New workstation training

I hope that all of you were able to join in one of the five conference calls today for the new workstation training. I just got off the last training call of the day and have a little bit of information for you.

The new workstation is going to be awesome! It seems very user friendly and will benefit us in the long run. It will be available to us as of tomorrow, October 1st (my birthday! LOL!) at 8am. They suggested that you save all of your contacts tonight in an Excel spreadsheet just to have a backup. They will be transferred to the new system, but anytime there is data transfer, things could get lost.

I have said this before, but if you haven't downloaded Silverlight, you need to do so ASAP.

Some new changes as of October 1st are as follows:

Scentsy will now pay you with a paycard instead of via check.

The $5 booking fee that we pay, is no longer in effect. As soon as you use all of the hostess 1/2 items, the booking fee will disappear! Also, booking rewards is different. You will see an additional 1/2 price item on every order in replacement of the booking rewards. You can use this however you want. It might get a little confusing, but once you put an order in, you will see how it works.

Please check out the new website and let me know what you think. Call or email me with any questions you have. I can come over and walk you through the new system.

New workstation training

Please take advantage of the training on the new workstation. There are 5 times for you to choose from. Please follow the instructions under the training center tab on your current workstation. You won't want to miss out. Let me know if you have any trouble or questions. The available times are below. Keep up the good work team!

Training on Your New Scentsy Workstation and Personal Web Sites
Please join us for training on Workstation 3.0 and Personal websites. Training will focus on a general overview of the workstation, order entry, Canadian contract, and editing your Personal Web Site. All trainings will follow the same pattern, so please enroll for the one that best fits your schedule. All times are Mountain Time.
Click on a session to register:
Wed, Sep 30, 2009 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM MDT
Wed, Sep 30, 2009 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM MDT
Wed, Sep 30, 2009 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM MDT
Wed, Sep 30, 2009 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM MDT
Wed, Sep 30, 2009 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM MDT

Info from directors call

You all should have received an email from our director Lindsey. If you didn't, please take a moment to read the important information below. Great job team!!

Hello to my Wonderfully Amazing Team!

I hope you are all doing well! This could be a long but very important email (hopefully not to overwhelming) . I just got off the Director call and need to share....

First of all: Welcome to the Busy Season!

There is so much changing with Scentsy this week that Orville says the next few days will be the Most Eventful EVER with the new website & workstation, Canada launch, NCAA warmer launch, etc... These changes are going to make things so much better!
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Jack O Lantern warmers-they are back ordered big time! You can still order them for $27, HOWEVER, your customers will not get them until late November. I personally am not even offering them anymore.
NCAA Warmers-will be available Oct. 1. Currently there are only 3 schools participating (Boise State, University of Utah and Brigham Young) but Scentsy will be adding schools as fast as possible. There are 2 styles for each school. Check out the flyer in the Business Builders tab.

November Monthly Specials, Holiday Plug-ins and Warmers! Yeah! They will be posted on Oct. 1st on the new workstation in the resource section for you to see. There are 4 holiday plug-ins and several warmers (not sure how many several is but I'm super excited) We can purchase flyers (don't know if we can download them?) starting on Oct. 15th. I'm also not sure what exactly we will be getting if we subscribe to the warmer of the month-I'll see if I can find that out.

Tour Stops - I strongly Encourage you to check the News and Events tab of the work station and get to a tour stop if one is coming anywhere near your town!! In November there is one in Dallas and I can't wait! It is undoubtedly worth your time and money!

Paycards- We are currently paid our commission on the 10th of the month and sent a check via snail mail. Beginning with our October commissions, we will be paid using a pay card system. Look for your paycard to arrive in the mail the week of 10/26 along with important information. It will be a Scentsy/Visa card and work like a debit card.

Canada - With the launch of the new software on Oct. 1st, we will be able to sponsor Canadian consultants after signing up with Scentsy Canada. This is very Exciting! I'm not going to go into it here, but if you have ?'s, call me.

NEW SOFTWARE TRANSITION - This is the Big One!- Beginning Oct. 1 we will have a new Consultant Website/Workstation . IT IS GOING TO BE SOOOO AWESOME!! I understand that change is not always easy, but I PROMISE you it is going to be so worth it to us and our customers!! I encourage all of you to get some training on this to make the transition easier. We will be getting an email with training times and the subjects that will be covered during these trainings that will begin on Wednesday, Sept. 30th. There will be webinars covering editing our personal websites & order entry on Wednesday, party manager/party assistant and enrolling new consultants on Thursday, and accounts & resources on Friday. These webinars will be recorded (I'm sure) for our convenience.

Scentsy will be posting a website tomorrow that we all need to check out. It is transition.scentsy. com .

Things we can do to get ready:
1.Get your September orders in ASAP! Please don't wait until the last minute because you may lose your orders. Orville suggested by noon on 9/30. Same thing goes for any events you have set up on your current website. Our current websites will be disabled for ordering around midnight MST. You will still be able to access your 'old' website in a view only mode to check order history, commissions and downline reports.

