Using Social Media to Grow Your Buisness

Found this awesome site today, Social Media Examiner.

Actually this is a wealth of knowledge to grow any business. There are tons of post that will just enlighten you. From Social Media for Dummies to Experts you can really learn tips and tricks. I thought I was personally branching out as much as possible but learned exactly what I was doing wrong and amazing ideas on how to do it better.

Here are just a few topics to joggle your senses....

• 6 Daily Habits For Facebook Marketing Success
• Top 7 Reasons Blogs Fail
• 6 Ways To Convert Social Media Traffic Into Leads
• How To Track Tweets, Facebook Likes and More With Google Analytics
• Top 10 Facebook Apps for Building Custome Pages & Tabs

Take a look and let me know what you learned.

What is Scentsy?

Scentsy is a direct selling company that has its headquarters in Meridian, Idaho and is owned by Orville and Heidi Thompson. Direct selling is doing business person to person instead of inside a retail environment. If curious on how direct selling works please visit  http://www.directselling411.com/ for answers to all of your direct selling questions. We at Scentsy that are direct selling are called consultants which work as independent contractors. Selling wickless candles, ceramic warmers, and other fragrance products.

So what are wickless candles? Wickless candles are highly fragrant waxes that are sold in either a bar or in a brick. The wax is gently warmed in a ceramic warmer that uses a low watt bulb to release the fragrance into the air. Since the wax is warmed and not burned it holds more fragrance oil than your traditional candle. The best part is that since there is no flame there is no smoke, soot, or lead. You have just found a safer alternative to traditional candles.

There are over 80 fragrances to choose from. Each fragrance might be composed of several types of oils. Our oils exceed current US safety standards and follows consumer and environmental safety guidelines.

Gift Basket

I was recently given the opportunity to donate a basket to an Autism Awareness benefit. This seemed like a no brainer to use the Piece by Piece warmer from Scentsy. This is the cause warmer and all net proceeds are donated to the Autism Speaks organization.

I wanted to use the warmer itself as the showcase for my basket. I knew it would be on display and wanted all who browsed the raffle items to see, touch and take in Scentsy. Scentsy is fairly new to my state and not a lot of people are aware of our warmers. I wanted my contact information to be visible as well.

Here is my basket and instructions on how to complete this easy look.

1.      Remove warmer from box. Setting aside all wrappers and product information.

2.      Remove inserts

3.      Put wrappers and product information in the bottom of the box

4.      Cut Styrofoam inserts to form a base like table to support warmer

5.      Cut a hole in top of Styrofoam to feed warmer cord through

6.      Place warmer base and topper (you can use shrink wrap to secure topper to base)

7.      Use decorative crinkle of choice to hide Styrofoam and cushion warmer

8.      Place bar of your choice in warmer dish (I have my bars clearly marked with my information on a sticker)

9.      Wrap with cellophane

10.  Insert catalogue with business card. (Have catalogue facing forward with back covering back of box. You want the box to clearly display the name of the warmer)

11.  Final touch with ribbon / bow

Megan Sommer-Perfect Parties-Booking Bag Demo 2011-Talking the Talk

This is a great video to help you develop your presentation and ensure you are booking parties.

Script is located on left hand side under templates "Talking The Talk"

My Launch Party

It all starts with a goal and the grand opening of your business! Typically your launch party will be held at your home or a nearby friends or relatives home. As for my launch party I choose a nice casual restaurant. My apartment is too small to invite many guests, my friends live an hour away and my family is in another state. To make it easier on everyone I drove up to the location where we had the most friends to have my launch party.

At your launch party you want to take the opportunity to not only share Scentsy but to book other parties and talk about the Scentsy opportunity. I was way too nervous to remember all that and barely made it through the education on what Scentsy is. So here are my suggestions on having a successful launch party.

Create your initial contact list - you'll be surprised just how many people you know. Think outside of the box of just friends and family. Think co-workers, neighbors, acquaintances from your children’s school, activities and even the people you do business with on a daily basis.

Scentsy recommends scheduling your launch party immediately following the arrival of your starter kit. This is because they have outlined easily attainable goals and they do this so you can see how easy it is to have a party that retails at $500.00

Invite your guest in person, email, phone, evite, printed invitations. I even created social networking events to spread the word. Follow up is important and a simple phone call adds a personal touch.

OVER INVITE!

Watch the Sensational start DVD and get familiar with everything in your kit. Including the catalogue and prices especially page 6 where the combine and save packages are.

Create a short presentation and I highly recommend watching “Megan Sommer – perfect parties – booking bag demo 2011 on YouTube. (I will post video/link following this post)

Design a simply display, utilize the Scentsy forum on your workstation. Our Scentsy family has some amazing ideas.

Utilize your scentsy sponsor, I have great tips and resources that I share with my team.

Pre-select dates you are available for the next 30 days so you can book parties and keep your calendar booked.

Have catalogues and business cards a plenty to hand out and share with everyone you meet.

Joining Scentsy

As an Independent Scentsy Consultant, you'll not only be embarking on an exciting new business opportunity, enjoying flexible hours, the ability to earn income, and the satisfaction of connecting people you care about with products you believe in. You'll also be on the cutting edge of a thrilling international expansion. Now is the time to join Scentsy.
For just $99 (USD), plus tax and shipping charges, Scentsy will mail you a Starter Kit that includes everything you need to run your Scentsy business—and it all fits conveniently in one shopping bag.

Your Starter Kit** will include:

Scentsy Party Fragrance Testers

• 2011 Spring / Summer (15)
• Favorites (20)
• Scentsy Man (5)
• Romance (10)
• Spa (10)
• Corner Café (10)
• Tropical (10)

Demonstration Products

• Full-Size Scentsy Warmer (1)
• Scentsy Buddy (1)
• Scent Pak (1)
• Scentsy Bar (1)
• Room Spray (1)
• Fragrance Foam (1)
• Travel Tin (1)
• Scent Circle (1)
• Light Bulbs (4)

Business Supplies

• 2011 Spring / Summer Catalogs (50)
• Discover Scentsy DVD (1)
• New Consultant Start-Up Guide (1)
• Scentsy Planning Calendar (1)
• Planning Calendar Stickers (1 sheet)
• Business Cards (100)
• Invitations (100)
• Order Forms (100)
• Host Guest Lists (5)
• Host Rewards Brochures (5)
• Host Envelopes (5)
• Buy Brochures (5)
• Host Brochures (5)
• Join Brochures (5)
• Consultant Folder(1)
• Welcome Letter

*$99 price does not include tax or shipping
** Contents may vary

Welcome

I became a Scentsy consultant after being gifted a warmer and falling in love with the products. Scentsy is amazing. After trying many products from candles to oils in my own home I was always disappointed with the expense of the oils, wicks and the fear of fires.

With Scentsy instead of lighting a wick, the warmers use a low wattage bulb to warm the wax. No smoke, black soot, harmful chemicals, uneven burning, open flames, lead, or hot wax! I no longer worry about my children, pets or home.

This is my journey with Scentsy. I hope you find this useful. Want products for free? Host a party. Or if you simply have questions please contact me. I am expanding my team so join today and begin your Scentsy journey to!