June 30, 2000
ACS Raffle Update:
$420 today - the biggest single day so far! Running total is now
up to $1,170.00 with TWO FULL WEEKS REMAINING!
EVERY contribution is outstanding on its own merit - but one today stood
out from the rest --- Jennifer Peterson from Wisconsin asked her friends
to set an empty jar candle on their desks at work and raised $170.86 in
ONE WEEK! She rounded the contribution up to an even $175.00 - in one
very fat envelope! If she wins the drawing she writes that she will be
raffling off the prize at her August regional to raise $$ for NEXT
YEAR'S Charity of Focus!
I had to switch to a larger container to
hold all the accumulated entries & checks today - my vinyl money bag
was bursting at the seams.
June 26, 2000
ACS Raffle Update:
$130.00
brings the running total to $625.00. (corrected)
One awesome unit leader has some very lucky
consultants in her unit. She sent an
entry for each consultant who has been active last month & this
month!!! What a
cool incentive reward!
Come on folks - these bags are totally cool - when you
see them at the Friday Nite
Fling you will wish you entered more times! You'll also see the
incredible workmanship
that goes into them and can only imagine the time to construct - they
really are
wonderful.
Send an entry for your new sponsor...your fantastic
leader if you are a consultant
who makes endless phone calls to an incredibly patient leader...your
fantastic
consultants if you ARE the leader...someone who has gone above
& beyond in
contributions to the BoB site (not me - I am disqualifying myself from
the drawing -
show your appreciation for someone else here on the site who has
personally helped
you out in a tough time - if you don't know their contact information
just fill out
what you do know - I'll contact them and get the rest of it if they
win!)
New to BoB - The Booster (Jenny B)
Welcome
to The Booster
as our newest link on Business Links - Suppliers!
If you're not already familiar with Jenny B stickers and stuff, check
out the website - it has been completely redone and looks great!
You can meet Jenny B & many of our
other awesome Business Links at the Friday Nite Fling in Vegas! Plan to
be there!
June
23, 2000
BoB/ACS Raffle UPDATE:
As of today, June 24, 35 people have
mailed their donations/entries totaling $495!!!! If you haven't sent
your entry in, Do it TODAY! RAFFLE PAGE
Another Great New
Supplier
Some of you have already checked out Get
Organized Company upon recommendation from Pat at Paron Business
Aids. Bonnie Lee is the owner of this awesome company that sells all
kinds of cool organization containers & packing bags - including
bags on wheel. The best part - they are insulated - which is totally
necessary for transporting candles in the summertime. Candle
Consultants - remove the storage inserts to get the most
packing space for your kit (using bubble wrap or Shirley's bags
to pack with)
June 20, 2000
Book
Show/Desk Show Pics
I heartily recommend taking your
pineapple 3-wick to all your shows! I had a "book show" last
week at my office - so I brought in my kit and set up a display on my
desk. Now obviously - that's not always possible - depending on the
office environment - but in this case it was sure productive! My hostess
just wanted to get to $200 in order to get those darn fish (hostess
special), but after smelling the pineapple 3-wick next to her desk for
about an hour she was figuring out how to get 3 bookings because she HAD
to have it!
See more pics on the Desk Show Page.
June 19, 2000
One more month to conference!!
Are you EXCITED?? I am! But we're still $123,645 away from the
Million Dollar Goal for ACS. Pillarnet suggests if everyone sent in $5
between now & conference we would make that goal. Here's an added
incentive from Best of the Boards and The Bag Lady.
Have you taken a look at the Bag
Lady's Packing Aids? How
would you like to win an ENTIRE SET of these Custom Made Packing Aids??
It's about a $230 value - and you would LOVE to have the entire set.
They are beyond awesome.
Click on the picture to find
out how you could win the entire product line!
Here's
a flyer you can print out to take to your Regional or Unit Workshop so
they can be in on the raffle too!
All entries received will be listed on
the RAFFLE PAGE so you will be able to see if yours has been received. You
do not have to be present at conference to win, but both drawings will take
place at the Friday Nite Fling.
June 15, 2000
Humor Me...
OK - It has nothing to do with candles or sales...although this new
baby sure tried to "help" this morning as I folded and stuffed
envelopes for the contest winners LOL...but I thought I'd introduce you
to the newest member of our family...and I could use some help with a
name :) Evan's leaning toward "Torpedo" and I just keep
calling her "Twirp"" or "Lil Bit". Help! (Click
on the Pic)
June 14, 2000
Congratulations!
To those of you who were lucky enough to catch the first ever
One-Day-Contest yesterday! Thank you for paying attention to detail and
keeping up with What's New! Spread the word - make What's New your first
stop every day!
The following winners were drawn from the
66 entries and have a color laser-printed copy of Charlene's Game Book
on its way to them - along with a package of cards from Sensational
Visual Services and Sticker Samples from Express Yourself & Directly
From The Heart!
Sharlene Rogers, Elsmere, KY
Pamela Burt, Salem, OR
Joan Straughn, Oswego, IL
ALL who entered the contest will
receive a set of the color laser-printed fund raiser sheets!
June 13, 2000
Charlene's Games Book
Based right around Anessa's Themes - this Game Book is an AWESOME
tool! You can download the individual pages, or the entire set as either
Word doc or Adobe pdf (entire set is zipped in both formats). Just as in
Anessa's Themes - I will eventually get web versions done as well but
for now you can view them at least in pdf format and download for your
own use.
