Jewelry Bar Tips

 

More great tips from the Hoot on how to grow your business through Jewelry Bars in various forms.

Jewelry Bar Express:

Jewelry Bars are a wonderful way to grow and expand your business, and the great news is that you can have a Jewelry Bar just about anywhere!

In addition to an in-home Jewelry Bar, an “Express” Jewelry Bar is one you can do while on the go. It’s quick, simple, lots of fun and provides another way to share our unique jewelry as well as the Origami Owl experience.

Here are a few situations where you may want to consider offering an Express Jewelry Bar:
Someone tells you they are too busy with their kids’ crazy sports schedule: Let her know you can bring an Express Jewelry Bar to a ball field, gymnasium, swim meet or dance studio and share Origami Owl with the other moms during practice.
Someone tells you their house is too small: Let her know an Express Jewelry Bar is perfect for a public location! Encourage her to invite a few friends to a local coffee or sandwich shop. 

You know someone who’d like to show the jewelry to her coworkers, but doesn’t have time for a traditional Jewelry Bar in her home: Let her know she could have an Express Jewelry Bar in her office during lunch or right after work.

So what do you take to an Express Jewelry Bar? It’s simple. The Business Basics Starter Package. Take the items listed below, add 1 hand held mirror, 1 pair of reading glasses and 1 white cloth napkin.

• 1 tray with Charms
• Lockets
• Chains
• Tags
• Plates
• Votives
• Tweezers
• Take Out Menus
• Order forms
• A few pens
• Hostess folders
Simply put the above items in the beautiful Origami Owl blue box that you received when your kit first arrived – our brand attracts attention! To set up, place the Living Lockets™, Chains, Plates, and Tags on a white cloth napkin for a clean look. Set out a mirror, reading glasses, Take Our Menus, order forms, pens and one tray with some Charms and Dangles in it. Give each person a votive, a pair of tweezers, then show them how to start their creation!

Once people experience this, they are often very receptive to hosting their own Jewelry Bar, either in home or express!

Host your Own Jewelry Bar:

Schedule a specific day every month to host your own Jewelry Bar, for example the second Thursday of every month.

When you have a specific day set aside, it’s easy to invite people - those who have yet to attend a Jewelry Bar, as well as new people you meet while out and about.

You may want to consider having this monthly Jewelry Bar in a public place, such as a coffee shop or local bakery. If you live in part of the country where it’s still cold outside, establishments such as ice cream parlors or snow cone shops may be fairly private and appreciate your business! A public venue makes it very comfortable for someone you don’t know well to stop by and experience a Jewelry Bar.

When inviting people you meet while out and about, hand them an invitation with the date, time and location. When inviting people by phone, email an invitation right after you talk. Let everyone know they’ll get to have some fun with jewelry and see what Origami Owl is all about.

During the Jewelry Bar, hand each person a votive, a pair of tweezers and show them how to begin creating their look. Let them know they are welcome to place an order, however, they also have the option to receive their favorites for free by hosting a Jewelry Bar of their own. This is another great opportunity to use the ‘Chain and 3 Dangle’ Pop Up Shop scheduling tool to book three future Jewelry Bars!

Hosting your own monthly Jewelry Bar is a great way to attract new customers, Hostesses and potential new Designers. It’s also a great way to train your new Designers. Once they observe you and see how easy it is, encourage them to hold their own monthly Jewelry Bar as well!

Are you a Good Mentor or a Recruiter?

When you have received a new team member it is very important for you to offer your support and knowledge. You will want to ensure that they know where to go in order to get questions answered and that you will be their first point of contact for guidance and training. Your support and encouragement early on will make all the difference to their success! Our upline has shared some amazing ways to be the best mentor you can be while growing your business and sharing that journey/success with others!

Define the role of an Origami Owl Mentor and You Should:
+ Provide your contact information
+ Ensure they understand that you are their first point of contact
+ Be available to answer questions in a timely manner
+ Understand their reasons and intent for joining the team; support their goals
+ Help them to choose a business launch date
+ Provide them with coaching tips and suggestions for her first 30 days of Jewelry Bar parties (2-3 minimum)
+ Explain and review the ordering and payment process
+ Encourage participation in Training Calls
+ Review the Career Plan and explain how they will make money and the value of Mentoring
+ Continue to coach, guide and mentor via regular (weekly and monthly)

Another amazing designer shared three B's for being a GOOD Mentor:

