Keeping Up With Your Quarterly Minimums

Hi Chicks!

I'm getting ready for a big weekend!  Sadly, not crafting this time :-)  Sunday is my birthday and I'm turning FIFTY (yikes!!!).  June will also be busy with my Baby Girl graduating from high school next Friday, her graduation party next Saturday, and (yay yay yay!!) a visit from my SIL & downline Cheryl - I can't wait!!

In the midst of all this, I ALSO need to get cards created & prepped for this month's Calendar Club.  This is an idea I got from, who else, my FAVE SU! demo, Lyssa!!

Last year, I did a couple of hostess clubs and "buying" clubs.  Those were really great for helping me keep up with my quarterly minimums and my title requirements.  I wanted to try something different this spring, partly because I felt my customers were getting burnt out and partly because I felt like I was always asking for sales.

Calendar Club is simply a paid for class with no pressure to buy.  I design 3 fairly simple cards and the girls make four of each card for a total of 12, at $15.  Now, this has been really fun and popular, but I'll be honest.  My sales, naturally, haven't been as good this spring.  I will tell you the truth - I've barely been making my quarterly minimums and am in NO WAY keeping up my sales for title requirements.  I didn't think that would bother me, because I still consider myself more hobbyist than business, but guess what??  I AM DISAPPOINTED IN ME!!  I don't like looking at my business reports and realizing I'm not performing up to title :-(

Last year, I ran one hostess club and one scrapbook club per month.  It was a lot of work, frankly, since I'd also started my new job in May of 2012.  But it forced me to stretch my creativity, be more organized, my minimums were easily met, and so were my title requirements.  It was so much fun, too!  Unfortunately, when the holidays rolled around, I slacked off.  December, January, and February were really "bum" months for me.  When I found Lyssa's idea, I thought I'd try Calendar Club so we've been doing this in March, April, and May.  We'll finish out June then take a break in July and August (because of vacations and such) and then they want to pick up again in September and do Christmas cards for a few months.

I miss my Hostess Club though.  SO, my goal for this summer is to work on a new Hostess Club and maybe another Crop Club, too.  I'd like to get my sales back up, find some new customers, and even figure out a way to make my class area (which is currently my dining room & I can't fit more than 6 around the table - and that is PUSHING IT) more efficient - or maybe even look at finding class space somewhere locally so I can comfortably fit more students in!

This is a rather rambling post, but I hope you get the gist.  If you have any questions about Hostess Club or Crop Club, shoot me an email or give me a call.  I'd love to help you build your business and keep up your minimums - better yet, let's go OVER minimum and make you some spending money!

That's it for now, my peeps!

Jeni