Booth events are fantastic places for leads for home shows, New
Consultants, and every other aspect of this business. There are many
different booths around. Some examples: holiday and seasonal fairs, home
business fairs, conferences and exhibitions, community festivals, church
fests, etc. etc. This list goes on!
When I do a booth I take:
- Books!
- Cash Box or bank money pouch with about $25 in bills and change
- Book racks (you can borrow these, or earn them J
)
- 5 Hostess Packets – so you can date the show and hostess coach on the
spot
- 10 Recruit Packets – so you can have these on hand for potential
Consultants
- Tables (if they aren’t provided)
- 3 part carbonless receipt pads
- 2 calculators (in case one is on the fritz)
- table cloth (if needed)
- drawing slips for leads
- bag or basket to put lead slips in
- several pens
- a canopy if it’s outside
You’ll need to charge sales tax at booths, I usually eat the shipping
since they are taking the items cash and carry. If someone wants to order,
you’ll charge them $4 special UPS delivery charge and then figure the tax on
that plus their retail total.
I split the leads with everyone who works. We each get leads from our
time worked and take them home at the end of our time slot.
It’s important to follow up with the leads you get from booths
within 48 hours. Leads can go "cold" if you don’t follow up in a timely
manner. See Nancy Ann’s pages for "how to make the most of your calls" on
what to say when you make those follow up calls. Make notes on your
drawing slips with things that you and the person talked about, kids
ages, what she was interested in etc. Put your name on the slips of the
people you plan to follow up with if there are other Consultants working
your booth.
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