Company Training

We have some great conference calls coming up in October! All calls take place according to Mountain Time. The schedule is below.

October 4th @ 7pm Mountain Time - Successfully Converting Leads

October 11th @12pm Mountain Time - All About THRIVE

October 18th @ 7pm Mountain Time - Giving a Great Party Presentation, Including the Q

October 25th @12pm Mountain Time - Setting a Foundation for the Success of Your Business/Defining Your Why.

Online Selling

Be aware that we need to be sensitive of others' work and time in building up their customer database by not setting up hidden cookies or using other systems to occult our consultant information online. If this is something that you've done or are doing, consider making a change in your practice of online sales. If you are not familiar with these practices, then you are not using them. So don't worry! Happy selling!

Company Training and Recruitment meetings

Jason Norton is coming to Logan, Oklahoma City, Little Rock, Nashville, Detroit, St. Louis, and Kansas City! Invite any contacts you have in these areas to attend and learn more about the company and its products. Please join Jason Norton, VP of Direct Sales, along with some of the top consultants in these areas. Each meeting will be held from 6-9pm. The first hour will be an opportunity presentation that you will want to invite your friends and family to. The final two hours will be focused on training for those who are consultants or those who plan to become consultants.

October 5th, 2011  Logan, UT

Holiday Inn Express

2235 North Main

Logan, UT 84341

(435) 752-3444

October 11th, 2011 Oklahoma City, OK

Embassy Suites

1815 South Meridian

Oklahoma City, OK

(405) 682-6000

October 12th, 2011 Little Rock, AK

Courtyard Marriott

10900 Financial Centre Park 

Little Rock, Arkansas 72211
(501) 227-6000

October 13, 2011 Nashville, TN

Marriott Hotel Airport

600 Marriott Dr

Nashville, TN 37214

(615) 889-9300

November 1st, 2011 Detroit, MI

Embassy Suites - Troy

850 Tower Drive

Troy, Michigan 48098

(248) 879-7500

November 2nd, 2011  St. Louis, MO

St Charles Convention Center

One Convention Center Plaza 

St. Charles, MO 63303

(636) 866-0147

November 3rd, 2011  Kansas City, MO

Holiday Inn KCI Airport

11728 NW Ambassador Dr.

Kansas City, MO 64153

(816) 801-8400

Sandy Expo Opportunity

Shelf Reliance Event Opportunity

What a Woman Wants Show

September 23-24,  2011

South Towne Expo Center

Sandy, UT

Shelf Reliance has purchased a booth at this event and is offering shifts to any consultants interested! We fill shifts on a first come, first serve basis.

Shelf Reliance will be providing plenty of samples, sample cups, and some literature to hand out at the event. We recommend you at least bring a business card or sticky label to attach to items that you hand out.

We will be charging $50 per day. Please emailevents@shelfreliance.com by Wednesday, September 14^th with your preferred shifts. There will be a maximum of three consultants per shift. The sooner you email us, the more likely you will get a shift or possibly more shifts. We involve as many consultants as possible and then go back through the list to add more shifts. This is a great opportunity to take orders and get leads! On September 15th you will be notified by email which shift(s) we were able to schedule you for.

More information about the event can be found at: http://www.whatawomanwantsshow.com/details.php

We recommend now for all events that you obtain a food handler’s permit. Please bring this certificate to the event. They are only $21(depends on County) and really simple to do online. A food handler’s permit is a good idea for any public event that you hand out samples at. We would recommend getting the permit for the County you live in.

Friday, September 23rd

Shift 1: 10am-1:30pm

Shift 2: 1:30-4:30pm

Shift 3: 4:30-8pm

Saturday, September 24th

Shift 4: 10am-12:30pm

Shift 5: 12:30-3:30pm

Shift 6: 3:30-6pm

updates on price list Sept 9, 2011

The Home Party price list will have a slight update posted sometime today:

Apple Chip, Pear, Potato Bead, Whole Wheat Flour, Instant Rice, Ham Dices, Bacon TVP, and Sausage TVP have had the pouches removed. The production on these items is not definite, so they have been removed until further notice.

The New Drinks on the Case page had the wrong ID numbers (they do not follow the same pattern as other items #'s do).

The Fruit Sample Pack (#10 Cans) #26910 price has been lowered to $268.19 Retail, $236.09 Q-Club. This package contains 9 cans of food as listed on the product page. The picture shows 14 cans, which is incorrect.

The Premium Meats Essentials Pack #25344 has been discontinued.

Any further price list updates such as new products or discontinued items will be put onto an additional Price List Addendum sheet if that occurs during the Fall season.

September 8th 2011 training

If you want a link to my "nitty-gritty-everything-that-is-not-in-the-manual" training,
Send me an email and I'll send you the recording.

Update on Free Sample Lead Generation

We are sorry for the confusion and we appreciate you communicating your concerns so we can make this a better program for our consultants. The New Lead Generation Program is an effort from the Shelf Reliance corporate office to help our consultants generate more leads. When we receive information from a new lead we will assign the lead to an active consultant within the same geographic area. However, the consultants aren’t obligated to contact the lead or to provide a sample. If you aren’t interested in the new lead that has been assigned to you, please inform us by responding to the email you received. If we didn’t hear back from you within 3 days, the new lead will be automatically assigned to another qualified consultant. To provide a THRIVE sample, you may invite the new lead to a party or coordinate a party to be hosted by the new lead. We have reworded the emails that are being sent to our consultants as well as new leads in order to communicate this information effectively.

