary sage (what women doesn't want help with period pains) and I
advertise it for menstrual cramps. Price it about $2.75 to $3. Then
if someone wants to try a different oil... have a price sheet ready of
how much each would cost for 10 drops and they can pick from your
stash. This way you're not having to sell whole bottles which is
costly to keep on hand. Have you thought of bath salts, or sugar or
salt scrubs? Also a sample pack of on-guard things: 10 drops in a
bottle, a throat lozenge, and a wipe (cost is about $4.50 retail).
The last thing... I think... is to make sure and have a business
packet ready to go. OHHH... make sure you have your name/phone/
website stamped on EVERYTHING or a mailing label with that info on it
all. In the business packet I have a catalog, my card, the flyer
doterra sells called "doterra our opportunity", it's fantastic, a 1/4
page explaining maybe it would be good for them to host a class in
their home (I could send you mine if your mind is blank), a rip pad
page of education and then the rip pad pages of the contract and
packages available. ALL STAMPED! I have these inside a 9x12
envelope. If I give this away... I definitely want their name on my
clipboard and as they leave I'll star that I gave them a package and
can follow up. A separate email address just for your clipboard
people is highly helpful. Just keep adding to them to your address
book and they get roughly 3 emails a month from me... all about the
classes.
Hope this helps.... sorry for the: blah blah blah :D
Janet
On Sep 30, 2:34 pm, MT Mama <mtphotog...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi folks!
>
> I am having a booth of sorts, similar to what you have at a trade show
> or fair. I've read pages and pages of posts in this group and got a
> lot of great information...so thanks! However, this booth is a little
> different. I am doing it as part of a fundraiser for a school. They
> are having a market and having about 15 people there, all from at-home/
> party-style companies: Pampered Chef, Mary Kay, Lia Sophia, thirty-
> one, etc. The deal is that we have to donate 10% of our sales from the
> day back to the school. I am a little unsure of how to structure this.
>
> My first thought is to have only retail sales. But I'm new to doTERRA,
> only been at it a few months, and only recently started to think about
> moving beyond just using the oils. Between me and my sister, we have a
> decent collection of oils. I have a couple unopened bottles I was
> planning on doing a drawing for. I have some other good ideas for
> samples and water and the diffuser and all of that....but I don't have
> extra product on hand that I can just sell. I'm worried that even
> though it only takes about 3-4 days for doTERRA to get my product to
> me, that people won't purchase if they can't walk away with it.
>
> So then I was thinking about encouraging people to sign. With the way
> its structured, it is certainly beneficial to sign people up as an
> IPC...and for the most part I can pitch that. I'm a little worried for
> the same reason...they can't walk away with the product. Plus I am not
> really sure how to keep track of my "sales" this way so I can figure
> out how much to donate back to the school. Since everybody there will
> be of the plan-style company, I sort of hesitate to pitch the IPC to
> people, even though it is really the greatest deal and structure ever.
> Plus, where I live, people are very touchy and get put-off very easily
> by being asked to "join." I think its because while the town I live in
> has a decent number of people, its still very "small town" and people
> get pressured into parties and joining and such a lot.
>
> I'm looking forward to raising some money for the school. But the
> reason I'm doing the booth is to get the doTERRA name out there, sign
> some IPCs or get some PCs, and get my name out there and hopefully get
> enough interest to do some classes. That is really the ultimate goal,
> just like a trade show booth. Do any of you have any ideas on how to
> structure this? The booth part I have a good handle on....its the
> sales v. signing and the donation part I'm having a hard time figuring
> out. I'm hoping maybe one of you has done something similar? Or at
> elast has some thoughts to offer. I'm just barely getting a handle on
> how the whole downline thing and retail sales and all of that
> work...and I'm not even entirely sure on it...like PCs....I don't get
> why we have PCs when for $35 you can be an IPC and pay less? I
> actually also don't get why people do retail for the same reason.
>
> So I got a little long -windedm, sorry. TIA so much for any advice you
> can offer!!
>
> --lynsey
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