2. Pay attention and watch for email communication from Scentsy! Don't want you to miss something important! And get some training at least on placing orders. You don't have to know everything the first day.

3. Download the silverlight application now. You all should have gotten an email from Scentsy with this info. If not, let me know and I can forward it to you. FYI, currently you can not download silverlight on your iphone. Scentsy is aware of this and is looking into iphone applications. One good thing about our new software is that it can be changed, adjusted, tweaked and improved upon!

4. Be patient, this is going to be a process. Our workstation will populate immediately but our website (where customers can place online orders and potential recruits can sign up) could take up to 72 hours to go live. This is due to the refreshing of the internet, nothing Scentsy can do about it. Also, all of our info (customer info and everything else) will have to be transitioned over a period of time. They can't switch it all at once.

Booking Rewards and $5 Hostess Fee - Scentsy is doing away with the exhausting process we currently use to redeem booking awards-yeah! !
Basically, every party order($150 or more) we submit on the new workstation will have an available booking award(half price item) to use as we wish. And the $5 hostess reward fee that is currently applied to all party orders will be waived as long as all half price and booking rewards are redeemed. THIS IS FABULOUS!

Scentsy is such a blessing in my life. I am so excited that you all are on this journey with me! There will be some confusion and we will all have lots of questions. Let's enjoy the journey and ride this wave!!

And now the INCREDIBLE monthly numbers! (those of you who have been around a while know that I really like this part )
Through Sunday, September 27th
SALES
2009 $11,050,000
2008 $ 4,013,984 275% growth!

RECRUITS
2009 4701
2008 1742 270% growth!
Oh, and that doesn't include the 251 consultants that signed up TODAY!!
Much appreciation for all that you do!!!
Lyndsee BatesSuperstar Director

Update on new workstation

In order to place orders on the new workstation, you will need to download Silverlight from Microsoft. You can log onto your Scentsy website and download it directly from there. If you have any problems or questions, please let me know as soon as possible so this does not delay placing any orders. Thanks for your patience during this transition.

Update on Jack o Lantern Warmers

In case you didn't receive the email from Scentsy today, the pumpkin warmers are once again sold out! Your customers can still order them for 10% off through the end of September, but orders placed after this morning, will not be received until the end of November. Please let your customers know about this backorder.

Please read this article about air freshners and sprays

Melanie found this article about the dangers of air freshners and sprays. Please take a minute to read it. This is a great marketing tool for our SAFE wickless candles. I suggest you print this out and share with your customers and potential customers. Thanks for sharing Melanie!

http://www.facebook.com/l/907f7;www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/09/20/MNTLS9GTF.DTL

New workstation

You all should have received an email from Scentsy about the new workstation. As of October 1st, you will no longer be able to place orders from your old workstation. All events and existing orders will need to be closed out prior to the end of the month in order to not be lost. They will NOT transfer over to the new workstation. It is best to get all September orders closed, entered, and submitted to Scentsy home office on September 29th to avoid any trouble. If you have any questions or need any help, please feel free to let me know.

Welcome Shannon!

Ladies, our team is continuing to grow. Please welcome Shannon to Scentsy and to Team KC. Shannon, please take a moment to introduce yourself and ask any questions you may have. We are all here to help each other be successful in our Scentsy business. Good luck!

Month is winding down

September is coming to an end. Try to get all of those last minute orders in so you can receive the credit in the month of September. Email everyone you know, post it on your facebook accounts and anywhere else you can think of. It is also a great time to check with existing customers to see if they need additional scents. Keep up the great work team!

Congrats Melanie!

Melanie placed a $500 order today!! Way to go Mellie! Keep up the good work and use those room sprays to your advantage. Please share your room spray stories with the rest of the team. Keep up the great work everyone.

Welcome Sarah!

Ladies, we have a new member of Team KC! Please help me welcome Sarah Saldivar. Our team continues to grow and flourish. Sarah, please take a minute to introduce yourself and tell everyone a little about you. Like I mentioned to you this evening, this blog is set up to give you little tips to help your business succeed. Please feel free to post things that you have tried that work well for you. We are so happy to have you on board.

Feedback

Ladies, let me know how things are going. What has been working for you and what hasn't. I talked to Melanie today and she said she sprayed the Camu Camu room spray in an elevator and by the time she got off, she had three people that wanted to place an order. This is a great idea! Does anyone else have any great tips they can share with us? Remember we are all here to help each other make our business a success.

Let your warmers work for you

It would be a great idea to have a traveling warmer. Contact doctors offices, restaurants, gyms, salons and anywhere else there is high traffic and ask them if you can leave a warmer with them for a week. Leave cards by the warmer so that people can call you to get a warmer of their own. Scentsy Success sells a display stand that holds your business cards and will advertise your Scentsy in any office. I highly recommend getting these if you plan on having a traveling warmer. They are only $3 each.