"PL Purse"
Jenn Nunley, candlecyberunit list
Instead of the "conventional" hostess packet, take
"PL Purses"! This is a paper gift bag, PL recommending gift or
purchased at Wal Mart w/ Candle stickers. Inside, place your
cattys, hostess brochure, YCHIA, guest lists, order forms, folded
Hostess Envelope (to collect money), and if you "trust" them
enough to hold their show, give them a votive sampler with an assortment
and give them a challenge to keep it! On the outside, attach a postcard that says, "Thank you for having a PL
show with me! Here is your 'Hostess Purse' to carry with you
wherever you go to show everyone our beautiful product line! This
makes it easy to collect orders from friends before the party!"
It may be easier to carry, also if people see it, they'll ask when they
probably would not have asked about the hostess envelope!
A GREAT response idea from Jo
B:
I'm still toying with the idea of the tealights or votive sampler--I
have done it once, party not closed yet so we'll see. What I did was
take a dozen tealights (different scents) and put a sticky with 1-12 on
the bottom of them. I told the hostess when she gets an outside
order, give one of the tealights to the person who ordered and write
that number on the top of their order form. When all 12 are gone
(therefore 12 orders), I will draw one number and that person will get a
special gift. Also, when all 12 are gone, the
hostess will get a FREE box of assorted tealights or the scent of her
choice.
Are you paying attention??
I know everyone makes it a daily habit to never miss the message
board. I don't think the same goes for the What's New Pages though, and
that's where new and news will always be posted first, and
won't ever get lost in pages of posts. It doesn't matter if you check it
three days in a row and there's nothing new - if you miss it on the
fourth you might miss something very important....like
this ONE DAY CONTEST.
If you are on the ball and reading this
today - click on THIS
LINK to send me your name, address, and the answers to the
following questions before midnight Central Standard Time, Tuesday June
13.
ONE IMPORTANT RULE...
anyone posting this contest to the lists or message board TODAY will be
disqualified from today's contest... but you're welcome to post later in
the week (after June 14) and let them know what they missed if they
don't check What's New!
1. What's the fastest & easiest way
to find the Millionaire game on BoB?
2. Who are the three newest business links on BoB, and how can they
boost your business?
3. How many winners of prizes were there in last year's Fling? (Friday
Nite Drawings only)
4. When will this year's BoB Conference get-together be held?
5. What day did the new message board format take effect?
The winners will be announced Wednesday
June 14...I wonder where it will be announced... :)
June 12, 2000
Coffee Theme Party Quiz & Funnies
Rebuilding Contacts
Baby Shower Ideas
June 9, 2000
Correction to Jim Britton's Toll Free Number
The toll-free number to order the cardboard displayers had a typo -
the correct number is (888) 414-4550.
Oops!
June 8, 2000
PERFECT for separating the Home Scentiments® Wickless Samples!
I received the samples from Paron Business Aids today and am happy to tell you that the "Poly Cons MAXI - 1 oz. short" which are sold in quantities of 10/$3.50 are EXACTLY the right size to hold a tealight AND close the hinged lids, keeping the scents totally separated.
The 2 oz. (10/$4.00 - see pic below) size are slightly too short to hold the votive as
is, but I found a way! (I'm telling you - me & kitchen appliances -
a dangerous combination LOL! - no Cranberry
Flambe this time though!)
1. Remove the wick from your votives
2. Place the wickless votive in the 2 oz. Poly Con
3. Place the Poly Con in the microwave
IMPORTANT!!! Only microwave for a couple of minutes at a time or the container itself will develop a hole!
Heat just long enough to make the top of the votive soft enough to push down into the cup (about
2 - 3 minutes - twice)
OR...
Ask your helpful hubby or significant other to pull out
his trusty bandsaw and saw votives in half - they'll fit perfectly in
the PolyCons without melting and you can make TWO sets! (in this
case use the 1 OZ Poly Cons instead of the larger 2 oz. size)
Here's the FUN part...
4. Close the lids on the Poly Cons - leave them sitting in your hot car on a nice sunny day LOL - you'll have an awesome set of samplers with no wicks, with LIDS so the scents don't mix!
GREAT for the Indulgences especially! I just
transferred my Indulgence sampler into the 2 oz Poly Cons and it's great!
The Poly Cons 1/2 oz (12/$2.50) would be great if you wanted to go to the trouble of melting votives or tealights and filling the container with melted wax & no wick. They also have hinged lids, and are about 1/4" tall, so would be very easy to carry around and a sample made up in these would keep its scent FOREVER I would imagine!
www.paronbusinessaids.com
- then click in the Business Builders section to find the poly cons containers, clear zip loc bags, door hangers, and more of the little goodies we've been discussing over the past couple of weeks. When you order be sure to tell them you came from BoB!
June 4, 2000
Another
AWESOME New Supplier!
www.bestofboards.com/jbrittn.htm
You MUST take a look at Jim Britton's 3-Step Foldable Display!
Forget taking a table to your shows - just set this up on the floor,
drape a table cover over it, and arrange your products in multi-level
style!
June 3, 2000
Conference - 3rd Annual BoB Friday Nite Fling updated
Stay tuned for more updates - the plans are underway! Keep your Friday nite
during conference free to meet, greet, and win prizes at the Fling 2000 in Vegas! Some of
the prizes already donated: Bag Lady Packing Aids, Got Ya Covered Table
Covers, SVS Greeting Cards, Directly From the Heart Candle Box, Express
Yourself T-Shirts, Matchbooks, Gift Bags, A&R Marketing
Candlelighters & Buttons, Killer Kollectables T-Shirt, Checkbook
Covers & Buttons, Suzie Snow's Cameo Pins, Ilene Meckley Tapes, Jim
Britton's 3-Step Displayers, Paron Business Aids Goodie Boxes...much much more! Revisit last year's Fling
Pages and get a taste of what's up for this year!
New Supplier
on Business Links!
