Class in a Flash April Winner

April Class in a Flash Winner is:

Cyndra Alderman

Cyndra contact us to claim your prize before April 30th. Congrats!

Class in a Flash is a Class Planning Service for Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators. Every month we draw from our list of newsletter subscribers to give away a FREE CLASS! Become a subscriber and receive a free trial offer of our Tag You’re It Class Planner.

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…and the Winner IS: Marti Crapo

Marti Crapo

is our winner for the March Marketing Sample Blitz.

Marti will receive 3 FREE Class in a Flash classes from our store (a $29.91 value) to share with her downline, sideline, upline, other demonstrator buddies or for herself. All we ask is that the recipients are Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators in good standing. Go Marti! Go Marti!

Thanks to everyone who participated and offered up some wonderful ideas.

 

April Blog Candy

My SUN Newsletter customers have been asking me to post some of the same graphics we use in our newsletters.

Mini Occasions Catalog

 

Here’s the code to add the Mini Occasions Catalog.
US

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CAN

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<td><a target="_blank" href="http://www.stampinup.net/uploads/fckeditor/stampinup/File/April%202009/Occasions09_CA_small.pdf"><img src="http://www.craftyperson.com/sun/images/minioccasions.gif" style="border-width: 0px" alt="Just Released Occasions Mini Catalogue!"/></a></td>
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Here’s instructions for adding the buttons to your blog.

These graphics are my compliments. Giving credit is not required but links backs and thank you comments are always appreciated.

 

Congratulations

Alison Solven

Amanda Coughlin

Amy Celona

Angie Kennedy Juda

BJ Peters

Blaney Spinelli

Brenda Keenan

Chris Greten

Colleen Magness

Dania Welch

Dawn Rapsas

Deborah Lecreux

Denise Johnson

Diane Dimich

Glenda Travelstead

Jeannette Swain

Jen Bailey

Kimberly Van Diepen

Kristina Koch

Linda Bauwin

Lynsay Mahon

Martha Armstrong

Pat Chastain

Susan Nygaard

Terri Mongeon

Wendy Fassbender

 

How To: Steps to Build Your Stampin’ Up! Business Right Away

You just started a brand new career with Stampin’ Up!. You’re pumped, excited, and ready to hit the streets with your awesome stamp pads, exclusive Sizzix products and the best darn paper offering you know everyone will want to buy. Good. Keep that excitement. Although you may be able to get every friend and family member you have to hold a show and make lots of money in the beginning, remember this initial momentum may not last.

Let me give you four important steps that you should begin taking now for a great future in direct sales. You’ll need them if you want your business to stand the test of time.

Hold as many workshops as quickly as possible.

This is where you are going to find the strong people I will be mentioning in the next step. Don’t wait until your kit arrives to make the first of your phone calls. Get on the phone right away and book your first couple of workshops/classes.

If your starter kit doesn’t arrive before the first workshop, your upline should be willing to lend hers or at least a few items from her own kit. She should also be willing to go to your first one or two shows with you if possible. This will help you to feel more at ease and will make it easier to answer any questions that may arise which you can’t answer yet.

Get your first 6 workshops booked, but don’t stop there. If you’re on a roll, keep calling. You may get a lot of “no’s” at first, but you the “yes’s” will soon come so don’t give up. Stampin’ Up! has a wonderful incentive program for early starters including offering an additional 10% off your first workshop.

Build a good foundation.

A good foundation for a successful Stampin’ Up! business is one that is solidly built with great people on your team. Start looking for quality people who know and love the product as much as you do. You’ll also want them to be goal oriented, organized and driven.

Once you get 3 to 5 strong people under you, you will have the start of a strong team. These people will help lead your business to success. Don’t recruit just anyone simply for the sake of having recruits. If those people you sign up under you do not possess the characteristics described above, they will most likely quit or flounder in their own business. You’ll find this to be more of a burden than a help to your business. Once you get a start with a strong team, then you can start recruiting others who may just be looking for a hobby, a discount on the product or who just need something to pass the time with. The key is to get a handful of strong, goal oriented folks under you quick. If you don’t someone else will.

