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Top 10 Ways to Host a Fundraiser With Thirty-One
I LOVE to do fundraisers! They are one of my favorite parts of this “job” of mine!
I’ve been doing fundraisers for about 7 years now. I’m going on 8 years of being a consultant! So everything runs like clock work when you host a fundraiser with me! I want to show you all the fun and unique ways we can do fundraisers to help you and your organization or cause.
So how do I do them?
And HOW can I help YOU and your organization?
Here’s the TOP 10 ways we can run a fundraiser to benefit YOU!
The great thing about these things, is that you can COMBINE any and all ways that you love! Combining a few different ways will ensure your teams success when it comes to hosting a fundraiser with me!
#1 Online Party
This is SO easy! We have a link to your fundraiser on my website and everyone can follow the link to order. 30% of all orders are donated to your organization.
#2 Home Show
You can host a home show and invite all your friends and family to see the product themselves and order there!
#3 Facebook Event
Facebook events are GREAT to show people product usage and great ideas on HOW they could enjoy some Thirty-One in their lives while donating to a great cause. I set the entire event up for you and all you have to do is invite your friends. All ordering is done online. Easy peezy!
#4 Bingo Night
A Bingo night is just FUN! People love to play Bingo, win prizes, and order to donate to a great cause!
#5 Trunk Party
You’re already at practice, or church, or somewhere with all your friends. Why not invite them all to a special night where they can literally see all the products and order at a convenient location where they’re already going to be!
#6 Spirit Wear
We can make a collection of products in our spirit line that show off your team colors, jersey #’s, hometown, or favorite team colors! People love to show their spirit for their teams. It’s a great way to high light that team pride!
#7 Collection
We can get a collection of 5 to 6 products. I make a flier, and your team sells just those products.
#8 Restaurant
Hold a restaurant party where everyone gets together for a dinner or lunch and we show off the products there. I’m pretty good at sweet talking managers into also donating a % of the food sales!
#9 Registration Party
The night of your team’s registration, where all parents will be anyway…I can set up a table of products and collect orders. And you can hand out packets that night for others to help collect orders.
#10 Team Party
Each parent takes a hostess packet and collects orders individually and we enter as one big party!
Would you like more information about hosting a fundraiser with me? Fill out this quick survey below and I’ll contact you ASAP!
Melissa Fietsam, Ind. Senior Executive Director at Thirty-One Gifts
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Book 10 Holiday Thirty-One Parties!
So here’s a team challenge for our team. We have a goal of booking 10 holiday parties to close by October 15th.
WHY?
10 Holiday parties at $200 each, equals $2000 in sales. BAM! Right there. So let’s get after it!
Check out this video:
Now you can see the exact video I posted in my customer group:
Here are a couple of graphics we will be using. This will be an ongoing push until the end of October. The goal is to get people in the holiday spirit! It’s time to rock out this fall season to:
- Help everyone earn the Leadership Incentive Trip starting in October
- Get our customers on board, that if they host a party they get to shop from the outlet sale early
- increase sales in general
- increase the # of people in our customer group
- increase the amount of people we’re in front of, therefore increasing our chances of recruiting
- and the more people we’re in front of, the more people who will book for NOVEMBER!
Each month will have the same idea. A “holiday package” with the goal of booking 10 Holiday parties each month!
It states a $200 party because that’s EASY. But we will be focusing on hostess coaching to (OF COURSE) get them higher sales than $200!
Score all around. Who’s ready for Melissa Fietsam and the holiday season? Cause I have a TON of ideas we’re pushing right now! You ready?!
Melissa Fietsam, Ind. Senior Executive Director at Thirty-One Gifts
www.buymybags.com
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Host 3 Holiday Parties for Your Thirty-One Customers!
This is something that is SO much fun. And it is a way to SERVE your customers!
Check out this video on how we are creating a team holiday party to invite our customers to:
1. Pumpkin Carving Party (October)
2. Thanksgiving/Fall Craft Party (November)
3. Christmas Craft Party (December)
We’re always ASKING for something from our customers. But this is an event to build relationships with your customers. This is a time where we can organize something to give back to THEM. To laugh, get to know each other, and simply have fun! Building relationships are what it’s all about.
This should be a FREE event.
And want to make it even better? Turn it into a “give back” event. If they bring a certain item (like canned goods one month), they’ll be entered into a drawing for some giveaways. And then when you deliver those, you can tag them on Facebook and let them see they were a part of something bigger! How cool is THAT?!
