Visiting Counselor Realty

Joe and Team

This spring I got a letter from Joe Sutherland at Counselor Realty in response the the story the Post Bulletin did on me.  I sent him a note about visiting him this fall during our popcorn sale and he welcomed me in.  I think I may have a job there someday too

Counselor Realty Badge

My dad and I even stayed for lunch.  I really appreciate the support.  Thank you so much Joe and team!!

Selling to the Gamehaven Board

Delivering the Goods

Taking the Order

Explaining the Product

Thank you Gamehaven Council!  Because of my past sales success, Gamehaven Council invited me to come to their Board Meeting to sell popcorn.  I was a little nervous at first, but once I got into my groove I did great – sharing good popcorn information and funny stories to get my audience of 35 adults to consider buying popcorn from me.  I made sure all their questions were answered and had a lot of fun!

Using A Goal Chart

Here’s a sales tip…Have a goal chart and use it!  It helps you to stay focused on your end target.  I love coloring it in when I get done doing my sales for the day and it’s fun to use different colors each day too!

The Customer Letter Works

My 2011 Pre-Sales Customer Letter

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For anyone coming to my website looking for sales tips, here is one for you.  Make sure to get the names and addresses of all your popcorn customers.  Keep a database of this information and use it to send thank you letters after the end of the sale and pre-sales letters for the next year.  Here is what I sent out to my customers this year.  It is a good way to let them know how much their popcorn purchase helps Scouting and how much I appreciate it.  AND AS A BONUS…I have been told time and time again that my past customers don’t purchase from anyone else and wait for me to come and sell to them again.  This is my second year doing a pre-sales letter.  Yes, it costs a little money, but in the end it is worth it with all the added sales I get from it.  Hope this tip helps you!

Being A Denner

At our Den meeting tonight, I got to be the Denner.  It was a big responsibility and I took it very seriously.  A Denner assists the Den Leader with the following tasks:

• Help with Den meeting setup
• Lead the opening ceremony (flag, oath, law)
• Help with the meeting activities
• Help hand out refreshments
• Lead the closing ceremony (flag, oath, law)
• Help with Den meeting cleanup
• Help with other responsibilities as assigned by the meeting leader

So Much Fun at the Packers Game!

We decided to try our hand at a Packers game too.  It was so much fun!  The Packers fans are really nice and bought lots of popcorn from me.  We were not the first people to think of this strategy though – there were A LOT of other Scouts out selling popcorn to Packers tailgaters.  I hope they sold a bunch of popcorn too.  It all goes toward Scouting.  Thanks Green Bay!  I hope to make it back again soon.

Chillin’ Out

Cheesehead!

Want to Buy Some Popcorn?

A Beautiful Day at Lambeau Field

Packers Fans are Fun!

Denver DID Become an Omelet that Day

Helping Tailgaters Make Breakfast

A Cold Start to the Day

Vikings Tailgating

We decided to try something different this year.  We went to Minneapolis to sell popcorn to Minnesota Vikings tailgaters.  It took a while to get in the groove, but it was fun when we found a good group of fans.  They especially loved my business cards!  Here are some cool pictures from our day.

Popcorn Anyone?

Hanging Out

A Satisfied Customer

Packing Up the Wagon

Caught It!

Playing Catch with the Vikings Fans

The Pack Popcorn Pickup

Our Pack rocks!  Pack 498 is going to do so much this year to help Scouting by selling Cub Scout popcorn.  Our family hosted the popcorn pickup event and we had a great turnout.  Good luck everyone!

 

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Sending Out My Pre-Sale Letters

The whole family gets involved with helping to sell Cub Scout popcorn.  Here is me with my brother Aiden getting my pre-sale customer letters ready to go out in the mail.  It’s always a big project (and YES, we are at Wendy’s).

The Popcorn Arrives

A semi-trailer full of popcorn showed up at my house today.  Pack 498 is going to be very busy this fall sale season.  It was fun to mess around and watch it get unloaded.