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Many direct sales consultants are reluctant to doing catalog parties. Catalog parties
are sometimes more convenient to our hostesses, therefore you should never discourage
a catalog party! Often hostesses will totally just cancel all together if she feels she is
being pressured into doing something she does not want to. If a hostess wants to try
a catalog party, allow her  to! If the party turns out successful, she is more likely to
agree to an in home show in the future!

Catalog parties CAN be very  successful if the hostess is coached properly! Here are
some ideas for coaching your hostesses through a catalog party.

1- Have your hostess pick out the things she wants for free. Then calculate it up to
figure out how much she needs to sell to get what she wants for free. This gives the
hostess a goal to work towards.

2- Make sure the hostess has a list to add all of her friends and family on. This way
if they all are wrote down, she will not forget to ask anyone!

3- Give your hostess a start date and an end date. This way you will not be faced with
a month long catalog show. If she has a date she must close by, she will work to make
sure she can all orders within her  time frame.

4- Remind your hostesses to ask everyone if they would be interested in hosting their
own party and  she can still qualify for more rewards for getting bookings, either in
home or catalog parties.

5- Call the hostess at least 2 time though out the set time frame to see if she needs
any order forms or more catalogs. Doing this will also give you a chance to "check in"
and see how things are going so far. Ask how she is doing so far and if there is anything
you can do to help her. You may be able to encourage her at this point if things are not
going as well as planned.

6- If the catalog party is local instead of having the hostess deliver the products, you
make all deliveries, this way you have a chance to meet each customer and can introduce
yourself to them. This way you can possibly gain future shows or recruits, by dealing
directly with the customers.