Anyways, have FUN with it!! Cheers to the kick off of MY holiday working season! See ya soon!
Just a little fun graphic to get ya in the holiday mood:)
Melissa Fietsam, Ind. Senior Executive Director at Thirty-One Gifts
www.buymybags.com
#31 #31bag #31bags #thirtyone #thirtyonegifts #holidayparty
Melissa’s Great Big Thirty-One Giveaway Event on Facebook
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Melissa’s Great Big Thirty-One Giveaway.
Everyone asks, what do you give away as prizes?
**Below, I have posted a script that I will start integrating into my normal 4 day Facebook script next month. I always do this at the END of my 4 day FB script. So, normally on the 6th day of the month.
Day 1: pre posts
Day 2-5: party script
Day 6: Great Big Giveaway
Well…here you go. I give away $200 in prizes in a ONE NIGHT event every month. Before you have a heart attack or tune me out…see how I only pay $25 for it:
And here is an ACTUAL Live event I did. This is the first one I did. I was really nervous. Now I have them down to about 18 minutes and they’re a lot of FUN!!
Description:
Come see some great deals in AUGUST with a LIVE event from MY KITCHEN! I’m GIVING AWAY OVER $200 IN PRIZES!!
AND…I’m going to show you some great ways I organize with Thirty-One in my own kitchen!!
Did I mention you’ll get to see some FALL product?! I’m going to show you my top 10 favorite fall products!
HERE’S HOW YOU EARN TICKETS:
- 5 TICKETS If you are a HOSTESS in AUGUST
- 1 TICKET: just for clicking “join” on this event
- 1 TICKET: for each 5 friends you add to my customer group and they join the event! Remember to ASK them if they’d like to be added!
- 5 TICKETS: for booking a party in SEPTEMBER
- 1 TICKET: for every $10 you bought on a party this or retail order this month!
- 3 TICKETS: If you are a member of my HOTM (Hostess of the Month Club) every month
- 1 TICKET: If you came to BINGO this month
- 5 TICKETS: for joining my team and becoming a consultant
- 5 TICKETS: for joining a Hostess of the Month or LAYAWAY club!
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POST #1:
100% chance of winning
I’m GIVING AWAY $200 IN PRIZES!
I’m super excited to announce our Great Big Giveaway in August! We will be giving away $200 in prizes this FRIDAY night during a LIVE event right here on Facebook!
To join the event:
- Go to ((insert customer page)) and request to join
- Go to ((((( )))))) and click “GOING” on the event!
POST #2:
Who’s earning tickets?!! Don’t forget! You get 1 ticket for every $10 you spend before the BIG EVENT Friday night! $200 in prize giveaways!
To join that event:
- Go to ((insert customer page)) and request to join
- Go to ((((( )))))) and click “GOING” on the event!
POST #3:
EARN TICKETS for $200 in PRIZES!
If you’ve been thinking about booking your own Facebook party, now’s the time to do it!
Because you get FIVE tickets into the drawing by booking your own Facebook party before the event! Post “ME!” below and we will get you set up! I run all Facebook parties on the 1st of the month. So I’ll get your packet in the mail, we will begin September 1st, and close September 14th!
If you haven’t joined the Great Big Giveaway yet…
- Go to ((insert customer page))and request to join
- Go to ((((( )))))) and click “GOING” on the event!
POST #4:
Over $200 in FREE prizes to give away!!! Tomorrow night at 9pm Eastern!! Join that event here:
If you haven’t joined the Great Big Giveaway yet…
- Go to ((insert customer page)) and request to join
- Go to ((((( )))))) and click “GOING” on the event!
And here’s how you can earn tickets for that event!
- 5 TICKETS: If you are a HOSTESS in AUGUST
- 1 TICKET: just for clicking “join” on this event
- 1 TICKET: for each 5 friends you add to my customer group and they join the event! Remember to ASK them if they’d like to be added!
- 5 TICKETS: for booking a party in SEPTEMBER
- 1 TICKET: for every $10 you bought on a party this or retail order this month!
- 3 TICKETS: If you are a member of my HOTM (Hostess of the Month Club) every month
- 1 TICKET: If you came to BINGO this month
- 5 TICKETS: for joining my team and becoming a consultant
- 5 TICKETS: for joining a Hostess of the Month or LAYAWAY club!
