New Director?

Maybe! This month I am officially in my DIQ-Director in Qualification-status. Basically what that means is that if I meet the director requirements this month, then January 1st I'll officially be a director. I never imagined that this is where my journey would go when I first started with Thirty-One. I have eight amazing ladies on my team. And I keep finding more great women who want to find out all about the wonderful things that Thirty-One has to offer and be a part of my team. I've been so blessed and I love the encouragement I get from my directors, and the encouragement I can give to my consultants. I am confident that I'll make my director qualifications this month and can't wait to start the next leg of my journey!

Finally Fall!

We're nearing my one-year anniversary with 31, and let me say that it has been an amazing journey! When I made the decision to join 31 Gifts I never imagined how much it would bless my life and my family. My team is always growing, and it looks like I will most likely be doing my DIQ(Director in Qualification) next month. I didn't set specific promotion goals when I first joined 31 but seeing how quickly my upline directors made their promotions made me want to aspire to be more than just a consultant. Right now my downline total is 9, I have 8 personally enrolled consultants and one of my consultants has her first recruit!

I love the amazing journey the first year has taken me on and I can't wait to see what happens my second year!

Fall 2011 Catalog

Well, the new fall catalog is officially here!!! :)

I brought home 25 from National Conference and now only after being home only a week I only have one left! But I also have four parties in the works, so yay for me!! I'm hoping to have a busy fall.

National Conferene

Here I come!!!! I can't wait to go to Ohio in two weeks for the 31 National Conference. I know it is going to be a great time meeting tons of other 31 Consultants, Directors, Executive Directors and above. I also get to tour the home office and see how everything works from the customer service department to assembling and personalizing orders. I'm signed up for four or five seminars as well which I'm also excited about. According to the home office, consultants who go to national conference end up getting a 60-70% increase in business and sales due to the things they've learned at conference. So I am really excited to go and of course help my consultants and ladies in waiting jump start their business as well!

I'm leaving Wednesday morning-July 13th-and driving straight there. Well I'm stopping in Ankeny to pick up another consultant and then we're making the estimated 10.5 hr drive in one day. The lady who is riding with me only needs a ride out there, which is perfect because I'm stopping in Urbana, Illinois for the night on the way home to stay with Amanda and Greg. So I am really looking forward to this trip! Oh and of course going to conference means getting free stuff and being able to buy things only available at conference! I can't wait!

Dream Rewards 2011

I am so thankful and appreciative of my amazing hostesses and customers that have helped me earn a $1000 Best Buy Gift Card this year! Now I just need to decide what I want to spend it on!!! =P

May Bookings Needed!

Hey there followers! If any of you have been thinking about hosting a party, May is the month to do it! The hostess benefits are way better than any other month! Here's a quick example, if your party sales are from $350-499, you'll get the benefits of a $500-749 party! So you'll get to step up to the next level of benefits, which is an amazing deal! And the customer special is good too, for every $31 they spend they can get a mini zipper pouch for just $2.31! So take advantage of these amazing deals and book a party now!

April-Almost Booked!

I've now got two parties booked for April, so I'm almost full. If anyone wants to host a party now is a good time to contact me because May and June are going to be harder months for me to schedule since it's planting season. But I am so thrilled that I've had such great luck booking parties! And I still have at least one person at every party who says to me, "I had never even heard of 31 Gifts before I got invited to this party. This stuff is so cute/fun, I want everything!" Hearing people say that literally makes my day! My party sales have been awesome, just closed two more $500 parties today!

On another note, I am so excited for the recruiting ban to be lifted because I have one person who is really interested and said she'll probably sign up. And I have another person who is semi-interested but I'm pretty sure I can convince her to sign up as well. I'm totally shooting to be a director by the end of the year! I can't wait!

March Madness

Well, I survived the five parties in ten days. One was amazing, over $1000 in sales! A couple others weren't quite as successful but still did good. I was thrilled with my overall February sales and am hoping to match them this month! I've got two parties that I'm almost ready to close right now, and then I have a catalog party to close this weekend or early next week. And then next Thursday will be my last party this month, so it'll be nice to have the last part of the month off and not be rushing to enter a party at the last minute. Then April 1st I have a party so I'll be starting off with the parties right away in April!

One thing I want to mention is that my sponsor Mandi finally got her promotion to Director this month! Yay! I'm so happy to be a part of such an amazing company and have such great leaders to look up to!

Five Parties...Ten Days...Yikes!

When I first signed up with 31 Gifts, my initial goal was to meet the 12 parties in 90 days so that I could get all of the Start Swell incentives. I made that goal with a few days to spare. And once I reached that goal, I figured I'd be perfectly content to do one or two parties a month. That hasn't been the case however. I can't complain one bit that starting Tuesday the 15th, I'll have my ten day of pure madness! Five parties, in ten days, plus throw in two nights of bowling, two days of watching a friend's girls, and an overnight stay at Adventureland Inn and you have ten days of insanity!

