Super Successful lia sophia Fundraiser!

One of the reasons I became a lia sophia advisor was to offer fundraisers, especially to Breast Cancer 3 Day walkers. Being a participant myself I know how difficult it can be to raise $2k+, so I love to help people when I can. Since Im not walking this year I was hoping that I could help another walker by hosting a lia sophia fundraiser for them. And I got that chance this past Thursday :)

Sheri is a friend I met through the Pink Ladies. She has two friends that are walking this year with their daughters. That is $9200 they have to raise! Sheri contacted me and asked if I was interested in doing a lia sophia fundraiser for her friends. Of course I was! Debbie, the host of the party was great. She really knows how to throw a party. We never got a final headcount, but it was close to 50+ people there. In the end I had about 30 orders. I have to admit it was a little overwhelming, but exciting at the same time. It felt good to be in the presence of 3dayers. Ive missed it!

Ive never done a fundraiser or party that big yet, so now I have the experience under my belt. I'd bring a assistant next time, so the orders can get written up faster. And so I have time to talk more to the guests and tell them about the great benefits of lia sophia. I didnt really get a chance to talk to anyone really!

Total in sales: $2280!!!! How awesome is that?! When I do fundraisers I donate my entire commission, which is 30%. Im rounding up so she made $700! Not to shabby for a few hour party. Also, another benefit I do with my fundraisers is anyone that books from the fundraiser show I will donate 10% of that future shows sales as well. She got 2 bookings so she will be getting even more money donated.

Not being able to walk this year I was so glad I could help another walker out :) There was also a Partylite Consultant at the party, so I think with my commission and hers that will put these girls over their minimum to raise. Awesome!

Cant wait to cheer them on in a few weeks on the Breast Cancer 3 Day!

Holiday Savings

As I know how it feels to be strapped for cash this holiday season, I decided to help out. Running my own business means I can run my own specials. So I held a lia sophia open house a few weeks ago. I ran some great December holiday specials, and even offered a chance to win the hostess benefits.

The special I ran was Buy 1 item at regular price, and get up to your next 4 items 50% off. (most expensive pieces always half off of course) If they bought all 5 items, than they got any item out of the catalog valued up to $25 for FREE!

On top of the very great Holiday special I also did a mystery hostess raffle. That is an event where the guests have a chance to win part of the hostess benefits. So I gave out raffle tickets out for certain things done before, during, and after the show. Than at the end of the night did a drawing. There were 4 great prizes...

Grand Prize: 20% of show sales in FREE jewelry!

1st Runner up: 3 pieces at Hostess Bonus Pricing!

2nd Runner Up: 1 piece at Hostess Bonus Pricing, and a FREE retired piece of jewelry

3rd Runner Up: A FREE retired piece of jewelry

Unfortunately there weren't many in attendance at the party, only 4 people in attendance. But those 4 really saved some mega bucks! And all one one of the prizes. Double bonus for them! I left the show open for an additional week for anyone else who might want to save some cash. Who doesn't like getting jewelry for Christmas?! And quite a few people took me up on that offer. :)

The party was such a great time! With a smaller crowd you really got to have more of an intimate time. We all got to get to know each other a little bit better, and had some great conversations flowing! Before we knew it, hours had flown by. I love having a great night out like that :)

So the GRAND TOTAL of savings of all the customers of this show was, $1,405.00!!! How awesome is that? Seriously! The best savings of the night was one guest who saved, $514! That is just awesome.

I know its probably not a lot, but I'm glad I could offer some great sales and help a few people save a little bit more cash during this holiday season. When I delivered the jewelry today everyone was so excited to see the jewelry and, even more geeked when they heard how much they saved. That put a smile on my face :)

Happy Holidays!

Procrastinator at its best

I swear I should get the crown for biggest procrastinator. Seriously. I had 4 days off this weekend, filled with absolutely nothing. I had a to do list that was a mile long that I had good intentions of working on. So with all my free time I should have gotten a majority of the list completed, right? What is that you ask, was it? Nope. lol Procrastination has always been one of my biggest downfalls. I blame it on the internet. :p One of the big items on my list was preparing for my lia sophia open house party. I had all these ideas I wanted to plan for the party but didnt exactly follow through with any them. Oops. (Its all good though because they would of worked better on a large crowd.)

So Ive been going back and forth with this open house I have planned for tomorrow. Ive had very low response on the guest list, but than again people dont RSVP these days, so you never really know. I went back and forth for the last two days on if I should cancel it or not. There was suppose to be bad weather, so I thought yeah maybe I should. Than the weather passed. Than I had 3 yes RSVP's and thought how lame would my party be? So I thought Id cancel it. But than I thought, what the heck. I love sharing this jewelry. So what if only 3 people are at the party..sometimes the smaller the crowd the more fun you have! And I have great specials to offer during this hard economic time. So today at 5pm I decided that the party will go on. After I sort of mentioned that it may be canceled. Indecisive much? lol Im driving Jen crazy with my indecisiveness (the party is at her house). So I ran around tonight picking up appetizers, and wouldnt you know most places didnt have much. Go figure. I picked up a couple deserts, chips/salsa, and beer. Jen has a few snacks and the wine. Sounds like a party to me! And than when I got home I noticed two more people RSVP'd - see things are starting to come together :)

Lesson learned? Thats a funny question I ask everytime I find myself in this position. The common answer? Probably not. I work better under pressure anyways :p

Not as great as a web surfer as I thought!

So I like to consider myself a pretty good web surfer. I have found some pretty hard to find things before, and found tons of cool stuff along the way. But tonight I seem to be at a loss. Ive been searching all night, as well as a little bit earlier today. I have had no luck, and Im getting frustrated!

My search you ask? Im looking for a venue. Preferably a free venue. I want to hold an open house home party show. Im a lia sophia advisor and I would like to host a show right around the beginning of next month. A great time to pick up Christmas gifts at a great discounted price. My house is not a central location so to speak, its to small, and its a little on the ghetto side. :p So I wanted to have it at a venue. It will be open house, and people can come and go as they please.

So I figured maybe a community center would have a room I could rent for a minimal fee. But no cant find that. Than I thought maybe a restaurant would have something and I could buy appetizers for trade of a room, but not finding much luck there either. I do fundraisers all the time...I should know of something! Usually its not this type of setting though....

So I turned to the old trusty resource of the Internet. And it has depressingly let me down. So if you have any suggestions, Im all ears! Im really excited about the specials in December, and have some great ideas for giveaways. I think it will really help out some people this holiday season. Now if I can only find that location....