Party Type (Catalogue)

Catalogue parties are often seen as the easy ones, the ones where you dont have to do much as a consultant. Wrong! That is not true, these parties depend on you just as much as the others, sometimes more. You must have everything ready because you wont be there to add bits t it or take stuff out of your bag etc.

So what does it involve? Well that's the simple bit, you give the pack to the hostess who then has the party and collects the orders. But, you must make sure the hostess is VERY well coached, they must invite people individually, mass emails and texts will not cut it. They have to be enthusiastic and create the right atmosphere. They need to know the product and genuinely like the product. They need to be able to take the orders correctly and be aware of special offers such as buy one get one free and what the sisters style is. They will also need to be coached in the process of booking parties. Be at the other end of the phone if they need you.

This is what I put in the packs -

- Samples (get an idea of how many people are expected)
- Nail polish (only 1 or 2 complimentary colours)
- Alcohol pads
- Mini heater (This is optional, a hair dryer will be fine)
- Orange sticks
- Nail files
- Application instructions
- Tips and tricks page
- Website address of an application video
- Catalogues
- Order forms
- Hostess gift

Meeting the hostess for coffee before the party to go through everything will make all the difference, they can ask you questions and you can ensure they know what's going on.

Catalogue parties can be held anywhere, they can be in people homes, at work during lunch breaks, at social clubs or even in the playground!

So there you go! Catalogue parties! Have you ever done one? were you successful?

xx

Party Types (Home)

Yo! Yo! Yo!

So today we are discussing home parties, this is the one I think most people are familiar with. As with the facebook invites, individual is the way forward, make it personal, show your host that if they care their friends will respond.

I dont have event pages for home parties, but some people do, I prefer to keep them for facebook parties. You will need to meet up with your host (why not treat them to a cheeky coffee? by the way, what is a cheeky coffee? is it like a cheeky nandos but without the chicken?!) You can explain how the party is going to work, what their job is and what rewards you can earn for them. A very wise woman (Litia) said to me that they need to take the lead on what they want to get our of it. She is right, that breeds enthusiasm if you get them talking about their own shopping list. Maybe make a wish list with them? Encourage them to get outside orders, maybe offer an incentive to do so, for example, get 3 outside orders and receive a pedi pack from me.

Keep in touch with your host, support them when necessary but dont be a pest, dont nag them and dont just call in because you are 'popping by' (insert rolled eye picture here, cos I hate when people bug me!!)

MAKE SURE YOU ARE PREPARED!! I cannot say this enough,make sure you have everything you need, dont turn up without samples or something! If the party is themed are you all set for that kind of evening? Do your game prizes reflect the theme? Speaking of themes, here is a pic of the flyer I made to help people decide on themes if they wanted them.

Party themes

Its not the best picture but you get the idea! :) I will bring wine for the host and wine as a prize for wine and wraps nights, I bring a mini bridal survival pack for the bride on bridal parties and I usually have party bags for pirates and fairies parties. Going that little extra mile will help everyone to enjoy themselves and warm to you. People have to buy into you as well as the product. I had a lady recently say she felt I 'wasn't quite right' to run a party for her and she preferred 'someone, less, you know?' Less what? Less shaky? Less dribbly?  Less excitable? But I decided that I didn't want to throw a party for someone that had an obvious dislike to my disabilities, all I can say is look out lady, one day I'm going to dribble in your shoe!!

Moving on, have catalogues ready with order forms in them and dont forget to do a full service check out, this is what gets you the party bookings! :)

When laying out your samples, please please be careful, people think that because they are free they can take as many as they want and this just simply isn't true. I have had samples go missing at a party and I dont mean a few! So now I keep all the samples in a little box and have a sample board so people can pick one and I will get it for them, it looks like this,

Sample frame

Pretty cool huh? So, any questions?

xx

Party Types (facebook)

Hello there,

This week I am concentrating on party types, which ones I can offer and what I can do to make the parties more fun. There seems to be 3 main ways to have a party for Jamberry, the facebook party, the catalogue party and the home party. So I split them into sections and thought I would share my findings with you all :) Please feel free to pinch any of my ideas, one of the jamberry values is to be a blessing! Today I will focus on the facebook party side of things.

Facebook Party -

A lot of people  in the UK seem to be nervous of this (you know, that scowly-eye look followed by a hmmm noise that us Brits do!) it seems they they cannot believe such a concept exists, but it does, and its good. Now, the main crux of the party is getting people to attend, this is where your hostess coaching comes in. You must explain to the host that they need to invite people individually, it makes people feel like the host actually wants them their rather than sending a genetic email to 147 people you have on facebook! I find that sending them a script can help, something like this,

 "Hey *** , I'm having a facebook party for Jamberry nail wraps and would really like it if you could be there? It's actually held here on facebook and its only about half hour long so it wont take up much of your time. My independent consultant Jerra has a website for you to look at all the amazing products they sell, jerra.jamberry.com. She is also happy to give a way free samples if you want to try one before the party? I know its a new concept but these parties really are fun, and you dont even have to leave the house! Give me a shout if you want to be on the guest list!"