+Be Active
If you have downlines then you have no excuse not to be active and to run your business. You passed on this business as an opportunity worth signing up for, so you need to be an example of that in action. You need to be booking shows, making phone calls, attending events, and checking in with your downlines at least once a week. Being a Mentor is alot like being a parent. Your downlines, like your children, learn by example and being taught. You need to be constantly training. Bring your new recruits to shows to explain to them how everything is done. They need to see it in person which is why you need to be working your business.  Keep up with news in your back office. You need to keep current on everything going on with your company such as specials, sales, promos, company news, new products, any new changes in policy and procedure, and just EVERYTHING. If you are being looked at as a leader, you need to be a leader.
+Be Professional
I cannot stress this one enough.  No matter what rank you are from just signing up to the tops in the company you need to understand that THIS IS A BUSINESS. You need to conduct yourself as if you are at work because you are! Dress appropriately for events and Jewelry Bars. Ensure that you DO NOT show up late for shows or set up booths after events have already started. As a mentor, you need to set an example of what to be not what NOT to be.

+Be Available
My biggest pet peeve is mentors who are not available to their downlines. You cannot just sign people up to make money and never train them or help them. If you are doing that then you are a recruiter not a mentor.  You get paid as a mentor to take care of your people. You need to take care of issues within your team and between team mates that cannot solve problems themselves. You need to be available if you can to attend your new designers launch party or available by phone. Reach up to your upline if your unable to attend their party to see if she can. Hold meetings and make sure everyone feels connected. That is what you are being paid for. You are ON all the time. If you have a situation where you can't be ON then you are responsible to find someone to field all these things while you are unavailable. If you are on vacation and can be reached then you are ON. If you are on vacation on a cruise and can't be then you reach out to someone and say hey I need you to take care of my team for me while I'm gone. Then you reach out to your team and say I will be unavailable but here is the contact information to contact someone who will help you. You are responsible for these people. If you don't want to be responsible or don't have the time to manage a team then please do not sign people up. You can always refer New Potential Designers to your upline, who will find a placement for them. If you have a team and you can't or won't take care of them than you are creating more work for someone else who is helping them. If you want to be paid for work, you have to put it in.

Communication is a 2-way street. You should expect communication from your upline and you should also expect to communicate with your upline. While your sponsor has some responsibility to get in contact with you to be sure that you are getting the training materials you need, maybe give you a pep talk the day of your first party, talk you home on that night you are driving from a $50 party (yes ladies, even I have $50 parties once in a while!!) You should always expect to be part of that equation too by calling when you have a question, calling to show appreciation, or calling to tell her some awesome news! (We LOVE to hear good news!!!) So, you should always expect communication from your upline but should always expect to give some back also.

What you should NOT expect from Sponsor/Upline:
Party Leads
New Designer Leads
24 Hour Availability
Money Loans
Contests for their team

What your sponsor expects from YOU:

1.) In order to get the most you must communicate often.

2.) Attend Meetings. Whether it’s a conference call or local meetings!

3.) Acknowledge Upline. And I don't mean just on Facebook. I mean in general. Your upline is human just like you are. They like to be appreciated just like you do. They don't like to be constantly expected to just give and give and give and never get a thank you, or an I appreciate all you do/have done for me, or something similar. Does this mean send flowers and candy and treat them like a goddess?? NO, but some people don't even have sponsors that give them any training or help at all. Be sure you are being appreciative of what you HAVE.

4.) Report back with solutions that don't work. This is important because if the solutions to your problems do not work then more help is needed either from her upline or corporate.

5.) Hot buttons. You MUST tell your sponsor what your "hot button" is or how will they know? Sponsors are not mind readers. We cannot just assume what it is that you want. You must tell us. I guarantee you that if you tell your sponsor what it is that you want from your business, she WILL help you get it!

6.) Be friendly to everyone around you. This includes your O2 sisters in the FB group and or from other teams. You catch more flies with honey. You are more apt to get help from people if they think you are a likable person.

This is a pick and choose business. It is not mandatory for you to attend any training, corporate or otherwise. Take what you can get and appreciate that you had the chance to get it and if it works for you then great. You'll make more money and you'll maybe even be a better leader or you'll be inspired to BE a leader.

Just keep in mind that your leaders are human too. We truly care about your success but we also care about our families and other commitments too.

Booking Ideas

Hey, I just wanted to share a great post from another designer who blogs for her team and thought it would be very helpful to share as well. 

 

I receive tons of questions on booking ideas and thought this would be very beneficial, especially for my new team mates.  I am sure a lot of you are in the same boat as my new girls....you just received your kit, you are absolutely in love with the beautiful jewelry, but now what???  You need to start booking Jewelry Bars!!!