Setup an on-going program, like a club.

Keeping people involved and excited is important. If you have a club established, you can share that information with everyone you come in contact with at the get go. Settting up a club is much easier than you may think. Just pick one day a month that is good for you. The club can be a stamp, scrapbook, specific product (in-color), Sizzix or technique club, whatever you feel comfortable with. Members of the club will meet at the same location once a month, agree to purchase products and share in hostess benefits. If you need help with what to present each month I offer a monthly class planning service.

Establish an on-going communication plan.

Keeping people involved and excited is important. Having some kind of consistent “push” communication is best. Publishing an e-newsletter keeps you on your customer’s “radar screens” in a way that’s not obnoxious. You need to be in front of your prospects all the time, so when they are ready to book that workshop, sign-up as a recruit or order products, you’re right there in front of them available to help. Starting a newsletter is easier than you think. I have a newsletter service that takes all the guesswork out of it for you.

Remember, Rome wasn’t built in a day (I love a good cliché) and neither will your Stampin’ Up! business be. It takes drive, determination and motivation to build a successful direct sales business and keep it going.

 

Effectively Use your Email Signature Line

What is a signature line anyway? It is the space at the bottom of an email or post where you can record something about yourself. You can simply use it to sign your name so people know who you
are or you can use it to advertise your classes and get some free publicity.

What do you need to include in your signature line? Start with your name. Include the address of your DBWS or website.  Shorter web addresses will stick in people’s heads better than something that is long and drawn out.

What is an upcoming class you want customers to participate in and how? Summarize this in a few words – no more than two to three lines. Be sure not to give away too much because you want them to find out more on your site. This is only a well-baited hook. Take scripted text from the following Class in a Flash documents:

 •   Demonstrator Planner – Introduction, Products Highlighted or Benefits Statements

 •   Customer Instructions – Overview or Bonus Ideas

Add this signature line to every email that you send out, whether personal or business related. The more exposure that you have, the better it is for your business.

Examples:

Name
www.yourwebpage.com

Want to give a memorable gift for Mother’s Day this year? Join me on April 15 where I will show you how to turn cherished photographs into a heartfelt gift box. RSVP at http://www.yourwebpage.com/eventpage.

---

Name
www.yourwebpage.com

Let me show you how you can scrapbook like a pro using the great coordinating products in the Simply Scrappin’ kits. Visit my calendar for more details at http://www.yourwebsite.com/eventpage.

 

 

Signature lines are useful but few people take advantage of it. As a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, you will want to utilize every situation as a way to get the word out.

 

Meet Blaney Spinelli

I would like you to meet Blaney Spinelli

Blaney Spinelli from Baltimore, MD joined us as our Dynamic Demonstrator this month in my Stamping Updates Downline Newsletter (SUDL). We always ask our Dynamic Demonstrators to answer your burning questions about developing
and growing their Stampin’ Up! business.

CPP: Any tips regarding the project you are sharing?

[Blaney Spinelli]: The ribbon is dyed with a sponge daubber and ink pad. The window sheet is stamped with White Staz On ink.
The top and bottom top notes was the cardboard from the DSP packs, covered with DSP then run through the BIG Shot.

Blaney Spinelli’s Top Note Box

Images © 1990-2009 Stampin’ Up!®   
© 2008 CraftyPerson Production

Take a moment to drop by and visit Blaney Spinelli’s blog at
http://www.stamplandstudio.typepad.com.
WANT TO SEE MORE PROJECTS LIKE THIS ONE?

If you would like to receive my SUDL monthly newsletter in your inbox every
month (including this one) subscribe before mar 28th.

Also included in the newsletter:

   • Tango Surprise Card Video by Stamping School

   • Fifth Avenue Candle Wrap Instruction Sheet

   • Dates to Remember including Promotional Graphics

   • Mini Flowers Template

   • New Matchbox & Pop-Up Dies Marketing Ideas

   • Color Challenge

    and more…

I have two versions, one for demonstrators to send to their downline (SUDL
Premier) and a personal-use (SUDL Basic) version for hobbyists.

