NEW YEAR!!!

WOW!! I guess I didn't realize how long it has been since I have posted on here. I am so sorry for that. The past few months have been absolutely crazy!!!!!! If you want to get to know me better outside of Mary Kay please check out my personal blog at http://www.awonderfullife08.com I would love to hear from you!!!

Now on to business....I just want to say KUDOS to you Shades of Pink!! You are a true inspiration! Like you said it is a new year in the Mary Kay world.

My goals are:

• Build customer base to 100
• provide excellent customer service
• Be a star Consultant every quarter

For those of you who don't know, I graduate from College in December and I am going to be ready to hit the ground running with my Mary Kay business. Right now with a full-time job, a 4 year old son, planning a wedding and my business.. I don't have a lot of time for skin care classes but I am here to tell you that that is all going to change after I graduate!!

Coastal Colors are Here!!

Coastal Colors are here!!! Welcome Spring and Summer!!!





These are so cool! The company is absolutely amazing.

Let me tell you....they are absolutely gorgeous.

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2009.....NEW YEAR!!

I know I have been out of the loop lately and I am sorry for that but ......it is a brand new year!

I just want to throw a shout out to Shades of Pink...thanks for the January Jolt!!! I think it was needed and appreciated by many.

On a more serious note....What are your New Years Resolutions for your Mary Kay business?

My 2009 Mary Kay goals are:

• Consistant star consultant
• $1000 in sales monthly
• Build customer base to 150
• Top-notch customer service

Remember...."shoot for the moon and if you miss, you will land among the stars"

The Holiday Season!

I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas!!! I know that we sure did.

I am dying to know how everyones Mary Kay sales were over the holiday season. Please share what you did and how you did. We all would like to know.

For me.....I had two open houses and a few personal shopping appointments. I didn't do as many as I had hoped, time just seemed to get away from me. All in all, I had around $1500 to $2000 in sales which I am happy with.

Now it is time for NEW YOU, NEW YEAR makeovers!!!! So get your calendars out and find out when you can hold appointments and get on the phone.

Always Believing.......

Open House

So sorry, I have been out of the loop for a while. Things in the Mary Kay world have been fairly slow and I have not been really push it to hard because life has been kind of crazy.


Well I had my second open house this weekend. It went okay, not as well as I expected but hey, that is how it goes sometimes. Needless to say, I have alot of phone calls to make and some holiday drop bys to do.

Christmas Goodies!

Here are some pictures of some Christmas stocking stuffers and gift ideas that I have to put together so far.

I had a show this past week and they completely bought me out of stocking stuffers so I guess I have to make more.

Be creative and start thinking about people on your Christmas list!

Mineral Powder Foundations!!

Can anyone keep them on their shelves??!!! I seem to sell them as fast as I order them. (Not complaining!)

TIP: For those customers that want more coverage or are use to alot of coverage, try using the tinted moisturizer underneath your mineral powder foundation.

I have had customers tell me that they do not feel like they have enough coverage on with just the mineral powder foundation so by using the tinted moisturizer underneath, it helps to give you more coverage and alittle more color also.

They are a must TRY if you have not tried them!!

Working on a $1000 Week!

In my previous post, I posted my crazy schedule for last week. I wanted to give you a brief update on my progress.

Monday - the facial was okay but didn't sell anything.
Wednesday night - I had a skin care class and sold a litte over $150.
Friday night - I had a "Girls Shopping Nite" and sold a little over $300.
Saturday - I had one of my Christmas Open Houses but turn out was not very good. (My fault) But I did sell $260.
Sunday - I had a purse party at my house and sold another $75 dollars.

SO, so far I have sold around $780. My goal: $1000!!!! I have until Wednesday this week to sell $220.

So what does my week this week look like? Not quite that busy.

Monday - phone calls
Tuesday - X-mas stuff to office
Wednesday - More phone calls
Friday - Drive-by appointment at the Hospital

I have LOTS of phone calls to make!!! SO I better get busy.

Busy Week!

Sorry I have been away for so long. Things have been absolutely crazy!! So I have kind of fallen off the band wagon this past week or so, but this week, I hope to make up for that.

Monday: Facial at 9am
Tuesday: Phone calls for Open House
Wednesday: Skin Care Class at 6:30pm
Thursday: Pack for weekend
Friday: MK Girls Shopping Nite in Columbia at 6:30pm
Saturday: Open House
Sunday: RELAX

WHEW! I am pooped just thinking about it. I have no idea how I am going to pull all of this off. But believe me I will.

Also, don't forget that Wednesday night is the CMA Awards!!!!!! (Mary Kay is the Official Beauty Sponsor.)

My MK Office!

Okay here are pictures as promised from way back when. My office is still a work in progres but there is progress. I should have taken before and after pics but......

Before, my office had no work space what so ever. I did all of my Mary Kay work and scapbooking on the floor.

The above pictures are pics of me and my director, Renee, together at different events. She is such a blast!!

I added bright colors and bright pictures to livin' up the room. When I walk into my Mary Kay office, I want to fill motivated and powerful.

