Trade Night Saturday August 11th

jenlerose replied:

Yay, I see you finally made it on here, Helen.  Welcome to the PP site!  This night should be great everyone!   I'll be there - am bound to run into a few of you for sure!

ExMember148 replied:

Well Jen, if Hel is a friend of yours she must be terribly nice (so put in a good word for us will ya??) hahaha

jenlerose replied:

Aw, shucks, thank you, Julie.  I did put in a good word for you actually.  Trouble is its a kindy family night so kids will be there.

Why don't you pm helen, see if you can work something out - Could be just what the kindy needs to boost their numbers in a few years time...ha ha..

ExMember148 replied:

Oh Jen !! That's horrible (horribly funny!!!)   Hel has been fantastic and I have booked my spot !! 

But btw :

I get this discrimination ALL the time (I am sure other ADULT PARTY PLANNERS know what I mean).  And you know what, it really gets to be quite frustrating.  As a business person in 'THE INDUSTRY' I am fully aware of the legalities of it all, there is more to it than you could imagine.  I also have quite a few years marketing experience, so spent a lot of time on designing the correct image for [ExMember148]. 

jenlerose replied:

Yay!  I'll see you there then!  Good on you, Julie - hard work is always rewarded!

kim025 replied:

I'm interested!  Can you email me the details?  stampink@bigpond.net.au

Ta

Kim

scentedcandlelady replied:

Hi will pm you for more information.... thanks Julie

Zammy replied:

I too have booked my spot!
I'm really looking forward to it, will be nice to have some familiar faces too!

StampinUpMichelle replied:

I have booked my spot as well!  Thanks Jen for letting me know about this event 

It will be nice to meet more of you from this forum - I am looking forward to the night.  

Hel replied:

Thank you everyone for the huge response and support, it is going to be a fantastic night. We are almost booked up - YAY!! I am just looking for a few more companies. Does anyone know someone who does Total Learning and I have lost my Tupperware consultant I had booked in. Please let me know if you know someone who does these that could be interested in the evening.

Thanks again for all your support - I really appreciate it!

SaucyKath replied:

Hel just PMd you about a Tupperware Gal

Janine replied:

Helen,

I can not wait - booked my spot for Story Felt's stall!!!

Cheers

Janine

PS - might have to start saving so I too can shop with all of you ladies!!!

Hel replied:

Well we only have a few spots left for this evening. Thank you again everyone for your wonderful response and support. All those that have enquired and havent yet booked a place for sure, please get back to me ASAP as I only have about 3 spots left!! I am looking forward to meeting you alla t this evening, it will be fantastic!

jenlerose replied:

Hows this going, Hel.........Did you fill your 3 spaces left?    Should be a great night - not long now!

LydiaM replied:

Hi,

Which state is this in and which suburb?

Sorry, am geographically enept lol

Hel replied:

This event is in Bald Hills Qld, north of Brisbane. Apparently there is a Bald Hills in other states too!!

Hel replied:

Hi everyone,

Just bumping this up to remind you all about tihs event. I have had several consultants enquire and I havent heard anymore from them. If you are interested PLEASE!!! let me know. I have another lady at my kindy ready to book in another 12 people but I am holding her off waiting for those who PM'd or emailed me to book in. If you have let me know that you will be participating please get your money to me soon so you can definitely hold your place. I have had a few consultants cancel too so if you are a Tupperware lady or know of one please get in touch with me, childrens clothing or homemade items please contact me. Thanks to all of you who have responded and supported this event - I greatly appreciate it!!

racjez replied:

Hi Hel,

I'm extremely interested in participating.  I emailed you a few weeks ago about it but maybe I did something wrong. If you could please email the contact person and details that would be great. My email is racjez@dodo.com.au.

Hel replied:

Hi Racjez,

I am really sorry but I didnt get your email. I will email you now. Thanks for letting me know that you had contacted me.

mangoscrapping replied:

Hi

looking forward to seeing you all there

Cathie

Lilygirl_wytch replied:

 hi,  I have emailed you with regards to a stall for Living Silk, would love to donate something also for you guys to raffle.  Let me know if this is ok.

Lilygirl

Hel replied:

Hi Lisa, I have just replied to your email and sent you through all the details. A donation for our raffle would be greatly appreciated - thank you!

mangoscrapping replied:

Hi ladies

count me in I just posted my cheque off this morning.

Cathie

tupperwithcath@optusnet.com.au

Hel replied:

We are booked up!!! Yay!!

I think I have booked the hall to capacity for this evening and I am so impressed. Thank you everyone for all your help and support for this evening, I think the kindy is really going to benefit. Just a reminder for those that have said they are attending and havent got their $30 to me yet, I need to have that by this coming Friday August 3rd. We now have a waiting list for people who would like to attend so I have to satrt booking them in from Friday for those that havent paid then - sorry not my choice. I am looking forward to a fantastic evening!

Zammy replied:

Helen, I'm happy to put one of our new "Supporting the Cause" tee's up for raffle on the night as well :)

ExMember148 replied:

So who is going on Saturday night ???   Hands up ??     