 

Here is a list of ideas to help you think outside of the box and start booking those parties!

 

• Have a Facebook/Virtual Party - Connect with your friends all over the country.  Set a date and time for everyone to log in to Facebook.  Offer a door prize to those who attend, an additional incentive to those who ask questions about your business and then let them shop away!  As the hostess, you can either earn the hostess rewards for yourself to earn inventory, or raffle off the rewards as an extra incentive to those who attend and place an order. 

• Party On the Go - Fill up a pouch or bag with a few catalogs, orders forms, hostess exclusive flier, recruiting flier and a few lockets complete with charms, dangles and a chain and let the products sell themselves!  Give to the hostess to take to work, a friend's house, family get together or a girl's night out.  She collects the orders and earns FREE jewelry from all the hostess benefits.  

• Mystery Hostess Party - Guests earn tickets various ways in order to win the hostess rewards.  This can be done on-line or in a home.  Guests can earn tickets by bringing a friend, bringing an outside order, booking a party, or signing up as a Designer.  Get creative!!!  Once all the orders are in, draw a ticket to see who wins the hostess benefits.   

• Heels and Deals Booking Blitz - Pull together your list of FRANKS (Friends, Relatives, Acquaintances, Neighbors, Kids (Mom's of Your Kids's friends), Spouse (Wife's of your Spouses friends).  Put on your sassiest pair of heels, your hottest lip stick and set the timer on your phone for one hour.  Call as many people as you can in that hour asking them to host a party or just to say thank you for supporting your business.  Build that relationship with your customer, a phone call really does go a long way.  Having those sassy heals and lipstick on really does go along way, when you feel sassy and confident, it will shine through to the other end of the line.  Try it and see what happens!!! 

• Booking Blitz Buddies - You know how they say you are more likely to succeed with your diet if you have a buddy?  The same goes for Booking Blitz's!  Try the Heels and Deals booking blitz with a fellow Designer.  Knowing that you have the support of a fellow Origami Owl sister will make the Booking Blitz go a lot quicker and will be a little less scary if you know you have a buddy cheering you on.  Once your power hour is up, call each other to share your success stories!

• Open House/Launch Party/New Product Premier - You do not have to have your launch party only when you first become a Designer.  You can have an Open House/Launch Party/New Product Premier style party to celebrate a new catalog, a new special, or just an excuse to get your family and friends together. 

• School Events - Ask to set up a table at a School sporting event, Open house, PTA meeting, Band Concert, etc.

• Kid's Sporting Event - I am actually using this idea from a fellow Hoot Mama.  She set up a small table display at her child's Soccer game and the Soccer Mom's went wild!!  Make sure to pass out catalogs to all the Mom's for both the home and away teams.  Soccer Mom's love Origami Owl.  Don't forget to purchase in advance a lot of Soccer ball charms!

• Mommy and Me Tea Party/Brunch - Have Mom's and Daughters of all ages gather at your home or even a Tea room/Coffee shop for a morning of fun and pampering.   Serve finger sandwiches, cookies and tea/punch.  You can even team up with anther direct sales company that offers pampering products and have her invite her guests.  You can both share in the leads and the pampering!

• Neighborhood Ambush - Distribute fliers with your information and a coupon for 'One FREE Charm' for scheduling a party with you.  You can choose your neighborhood or every neighborhood in the city!  I love to do this during my Kid's naptime.  I load up the kids in the car with a few hundred fliers and pass them out to all the neighborhoods in my city as the kids sleep soundly in their car seats.  It's a great way to have a very productive nap time!

• Shopapalooza - This is a great idea to do around the holidays.  Team up with friends who sell for other Direct Sales Companies and host a one stop shop!!   Each consultant will invite their friends, family, contacts and previous customers.  In return, you all gain new customers from the huge pool of attendees.  It's a great way to network with other Direct Sales consultants and gain new customers at the same time!

• Have Your Friends Help! - Give your friends a locket to wear if they do not own one already.  Have them wear it to work, the grocery store, Target, their kids's extracurricular activities.  Arm them with catalogs and Business cards too so when people ask them where they bought their beautiful locket, your friends will let them know!

• Booking Games - There are so many different booking games out there to play during your Jewelry Bar®.  I shared with you my favorite booking game, Deal or No Deal, and it has worked many times!!  Team Hoot Mamas can provide real life testimonials on how well it has worked for them too!

