New Consultants...Tips for Getting Your Business Off to a Great Start!

We have SO MANY new consultants on our team right now...it's very exciting! Getting your business off to a great start is so important. I have had many consultants tell me, "I wish I had taken advantage of my incentive period" or "I wish I had done more during my incentive period." The home office has so many great incentives in place for your first 12 weeks through the Write Your Own Success Story Program. I don't want any of you to miss out! So, I thought I would post a few tips to help you get your business off to a great (and fast) start.

Host your own first home party & get it on the calendar ASAP!
Seriously...schedule it for next week! :) There are several reasons why this can help your business:

1. You get to introduce your new Usborne business and these amazing books to all your friends & family at one time.
2. You get to practice your first home party on the people who love you most.
3. It gives your friends the chance to book their home parties...they will want the chance to host a party during your incentive period so that they will get DOUBLE FREE BOOKS! :)
4. My favorite reason...You are the consultant, so you make the commission. But, you are also the HOSTESS, so you get the double free hostess books!!! This is a GREAT way to increase the amount of books you have to show at parties & other events!

Here is a great sheet that gives you some tips for planning your Kick-off or Business Launch party: Business Launch Home Show sheet.

Make a booking notebook.
A booking notebook is a resource of ideas, names, referrals, etc. of people to contact to purchase books, have home shows, or join you. Just get a one-subject spiral-bound notebook and brainstorm contacts. Here is a sheet that outlines how to make a booking notebook: Booking Notebook.

Try to schedule at least 6 home parties for your incentive period.
You will never get another chance to offer your friends double free books with JUST $250 in home party sales!!! You could really help your friends & their families get tons of free books! Get on the phone and tell them about this amazing deal asap! :)

Once you start having parties for your friends, you will very quickly get outside of your "circle." The important thing is to start getting events on your calendar! As you meet people at these home parties, it can also lead to other things...preschool book fairs, school library appointments, booths, & new consultants to join your team! You just never know who you are going to meet and what it may lead to!

New consultants...we are all cheering for you! Let us know how we can help!

Weekly Highlights

Whew!!!! What an exciting month this has been! We have SO MANY new consultants on our team! AND, we have another month to offer the BIG kit for the small kit price of $69!!! New consultants...this is GREAT news for you! You can invite your friends to join your team & they can get the same amazing deal you did! :)

Remember...the early bird special rate of $38 for the Atlanta Regional Training ends on August 6. So, get your applications in...you can snail mail them or scan & email them to Patti McClimans. Her address & all the other info is on the application. You DO NOT want to miss this training! Our National Sales Manager, Heather Cobb, will be there...as well as our upline Supervisor, Nancy Ann Wartman! Many of you have won free books from her on the training chats recently! :) We have several consultants who are going from all areas of Alabama, so if you want to go & need a ride just let me know and we can arrange it. There are also consultants going on Friday afternoon and splitting hotel rooms...if you are interested in doing that, let me know & we can arrange that as well. I can assure you that attending this training will be well worth the time & effort of getting to Atlanta. New consultants...what a FANTASTIC way to get your business off to a great start!!!

Here are some highlights from this week...

• Welcome new consultant, Ashley Roberts (Northport, AL)!

• Welcome new consultant, LaSandra Cooper (Cottondale, AL)!

• Welcome new consultant, Lorna Fields (Trussville, AL)!

• Welcome new consultant, Christina Ferguson (Northport, AL)!

• Jennifer Thorne had a new consultant join her team...welcome Amy Smith (Cedar Bluff, AL)!

• Tara Maple (Opelika, AL) had a new consultant join her team...welcome Nancy Bendinger (Auburn, AL)!

More for Less Kit Special Extended!!!