But despite the fact that I know I'll be feeling just like a chicken with it's head cut off for ten days, I wouldn't want it any other way! Lol! Well, maybe a little less crazy. I just can't get over how incredibly wonderful it has been for me to be able to sell products that I love and have such good luck booking parties! My next goal is to get a few more recruits under my belt. That goal however is indefinitely on hold. Due to the immense amount of growth, 31 Gifts has put a temporary freeze on new consultants. So if anyone is thinking about signing up you'll have to wait a little while. I don't know yet when the freeze will be thawed, but I'll let you know!

Spring Catalog!

I completely forgot! February first was the release of the new catalog! Click here to see it. I unfortunately have to mention that some of the items shown in the catalog have been held back and will actually be released March first. All of the 31Kid items have been put on hold, including the toddler backpacks, the hooded towels, the teddy bear and blanket, the pacifier clips, the bath mit and cloth, the bib and burp cloth set, the personalized boxers and bloomers, and the thermal pack 'n totes. One other item has been held, and that is the umbrellas. So for those of you thinking ahead for spring you'll have to wait just a few more weeks.

But I promise that the release of these items is only being delayed to ensure that 31 can keep all of their customers, and consultants, satisfied with their service. Due to an overwhelming demand, 31 decided to wait and build up a good stock of these items so that customers wouldn't have to wait weeks for their items. So please don't be too upset!

My last update is on the thermal totes. As a consultant I was so thrilled that the larger thermal totes-the picnic tote and the market tote-were going to be PVC lined to make them water-tight. However, the mass production totes aren't meeting the strict product guidelines that 31 is looking for. So those totes are no longer going to have the PVC lining. It just isn't meeting their expectations. I'm sorry to dash everyones hopes on finally getting a good tote that's water-tight. But I'm sure that in the mean time the 31 Gifts team is going to come up with something even better!

I encourage everyone to check out the new catalog and please let me know if you'd like to order or even better...host a party and earn some of the things off of your want list for FREE!

March Specials!

Here's the first preview of the March Specials. And believe it or not I already have parties booked! So Please reserve your date today!

I love that the March specials focus on the totes, because with spring right around the corner everyone needs a good tote! The thermal totes are such a great way to haul all of your goodies to the beach, the park, or even just to work! And the new totally awesome beach tote is the perfect size for packing up your towels, floaties, sunscreen, and everything else you need for going to the beach or the pool. You can buy the tote that's perfect for you, and if you spend over $31 you can get that adorable new purse you've been wanting! So please take advantage of these awesome customer and hostess specials because they never seem to last long!

February Specials

And as an added incentive...if anyone wants to host a party in February, I'm offering for my hosts to get their Cindy Tote for FREE!!! Yup, that's right, I said FREE! If your party sales are over $550, you can get the Cindy Tote for FREE! And even get it personalized for FREE! So contact me ASAP to set up your party because I already have quite a few parties booked.

Adding to my team!

Today was exciting for me because my Aunt Linda who lives in Hiawatha, Kansas signed up to be a 31 Gifts consultant and I couldn't be happier! She is a stay at home mom like me, she works part-time cleaning houses so that she has a flexible schedule to be able to go to her kids' school events. And she's been looking for something fun to do to get out of the house and make a little extra money. So when I signed up for 31 Gifts and started spreading the word she was really interested in the company. She, like me, is excited about the fact that no one in her area sells 31 so she'll be the first!

I can't wait for Linda to start booking parties and see just how easy it is to have a lot of fun working for 31 Gifts!

I just love how easy it has been to book parties and spread interest. And I really am always looking to add more amazing people to my team! So if you know of anyone looking for a fun opportunity to meet new people and make a little money, send them my way!

I love my job!

The thing I love so much about 31 Gifts, is that it is nothing like any other direct sales company! They focus so much on customer satisfaction and helping their consultants exceed their own goals! I want to brag that in the month of December I had the highest sales on my directors team of 70 plus consultants! WoW! I feel so proud, and really am just floored. I never knew that I could enjoy working so much! I'm home all day with my kids. I'm not busting my butt, and in all reality only put about two hours of work into prepping for parties. The parties themselves take about 3-4 hours, but it's worth the 25% commission!

So if anyone is interested or just wants information on becoming a consultant please don't hesitate to ask me!

Did you know...

...31 Gifts is such an amazing company to work for! I have been loving every minute of it. And I've been so lucky to have such great hosts and customers! So, to give some Thanks and spread a little love I'm going to be running a little January special. If you contact me by January 5th and schedule a party to be held and closed no later than February 4th, I will give you an additional $31 in free product!!! So call me and schedule your party today!