by getsilver » Thu Sep 07, 2006 8:30 am
Hi Tracy:
To get shows booked, I often have a free gift for the hostess and a few extras for anyone who books a show to take home with them. My last gift to my hostess was a jewelry cleaning kit that I put together, then I had an extra for anyone who booked a show, and also a bottle of wine for a second person who booked.
Our company also offers the original hostess a 1/2 off item for each booking off her show.
To get the initial bookings, I have found that picking up the phone, calling some people I know, and saying... hi, I'm selling a new line of beautiful jewelry and wonder if you could help me get started by hosting a show. You can earn $xxx free jewelry! ... I give them certain dates to pick from (so that they won't know if my calendar is empty!) Sometimes email will work, then they can get on the webite and look at the jewelry first, but they don't always get back to me to book, so I follow up with a phone call.
Hope that helps. Once you get some parties going, the jewelry will sell itself. Michelle Baratta has some lovely items, and you have an advantage like I do that it is not a highly recognized name... yet!
Best of Luck!