WOW, only a couple of weeks of the sale is left. What can you do to keep improving your sale, whether you participated in the Show and Sell portion of the campaign or not?
There are a few things to consider:
Does everyone know when your unit deadlines are? One of the great things about deadlines is everyone knows when they need to have things wrapped up and turned in. Unit orders are due by midnight, Wednesday October 21st. This is true for both Camp Masters and your Emailmeform order form for Whitley’s Nut Factory. You will want to make sure that your families know when you need their information, so you can compile your order and place it. Be sure to give yourself a day or two, depending on the size you anticipate your order to be. The larger the order the more time you will need. Consider having the Scouts get their orders to you before the return deadlines of October 18th or 19th, so that you can take advantage of filling those orders from your left over Show and Sell product.
Another consideration for increasing your Take order sale is Wagon Draggin’. If you haven’t organized one yet be sure to set one weekend aside for one. You will want to organize your Wagon Draggin’ so that your area is covered. See issue seven of What’s Poppin’ for more on Wagon Draggin’.
What if you didn’t participate in Show and Sell? Set up canvassing coverage just like you would a Wagon Draggin’. Divide the neighborhoods into areas and assign your scouts to make sure no area is missed. Remember that only one out of ten people are asked to support Scouts through the sale, so 90 percent of the population hasn’t been asked yet.
Weekly reports-
Are you having weekly reports at your Den or Patrol meetings?
Are you offering any unit prizes to encourage sales?
Do you have any inter-patrol or den competitions?
What about a pizza party for the group that has the highest group sales for that week, cooperative rewards can be a great motivator and get the entire team behind your sale. Maybe an additional $5.00, or an additional percentage in the youth account, if you use them, for the youth that had the greatest sales that week. Be creative. Keep energy and enthusiasm up. You have 2 more weekends to have your best sale yet.