Share the Scent

If you subscribe to the scent of the month and are wondering what to do with those Scentsy bricks you receive, I have a fabulous idea for you! Buy candy molds at Hobby Lobby or Michaels, burn the wax and then pour them into the candy molds. In a small plastic bag (also found at Hobby Lobby & Michael's), place a business card, a small sample of the scent of the month, and a small piece of paper with the name of the scent and a disclaimer that it is a wax sample, do not eat, in the plastic bag. Hand these out to everyone you encounter on a daily basis. Give them with your tips, to the people at Starbucks, the people at your children's school, grocery store, cleaners, mommy's groups, etc. People love anything free and will be willing to try it out.

Scent of the Month

I strongly suggest you subscribe to the Scent of the Month. For just $35 per month, you will receive approximately 10 days before the first of the month, 6 scentsy bars, one scentsy brick, one room spray, one tester, one basket tester and flyers for the scent of the month. You can also subscribe to the warmer and scent of the month for $60 per month. This allows you to market the new scent over a week before it is available to order.

Ladies, please feel free to post your comments

I have set this blog up for all of us to share and learn. If you have found something that works for you or doesn't work for you, please share with all of us.

One thing that I have started doing is offering gift cards to my customers. This makes it easier for people that want to buy as gifts but not sure of the warmer/scents to purchase for the receiver. I have also been tracking everyone's birthday and anniversary (if applicable) and sending them a $5 gift certificate for Scentsy products. This is completely your choice, but the way I see it is if you give them $5, chances are they will purchase more than $5 worth of merchandise. This also shows them that you care about them enough to remember their special days.

My Scentsy tips for the weekend are as follows:

1) Have your husband promote Scentsy at their work. My husband has a warmer at his desk and has recevied many orders just because the warmer is "manly" and it smells great. Don't forget that even men like this product.

2) Set goals and review them constantly. If you are in the business to pay one or two certain bills, remind yourself of that. If you are in it for spending money, again, remind yourself of your goals and why you are in the business. It will help you to attain your goals faster.

I hope you all have a great weekend. I will be in touch soon.

Feeling refreshed

I decided to take the weekend off from work to spend it with my family. I hope you all had a great holiday weekend. I feel refreshed and am ready to hit it hard this week.

Scentsy will send you an email on the hits you have received on your website. Take this information and use it to your benefit. I normally email or call everyone that has viewed my website. You need to make sure to enter everyone's contact information to include their email address on your website from the beginning so that it is easier on you in the long run. It takes some time to get setup, but I guarantee it will be helpful later. Today I spent my morning emailing and following up with the leads from my site.

How is the challenge going? Have you all been talking to at least 10 people a day about Scentsy? Do you have any questions that I can help you with? Have you found anything that works well for you so far? Please share with all of us so we can all be successful.

Have a great week!

Ways to obtain bookings and new customers

Today I went to Milan Salon because my cousin is a hairdresser there and wanted to smell the new fall/winter scents. I took a basket with brochures, Scentsy bars, business cards, and one warmer. I had it on her station while we were talking. Several people came up to me and asked me what I was selling. I sold $75 worth of products and gave two other people brochures. It is that easy! It is just a matter of showing the product, people will buy it.

I am going to email out a list of 101 ways to obtain bookings for you all to use. I am going to post one or two things on the blog everyday and would like you guys to try them out. Let me know if it is something you would do, and if you do it, let me know how it works out for you. For tomorrow and the coming week, try this...

1. When mailing out your bill payments or anything via mail, put your business card and Scentsy flyer in with the payment. Receptionists are normally the ones opening these payments and will most likely be interested in checking out your website and products.

2. Take a basket (similar to what I did at the salon) with you everywhere. Chances are at least one person will be interested and therefore make it worth your while.

I also have a challenge for you. Starting tomorrow, Saturday, September 5th, until the following Saturday, September 12th, I challenge to you to talk about Scentsy to at least 10 people per day, therefore, 70 people for the week. Let me know how it goes.

Our team is growing

As of today, we now have three members of our team. Please welcome Liz Gonzalez and Melanie Jordan. I look forward to working with you all to make your business as successful as possible. I hope this blog will help all of us to stay in communication with each other. Remember we are all here to help each other grow our businesses. If you have any ideas or suggestions, please feel free to let me know.

I suggest that each of you host a grand opening to introduce your Scentsy business to all of your friends and family. Take cards and brochures with you everywhere. Talk about Scentsy with everyone you encounter. Pass out cards when you pick up your kids from school, pick up drying cleaning, go to doctor appointments, dentist appointments, the grocery store, EVERYWHERE! People naturally love candles and will fall in love with Scentsy. I was at Sam's today and the lady in front of me in the check out line was buying a huge package of Glade plugins. I took the opportunity to give her my card and a brochure. She was very receptive and loved what Scentsy had to offer. We can save people money by sharing our products with others.

If you have any new ways to get the product out and help the team, please share so we can all be successful!