Imagine this…
You have been working on getting your monthly mailings labeled and ready to drop in the post office the next day. It is now 5:30pm you realize that you have not yet started dinner. You quickly move to the kitchen and whip up dinner. You move the piles of flyers, order sheets from last nights show, and everything else from the kitchen table to a chair in the corner.

You call the kids and your husband in for dinner and finally sit down. The phone rings, It’s your next hostess who needs a vital bit of information, you go to retrieve it from the pile on the chair in the corner only to knock the pile on to the floor just as your son spills his milk all over the table.

In this issue I want to go over a few very important thoughts about getting you home party business up and running as a ‘REAL’ business.

Set A Schedule (and stick to it.)

Running your own business is a great thing. However, if you don’t set a schedule for yourself you will find that you don’t get as much done as you had hoped to. Children, phone calls from friends, the dog, a television show, your husband, can all pull you away from what you should be doing, RUNNING YOUR BUSINESS. Setting and maintaining a schedule for your workday is critical.

Set up a dedicated office area. If you try to run your business from your kitchen table you will end up moving important papers from one place to another constantly.  When your next hostess calls and needs to know something you will find yourself hunting for the information among the huge pile of stuff that you just moved off of the kitchen table.

You MUST have a dedicated ‘office’ area.  It doesn’t have to be fancy. A folding table set up in a corner someplace is fine when you are starting out. As long as it is ‘your office’ space.  This way you can keep it organized so that
when you need something you know right where it is.

Don’t get discouraged.

Many home show consultants fail simply because they become discouraged after a disappointing trial period.  You will have to show grit and determination to make your business succeed. This is a business that will build overtime. The ‘super consultants’ weren’t doing the number of shows / demonstrations that they are now when they first started out. It takes time to
build your customer base. Every show you do could lead to another show, and that show could lead to 10 more customers. Over time you will quickly build to levels you never dreamed of.

Until the next issue, Good luck and happy selling.

Bruce

How do you have your office setup?  Do you have dedicated space?  Do you have any hints, ideas, or tips that would help others?    We want to hear from you.  Leave your comments below.

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