The Price is Right Game

I did this game twice this week and it went over well. It's a fun alternative for your regular party product/host/opportunity presentation.

I wrote mine on 3x5 cards but you can probably print from here - but you'll have to make adjustments depending on what items you have in your inventory to show. Use the catalog for description ideas. Take with you: Monopoly money, a little hourglass or timer, a bell or buzzer, customer contact cards or slips of paper, a small prize (or 2 in case of a tie)

Give each guest $100 to start out. Sit the bell, timer and an addition $300 on the table. At any time, if a guest decides to book they can pick the $300 up off the table. Have each guest complete the customer info cards or put their name on a ticket, and collect. Pass out the commercials to guests and ask for a Vannah White to come up to be your lovely assistant.

Draw the first 2 contestants, they need to come up front to the bell. Introduce the first items up for bid... Gold Canyon's new Seasonal candles! "All 3 of these candles are the perfect choice for your home or a gift. first, our 16oz Orange Pomander, comes in a simple, elegant glass design embellished with foil stamping, 3 wicks and the fragrance of juicy mandarin orange covered in whole cloves..... second, our 13oz Apple Dapple Drops, with a cheery red grossgrain ribbon makes this ready to give! has a real recipe to try under the top label and smells of caramel, apple, ginger and nutmeg... finally, our 15.5oz Spiced Gumdrops candle - with a home crafted charm and the fragrance that will warm your home with the sweet delights of an old-time holiday favorite. Two of these candles are the same price and one is not - which item up for bid is NOT the same price as the other two?" First one to ring the bell gets to answer. In this case, the Orange Pomander and Spiced Gumdrops are both $17.98 and the Apple Dapple Drops is only $15.98, so the correct answer is Apple Dapple Drops. Award the correct answer with $100 and give the loser $100 for playing. Offer a bonus either to the contestants or your studio audience to tell how much the actual retail value is for extra cash.

Now it's time to pause for a commercial break. Have the first reader announce the Host specials for the month. Novembers:

"Tonight's program is brought to you by Gold Canyon ~ bringing you the World's Finest scented products and an opportunity for individuals looking for inspiration to discover and elevate their natural born talents. HOST a party this month and receive $20-40 MORE host rewards!! A $550 party normally gives you $80 and this month you get $100 plus 2 1/2-off items and a FREE 16oz Cinnamon Garland candle. That's $162.97!!! Book yours now!"

Turn the hourglass over and open up to your audience for questions on the host program. Everyone who asks a question gets $50 each.

Draw 2 more contestants. Introduce the 2nd item up for bid. I had the new Patchwork Pottery pod warmer I wanted to show off. So as Vannah was showing it around the room I read, "Gold Canyon's Suddenly Scented line offers unlit expressions of fragrance in Room Sprays, Book Marks, Diffusers, Auto Fresheners, Sachets, Linen Scent and Scent Pods. Our new Patchwork Pottery pod warmer is a pretty way to liven up a room. This quaint, detailed design features checks and stripes in vibrant colors, a lovely addition to your home or office. Convenient on/off switch with timer option of auto-off at 4, 8 or 12 hrs. No fuss, no mess, no flame!" This is the "More or Less Game". The first contestant to tell if this item is MORE or LESS than $31.98 wins. The actual retail price of this item is $29.98 so the correct answer is "LESS". The person who guessed correctly gets $100 and the loser also gets $100. You can offer a bonus by not telling that and letting them guess the actual price - and open up to the audience if you wish.

Pause for another commercial break. This one is the sponsoring information from the monthly promotions. "Now, a word from our sponsor..." (have guest read)

"Gold Canyon proudly offers ways for you to stimulate your income - make money NOW by joining our team! This month there are 3 choices for signing up from $20 to 3 easy payments of $49.99 - or earn it free with $700 in sales PLUS get $25 Gold Dollars and refund your shipping if you earn the kit free!"

Turn the hourglass back over and open up for questions on demonstrating. Hand out $50 for every question.

Have the guests count their money and the two with the most get to advance to round 3 for our Showcase Showdown. You are going to showcase 5 products and they have to total the amount of all 5 products, without tax or shipping, and the contestant to guess the price without going over WINS! You might offer and pen and scratch paper for the really competitive ones. I tried to have items from our different lines for my showcase showdown. Let Vanna help show each item and you give a short description. Here's mine:

"19oz Baking Line in delicious Caramel Ginger Strudel comes in a reusable kitchen canister, burns up to 170hrs... 35oz Homeology Peppermint Eucalyptus Glass Cleaner - plant based, made with real essential oils, worry and streak free... Emerge Out on a Limb Body Lotion 8fl oz of a wonderful lightweight formula with botanical nutrients to restore your skin in a feminine fragrance... 4x6 Heather & Hyacinth pillar candle - a sweet and inviting fragrance in olive green, 39oz, burns 150-180 hrs... 4-pack Apple Orchard Pearadise Votives, 2oz each, petite simplicity, inviting aroma with a soft glow, now offered in 25 fragrances."

