I haven't written on this blog in two years. That is WAY too long and we have SO much to catch up on! Ler's start with Pampered Chef.
In 2014 I wrote about my Pampered Chef Experience at that point. I was a hobby consultant doing 6-8 parties a year. For each party, I had to coordinate with my hubby's schedule with his two jobs to make sure he was off, and so the kid was taken care of. After another two years of this, I was done. I told my director I was going to quit. And the most amazing thing happened. She told me NO. What!?!? I know. She told me to talk to my friends and family and see what they thought. Everyone I talked to said, "Why would you quit? You like this." So I decided to give it another try.
So I decided to do another party at my house. I spread the word, invited my friends, cleaned the house, bought some food, and we had a great time as always. This time at the end of the party a friend said she wanted to host a party, but her apartment was too small and run down. I told her about the virtual parties I had just her of, and she was all for it. I got THREE bookings from her party and my first potential recruit! I was so excited, but couldn't get any of my friends to host a virtual party, so after two months I gave up and hosted my own virtual party! I had two bookings in the first two days and two more potential recruits!
The next month I had the highest sales of all of the consultants on my Executive Director's team with over $5K in sales on my own. I had two team members and three months later I qualified as a Director with Pampered Chef. My team grew a bit more and we were having fun. But I got comfortable and stopped recruiting. So my team started struggling, we are building things back up and I am looking forward to a long career with Pampered Chef. My Executive Director recently told me that when she went through this stage she was told when you make director, you have a $5K/month team, then your next goal is to be a $10K/month team, then $15K and so on. I like this and need to recruit a bit more to help make these goals be a bit easier for us to hit. Around December we added 2 new team members, then added 4 more between April and June. We aren't stopping here.
Would you like to know what I like best? Do you think it's the boxes of new products directors get twice a year? That is a good one, but no there is something better. Is it that I get paid to play on Facebook? Nope, that is pretty sweet too, but there is something even better. Are you ready? It is the shift in my thinking. Thanks to the many interactions, training, and books I have read I am a MUCH more positive person. I run my own business, but I am not on my own, I am part of a team. My teammates are the most amazing people I have met. They truly help and encourage one another. We recognize we all have individual strengths and struggles and help one another! It is a completely positive environment. I am getting ready to head to the Pampered Chef National Conference in about two weeks and I am looking forward to it because I know I will come back renewed for my business and my life.
I still work full time in addition to my Pampered Chef business. I love setting goals and tracking numbers, and I get that with this business. My goal for the fall is to book 10-12 parties per month (a far cry from where I started). It's a stretch for me, but I have done it before, and I can do it again.
I plan to get this blog up and going full steam again, as always, food, family, friends and crafts will be my focus. You will get to see some Pampered Chef products and recipes and I am letting you know up front that I do make a commission on any purchases you make where you use my link and indicate I am your consultant. I only share the products I love and products that make my life easier. I am not looking to make significant sales from the site, but if you want to purchase I want to help you. When you purchase from me it's different than buying something at Target or Walmart. I am going to reach out and see if you like the product, and see if you need tips or recipes. I am here for you.
If you made it this far thank you! It has been a while and I am excited to write again!