Or something similar to that, I change it up to suit the host. Now, once you have people invited you can set up an event page and give it a catchy name and put up a striking banner, like this,

Sample Facebook Picture

You want to make it fun, make it appeal to people. Then let the host add their friends to the event, greet people as they join, individually to acknowledge them. Make sure the description is actually descriptive, putting 'Jamberry party' in it doesn't tell people how amazing the product is, or what Jamberry actual is. Remember your market, if its the UK they are soooo new here you really have to explain everything. Even when I do a full description I still get messages asking what it is (these make me smile as it gives me the chance to really go into one about how brilliant they are and how much I adore them!!), gently guide them to the description but still give them a brief overview.

Don't bombard people with posts, I tend to don one a day until the day of the party when I do an hour, 30minute and 15minute countdown before the party begins. Be generous, offer samples to people, ensure they know they are free and you are giving them because you chose to, not because you have to. Be nice, this may sound silly but remember that things can be misinterpreted and sometimes people dont always get the gist of what you actually mean, it would be horrible to offend someone by accident. Be prepared, have a script or at least a time line of what you are going to post and when, do not wing it, people can tell if you are disorganised.

Don't tell them, show them, this is not one I am able to follow yet as I haven't managed to get the confidence to make a video yet but it really is a good idea. When I have perfected using the software and managed to do a take where I dont drop everything or spit on the screen or just pause staring into space for a bit, I will post them in my parties. Showing someone your excitement is much better than telling them you are excited with a million exclamation marks!!!!!!

I prefer not to theme these at the moment but that's because I am still new to it and haven't quite perfected my own yet, so why am I telling you all of this when I haven't perfected it? That's easy, and to be honest you really should have been paying attention when I told you this before!! Its a journey. As I learn I will tell you, I did promise that you could be there every step of the way and I meant it so bare with me while I muck it up till I get it right!

Thank you. Always say thank you. Without your clients you dont have a business! :)

TTFN

xxx

More goals and planning!

Hey guys,

So today I want to talk to you about more goals and planning. Don't groan, stay with me! Planning is a massive part of the journey to being successful. I am truly lucky with Jamberry as they provide us with so many resources to help on the journey (I love that they call it a journey by the way, it's such a nice way to put it). It's quite easy to get overwhelmed with all the information but if you take it in in little bits it can make it easier to remember, or if like me you are not processing information well, write it down on flash cards you will be fine!

Obviously a new plan needs a new planner!! Look at this little beauty!!

Vintage Style Planner

It is so lovely! You can get one too, its from paperchase. I was a little disappointed with the inside, not they lay out but the colours. Its black and gray. Boring. So I got hold of some carpe diem inserts and now its colourful and perfect.

Planning is the key to hosting more parties, it sounds obvious but I do see people turning up to host parties unplanned, it is not a good idea. For a start Jamberry is a respectable company that has worked hard on their reputation and their values, you do not want to let them down. I choose to over prepare because that way I'm (hopefully) never caught out. It also gives you the chance to read the room, not every party wants to have games and some want ALL the games.

I have a party timeline that I am working on at the moment, its a way of keeping on track during the parties, so I dont forget anything. I also use a lot of visuals to help me as I cannot always get my point across (stupid voice!). At some point I will take you through my kit bag so you know what I take with me to parties.

Don't slack on your facebook planning either, just because its online doesn't mean its easy! A good party is planned well! Have it planned in advance so all you have to do is post the pictures, that allows you to concentrate on your guests.

So how do you plan? Any good tips?

xx

May is mine!!

 Hey you,

So its the beginning of May and I am upping my game! May is my month! You see, I think if I start off positively then the month can only be good. It was quite daunting going back to zero this morning but its like wiping the slate clean, that's definitely a positive thing in my mind. If you have a weird or slow month then you are literally only stuck in that month for......well........a month (is that jibberish? I'm not sure!) So you can pick yourself up and dust yourself off and start again!

It's often said in life that goal setting is very important as it helps you keep focus of what you want to achieve, wether that is a long term one, short term one, business or personal, goals can help you stay on track. Some days my goal for that particular time is to leave the house and not get annoyed with people staring at me because I'm wobbly, or sometimes it's not spilling my drink everywhere. The bigger things include going to yoga, which I know should be relaxing and it is but it's also massively challenging for me, you try doing mountain pose with a functional movement disorder and a paralysed right leg.....it's......well actually it's hilarious! But I can't do many poses, some I just do something similar but I'm lucky because I have a wonderful teacher (hi Emma!) who is a geek like me and actually enjoys learning about the body and tells us how things are helping anatomically which for my is much better cos then I have a chance of locating the bit I'm supposed to be working on! 

A great motto!