Hopefully, you have all read the weekly update from the home office and know this amazing news...the opportunity to get the BIG kit of 22 books for the small kit price of $69 has been extended until September 6 at 10 am!!! Our team currently has 23 new consultants in their incentive period and this number will probably increase by the end of the week. This is largely due to the fact that they can get their businesses started with a fantastic kit at a very low price! Keep sharing this opportunity with EVERYONE! An amazing opportunity like this may be exactly what they have been looking for! What a great opportunity we have to grow our teams before the busy fall selling season! :)

Weekly Highlights

I am so excited about the growth of our team this month! It has been amazing that so many consultants have been able to start their business with such a GREAT kit for only $69! We have until Friday, July 29 at 10 AM to continue to offer this great deal to people...remember to let EVERYONE know! There are a lot of people who need an extra stream of income right now...Usborne could be just the thing they have been looking for!!!

Here are some highlights from this week...

• Beckie Fields (Weaver, AL) had her first home party AND won free books on the Achievers chat Monday night!

• Jennifer Thorne (Westover, AL) had her first home party!

• LeAnne Haynes (Birmingham, AL) had a new consultant join her team...welcome Mary Mayo (Oneonta, AL)!

• Jaime Boyacheck (Killen, AL) had a new consultant join her team...welcome Angela Grisham (Killen, AL)!

• Jessica Wood (Leighton, AL), Brittany Brewton (Florence, AL), and I had a great morning of training & a recruiting lunch in North Alabama on Friday!
  

Please don't forget that you have until August 6 to get the $38 early bird registration rate for the Atlanta Regional Training. The training is on Saturday, August 20 from 8:45 - 5:00. You can download the application here. We just found out that Heather Cobb, our National Sales Manager, will be at the training! I can't say enough about how wonderful Heather is. She has been with Usborne since January and has already implemented so many great things. Getting the opportunity to hear her will more than be worth the time and expense of going to Atlanta! Our wonderful upline Supervisor, Nancy Ann Wartman, will also be there! Many of you "know" her from the Monday night training chats...this is your chance to meet her in person! :) If you are going, please let me know as soon as possible so that we can arrange car pools and hotel rooms for those going on Friday afternoon.

August Hostess Special!!!

Have you read about the August Hostess Special yet? SO EXCITING!!! Any August home party hostesses that have at least $500 in sales will be entered into a drawing to win a new iPad 2! And, if one of your hostesses is drawn, you win one too! This is really motivating me to have a full home party calendar in August. :) Also, if they have at least $400 in sales, they get an extra $50 in free books!

New consultants...you get to offer double free books with minimum sales of $250 for the duration of your incentive period. So, the extra $50 in free books does not apply to your hostesses (because they are getting the BEST hostess special the company offers). But, your hostesses who have $500 in sales WILL be entered in the iPad drawing! :)

Go here to download the August Hostess Special sheet.

Weekly Highlights

The summer just keeps getting more exciting for our team! We have so many brand new team members that are getting their businesses off to a GREAT start! A great way to keep up the momentum is to attend the ATLANTA REGIONAL TRAINING on Saturday, August 20! This will be a whole day of great training, encouragement, & motivation...just a small taste of what we experienced at convention in June. Several of our team members are planning to attend...it is a decision you will not regret! You can download the application here. Remember, if you send in your application & payment by August 6, you can get the early bird special rate of $38! If you are planning to attend, please let me know asap so that carpools & possible hotel rooms can be arranged.

Ruth sent out her monthly team newsletter today. Six of our team members were listed in her $1,000+ sales list for June...Shannon Windsor (who had over $2000!), Kelly Akers, Brittany Brewton, Tara Maple, LeAnne Haynes, & Jessica Wood!!! We were representing well! :)

Here are some highlights from this week...

• We had a new consultant join our team...welcome Krista Jacobs (Auburn, AL)!

• Kyla Eiland (Clanton, AL) had her kick-off show!

• Lynn Garner (Somerville, AL) booked a day care book fair!

• In one phone call Sarah Walaschek (Huntsville, AL) booked a home party, a Reach for the Stars, and a book fair!!! AND, she won a free book drawing on Ruth & Nancy Ann's Monday night training chat!

• Alison Smith (Claxton, GA) & Sarah Walaschek "met" on the Monday night training chat, "How to Earn Canada", and decided to work toward the trip & became official "Canada Buddies!"
  

