Taking your Team on the Road

As the better weather and sunny days approach you should consider taking your team on the road. New horizons and fresh prospects could be as close as a two hour trip away. Traveling for business does not have to be expensive or far away. Consider traveling to communities 2 - 5 hours away. Here are some hints and tips:

- Go prepared - Choose your community to travel to, your hotel and your over all approach to gain business. You will want to share the costs with your team.  As a Leader you should be keeping a small amount of your Leader earnings in a savings to use on occasions such as this. You may want to put an ad in the local paper a week before your arrival.
- Get the Team organized - Each team member should be responsible for their share of all expenses but also their own paperwork supplies. Give your team plenty of time to be able to afford a trip such as this.Make sure everyone is on board with the details. For example, I suggest that your main goal should be to get new recruits but also business. The idea being that any business you get would then be given to the new recruit to follow up with in the future.(You keep the sales but all bookings that are booked beyond your stay go to the new recruit)
- Packing - If you are flying to your destination then you may choose to pre-ship your kit and business supplies to your destination. You may be able to arrange for the shipping company to deliver your shipment to your hotel so that it is waiting for you when you get there. If you are going by car and space is limited then you may want to consider forgoing the usual kit and just use the Networking Gals "Basket Show". Don't forget to bring your Networking Gals "Business in a Box" and provide yourself with extra supplies too.
- Advertising - It is important to find ways to let people know you are there. Your upline may know of a Manager in the area that may be willing to give you a hand. You will also want to print lots of signs to place in your car window when you are parked, in market places, cafes, etc. Bring tons of business cards too so you can leave them behind at every restaurant, tourist attraction, etc. that you go to. Also consider setting up a tray table (2ft. X 2ft. Table) with a couple of products at local cafes, open markets, hotel lobby, chapters,etc. You may consider talking to other Consultant before you go to see if they have friends or family that may want to have a show but you would most likely have to give the other Consultant some of the sales,etc.
- Advertising 2- Wrap up some tiny little gift with your business cards and go to car washes, real estate offices, community centers, library, grocery stores and mall parking lots. Stand at the door of a mall to hand your items out. (If you sell beauty products then try a small sample of home made bath salts, If you sell cookware then buy a box of tea bags and staple them on, If you sell Tupperware then buy plastic key tags, If you sell Jewellery buy Canada flag mini pins) You will want to make 100 or more of these. Even if you can't find anything then try a wrapped sucker/lollipop and tell people you are a sucker for your company name.
- Simpler ideas - If money is a problem then make sure you get a kitchen unit in your hotel/motel choice and make sandwiches that you pack in a cooler for the day time outings. Cook dinners and breakfasts too. Buy bulk cases of pop and water and keep them in the fridge until you are ready to go. Do your best to pick a central area to work from and park the vehicle and walk to various destinations. If a night out on the town seems like a good idea then make sure you bring your git with business cards to hand out. If your hotel/motel has expensive snacks and a full mini bar I suggest you empty it and put all the items up top of the closet so it is less likely to be eaten/drank.

There is so much to think about when preparing for a road trip but hopefully the above tips will help you. The one thing you want to do is try to make it fun, challenging enough that people step out of their comfort zone a bit and a super training time too! Do not get bogged down with planning a ton of things to do. You want to be organized in your plan of attack but also accommodating enough to the teams varied schedules. Never be discouraged if you were unable to get any business or recruits. The main thing is that you put out the energy and tried and you never know when you may receive a call from one of your business cards. Remember....

                                               Life is too short..............so go out and Party!!

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