Placing Online Order for customers

To place an online order follow these steps

www.shelfreliance.com/parties

log in

My Business-consultant

This is the consultant dashboard!

Click "add customer"

Enter email address and first and last name

password will pop up if this is a new customer.

Click "orders"

Enter billing and then shipping information

Click NEXT at the bottom of the page

Enter the product ID number or search for product under "browse categories" and click enter.

Fill in credit card information

Hit Submit

You will see "order has been successfully processed"

You can locate this order in 2 place after it's been placed

1) downline sales report- customer order

2) click on events and click the event this party is part of and click on the customers name to see their order

If a customer would like to pay by check or cash, have them write the check to you or pay you the cash, then the billing information will in your name and the shipping information will be in theirs.

If a customer does not have an email address, make one up at gmail.com. Email addresses are place setters that distinguish one customer from another so it's important.

We take all major credit cards and debit cards as well.

After an order has been placed, the customer will get an email confirmation of this order and can track their order online with their customer account at www.shelfreliance.com.

If someone would like to exchange or return anything they've purchased, they'll have to call the main office to make those changes or you can call for them.

It takes 2-3 weeks to get shipments. And it all comes FED EX, so no PO BOXES.

We can ship to APO's as well and to Alaska an Hawaii.

Open House part 1 and 2, Recording

http://ustre.am/:19ju6

http://ustre.am/:19jGO

update from SR open house 08/31/11

Chad and I attended the Open House last night at Shelf Reliance.

Beautiful kitchen area, beautiful reception, just beautiful everything!

A little side note- Jason Budge designed everything! I was really impressed. I guess they said he practically lived at the new building overseeing the project.and it shows!

If you are a gold or platinum, your picture is up on the wall in the conference room!

It was very exciting to see a large number of our teammates there! Great job!

A couple of neat things to share:

1) we have a 5 day sale starting today. A new price list will go up today in our back office. Everything will be discounted another 5% off sale price. That goes for Web pricing as well as Q club pricing. Great time to encourage someone to start a Q, put all the sale items in there and get more for their money this month by shipping out the Q within these 5 days of sales.

2) our new products are wonderful. There is a jpg and pdf file of the new products on the back office. 

Our new drinks replace the old ones. They taste different. No colors, artificial flavor or preservatives in these. We also now carry a sports drink that will replace your electrolytes. There are many, many flavor and they taste great. Shelf Reliance will continue to sell the previous 3 drinks we carried (peach, orange and apple) until supply runs out.

3) NEW under the bed storage rack. It is the same depth and width as a Harvest but with only 1 Track/Row of cans. It will hold small or pantry cans. We don't know how many cans that it, I didn't count but it should be a wonderful space saver. These may or may not be on the new price list. I'm not sure. They are sort of a proto-type.

4) NEW also our cabinet doors that fit around your Harvests. They look like beautiful pantry doors. They are white and have simple hardware and decor on the outside. Very nice for a kitchen or even bedroom space. A great way to disguise your Harvest in plain site. They weren't on the list of new products. So I think those will come later.

5) If you are coming into town and would like to use the new kitchen, call the regular SR number and press #1 to talk to the receptionist and schedule a time. You have to schedule 72 in advance. If you use the facility during business hours, 9am - 5pm, then the use of the space is free. If you schedule before or after business hours then it is $20 to schedule. You can have your "cooking show" or "training" live streamed and recorded. It will cost an extra $20 to do this. But you can send it live to anyone on your team or customers, family or friends. SR will give you a live streaming address link that everyone can click on and see you! If you are far away and you have a team member close-by, have them use the facility and give a training for everyone else on the team! So this isn't just for those in Utah. YOU can benefit too!

The lighting is really good there! You may also schedule a live party there as well. Bring your own cooking items and appliances until the kitchen gets stocked. 

4) There are also conference rooms, lounge kind of area and computers available for you to use and  talk with potential consultants or bring customers in. It is very well done and comfortable in there! These are free but do call ahead and schedule the use of conference rooms.

5) We had a great guest chef, Kim, give us a cooking demo last night. She made a smoothie and also showed us a great recipe for Quinoa. Those recipes will be available online at some point for everyone to try. It was wonderful. Some tips on Quinoa: SR's is prewashed. No need to wash ahead of time. You can make Quinoa in the rice cooker. This is a time saver for parties. Quinoa is a complete protein! It is a wonderful and healthy main protein replacement! It is perfect for the vegan, vegetarian or Gluten Free Diet. Cook it like rice, 2 to 1. And use chicken broth instead of water for added flavor. Bring to a boil them simmer on med-low for 20 minutes until the Quinoa is cooked through and the extra water is gone.

6) Lastly, we have over 4000 consultants now! Can you believe it?! I wish I knew who and where everyone was. That is really exciting! We really need some more Silver, Gold and Platinum execs up on our wall. So if you're out there and needing something to reach for...we want your picture on the wall!

Remember, our sales from today until 5 pm MST all count for August. So if you are "almost" there for hitting a rank, sell yourself silly on this new super sale TODAY! It will make a difference for you!

Thanks.

Rachel

PS I will be posting some pictures from last night on my blog later: www.shelfreliancesisters.com.