And now I do!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Harvest Fest Update!

Okay, so Saturday was the Harvest Fest 2008 in Downtown Jefferson City, Missouri. They were predicting a crowd over 10,000 people but I don't think that many actually came. Anyway, I had a Mary Kay booth there. This was my first year so I didn't have a clue as to what to expect. I was a little "low class" compared to some of the other vendors but that is okay next year I will know better.

There was two of us working the booth. Each of us left with around 10 or so names, which was okay. I had expected a little better turn out but that is the way things go. I did have one girl that was intereted in hearing more about selling Mary Kay so I am working on scheduling something with her in the next couple of days!!!

I am going to call the rest of the names this week and next. Keep your fingers crossed!!!

DREAM BIG!!!

Leads Update!

This week I made it a goal to call all 11 of the leads that I got at the Fall Festival a couple of Saturdays ago. I have 4 that I have to call again this weekend that didn't answer. I had 2 no's and I had one that already had a consultant but so far I have 3 bookings, another to put on my PCP. I thought that was pretty good! I am very excited about the other 4 that I have to call!

Tomorrow I have a Harvest Fest here in Jefferson City, MO that I am looking forward too. Me and another consultant friend of mine are going to have a booth there. They said that they are expecting around 10,000 people. I AM EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will keep you posted on Monday to let you all know how it went and how many names I got.

Also, I promise to post pictures of my renewed office! I had to do something to get it organized and make it exciting and empowering when I walked in and now it does.

DREAM BIG!!!!!!!!!!!

FALL RETREAT!!!

We had our fall retreat this past weekend and it was AMAZING!! Our National Sales Director, Janet Tade, is phenomenal! We learn so much from her. Also, our area directors are outstanding! Each and everyone of them is so unique.

Hands go out to my roommates. We had a blast!! The poor pizza delivery boy didn't know what to think when he delivered to a room of 4 very giggly girls at 11pm at night. HILARIOUS!!!!

Our guest speak was from Corporate and her name was Nancy. She was Mary Kay's personal body guard. Yep, you heard me right SHE!!! She told some amazing stories of Mary Kay and who she was. Did you know that Mary Kay was robbed and tied up TWICE before she actually agreed to hiring a body guard, and even then she demanded on driving herself places. Nancy said that she would get phone calls from the body guards saying that they lost Mary Kay and she would ask them how they could lose her. When Mary Kay got to a stop light and it was yellow, she would floor and leave them in the dust at a red light. FUNNY!!

I love to hear stories about her and the company. It makes things so real.

So do you have a fall retreat where you live, if so what is it like? Who is your National?

Fall Festival

This weekend was our local Fall Festival. Of course, I had a booth there for my Mary Kay business. Our overall turn out was pretty good. I displayed a spa basket that I made up for a drawing incentative to get new names. There is another lady in town that also sells Mary Kay and we are really good friends so we did the booth together. Between the both of us we walked away with 3 or 4 bookings and 30-40 new names.

All-in-all, it turned out pretty good. Now, I have to get my butt on the phone and call those ladies to get bookings. YIKES!!!

Off to work I go!!

Holdiay Season is fast Approaching

The Holiday Season is fast approaching. What are you plans for this Holiday Season (for your business)? This not only the biggest selling season of the year for JC Penny, Sears, Old Navy, etc... but also for US!!!!!!!!!!

Your opportunities for your business this Holiday Season are limitless!!! What are you goals? $10,000, $5,000, $3,000 profit by Christmas? Car? DIQ? You have to have a goal in order to track it.

My goal is $5,000 profit by Christmas!!!

There are so many ideas out there that it can be overwhelming so just pick 2 or 3 and run with them. What are some of your ideas for Holiday selling?

I am planning on holding an Open House, holding personal shopping appointments, and executive gift giving. I have not actually done the executive gift giving but I am going to give it a worl this year. So if anyone has any ideas or pointers, please feel free to share.

OPEN HOUSES
These can be a very big money maker for you. I have done one every year and they have always been successful.

• Create a postcard and mail it out to everyone you know, customers, family, friends, etc.
• A couple days before, make phone calls to confirm attendence and let everyone know that you can not wait to see them there.
• Keep the snacks and drinks simple
• Play some holiday music
• Make sure you have price ranges. $10, $15, $20, $25 and bigger ones also.

PERSONAL SHOPPING APPTMNTS.

These can also be very big money makers for you. Some people want you to come to them and shop from the comfort of their own homes.

• Call everyone that you invited to your Open House that said they couldn't make it and schedule a personal shopping appointment with them.
• Again, have your price ranges
• Be sure and have a Wish List or something there for them to fill out for themselves and also kind of a checklist to remind them of who all they need to buy for. This could also be handy at your Open House.

The main thing is HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MORE TO COME................................

Accountability Call.....BOOKINGS!!!!!!!!!!

Okay here is your acccountability phone call. How many bookings do you have on your books as of RIGHT NOW??????????????