POST #5:
Don’t be THAT guy…
Today’s the day!! $200 in prizes will be given away TONIGHT! Place your orders by tonight and you’ll get 1 ticket for every $10 you purchase!
If you haven’t joined the Great Big Giveaway yet…
- Go to ((insert customer page)) and request to join
- Go to ((((( )))))) and click “GOING” on the event!
TIPS:
**Have someone hold the phone for you while you do the Live event (if you can)
**Have a notecard with a bullet point of what you’re talking about
Here’s mine:
**I have a separate card with the top 10 products that I want to show. That way I don’t get off track or fumble now
**This month I’m doing the event in my Kitchen and giving a quick tour of some of my own organizing bins in the kitchen. So you could do a different room each month
**Get the Hostess Goody Bag on business supplies for $25 and that is ALL you will need. You can easily say $100 in prizes to give away. Make this a regular part of your business expenses each month. This is WORTH EVERY PENNY. It is getting NEW people added to my customer group every single month, it’s adding people to my HOTM Club every month, it’s BOOKING me parties, and it’s getting me recruits! DO IT! I order this goody bag on the 10th of every month for the following month’s prizes.
**FOCUS on what you want out of the group. My focus is always hostess of the month club. but decide what you want the most and FOCUS on that!
**Have the person holding the camera read through comments DURING the live event and relay them to you out loud so you can still interact with everyone. They love teasing and talking to my daughter Samantha now, because they know she’s the one behind the camera narrating:)
Have a great event ladies!! ANd do this EVERY month. Your business will thank you.
Melissa Fietsam, Ind. Senior Executive Director at Thirty-One Gifts
www.buymybags.com
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#1 Tool For Direct Sales Consultants
You HAVE to use a social media scheduling site if you’re running more than one or two shows a month on Facebook.
Okay, you don’t HAVE to do anything…but if you want to live your life the way it was intended…watch this video!
I can be out playing with my kids, not worrying about a single thing, while Cinchshare is posting into my party events for me:
Being able to schedule posts to your social media sites is INVALUABLE. And to have a reliable source like Cinshare.com to help you…that’s priceless. And just so you know, I get NO royalties or kick backs from CinchShare. Or anyone for that matter.
Anyone who owns a business knows that social media is playing a HUGE role in our business these days. Whether you’re marketing, sharing invitations, communicating with customers, rolling out Facebook events, or running contests…if you’re not using social media, you’re missing some customers!
I am just going to walk through Facebook events at the moment. Working in Direct Sales, I host at least 7-10 Facebook events a month for my hostesses. Those FB events last 15 days, and I post 6 times a day for 5 of those days. Can you imagine how crazy I would be trying to remember all those posts? Maybe that’s YOU right now?
Cinchshare has made my life SO much easier. If you have never heard of it, let me give you the low down:
This is a #SocialMedia scheduling site that allows you to schedule posts for Facebook, IN ADVANCE (they also do a lot of other things that I have not explored yet). So you can schedule a week’s worth of posts on YOUR time. Sounds pretty amazing, right? IT IS!
I use Cinchshare to:
~post monthly reminders to my team
~when I’m up working late, I can post things for my closed customer page, and schedule them to post in the morning-when normal people are up
~I can schedule ALL posts to any events I have going on. So #1-I don’t forget to post them. #2-I’m never in a hurry. I can take my time and do it RIGHT. Consistency is the name of the social media game.
~I can post things to go on my main FB timeline. Maybe I have an hour to sit down and post a bunch of great quotes I found. But I don’t want to post twenty at one time. So I can schedule those to go out daily with Cinchshare.
It’s really a no brainer for anyone who needs to organize their time and their business. I’m a busy mom of five. I HAVE to do things on my time (if my kids let me.lol).
I highly encourage you to check it out. And with a one month free trial they’re offering right now, you really don’t have an excuse to NOT try it!
Here’s another way you can use Cinchshare:
I want to send a reminder on the last day of each month to our team.
It’s important for NEW consultants to see this every month. And it’s important to remind our seasoned consultants.
So instead of posting today and forgetting next month…I’ve already scheduled this exact post to go out on the last day of the month for the next YEAR. BOOM.
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How I’m Sharing the New Thirty-One Fall Catalog With My Customers!
I decided to try something new for sharing the fall catalog with my Thirty-One customers.
