Class Planning Service Benefits
Why invest in a class
planning service? After all, we're all stampers, many if not
most of us have designed and offered great classes, workshops, stamp
camps, etc. So you may be wondering "how does purchasing one
of your class planners benefit me? You can read the full benefits
list below, or simply click on the benefits that interest you the
most:
Benefit # 1
It will save you LOTS of time! |
If you are a new demonstrator with little
or no experience offering classes, or a more experienced demonstrator
with limited time, you'll find these class planners especially helpful
to you.What is your time worth
to you? If you’re like me, by the time I design my projects and figure
out how much I need to order and what I need to charge for the class to
be profitable to me, I’ve spent at anywhere between 5 - 10 hours, if not
more. With these class planners, I’ve taken almost ALL the work out of
class planning for you. All you have to do is set the date, use
the resources provide to advertise, order & prep your supplies, and
actually hold the class (or mail it out if you offer a class-to-go
format). How much easier can it get? For a full list of all
the features my class planners offer, please be sure to click
HERE.
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Benefit # 2
Increased class attendance. |
Now while I can't
absolutely guarantee this, what I can tell you is that I have
received numerous emails from demonstrators like you - all the way from
hobby to career demonstrators - telling me that their classes have been
filling up fast - in some cases, they have had to offer two or more
classes.
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Benefit # 3
Increased
sales.
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You will find that many of my classes are
either product-based classes or can be adapted to becoming a product
based class. This means higher sales for you! In addition, I
have heard back from many demonstrators telling me that they have found
the classes to generate good sales on the back end - right after the
class, or later on down the road when customers call them and want to
order something they were introduced to through the class. Because
each class planner includes a customer handout that includes all the
information your customers need to reproduce the projects, it encourages
them to buy from you the supplies needed to do so.
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Benefit # 4
You'll earn more money.
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There's nothing worse than designing, planning and offering a class to
your customers, only to discover at the very end of it, that by the time
you factor in all the hours you spent before, during and after, you were
working for an hourly rate of $2 or even worse!
Because my class planners have been
designed to take all the work out of class planning for you, all
you have to do is actually prep and offer the class, and follow-up on
any orders received during the class. That means that right off
the bat, you've saved between 5-10 hours. For the majority of my
classes, I try to limit the amount of time you have to invest to a total
of 5-6 hours (2-3 hours for prep and 2-3 hours for class time).
My most recent class planners includes a cost
analysis of the projects, and then offers class pricing suggestions that
if you follow, will on average, for a class of 10, earn you an hourly
rate of between $20-$30!
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Benefit # 5
Fun, fresh
designs that have broad market appeal
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Since my class planning service was first
launched in October of 2007, I have received comment after comment from
hundreds of demonstrators like you, letting me know how much
their customers loved the project designs. I invest many
hours in the planning and design of each set of class projects - reading
all the current paper crafting magazines, looking for trends and how
they can be applied to Stampin' Up! products, and trying to come up with
projects that will have a broad market appeal.
You'll often hear me refer to my classes
and project designs as a "step above". While I try to make the projects
easy enough for even beginning stampers, I like to incorporate layers
and accessories so that they have enough of a "wow" factor for even
experienced stampers.
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Benefit # 6
Original templates custom-designed exclusively for you.
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One of the things of which you can be
assured is that when you offer my classes to your customers, you are
offering them exclusive project designs and templates that are not
available for free download anywhere else. All my class project
designs and templates are original, I do not create projects using a
currently existing template. Although I get my ideas for classes and
templates from many different sources, and you may even see some
similarities to existing projects or templates, they will never be
exactly the same - I always alter and modify them enough to ensure that
they are original.
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Benefit # 7
Classes tailored to your
needs! |
I value your feedback, I listen closely
to what you have to say, and I implement your suggestions to the best of
my ability! If you were to purchase my first class planner and my
most recent class planner and compare them, you would notice a huge
difference! Each month as I read your comments and listen to what
you have to say would be helpful for you, I do my best to incorporate as
many of your suggestions as I can into my newest class planners. Please
be sure to read the details on each individual product page as it will
tell you if the newer features are included or not.
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Benefit # 8
Customer service above and
beyond.
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It is my goal to offer you the highest
level of customer service possible. While many services will leave you
on your own once you've downloaded the product, I will go above
and beyond for you. Computers can be very fussy sometimes, I'm
here to try and help you work through it. For example, can't download
the product because you're on dial-up and it takes way too long?
I'll personally email it to you as an attachment. Did the settings on
your computer mess up the formatting of the documents provided in MS
Word? I'll do my best to help you figure it out and modify it.
Start by clicking on my
Troubleshooting Page, if you can't find
the answer there, then by all means please email me at
andrea@demotodemo.com.
Did you order the wrong class? Did you
accidentally order two of the same class? Please email me at
andrea@demotodemo.com and
will be more than happy to refund you your money or exchange it for the
class you want.
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Benefit # 9
Customer satisfaction
guarantee.
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It is extremely important to me that you are happy with your purchase.
If at any time, for any reason at all you are not satisfied with a class
planner I will be more than happy to refund you your money - no
questions asked! |
Benefit # 10
An experience-based service.
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From a discount purchaser, through to a
hobby demo, to a part-time demonstrator, and now as a career
demonstrator - I have been through it all. When I signed on to be
a Stampin' Up! demonstrator I was a stay-at-home mom of 3 kids (aged 1,
3 and 5) and had only lived in Cambridge, ON, Canada for 4 months.
I had few acquaintances, no real friends & some extended family who
weren't really interested in rubber stamping.
From those beginnings four years ago,
I am now a stay-at-home business mom to 4 (soon to be 5 kids - aged 10,
8, 5 and 2 years), I have built a customer base that numbers in the
hundreds, a mailing list that numbers in the thousands, a downline that
stretches across Canada, and have joined the less than 1% of Stampin'
Up! Demonstrators that have earned the Stampin' Up! incentive trip.
I have had lots of experience offering workshops, classes and other
events,
Why do I tell you this? Because
I want you to know that I can relate to you. I have been where
many of you have been, or maybe still are. I can speak to you based on
the experience I've gained from having given many workshops, classes and
other events. I can tell you about the dumb ideas I've had that have
lost me money, and the ideas I've implemented that have made me money.
Do I know it all? Far from it! I still make a point of
learning from Stampin' Up!'s training, from more experienced
Demonstrators, and from my business coach - John Sanpietro from
Stamping is My Business.
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Benefit # 11
The service that started
the trend.
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If you haven't been with me since the
beginning, you may be wondering why I market my class planning service
as the "original". Am I the first demonstrator ever to offer
online tutorials or online classes? No! However, prior to
launching my "class planning service for Stampin' Up! Demonstrators" in
October of 2007 I did a lot of market research on the internet to see
what types of online classes were being sold. At that time, there
were no other online "demonstrator planning services" or "class planning
services" specifically marketed towards Stampin' Up! Demonstrators.
So, I set about developing a concept that went beyond, and was different
from what was currently available.
Many of the features into my class
planners were unique at the time: a separate demonstrator planner (which
included cost analysis, supply and shopping lists for a class of 10,
cardstock cutting guidelines, suggested class pricing, as well as over
75 full color pictures and step-by-directions), customer handouts,
suggested advertising wording, and even advertising pictures taken and
photo-edited specifically for you.
Now, as more and more demonstrator
class planning services are popping up, you will find other class
planners offering similar features, however, as I continue to listen to
you & study the market trends, I constantly refine and improve my class
planning service, and my class planners so that I can say to you with
confidence, that this service is, and will remain "original" and a step
above
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