Great Places to Leave Catalogs for Potential Bookings

• Hair Salons/Boutiques/Personal Gyms - Ask to set up a small display with catalogs and fliers, if a display will not work, ask to leave your catalogs in a common area of the facility.

• Doctors Offices/Hospital Waiting Rooms- Leave several catalogs Doctor's offices and Hospital Waiting rooms.  Be sure to introduce yourself to the receptionist and let her know of your new business.  See if she will mind if you leave a few catalogs behind.

• Break Room at Place of Employment -  Leave a catalog in the break room/lunchroom at your place of employment.  Are you a Stay At Home Mom?  Then ask your spouse to bring catalogs to work and pass them around and leave them in his break room or lunch room.

• Teacher's Lounge at Your Child's School - Ask your child's teach or principal if they have a lounge that they could leave a few of your catalogs in.  Teacher's love Origami Owl®!!

• Leave a Catalog with your Waitress - If you received amazing service while you were out to dinner or think your waitress would make an amazing Designer on your team, leave her a catalog or your Business Card.  Leave a personalized note just for her on how she would make an amazing addition to your team or party hostess.  She will give you a call just to hear more!  .

Do you have any booking ideas that worked for you?  I would love to hear!  Please leave me a comment and share your success stories!

The Perfect Week and Time for your Business

We all joined Origami Owl because we love the company and the jewelry. The best part about any direct sales business is that you are your own boss and you set your own schedule because it is YOUR business! You control your schedule, it doesn't control you!

Where are you going to find the time and how much work do you want? 

It is easy to find small blocks (10-15 minutes ) of time in your schedule opposed to 1-2 hours. 

In 10-15 minutes you can:

• Call 3-4 Customers or text them.
• Coach your hostess for her upcoming Jewelry Bar.
• Put Address labels on your take out menus.
• Set up a coffee or lunch date to talk to a future Designer.

It is very important to set a goal for yourself each month:

• I will have 4 Jewelry Bars in October
• I will sign up 2 New Designers

Majority of Designers average 10-hour work week. Some Origami Owl Designer's week may look like this:

4 jewelry bars a month resulting in $1200 in PV and get them to meet and interact with 40 new people a month.

He or she schedules Thursday night to be on webinars/conference calls, office time for him/her to work their business, and ‘No Work’ zones for her family and other life obligations and pleasures.

Have more time on your hands?  Consider the following:

The 26-hours Designer holds 10 Origami Owl jewelry bars a month resulting in 3000 in PV.  He or she meets 100 new people a month and averages 4-6 personally mentored in her team.

Earnings are $500/week in commissions and is quickly heading for Senior or Executive Team Leader.  This momentum may lead to commissions of $1000, and with time considered is about  $30-40 an hour in rate of earnings.

Designing the Perfect Week is not seeing how much money you are able to make but having the ability to control your time they way you want it, while reaping the financial rewards that Origami Owl has to offer. 

This calendar (located in the Back Office Under Resources/Jewelry Bar Materials) is very clearly marked with “NO Work" zone and this is very important for the health of your business, your personal life and balance in your and your families life…It is so easy for us to get caught up in our business. Re assure yourself that in  10-15 minutes you can really rock your business.

Some more tips on Designing the Perfect Week is to use colored markers or tabs that you can write on. Fill your Calendar with to-do's, family time, gym, events, church, friend time, origami owl, no work zone and any other things that you do throughout your day. It is important to make time for yourself to focus on your goals, dreams and to relax! 

How to fill your calendar:

• Wear your living locket everywhere
• Mark your calendar with your best days for jewelry bars
• Make customer calls

Simple Script Suggestion:

"Hi, Susie, this is Shellie, your Origami Owl Designer. Have I caught you at a bad time?

Great! I'm giving you a quick call today because as one of my preferred customers/hostesses in the month of October, you are entitled to our Hostess Exclusive in addition to our profitable Hostess Program. 

So Susie, how would you feel about hosting a special evening with your friends in October, developing a closer relationship with them, receiving Hostess Exclusive specials and receiving FREE Origami Owl jewelry? You can add to our own Living Locket or start a Living Locket for someone else for free!"

One of the hardest things for us all to do, including myself is to remember "If it is not on the calendar, or if it is not time for it, don’t do it." 

We all have to learn to manage our time and to not burnout. Try this Perfect Week Calendar to help keep you organized and ensure your calendar is not controlling your life!!