About 2 years ago, I posted…”Hey fill out this survey and everyone who does gets a catalog!” Well…that cost me TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ((Insert>>>hole in pocket)). And I swore I’d never do it again.
So the following year, I created digital catalogs with www.issuu.com. And that worked GREAT! I actually had my highest sales ever-of over $55,000 for the fiscal year. But…I didn’t have the EXCITEMENT I had when I was mailing catalogs.
So here’s my solution for meshing the TWO!
I’m doing a giveaway of 10 catalogs mailed with a gift if they fill out this survey. And I’m also testing the waters with a new Holiday Layaway Program. Don’t ask me any details on that…cause I’m just as clueless as YOU;) But I will certainly let you know when I figure it out!!
Watch this quick video to see my survey I created with Google Forms (a free program):
Here’s to happy BOOKINGS!!
Love ya much!
**if you want more information on the digital catalog, you can check out this video:
Melissa Fietsam, Ind. Senior Executive Director at Thirty-One Gifts
#31 #31bag #31bags #thirtyone #thirtyonegifts #marketing #newfallcatalog
Thirty-One Business Cards Vs. Mini Catalogs-TKO
When a new consultant signs up, one of the first things to pop through their head is…”OH! I need BUSINESS CARDS!”
I would like to challenge you to think outside the box from the get go!
Watch this quick video:
A mini catalog really tells our Thirty-One story. It gives them something to KEEP and look through…and SHARE!
Now, I’m not saying you don’t need business cards. But I challenge you to think BIGGER and share your mini catalogs the same way you would a business card. It will serve your business well!
Everybody always asks me…WHAT DO YOU SAY….when you hand out mini catalogs??
“I just don’t know what to say”
Ready for it??? This is monumental…this is going to be a turning point in your career….pay very close attention…..you ready for it????……………..”Do you mind if I leave this with you?”
-she’ll say……. “Sure, what is it?”
-and you’ll say…. “I help people organize their lives. And this is our mini catalog.”
All you need to make your own is…………
-a mini catalog
-address label with your business information on the back
#1 Where do you put the mini catalogs?
IN YOUR PURSE!!
IN YOUR CD VISOR
IN YOUR FRONT SEAT
**every Sunday….make up 25 mini’s….and put half of them in your purse and half of them in your CAR! Your job each week is to hand out 25 mini catalogs a week to complete strangers…
Who do you leave them with??
*** EVERYONE!!!! When you go into the……
-grocery store, give it to the teller
-bank, send it in the tube
-gas station, give it to the clerk
-library, give it to the lady checking you out
-walmart, give it to the cashier
-doctor, leave some for the staff
-dollar store, give to the cashier
-WORK…leave in the BATHROOMS, breakrooms…
-servers….attach your bill to the mini catalog
ANYONE you come into contact with. And when you get really good at this…you not only go into the dollar store you intended to, but you go into the store NEXT DOOR! Why not? You’re already THERE!
AND WHAT DO WE SAY WHEN WE HAND THEM OUT????? “Do you mind if I leave this with you???”
Now one more thing that’s fun to do……
You CAN get some kiddy looking goody bags and a sticker book, mini notepads, and a pack of 64 crayons at your dollar store. Put some stickers, two sheets of paper folded over, 2 crayons, and a mini catalog packet. Hand them to rowdy kids in stores-the moms will love you 🙂
Here’s an old one I had a picture of!
Melissa Fietsam, Ind. Senior Executive Director at Thirty-One Gifts
www.buymybags.com
#31 #31bag #31bags #thirtyone #thirtyonegifts #marketing #businesscards
Thirty-One Hostess Packet-Fall 2016
Your Thirty-One Hostess Packet is one of the most important tools in your business! Therefore, you need to make sure you get this one right;)
Here’s a video explaining my hostess packet and a link below for you to download all files:
Supplies:
- Hostess Rewards Sheet
- 5 order forms
- 3 catalogs
- 5 mini catalogs (with postcard insert)
- monthly special flyer
- recruiting flyer
Here’s the postcard I put in my mini catalogs and the link to purchase your own: https://nightowlcustomdesign.ecwid.com/#!/Shop-With-Me-Postcards/p/59509626
Here is your link to ALL FILES for the hostess packet:
https://1drv.ms/f/s!AkYgT2PVhSEHhGgJlwcEXkMv-epi
Melissa Fietsam, Ind. Senior Executive Director at Thirty-One Gifts
#31 #31bag #31bags #thirtyone #thirtyonegifts #hostesspacket
Share Your Thirty-One Accomplishments!