So what's this got to do with Jamberry? Hold your horses and I shall explain! Goal setting is how you can achieve the things you want to achieve, it's no different in Jamberry. Every month I will be asked what my goals are so Litia and Tiffany and my team can all work together to achieve them. One of my May goals is to find a local event I can attend with Jamie my new friend, she's great, I haven't told you about her yet. She is a Jamberry consultant too, here in the UK and she's working really hard to make her business a success, we speak over messenger and support each other when we need it. I won't go into detail but she did something she was scared of the other day, in business I mean, and I was so proud of her. I love that Jamberry gives us the opportunities to push out of our comfort zones.

Here are my goals for this month-

1) Hit my first fast start (this is an incentive thing we have going on, it's really cool, you can earn marketing products and stuff'!)

2) Book 3 parties

3) Find an event to do with Jamie

Not massive goals but enough to keep me occupied and remain active for the month.

What are you up too? What are your goals this month?

Xx

May 2016 Exclusives

Hey there,

Every month Jamberry do this cool thing where the 3 sisters that started the company (go here to find out about them) release an exclusive wrap that is only available for one month, ONE MONTH PEOPLE!! This can become an emergency situation very quickly, if you want them you must order them before the end of May, and trust me, you will want this!!

Jamberry also offer their lovely hosts an exclusive wrap, that even I cant get my grubby little wobbly hands on unless I hold a party!! They are lovely and go quick too. Have I ever told you about the way this company works with regard to holding parties and stuff? You know, in the 3 or 4 times I've talked at you?! Well let me just tell you this, if you are a sponsor (so you have someone working under your guidance) or above you HAVE to be active (by active they mean make sales and hold parties) or you do not reap any of the benefits of the people below you. Aaaaaand it is your responsibility to look after them and guide them, so really you are doing that and getting paid for it, pretty cool huh?

If you are as lucky as me your sponsor will be amazing, my sponsor Litia has 5 children (Hi guys!!) and still looks after every member of her team, especially me, she gets me, remember the brain issue thing? yeah? She's great about that, helps me find ways to cope with what I struggle to do. I secretly love her, but dont tell her, she might get embarrassed!!

Moving back to the wraps, this is what we have this month, the sisters have done us proud! Their Sisters Style Wrap this month is this one, Floral Fusion!

Floral Fusion

Look at it!!! Can we just take a minute to appreciate this wrap! And, its only with us for a month, and nothing is repeated!! Gahhhhhh! Contact me now people, you must order this stunning wrap!

Also, wanna see something else that's cool? This months host exclusive wrap is this one

May Hostess Exclusive

Do you feel spoilt? Me too!

Ok, so, enough cooing over the prettiness for now, I dont want to bombard you with wraps, just show you the exclusive ones that are available this month.

Come on! Book a party with me!

xx

Application and Removal

Hi Everyone,

So, application and removal. They are absolutely key to your jams (that's what we call the wraps in the business, oh yeah, I'm down with the lingo!) going on well and lasting. If you get this wrong they will not be as smooth or durable.

Now, I dont know about you but I an quite a visual person, so I found that the easiest way for me to learn was to watch the video here (It's on my website). I would recommend watching it all the way thought first then doing it step by step. It may seem boring but once you learn how to do it properly you will be amazed at how well you put them on.

They dont require much in the way of equipment

Application equipment

Here are written instructions for if you need them:

1. Push back cuticles and clean nails with a Nail Prep Wipe (In the UK we have alcohol wipes, it's ok to use them too) or rubbing alcohol (not vodka, also dont drink this stuff!). When applying wraps over lacquer, apply a fresh coat and allow to dry.
2. Match nail (finger or toe) to the nail wrap that best fits. Remember to leave that tiny gap, gaps are your friend (say it 3 times, go on, I'm waiting).
3. Cut nail wrap in half.
4. Peel off nail wrap and warm with a Mini Heater (go get it now, its totally worth it!) or blow-dryer for 3-5 seconds or until soft and flexible. Make sure to heat the adhesive side, you will see it start to warp slightly.
5. When warm, press the wrap onto the nail. Apply firm pressure around edges to adhere the wrap to the nail. Use rubber cuticle pusher to seal the wrap around the base of the cuticle. If in doubt just squash it against your finger, make sure you dont get any pesky bubbles though!
6. To remove excess, trim the top with scissors and file off remaining wrap using a downward motion. Do not do this until the wrap is dry.
7. Apply heat and pressure to the wrap again until it is bonded to the nail. Squash that baby on one more time!

Also, this might be helpful

Wrap times!

You got it? Good! Enjoy them and show them off to everyone, I did! When you are ready to remove them go to the website to look for the removal video or follow these instructions

Break the seal by getting under the edge of the wrap with your opposite thumbnail. Then, soak the nail wrap in nail varnish remover for 20-30 seconds and gently peel the wrap from side to side. Soaking will break down the adhesive bond and allow them to easily slide off the nail bed.

Or, you can rub coconut oil on them and use a flosser to gently remove them, while adding more coconut oil to lubricate it. Remember to do this from side to side, not cuticle to tip. The coconut oil is great for your nails too. Win win! Now go out and get some more!

If you have any questions please dont hesitate to ask me, go and have lots of jam fun.............and then report back to me so I dont miss out!!

Take care!