How to Plan your Launch Party

Congrats on becoming an Origami Owl Designer!! I always tell my new designers that it is so important to have a Launch party after you sign up and to not put it off. The best way to get comfortable and familiar with Origami Owl is to put yourself out there and learn as you go! There is no way that you could possible learn it all in a matter of weeks. I always tell my Designers to Host their own Launch Party! Some reasons why this is a great idea:

• Best Perk, you will make yourself the Hostess and earn free product, half off items, earn the Hostess Exclusive to show off at future Jewelry Bars + more to add to your inventory to display!
• Allows you to introduce your new business with family and friends and get their support! After all that is what friends and family are for and they want to see you succeed!
• Once they come and see the product, buy and wear it, you will start to build that customer base because they will help you market your business just by wearing the product. You can also ask them to host a party. It only takes that 1 person outside of your circle to open up a whole new customer base!
• You will gain experience at your first party by learning how to set-up a Jewelry Bar Party in the Back Office, speaking about the product, completing the order forms and placing your first Jewelry Bar order/closing a party. 

Keep the launch party simple and don't focus so much on selling but for you to practice, generate interest, leads and future bookings. Remember the three P's: Preparing, Planning and Presentation.
When you have a designated email address just for your Origami Owl business, it tells everyone you are OPEN FOR BUSINESS!You will be sending out emails about your new business to prospective customers and hostesses.  Send out an email to let everyone know that your now an Origami Owl Independent Designer! Here is a sample email script your welcome to use and feel free to edit it to make it your own,

Hi ____________- I am so excited to announce that I have recently started my own business as an Origami Owl designer. Origami Owl is an amazing company founded by a 14 year old girl just 2 years ago with a dream of saving enough money to purchase her first car. 

The Living Lockets are so adorable and unique that I just couldn't pass up the opportunity to become a designer myself. Every jewelry creation serves as a reminder of who you are, where you have been, where you are going and the dreams you carry in your heart. So, look inside yourself to create fun, fashionable, meaningful jewelry that is as unique as you are.

For those of you that don't know about direct sales, we depend on the support of family and friends, and it grows from there.  I am asking if you would be willing to host an in-home party, catalog party or virtual Facebook party with me.   All of these 3 options are quite simple and you, as the hostess, earn hostess exclusive items, discounted jewelry and free product!

Origami Owl Jewelry Bars are a great opportunity to get together with family, friends and neighbors while checking out gorgeous, meaningful jewelry. Origami Owl Jewelry Bars are always so much fun and very easy to host!  I will be your party planning partner and will help you every step of the way to plan a very successful jewelry bar.

Origami Owl has released the new catalog with so many new products and styles which makes this the perfect opportunity to have a party.  Your friends and family will love all of the new products and be able to purchase a special keepsake that they will cherish for years to come.

Know anybody who would love hosting an Origami Owl Jewelry Bar or would be interested in joining me on my exciting new career?  I love referrals and would greatly appreciate it if you would share my new business with your friends and family.

To learn more about Origami Owl and my new business, please go to my Facebook page www.facebook.com/____________________ and click “like” and “share” or to place an order, please visit my Origami Owl website at www._____________.origamiowl.com.  

Thanks to all of you who have already placed an order or booked a party with me.  Your support has been amazing and I am truly humbled by the positive response I have received.   I am loving every minute of my Origami Owl business!! It has given me the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others, by giving them the chance to express themselves, their story, with jewelry!!  I could not have done it without the help and support of my friends and family.

Please feel free to contact me at ########@gmail.com with any questions."

 

First & Foremost:  

Relax and Have a Good Time!! You want to show people that you love your business. If they see you having fun…..they usually want to join too

PREPARING:

• Set a date for your launch party within the first 7-10 days of receiving your starter kit.

• Share the date with your mentor and see if she can attend your Launch Party for support and guidance. If not, see if she can be available by phone in case you have any last minute questions.

• Share the excitement with your friends and family by inviting them to see what Origami Owl is all about. Use your A.L.I.C.E. Who Do you KNOW?? USE A.L.I.C.E. TO LIST EVERYONE YOU KNOW! Here’s an acronym that can help you create a contact list of everyone you know – friends, family, coworkers, people you do business with and people you meet while out and about. Include a variety of folks from diverse groups so you can branch out and share Origami Owl® with people from different circles of your life. You can also share this acronym with your Hostesses to help them create their guest list for their upcoming Jewelry Bar®. Did you know only 25% of your invites will actually show up so make sure you over invite!!!· Begin calling everyone to encourage them to save the date.

