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Kelly replied:

This can be a touchy one...

If you choose to do this you need to be sure that you wont be offending people - they may not celebrate Christmas for whatever reason (religion etc). So be careful.

As it is a Christmas card I would not put anything business related in it. You want them to feel that you care not that you are just interested in them helping your business.

A simple message such as what follows is one example of what I would do: "Dear Mary,  I am so glad that I met you this year, I really enjoyed doing your party! I hope that you have a wonderful Christmas and happy and prosperous new year. I look forward to catching up with you again soon. Best wishes for the holiday season. " Sign your name and under it write 'your xyz consultant'

I have done this in the past but as my clients base is fairly large I only sent them to the hostesses I had through out the year and every single one of them sent me a card in return plus booked into the new year! Some even called me to say thank you in person for thinking of them.

Hope this helps.

001ivy replied:

Hi there

i just thought i would share with you what I do,,  after every party I do no matter how it went  i will send the hostess a thank you letter and recomfirm the payment date and tell them when their products will be approx delivered.  And with this letter I include a gift voucher that I make on my computer which basically say they get 10% off their order next time they book a party with me.  

And as for xmas cards I have been thinking about this lately too, and since i have only been doing party plan for a month or 2 i only have a small customer base.  like the previous post said i can be a bit touchy so maybe instead of xmas cards i have been thinking maybe just an end of the year card and thank them for being a great customer etc, 

just an idea for you to consider

renking replied:

With my ol' Avon biz... I use to stock up on the small hand creams (or whatever else I felt appropriate at the time) and I'd make "Happy Holidays" cards (rather than "Merry Christmas" - I'd refer to everything as the "holiday season" etc - regardless of the religion of my customer, they'd all be part of the "holiday" spirit... if you know what I mean?)

I'd also enclose a "double" voucher for "$xx off your next order in Dec" and "Start the New Year with a New You" kind of promo - that way I could encourage the sales to go into the New Year, as well as over the Christmas period...

Hope that helps you??

TamAndAnt replied:

Hi Everyone,

I have only been doing party plan for the last month or two and what excellent ideas.  I think sending customers cards for the holidays is great.  I myself as a customer would think that receiving something like this that the consultant really does thank you for their custom and I would definately be purchasing or having another party.

Thanks everyone for your great ideas.  I love this website.