Booking your calendar FULL of parties is a great way to grow your business. After you conquer your facebook and home launch party (hopefully you’re doing a few launches… parties! ;)) – it is time to get just 2-4 more parties set on your calendar in the next 2 weeks.

Book lady confession: I never planned to do a home party. For real. I was ROCKING my business just doing facebook parties and thought skipping the home party scene would just be fine. Womp womp. After a few months, I realized I was missing a HUGE opportunity.

Congratulations!! You did it! You survived your first party as an Usborne consultant! How exciting! Here is what to do next.

I LOVE to give books away! It is one of the most fun parts of being an Usborne Books & More consultant. My hostesses and customers are so excited when I give them a bonus book or when they win a prize for a free book. It’s also a great incentive to book parties, gain repeat customers, and build a community of followers that truly love that you are their book lady! Check out this post to learn how hostess rewards work from Usborne Books & More, how to use prizes to get bookings and how to leverage the hostess rewards from home office to minimize your out-of-pocket expenses.

CinchShare to the rescue! CinchShare is a one of my recommended trusted resources! For a long time, I held off in investing in a party-posting service, but I finally gave in. I was forgetting to post my pre-party posts in a timely manner, rushing through parties...

Yay! You’re now ready to wrap up your first party. It’s closing time! Meet OrderPro. OrderPro (or sometimes called OPOL) is the system Usborne Books & More uses to order hostess rewards, placing book fair orders, redeeming book bucks or ordering supplies. Although this system can look a bit intimidating at first glance, it is pretty easy to use after you close your first few parties.

You’ve likely already learned that Usborne Books & More loves us some Facebook. We party on Facebook. We have groups on Facebook. We meet customers on Facebook. We make friends on Facebook. Whether you’re a Facebook junkie or new to the Facebook scene, you’re...

With any new business, you need to know your tools – let’s get to know your back office. The back office has a few components to it. Here’s a quick overview of the various “areas” of your back office.

As a new Usborne Books & More consultant, home office has provided you with your very own website. Yay! Here are a few helpful tips about your website: Your eCommerce URL is http://YOURUSERID.myUBAM.com  (Your user ID was provided in your initial email from home...