• Consider using different invite methods since not everyone uses the same form of communication. Create a Facebook event, Send out Invites VIA MAIL, Send use the Back Office to send out E-vites and use red stamp to text or email them a digital invitation to share with others. I always recommend to my designers to mail out invites and send out about 10 -12 days in advance. 

Encourage guests to bring a friend or family and offer a little something special for those that do this.

PLANNING

When planning your Origami Owl® Launch party, NEVER have an Open House! You are having a party, better you a JEWELRY BAR!!

Consider doing the Magical 2-3-2 Jewelry Bar Method, this approach allows you to provide a variety of times that people can work with around their busy schedule.

What is the 2-3-2 Formula?

2 Days – 3 Times – 2 Hours Each

Number of Jewelry Bars you are having = 3

Same work but 3 times the chance to party!!

By using this formula you can double or triple the number of possible guest but be clear in your invitation wording that you have several choices in times to attend.  Have a time set that is kid friendly as this is most often the reason people cannot come and have a “girl’s night, no kids” for those that want to have a break as well.

Suggested Wording for Your Invitations:   “Hello!  As you may have heard, I have started an exciting new business venture as an Independent Designer with Origami Owl®!  Origami Owl® is a fun and unique way to tell your personalized story through our customized Living Lockets with charms, plates, dangles, and our Tagged collection.  The product has touched me, and I decided that I wanted to be a part of it.  The company is very new, and the growth and demand has been unprecedented.   I will be launching my business this weekend [dates], with a Jewelry Bar in my home.  It’s a great way to get hands-on, design your own locket, and see what it’s all about.  Please choose one of the following dates, and let me know if you can stop by! 

Date 1:

Date 2:

Date 3:

Feel free to also browse the following links, to learn more about Origami Owl® and my business!

Shop Online:  [replicated website/shop]

LIKE my Facebook page: [insert FB link]

FOLLOW me on Pinterest:  [insert Pinterest link]

Thank you so much for supporting me and my business.  I look forward to seeing you at one of my launch parties!”          

Follow-up 2-3 days before your party with phone calls, text messages, and emails as a reminder and a way to keep the lines of communication open with your guests.  Even post a Facebook update to remind your friends of your exciting event they certainly do not want to miss!

You do not need to have a lot of inventory to have a lovely display, keep it simple and remember that even though we are called Origami Owl, don’t put owls all over your display. The primary focus needs to be the jewelry, so consider 1 white owl for your display. Aqua and white as your primary display colors, with pops of pink, coral, silver, or black. If you’re not ready for a lot of out of pocket expense just have jewelry bust or shadow box, where you can display or hang the necklaces.

• Use the checklist to make sure your prepared with all the right tools for your party:
• Have opportunity packets made (Opportunity Flyer, Catalog, Business Cards, Product Points of Difference, Career Plan and Soar to Success Flyer.)
• Have host packets made up (Hostess Exclusive Flyer, Business Cards, Order forms (3-5), 2 Catalogs, Opportunity Flyer, Hostess Steps to Success, Products Points of Difference and a hostess letter created by you or find one that others have shared on Facebook.)         
• Have business cards made before your party.         
• Have order forms filled out with your name as the consultant, the tax rate and the shipping cost.
• Separate your charms out into the different categories, that way customers know what they are looking at.       
• Have a calculator, money bag or something to put customer’s money/checks in and plenty of pens.     
• Practice how to set up your display
• Practice what to say and how to answer questions
• Get your systems in place as far as checkout
• Practice talking to people about the opportunity.
• Don't go overboard with food... keep it simple!  Everyone will be more focused on your beautiful Lockets and not on the food!  

PRESENTING

Now it's time to set up that beautiful, new starter kit you received!  One question I always receive from new Designers is whether or not the new kit has enough to show off at your first couple of parties.  Absolutely!!  Origami Owl® provides you with a starter business kit so that you will have enough supplies to have a show of your own. You will place orders online for anything customers order at your launch.  Try to place orders within 24 hours. It is okay to use your products as advertisements and take orders; just allow enough time for delivery of the orders for those who purchase for the purpose of gift giving.

{A few tips and tricks to help you with your Jewelry Bar}

Remember the 4 B’s when you close each sale.

1. Better Sales –Encourage them to compliment their orders with additional items and recommend great gift ideas.
2. Bookings - Remember to show the benefits of being a Hostess and ask for future bookings during checkout.
3. Business Opportunity – Share how O2 can help them to start living their dreams.
4. “By the way” – Ask for referrals..”who do you know?”