Just getting back from National Conference and I’m wrapping up the END of a catalog and beginning to work on a NEW catalog.
I’m exhausted, anyone else?
But it’s VERY important to make sure you’re sharing your accomplishments inside your customer group. Things you want to share:
- amenities
- pictures with friends
- your lanyard
- any awards
- anything that inspired YOU
Here is one video I made for my customer group explaining how they helped me earn all those ribbons on my lanyard!
Let them celebrate with you! You’re planting recruiting seeds, you’re including them in your accomplishments, and you’re showing them what a great time you’re having with your business!
Melissa Fietsam, Ind. Senior Executive Director at Thirty-One Gifts
#31 #31bag #31bags #thirtyone #thirtyonegifts #NationalConference #success #directsales #customergroup
Pie Throwing Contest for Thirty-One Consultants
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Okay, here’s something FUN to help you earn your Ready, Set, Sell…a PIE THROWING CONTEST!
The fun part is this: When we hit $600 in orders, I’m going to let one of my customers smash a pie in my face via Facebook LIVE. I will literally drive to their house with a chair and a pie. And I think I have a few customers who will be fighting over this honor. LOL!
Check out this video and then see the details below:
So this is just like a “Turkey Trot” with a social media TWIST.
You get 6 people to collect $100 in orders and you submit one big $600 party and split the hostess rewards between those 6 Hosts.
**Please note: you will want to CHANGE this graphic in some way so we don’t all get thrown in Facebook jail. Add a border, or your name to the bottom, or something to make it different before you upload it to your customer page!
Here’s the breakdown of what they earn if you hit $600 in sales:
1. Any item half off
2. $25 Gift Certificate
3. One hostess exclusive item
4. One hostess exclusive item
5. Back Pack or Take Two Tote
6. $31 Gift Certificate
7. $31 Gift Certificate
8. Any item half off
What we’re actually asking them to do is ALL social media. I created this PDF of our July bundles. And I’m asking my customers to simply sell TWO bundles (that will get them to $100 most likely): JULY BUNDLES PDF
Then I uploaded it to a site called ISSUU so I can send it as a TEXT.
PIE THROWING CONTEST TEXT: https://issuu.com/buymybags/docs/new_july_bundle
Here’s a sample post in your customer group:
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HEY HEY! It’s a Pie Throwing Contest! All you have to do:
~Is share this LINK with a few of your friends
~Sell 2 bundles
~And YOU get to pick one of these Hostess gifts below!!
~If you end up selling FOUR bundles, you get Hostess gifts 1-3!
It’s really that easy! You can text this link, post it on your Facebook page, email the link, or send in a Facebook message. You can also PRINT the bundles (when you click on the link) and show it to your friends at work or out and about!
Here’s your LINK: https://issuu.com/buymybags/docs/new_july_bundle
Who wants to give it a shot?! Post ME below! Can’t hurt to TRY!!
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Here is the “launch video” I posted in my customer page about this pie throwing contest. Just so you can hear my wording for it:
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This really is one of the easiest things you can do. And one of the easiest things your CUSTOMERS can do.
TIPS & TRICKS:
**Let them know the first person to submit orders gets to PICK their hostess benefit. This encourages them to collect and get them in.
**Let everyone know that if they sell 4 bundles, they get all hostess benefits 1-3, don’t ASSUME they know that.
**Want to get fancy? PRINT the bundles and send it to them.
**Day 1-text them the link…Day 2-FB message them the link…Day 3-email it to them…with tips on how to message a few people, text a few people, etc. HELP THEM. Don’t just sit back and hope it turns out great.
**Hey…don’t forget YOU can sell them too. Text your favorite buying customers, customers with kids heading back to school…and SELL SOME YOURSELF!!
** I will start a texting blitz myself. By messaging all past hostesses first. And asking them if they want to give this a shot.
**I will probably post DAY 2 and let everyone know that anyone who turns in $100 in orders will get one of my very first FALL catalogs in the mail.
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Hope this helps someone earn their RSS!!
Melissa FIetsam, Ind. Senior Executive Director at Thirty-One Gifts
#31 #31bag #31bags #thirtyone #thirtyonegifts #increasesales #bookingideas #findathirtyoneconsultant
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