As we are always told, bookings are the life line of our business. So open up your calendar and look to see how many bookings you have on your calendar. I don't care if it is a facial, SCC, product preview, open house, personal shopping appt., interview......ANYTHING.

As of right now, I have 6 bookings on my books total. They are not all in September. Here is what I have going on, I have a double facial Friday night, 2 open houses schedule because it is becoming that time of year (more on that later), 2 fall festivals where I am going to have booths, and a holiday product preview. And I am nowhere near done yet!!!!!!!! Only one of those bookings are in September so I have some work to do!

One idea that I heard from one of our area directors about a booking incentative is offering a FREE compact to anyone who schedules a facial with her and then she tells them that for every person she has there with her to share her facial with her, she will give her a piece to fill that compact. I thought this was a pretty good idea.

Your booking incentative has to be something that you would get excited about. If you wouldn't get excited about it then why would she. This is your business so you do what you feel comfortable doing.

Does anyone else have any ideas for bookings? Please share.

So how many bookings are on your books RIGHt NOW, how many would you like to get on your books by the end of September? When are you going to make the time to set up those appointments and make those phone calls?

"Dream Team" meeting

Last night we had a "Dream Team" meeting which is just an elite group of women chosen out of about 500 consultants, who are looking to move up in their business. There were six directors there that spoke. It was an amazing night. Now I just need to get to work!!
The things they talked about were:

• Car by Christmas
• Booking
• Selling/Table Close/Individual Close
• Phone calls (This was a big one for me)
• Preprofiling
• Organization

The organizational points were pretty brief but to the point. Always have a spiral notebook with you at all times just for Mary Kay. That way you don't have sticky notes everywhere or wondering who you need to call today, or who left you a voicemail and what products did she need again?!

The other organizational tool that we received was a manilla file folder. Yeah, you heard me right, a manilla file folder. When you are in Car production, DIQ, or just really working your business it can be very difficult to keep track of who you called or who you need to call or what they said or when to follow up so..................here is where your manilla folder comes in. On the front of the manilla fold put your 30 faces and 15 interviews along with somethings that motivate you. On the inside, use a ruler and boxes on both inside pages, ex. 2in X2in boxes. Each box represents a possible team member or hostess. In the box, you have her name, number, any other contact info you may need, date to follow-up, any appointments you may have with her, etc. Then when you recruit her, you put a big "R" over the whole box or if she says "no" put a big "X" over the box and MOVE ON!!!

I promise to talk more on the other points later but now I have to get my butt in gear!

Right now the names that I have to work with are current customers and past team members. I have to find a way to spread my wings and find new people. I want to find people who are interested in the products and want something out of it, not just those that I have to pull their finger just to help me out. PLEASE HELP, ANY IDEAS!!

NEW HOLIDAY PRODUCTS!!!!!!!!!!!

For those of us who did PCP (Preferred Customer Program), TODAY is the day that we can order all of the NEW holiday products!!!!!!!! I am so excited!!!!!!!!!! Don't worry if you did not do PCP, you can order the new products on the 15th.

Tuesday Nights Meeting

Can you say AWESOME!!!!!!

The meeting Tuesday night was above and beyond the top. KUDOS to our wonderful sales director, Renee!!!!! She is such a phenomenal women.

We talked about sales ideas for Fall, Halloween, and even touched on Christmas. I can not believe that Christmas is so close. Christmas is the biggest time of year for selling just not for the stores but for us too.! I absolutely love Christmas time. I will talk more about Christmas ideas another day but every year I do an Open House and Personal Shopping appointments. What does everyone else do? I would love to hear what you do to help boost your Mary Kay business during the Holiday season. More on this subject later......

Renee had all the new stuff that will be coming out on September 15th, which for those of us that do PCP, we can order on September 10th!!!!!!!!!!! YES!!!! She also gave us one of the new LOOK Books. WOW. This holiday season is going to be big! My mind is overflowing with ideas already. So much to do....I need to get back to work.

A Brand New Month!

Okay so I had a big knock down, drag-out talk with myself this weekend. A few weeks back I published a post about the month being almost over before we even know it; well.....I am here to tell you it is a BRAND NEW MONTH!!

I could sit here and tell you that my goals for August were 30 faces and $2000 in sales but....

• I was to scared to get on the phone
• The few that I did call turned me down
• I had to work at the State Fair for a week
• I had strep throat for a week
• I actually only facialed 3 women and only sold $300

BUT... the truth is LIFE HAPPENS. It is what we do with what God hands us that matters. It is human for us to kick ourselves and trust me I did this weekend because I should have been on the phone making calls but I procrastenated.

But yesterday I cleaned my slate and started a Brand New Month. Today I.....

• Set up specific times devoted to making phone calls
• Made a list of all prospects with phone numbers to have with me at all times
• Going to attend my weekly meeting (which I will update on tomorrow)
• Made my 6 most important things list for Mary Kay, J.O.B, and personal

I am a lists person and need help being held accountable so.....all of you out there, you are my accountability partners! (If you want) I will post and let you all know what crossed off my list.

Please feel free to make me your accountability partner and/or power partner!