Take a look at your Calendar for the next two months.  Choose the dates that will fit into your schedule.  Make a list of YOUR closest open party dates.  Let guests choose which day they want to hold their parties from your available dates.  If you give a gift for booking a party –tell them to choose their favorite charm and you will give to them the night of their party. Make sure to add their jewelry bar date to your Calendar right away and provide with a hostess packet before they leave the party.

Set up a little check out area with your Opportunity packets, hostess packets and Business Cards.  You also want to have your calculator, smart phone, a pen and your Calendar/Planner with you as well during the checkout process.  I have one catalog with tabs that are labeled so that it is easier and faster for me to flip to sections when taking orders.

Launch parties are entirely OPTIONAL.  If you want to jump straight into hosted Jewelry Bars, that’s great!  These are just a casual way to generate interest and get booking leads.  If you already have them, you’re ahead of the curve. 

Don't forget to take a deep breath, relax and have fun!  Have a great time showing off your new business to your friends and family.  Your excitement will be contagious, your guests will want to be a part of it too whether it's joining your team or hosting a party.  Good luck!  You’re going to be amazing. 

Jewelry Bar/Online/Business Supply Orders

Which way do you need to order?

Customers Online Orders on YOUR website:

One way is your customer orders through your website. Online Orders will shipped directly to the customer and you can view their contact information by going to the back office, hove over "Orders" and select Order Summary and to the right you will click on "Completed" Orders. Once it ships, it will change to “shipped” and you will see the tracking information in a blue link. When a customer orders online and attaches it to a jewelry bar you will see the hostesses name in Jewelry Bar Code section and these orders will ship immediately and will not be held for shipment until the party closes. 

Wholesale Orders:

When you are ordering for your own stock, or ordering for a client that paid YOU (all checks should be made to YOU!) with cash or check, or you used your own credit card processes, such as Pay Anywhere/Square/Paypal, you can place a wholesale order for them to keep the commission upfront. This is something you can do for individual orders that are not attached to a Jewelry Bar Party. Since you are charging them the Retail Price and your ordering at the discounted whole sale price you will want to pay for this order with your own debit/credit card, but are only paying the wholesale pricing. You will receive your commissions immediately when the customers pay with these forms.  Please note that you will not earn Hostess Rewards for orders under the wholesale tab, only in a qualifying party through the Jewelry Bar Tab. 

**Please see the Training Material Documents located in the 02 Lounge/Document Library/Training Materials for all the update webinars and PDF's for the new system.

Once you log in to your back office, you will find yourself on the home page. Look at the top left side of the
menu bar and hover over the “Orders” tab and select “New Designer Order” from the drop down menu.
Remember, this is just for orders that you want to place for yourself as a Designer!

There are four main steps to placing a Designer wholesale order:
1. Designer info
2. View cart
3. Payment
4. Cart summary

Because the wholesale order you are placing is for yourself, your billing and shipping information will show up in
the fields automatically You will notice that when your adding items to your shopping bag that they are listed as retail price, once checkout and apply payment for your order you will be to view the wholesale cost for your order.

Business Supply Orders

You can also order business materials here too. To order your business materials from your back office hover over “Orders” on the menu bar at the top of the page and select “Business Supply Order” in the drop down menu. Please note, that you cannot combine a business material order and a jewelry order.

Immediately a "Quick Order Pad" will appear for you to enter the item number and the quantity you desire. If you do not know the item number, close the "Quick Order Pad" and click on "Product Search" button, go to "Category" drop down menu and click on "Business Materials". You can then search by the description name or keyword and then click on "Search" to find the item or items you desire. Currently the "Continue Shopping" button does not work for finding business materials. 

Jewelry Bar Party/Online Party and Credit Card Orders:

When you book a Jewelry Bar party you will want to create a new Jewelry Bar along with your Hostess' information by hovering over "Jewelry Bars" in the top menu and clicking on "Open/New Jewelry Bars" from the drop down menu. On this page you will enter the Hostess' name and information as well as the date for her jewelry bar and whether or not it is an Online Catalog Party or an In Home Jewelry Bar. You can change the Hostess address at the time of closing out the party to your Designer address to have all the orders shipped to you for the $4.00 group shipping rate (Currently the designer selection does not offer the group rate). I like orders to be shipped directly to me so that I can look over all the items carefully for quality/defective/missing items. This allows me to submit missing/replacement forms for the customer and the chance to pull from my inventory if I have the item that they need on hand to fulfill their order immediately and replenish my inventory with the replacement once I receive it back from the nest.