Zammy replied:

Me me! I'll be there!

StampinUpMichelle replied:

I will be there - so will my husband (who has his own stand)

Look forward to meeting everyone who is coming on Saturday Night

ExMember148 replied:

ooooooo maybe we should all wear a 'secret' symbol, hehe, so we know who the party plan members are

Janine replied:

Me too!! Me too!!

I will actually get ot meet the famous "[ExMember148]"  & "Zammy" Yah!!

jenlerose replied:

Don't forget me.......I'll be there too!

mangoscrapping replied:

Me and my Tupperware will be there too.

Cathie

Janine replied:

Who??

Jenny Who??

Just joking Jen - See you there!!!!

Hel replied:

Me too!! I will be there!! I will be the one running around like a headless chicken - LOL 

jenlerose replied:

ROFL @ Janine & headless chook!  See you there!

Jenny aka Jenlerose from Saucy Fish

Zammy replied:

OOH!
I'm famous!
YAY!

ExMember148 replied:

famous / infamous ??   just hope your not dissappointed, hehe, don't get your hopes up too high!!

Maybe we should all wear a feather somewhere so we can all identify with the headless chook  that could be our partyplans identifier!!!

sparklingvoodoo replied:

Hi All

Just wondering what time this starts. Is there an entry fee for the public?

Sorry if this is a silly question, but I couldn't find it anywhere!

Lilygirl_wytch replied:

 I'll  be there too so come and say hello! love to meet you all finally....

Lilygirl

Hel replied:

This starts at 7pm and finishes around 10pm. Entry for the public is gold coin donation - all are welcome to attend, the more the merrier I say. So please tell all your freinds its on. We have 25 stall holders which has this little packed out and there will be drinks and food available on the evening as well as lots of prizes. Looking forward to seeing you all there!

SaucyKath replied:

Sounds like you've organised a great event Hel.   I wish you all a very successful night.   Don't forget that we'd love to see some photos too!

jenlerose replied:

Three cheers for Hel for organising such a fantastic variety of stalls last night.  The hall was truly packed to capacity with all the very best of procucts.  There was so much on offer!  

It's always great to catch up with your PP mates as well!   I had fun!  

ExMember148 replied:

Congratulations to the organisers, they left no stone unturned.  Advertising - yep, food and drink - yep, great variety of stalls - yep................

Did [ExMember148] open her mouth one too many times and tell EVERYONE that stopped for two seconds about partyplans - yep!!!

elle replied:

Great amount of stalls I agree  just a shame that there wasn't the people coming in the door who were interested in the event.  I came to have a look and was very disappointed for the stall holders who were standing around looking and talking to one another..yes I agree great for networking but coffee mornings do this as well.

Great idea with the disney products... loved the stall.

Hel replied:

I would like to thank all you lovely ladies for your wonderful support of this event, I greatly appreciate it.

Yes the turn out of people coming through was very disappointing but we(the kindy committee) did the best we could with our advertising and getting the word out there. I mean this event was listed on 3 websites, 5 different local papers and there were flyers in alot of different local shops as well as letterbox drops done over the place. Considering there were only 3 of us that were doing this, I think we did well! We ourserlves were very disappointed in the lack of support we received from the parents at our kindy, considering there are 85 families at the centre - 3 of us are on the committee and 3 were stall holders and I saw maybe two others come through the door - that is our biggest disappointment. We got the word out there and it was up to the people to come, we couldnt have done much more in that sense.

Thank you again to all you ladies for coming along, I really enjoyed meeting you all and chatting with you - I hope you werent too disappointed with the evening.

elle replied:

Hel,

Sorry it wasn't aimed as a personal attack.. I enjoyed who I spoke to and what I saw.

just wondering why lately expo's don't seem to get people through the door... are we oversaturating the market... is there something going on out there that we don't know about... is day time better than night time... should it run along side something else...

Please don't take these as attacks they arent' meant to me... it is just personal thoughts....

i was also wondering whether maybe if they are held with an open day at the kindy... or an information night for new parents...

Lilygirl_wytch replied:

Well done Hel, you did a great job!  

These type of events can be sticky, and not everyone can be satisfied, but for what it's worth I think you did a great job, and yes it was great to catch up with other pp ladies who I hadn't met yet and others I haven't seen for awhile.

I recently did another event and it was a complete fizzer even though a huge amount of advertising was done for this event.  But at the end of the day , if they come they come.

once again congrats.

Lilygirl  

ExMember148 replied:

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink!! 

Well done Hel ! Shame on the kindy families who expect revenue raising to support their children's learning experience.

http://www.partyplan.com/forum/topic.php?tid=550

racjez replied:

I just wanted to add my 2cents worth. I fully agree with all the other ladies. All you can do is put your company out there and do your best.
I had a great time talking to all of you and putting faces to the names.
The last few events I have attended have been a bit low on numbers but it only takes one person to start a whole new branch of customers.
I also thought the event was organized extremely well and Hel and the other ladies should be really proud of themselves.

Rach - Tressard