What NOT to do...

August 28 at 10:56am
Hey Coaches,

I attended a home "function" this morning for someone who does some sort of skin care opportunity. We teamed up actually. She wanted me to show people a beachbody workout and afterwards she would show her skin care products. Not a bad idea in theory.

It was a disaster, it was entirely avoidable, it was all her. So I wanted to write a note so that we could all have the benefit of learning from this experience. I think we should look at mess ups as well as successes for our own learning purposes. This one is definitely filed under a mess up and I sincerely hope we all have our share of mess ups so we have more to learn from and get BETTER for our future efforts :-) I want you all to know this is not a put down on her. I hope she was paying attention to her home function so she can grow and do it better next time.

First mistake she made is that she did not call anyone. She simply made a facebook event for it and that was it. I asked her to call her contacts once I got there to see if any last minute decision makers could show up. She managed to get one person out of that. So she had one guest total in addition to me. If it werent for my recommendation to call and remind her contacts she would have had zero. If she called to invite in addition to creating a facebook event she would have had more attendees.

Here's the kicker... In the end I'm glad only one person showed up because her kids would not let us do anything. I understand kids will be kids but if you are going to ask people to take time away from family time (or whatever else they could have been doing at that time of there day) to workout and then look at her skin care products and possibly a business opportunity you simply cannot have kids running around creating distractions as well as continuous interruptions. It should be noted her kids were out of control because they were eating sugar loaded High fructose corn syrup loaded apple jax for breakfast when I walked in instead of Shakeology. They were very schizophrenic like. PERFECT way to loose credibility as a business owner and VERY rude to any guests she could have had.

Thankfully during the workout, cardio X, I was able to block them out and get in a great workout. Thank you YOGA X for giving me those powers to block out distractions ;-)

I sampled her some shakeology and recovery formula while I was there. I started to go into the health benefits but her kids were constantly begging her for attention and she would give it to them. So, I cut it VERY short because I've got better things to do with my time. She enjoyed both the recovery drink and the shakeology so if she gets any it will be because she enjoyed the taste.

If she calls or emails me about doing something else again in the future my plan is to FIRST do this with her.... I will get two commitments from her VERBALLY not via email. Those two commitments will be... Is your word good can I believe what you say? And... will our time for an hour or whatever be completely 100% distraction free - no interruptions? If she can't commit to both then we are simply not meeting.

So coaches.... When you schedule a home party or a group workout make sure you Call people in addition to creating a facebook event. Call them the day of to make sure they are still coming. Be distraction free or you'll kill your business growth before it even starts. Have grandma watch the kids at her house if you have to. Check the teamfitrevolution.com site and your beachbody coach online office for TONS of home party ideas. They are a great way to introduce people to the products and to the business if they are done right.

Any questions? Don't hesitate to reach me!
Tom