Guest can receive "e-vites" now through the back office, you must obtain their first and last name and e-mail address in order to send this out. Have the hostess provide you with out of town contacts and those that can't attend because they can order online by entering in her Jewelry Bar Code and using her shopping link provided in her confirmation e-mail. Online ordering is a great option for guests who can't attend the party, their order can be shipped directly to them and immediately...Best party their order is NOT held until the party closes. 

When a guest wants to order that can’t attend the party, or you are having an Online Catalog Party, they will simply select the shopping link that they received in their e-mail and in the Customer Info screen they will need to enter the Hostess' Jewelry Bar code to ensure she receives credit for their order.

In order to qualify for Hostess Rewards (see the hostess rewards here) http://origamiowl.com/hostess/index.cfm a Party must have a minimum of four orders and a total of $125. One of those orders can be the hostess order; however they must order something in addition to the hostess rewards for her order to count. With a qualified order, each guest will pay a  $4.00 group shipping rate (Shipped to the hostess or yourself) and the hostess will earn free shipping. Items are taxed at the Full Retail Price and includes items the hostess has received for Free and at discount. 

***Please see the New System Training materials in the O2 Lounge and select Document Library on the Left menu bar. Scroll down to Training Materials to locate the "How to Place A Jewelry Bar Order" document. 

Designer is the Hostess!!
Designers can make their self a Hostess and Host their own Jewelry Bar to receive the Hostess Rewards. This is a great option for Launch parties, stock up on inventory, gifts and for a new locket for yourself. 

Customer Credit Card Payments for Orders

If you are completing Jewelry Bar Orders and a customer is paying with a Credit Card, that you did not process through your own reader, which is not needed for party orders because you can write down their credit card information on the order form and enter that information into the back office when closing out the Jewelry Bar, you can apply their credit card information as you enter each Guest's order. If they paid with cash/check, then you need to deposit that money into your business checking account and can enter all payments at the same time as a final step. The Hostess can increase her Hostess Rewards by purchasing items she desires at the full retail price in the "Purchase items at Retail" section.  When you "Continue to Payments" you can add one or multiple payments to the entire Jewelry Bar at this time. As a Designer, you can also use this link to pay for shipping or for free items for Guest. The Subtotal information will include a "Less Commission," If you have retrieved Credit Card information for all Customers you will enter in their Retail Total which will give you an overage that will appear for example ($248.00) like this. If Customers paid via check our cash you will have the option to deposit that money into your account and pay at whole sale cost to keep that commission up front or pay the entire party at retail cost to receive the commission the following week from the nest. This is the option that I recommend because it is easier to track for tax purposes and you know the accurate amount that you should receive on your PayQuicker Commission Check. Otherwise you will need to remember which orders you kept commission for upfront and which ones you paid at full retail cost. 

I recommend using a Card Reader at events for Make & Take to ensure that the payment processes immediately and you are not allowing the customer to walk away with product prior to running their credit card. Read below on how to get your Pay Anywhere card swiper for Free. 

Pay Anywhere: https://extranet.securefreedom.com/OrigamiOwl/Personal/Resources/PayAnywhere_flyer_no_bleedV2.pdf

This does come in handy for individual orders not associated with a party, expos, craft fairs, events and etc.  It is not necessary for Jewelry Bars because you can process the customer credit cards through your back office in the Jewelry Bar section.

Welcome to my Blog!!

I am an Origami Owl Independent Designer + Team Leader in Florida.

What is Origami Owl®?  Origami Owl® is a unique and new direct sales company that all started 2 yrs ago, 14 yr old Bella Weems told her parents she wanted a car for her 16th birthday.

Her parents made a deal with her. If she wanted to create a business and earn the money, they would match her investment.  With $350 in babysitting money and $350 from her parents, she invested in some clear lockets. She called them Living Lockets.  She started by selling customizable jewelry to family and friends that soon became the opportunity of she and her mother selling at a kiosk in the local mall.  They quickly realized that everyone loved her lockets! That’s how Origami Owl® was born. Now, 2 years later, she has her own car, and a successful Direct Sales business.  Today the company has over 40,000 Independent Designers with many more joining daily!

I never would of thought that I would be in direct sales but when my Sister decided to host a party, I immediately Fell in Love with the story behind the company. I have had some tragic things happen in my life, but its those things that made me stronger. The Jewelry is more than a necklace to me but a visual reminder of my story and how my life has changed for the better. I have gained so many new friendships and have been truly inspired by everyone and the story that their locket holds. I am growing my team of designers that want to join in the journey with me and helping them realize their financial and personal goals.