More details Here.

 

How to: Get Your Hostess Excited About Their Workshop

As a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator your workshop hostesses are the lifeblood of your business. Without them, parties stop and your income dwindles. A hostess who had a great time in the role will help spread the word about what a great opportunity it is and how much fun she had. Likewise a hostess who didn’t have a good time will ultimately spread the word that being a hostess is a drag. So not only is your hostesses attitude important for immediate profits, it affects future profits too. Therefore, it’s vitally important to get, and keep, your hostess excited about their party.

Be the one in charge.

As the owner of your Stampin’ Up! business, your hostess is relying on you to take the reins so to speak and provide the structure, tools, and resources to make being a hostess easy. This doesn’t mean you micro manage everything – can you imagine someone calling you every day to make sure you’re charged up for a coming workshop, ugh.

However, it does mean you have a structure in place to make the job easy. Your structure might include:

1. - Help setting a date. It’s often advised to plan for no more than 3 weeks away so your hostess doesn’t have time to have a change of heart.
2. - Help preparing the guest list.
3. - Invitations and a date that they must be sent by – your hostess can be responsible for this task or you can do it to ensure they’re actually sent out on time. Make sure to include contact information on the invitations as well as a map to her home. Invitations can be via snail mail or using the DBWS email invites.
4. - A calling schedule so each and every attendee is personally contacted and invited to the workshop by your hostess.
5. - A checklist for those who have RSVP’d
6. - An order form if anyone has placed an order before the party.
7. - Supplies – Extra catalogs, order forms, etc.
8. - Refreshments – decide if you’re going to provide them or if she’d like to do it. It can also be a combined effort.

 

Motivational tricks of the trade

Getting your hostess excited about a workshop is more than just making sure she has the structure and supplies she needs. It also involves:

Sincere appreciation from you. Let her know how grateful you are that she’s hosting a party.

Enthusiasm and a smile. Enthusiasm is contagious. If you’re excited about the party then it will go a long way toward making sure she is too.

Many people enjoy attaining a goal, and receiving a reward for doing so. Goal setting is a great way to add extra energy and enthusiasm. Goals can be anything from number of party attendees, total sales, hostess bookings, or even outside orders. Determine goals at the get go and let her know what she will receive when she attains the goal.

Of course your hostess will earn great gifts and benefits from simply being a hostess but imagine the joy and enthusiasm she’ll have for the party if she knows she has the possibility of earning a wealth of products and cash rewards. Everyone likes to receive.

A happy hostess is a great sales person and an excellent marketing tool. She’ll encourage other people to host parties too and your Stampin’ Up! business profits will skyrocket.

 

Free Expert Help Call-Monday Mar 16

Direct Selling Leaders Presents: The Expert Calls!

Hear Home Party Plan Expert Julie Anne Jones on this FREE one-hour call.

Julie Anne Jones is a certified professional success coach and trainer and the owner of Outward Image Coaching and Training.

As a former Direct Sales professional, Julie worked a party plan business for several years, consistently holding three parties per week and winning national awards yearly. For the past 5 years, she has focused entirely on coaching and training others within the direct sales industry. Her trainings are designed to teach you to bring the fun into your parties and to build relationships with your hosts and guests.

>>>When: Monday, March 16 at 11:30 am EST

And don’t worry, even if you can’t make the call live, you will get a recording so you can add this essential leadership resource to your audio library!

Register to receive the call-in information.

 

Class in a Flash March Winner

March Class in a Flash Winner is:

Christy Topechka

Christy contact us to claim your prize before March 31st. Congrats!

Class in a Flash is a Class Planning Service for Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators. Every month we draw from our list of newsletter subscribers to give away a FREE CLASS! Become a subscriber and receive a free trial offer of our Tag You’re It Class Planner.

Claim a free trial offer