A Bag of Gold or the Golden Goose: Which do You Want from Your Party Plan Company?
Is your dream to quit your job and stay home with the children or to provide extras for your family? Are you a stay at home mom who would like to do something for yourself? Perhaps you are looking for a career with flexibility? Then perhaps it is time to look at a party plan company!
When searching for the party plan company that gives you the perfect fit, look for the golden goose instead of the bag of gold. Remember Jack and the Beanstalk? In this fairy tale Jack traded the family cow, which had quit giving milk, for a bag of magic beans. His mother, deeming that the beans were worthless, threw them out the window. When Jack awakened the next morning, a huge beanstalk had grown to the top of the sky. Jack raced up, curious to see what was at the top. Jack ends up stealing a bag of gold from the ogre and his wife who lived in a mansion at the top of the sky. The gold provided for Jack and his mother for quite some time, but it eventually ran out. Jack climbed up the beanstalk again. This time he stole a goose that laid golden eggs on command. The next time Jack climbed the beanstalk it wasn’t because he was broke.
The Bag of Gold Party Plan Company
Kimberly built a business with a ‘bag of gold’ party plan company. She shows her wares, takes orders, and delivers them to the hostess. She isn’t likely to see her customer again unless she hosts a party or shows up at a party that someone else is hosting. She is successful in her sales and has steady income as long as she steadily works.
Stefanie has found the goose that lays the golden egg. She sells home air freshening products. Her golden eggs are the reorders she gets for additional fragrance. She has found that she makes almost four times more on the reorders than she does the original party orders in one year’s time.
There is no trick to this other than her own organization. She hands out catalogs regularly. Each guest at her parties, whether they order or not, is given her business card with the website of her company and her advisor number on it. She receives commission when their order is placed.
Each of Stefanie’s guests fills out an entry for a drawing at her parties. These forms are her source for further contact. At the end of the month she sends a mass email that contains a short message from her and lists the next month’s specials. The customer can click on a link and be taken to her replicated website where they place their order. For the small cost the party plan company charges, the replicated website brings her large returns.
For those customers who don’t use the computer or whom she hasn’t heard from for a time, Stefanie uses phone calls. In order not to compromise family time, she has hired a high school girl at a low hourly wage to make the calls. More often than not, when Stefanie’s helper tells them why she is calling, she is greeted with an “Oh, I was just thinking I needed to call.”
Stefanie’s sales are consistent year round, not because her phone is ringing off the hook. She is the one that takes the initiative to incorporate the programs that her “golden goose” party plan company provides for her. Like the goose that would lay golden eggs on command, Stefanie’s customers buy when they are greeted in an email or phone call, “Hi, this is Stefanie. Just calling to let you know the specials this month are….” Now that is a golden egg!
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