A personal invitation makes the difference!

Published: Fri, 05/18/18

Hello ,

How was your Mother’s Day? I hope you had fun with your family like I did. Here’s a pic of my grandson and I playing cat’s cradle with the ribbon from the small gifts we exchanged with my daughters, my daughter’s mother-in-law and myself. You can also see the iphones sitting on the table. Who would have thought we could take those instant photographs to share with our loved ones right away. I know my mother would have been in awe of how we communicate with each other instantly, any time we want.

Speaking of communicating.

I have added a great feature with my coaching clients using the Marco Polo APP! It’s a free App where you can leave a live video message.

You can see me here sharing an “in the moment” message for an important solution to her problem.

I love how I can be there for my clients. Mostly I hear about their successes and I can send a great WOO HOO back to them and give them the recognition they deserve. That’s why I’m recommending this to all my clients to use with their team communication system. In the CALENDAR CLUB team booking system, recognition is a huge part of having a successful team that books parties together is with a consistent communication strategy. I think Marco Polo is an added advantage for leaders because it enables you to say in real time, “I am so proud of your efforts in booking 6 shows for the month!” Or “I am blown away with your efforts in getting 3 new recruits this month!” You can never stop giving praise and recognition! It's the part of our business where we help people feel great and it builds their confidence.

MY TIP FOR YOU THIS WEEK –Personal Invitations

In my coaching conversations this week the discussion was about working with hostesses.

One client said, she’d been added to three Facebook parties, without her permission. Yikes!
Another said, her hostess at her own Facebook party, just added over 200 people to the event. Yikes again!

My tip for you is to really work with your hostess on WHO to invite and HOW to invite. This is part of my training in the CALENDAR CLUB system and in the DIRECT SALES Planner system. This should happen in the first connection you make with the hostess after she’s said she’d book. I call this the 24-48 hour connection - if you let it go out a week, she gets cold feet - I suggest a phone call for the first connect will confirm the party and will hold on the date you choose. On this connect I recommend you review WHAT’S IN IT FOR HER.

review the wish list
help her with the guest list on ‘who’ to invite, and
If it’s an in-home party, you want 8-10 confirmed guests.
If it’s a facebook party, you want no more than 25 confirmed guests.
We review a list of questions for the hostess to help with the guest list.
Then review HOW to invite them.

And the best advice or recommendation you can share with a hostess is to do a “personal” invite with her guests. Even in today’s world a personal phone call will make all the difference. I get many instant messages on Facebook inviting me to parties, but I don’t attend because usually I don’t know the sender very well.

Bottom line here is you want the “right” people at the party who will love the products and want to buy the products. So, if I’m hosting a natural skin care party, I’ll invite my friends I know who are definitely into natural. So, if I make a phone call it would go like this…

“Hi Suzanne, I am hosting a natural skin care party and I thought of you because you have beautiful skin and I know you love natural all the way. It’s a company that I’ve been buying their products for quite a while and I love how they feel and make my skin look and feel healthy. I’m limiting my show to 10 people and I’d love to reserve a spot for you. It’s on Friday at 7pm and we’re going to have lots of fun sampling the products with some lite pupu’s and wine. Can I count you in?”

When your voice shares this script on the phone (even if you’re leaving a message), it’s personal! People know me, they can hear the excitement in my voice. They know they are going to have fun, learn something and have a memorable experience, so they don’t want to miss out.

Work with your team on their HOSTESS COACHING this summer. As you know when you have brilliant friendships with hostesses you have successful parties.

And speaking of SUMMER PARTIES, Read my blog post on how to keep your team inspired with Summer Theme Parties. Be sure to download the FREE PRINTABLE with the summer Theme party ideas. One of my clients has created fantastic graphics for her team booking parties in the next 3 months.

Here’s the link for the blog post.

I wrapped up the Duplication Formula

on YouTube this week!

This week I’m talking about how to support your SHINING STARS on your team.

Check it out HERE

Do you have a PLAN FOR MAY?

My L.E.A.P. Mastermind clients are working on A SUMMER ACTION PLAN! If you’re struggling to stay on track, think about joining this amazing group of leaders OVER the summer who are accountable with me EVERY week! Check it out here at www.mymentorbiz.com/leap/

Until next week, remember,

KEEP PLANTING SEEDS IN MAY, It’s a great recruiting month!

Love and Success,

Gale Bates, Your “Make the Leap” Mentor