Monday, August 29, 2005
It's almost Happenings book time
I'm not sure anybody likes fundraising for school or sports or church or whatever. However, it seems this is part of life. If your group is doing Happenings books here are some hints on how to increase your sales:
1) Have a demo book. (Usually this is the one your parents end up buying.) This gives people on "hands on" look at it, which is really important.
2) In your demo book put post-it notes or just pieces of paper in at least $50 (or double the price of the book, whatever that is) worth of coupons that you know almost anybody would use and that are LOCAL. (McDonalds, pizza, local grocery store, whatever.) When selling show people the bookmarked pages and mention that if they use even half of the bookmarked ones they'll make up their money for the book.
3) Have somebody you know bring your demo book to their workplace. You'd be surprised how many people will order, esp. since they'll see the bookmarked pages.
4) If your neighborhood is saturated with other Happenings sellers, find a new neighborhood. Lots of times "grown up" neighborhoods will have lots of buyers and not a lot of people to buy from. (Be careful -- be sure to have a safety plan that your parents agree with.)
5) Be sure to suggest they make nice gifts. Sometimes you'll pick up sales you never thought you would and sometimes people wll buy two or three.
Good luck!
1) Have a demo book. (Usually this is the one your parents end up buying.) This gives people on "hands on" look at it, which is really important.
2) In your demo book put post-it notes or just pieces of paper in at least $50 (or double the price of the book, whatever that is) worth of coupons that you know almost anybody would use and that are LOCAL. (McDonalds, pizza, local grocery store, whatever.) When selling show people the bookmarked pages and mention that if they use even half of the bookmarked ones they'll make up their money for the book.
3) Have somebody you know bring your demo book to their workplace. You'd be surprised how many people will order, esp. since they'll see the bookmarked pages.
4) If your neighborhood is saturated with other Happenings sellers, find a new neighborhood. Lots of times "grown up" neighborhoods will have lots of buyers and not a lot of people to buy from. (Be careful -- be sure to have a safety plan that your parents agree with.)
5) Be sure to suggest they make nice gifts. Sometimes you'll pick up sales you never thought you would and sometimes people wll buy two or three.
Good luck!