• Before her starter kit even arrived, Jennifer Thorne (Westover, AL) booked 3 home parties and a preschool book fair!
  

WOW!!!! All of these consultants are brand new and are still in their incentive periods! Way to hit the ground running, ladies!!!! :)

Penny folders & reams of paper!

Be sure to watch the Staples, Office Depot, & Office Max weekly ads the next 2 months for back to school sales! There will be several opportunities to get folders to use for recruiting folders & hostess folders for only a penny each...you can do this at Office Max this week! You can also get a ream of paper for just a penny after the rebate this week at Office Max. Be sure you have the rewards cards for these stores if you need them to get the great deal. I try to buy enough penny folders during these back to school sales to last me the entire year. Just wanted to make sure you knew about these great deals! :)

Weekly Highlights

It looks like July is going to be a very exciting month for us...our team just keeps growing! Getting the BIG kit for just $69 is such an amazing deal! Keep spreading the word & letting everyone know about it. The same kit jumps up to $149 in August...don't let anyone miss out on the opportunity to get it for $69 NOW!!!

• Jessica Wood (Leighton, AL) had 2 new consultants join her team! Welcome Kasey Johnson (Bremen, AL) and Michelle Swinney (Hamilton, AL)!!!

• Joyce Bearden (Opelika, AL) had a new consultant join her team! Welcome Alison Smith (Claxton, GA)!!!

• We had 2 other consultants join our team as well! Welcome Rebecca Field (Weaver, AL) and Jennifer Thorne (Westover, AL)!!!

What an exciting week! Speaking of things that get us excited...have you seen the Home Office Challenges for July!?! If you reach Home Office Challenge 3 (Sell $2500 net & have 1 July recruit), you get 1,500 Total Travel Points to Canada!!!! WOW!!!! And, if you have 3 recruits in July you get 1,000 more Total Travel Points!!! Anyone can earn this trip...they are giving us points right & left! :) I like to print the Home Office Challenges each month & hang them above my desk so that I see them everyday & remember what I am working towards. They are in the Biz Book each month. To access the Biz Book, look under Links on your consultant site, Downloads, Monthly Magazines & Flyers.

Also, if you have not yet done so, download & print the Canada Trip Flyer. Again, I like to hang the trip flyers above my desk so that I am constantly reminded of the goals I am working towards. On the last page of the trip flyer, there is a little coupon you can clip & send in by July 31 to receive 300 Bonus Points towards the trip! It doesn't get much easier than that! Once again, anyone can earn this trip...you just have to set the goal & work towards it. If this is something you desire to do, I would love to help you!

Weekly Highlights

It has been another exciting week! There is so much momentum right now & so much to be excited about in Usborne! I am so excited about our new trip earning period that started yesterday...ALL of you could earn this trip to Vancouver & Victoria, Canada! If this is a goal that you want to make for yourself, the company has set up a "Canada Partner" program where you can partner with another consultant who is working to earn the trip. You can help each other, encourage each other, & set goals together! If you desire to earn the trip to Canada and do not have a Canada partner, email me & let me know. I can pair you up with another consultant on our team. You just have to email the home office at mycanadapartner@edcpub.com by Wednesday July 6th to let them know who your buddy is. Be sure to include both of your consultant ID numbers.

Here are some exciting highlights from this week...

• Brittany Brewton (Florence, AL) reached Silver in the One-Step-at-a-Time Rewards AND had TWO new consultants join her team! Welcome Sarah Walaschek (Huntsville, AL) & Lucinda Ausley (Florence, AL)…that’s 4 new consultants to join Brittany's team in 3 weeks!!!

• Robin Flournoy (Knoxville, TN) had a new consultant join her team...welcome Traci Richards (Knoxville, TN)!

• Joyce Bearden (Opelika, AL) has an eShow running right now on Southern Savers website...one of my favorite websites that I check weekly!

• Jessica Wood (Leighton, AL) is #31 on the President’s Club Leaderboard!

• Tara Maple (Opelika, AL) had a new consultant join her team...welcome Rebecca Miller (Auburn, AL)!