Give the girls time to add it all up. Let each contestant announce her bid. The actual retail price is $75.90 so the one closest without going over wins. You might consider letting the audience participate if both contestants go over. Award the winner $100. Also let them know if this was their order, they would save $5.75 this month with the Nov. customer promotion of saving 25% off one item on orders over $75.

Thank the guests for playing and remind them to have their pets spayed and neutered!!! Award a gift to the big winner (the one with most $$$) An alternate way to play is have items for sale such as tealights for $300 each, votives for $400, etc.

Have fun!!

Ideas to Implement

A few ideas to enhance your candle business this week:

$1,000 Silent Party. Phone ten past Hosts, customers or friends/family members and have them each collect $100 in outside orders. Put them all together and you have a $1,000 Party without even leaving your home. You can raffle off all the amazing Host incentives so each of your ten participating Hosts receive free products.

Calling All Customers. Get your phone, your customer phone list and a mug of hot cocoa. Sit by the fire and call all your customers for re-orders. Introduce yourself and say, "A really important part of my business is customer care and I wanted to call and ask if you are running low on any products or need any of our great new fall products for your home or work? I also have wonderful gift giving ideas."

Step out of the box today and see what it can do for your business!

Inspired Spring

If you haven't already ordered your new spring catalog, the time is NOW! I already got mine and I'm so excited! I just LOVE all of the awesome new stuff and can't wait to show my customers. I've already placed a $450 order and anticipate more once I get more of these catalogs dispersed! The cover features a brand new scent in our Comforts of Home line called "Citrus Garden Herbs". It's a pretty soft yellow color and has a crisp, natural blend of rosemary, sage, lemon and thyme. The perfect fragrance for your home this new year!

Out of all the new offerings, some of my FAVORITE new releases (how can I list them, there are so many!!!) are... First, the *Eco-Shopper*. I've seen these great reusable bags at all the markets, and I have a few, but NONE are as cute as ours! This stylish lime-green color with pretty colorful flowers is too pretty and practical to get just one. I know what I'm giving all my girlfriends for their birthdays this year!

Another fave is the *Diffusers Refill*. I am so glad Gold Canyon is doing this. The diffusers are one of our more expensive products, and who would want to throw away something so beautiful when it's gone? Now you don't have to! And offering the 12 *Changing Seasons Appliques* is a cute addition to our amazing diffusers.

Along the lines of of "refills", isn't it WONDERFUL that all of our Homeology products can now be refilled with the new *Waste-less* concentrated cleaners! I love saving money and helping the environment, so these are a perfect match for me. I'm sure our customers are going to feel the same.

The final thing I LOVE about the new catalog is all of the tips and hints throughout that pertain to earth-friendliness, such as creative uses for jars & pods, and directions to clean, decorate and reuse with them. Even the catalog's paperweight has been reduced - I love that Gold Canyon is putting such an effort into "greenliness".

ORDER YOUR NEW CATALOGS and samples today! Log in to Essentials and click Action/Order Entry/Supply Order. Catalogs are item #96801, pkg of 25 for $15. Update your kit by ordering the New Spring Fragrance Sampler Set #96818 for $16. If you know of any demos close by, buddy up and share your supply order to split the shipping cost. For a complete list of available supplies, go to Action/Sales Supplies & Forms/Supply Item List (at the bottom).

I hope you all have an "Inspired Spring" with Gold Canyon!

New Spring Catalog

Many of you have noticed that Gold Canyon released their spring -09 catalog, but I've received several emails asking "where" to find it. You can view it online by going to Action/Marketing Tools/Marketing Materials & Forms/Inspired Spring 2009.

Look how handy this is. I think you can click on this link at view it yourself... (they separated it into four parts so it's not such a huge download.) ENJOY!!
First section
https://essentials.goldcanyoncandle.com/GOLDCANYON/CMS/Portals/0/09Spring.US.FINAL.1sm.pdf
Second section
https://essentials.goldcanyoncandle.com/GOLDCANYON/CMS/Portals/0/09Spring.US.FINAL.2sm.pdf
Third section
https://essentials.goldcanyoncandle.com/GOLDCANYON/CMS/Portals/0/09Spring.US.FINAL.3sm.pdf
Final section
https://essentials.goldcanyoncandle.com/GOLDCANYON/CMS/Portals/0/09Spring.US.FINAL.4sm.pdf