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10 Tips for a Successful Facebook Origami Owl Jewelry Bar

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We are all busy.  Things get pushed aside, pushed to later, and sometimes it gets used to never despite our purest intentions.  People love a great deal and people love free but I have learned that people are not as easily wanting to give up their time for a great deal and even for free products.  This is the case for many who are interested in hosting Origami Owl Jewelry Bars.  They love the products, they love giving and receiving it but how can they fit it in their schedule and the schedule of their friends?  One way us to beat the problem of time of location is to host a Facebook Jewelry Bar.

People have given tutorials on how to conduct the perfect Facebook party with the perfect pictures and words to say but in the end, found it to be a waste of time. My hope with this post is to share with you tips on how to make your Facebook party better, attended, and more profitable. Many of these tips are from Senior Director Carla New & Heidi Russell with a bit of it from me and here I share them with you.

Before the Facebook Jewelry Bar

Tip # 1.  Invite people 2 different ways – personal FB message and postcard, FB message or phonetical or text.
Do not invite 500+ people on your FB friends list. It is not genuine and not beneficial.  FB mass invite will not work, FB mass message convo will not work. Indv invite them by PM, text, postcard.
To increase turnout on FB parties 1. invite several ways (already mentioned above) 2. Red Stamp. An app where you can text them with ecard to remind them of the FB Party.

Tip # 2. Be in a partnership with the Hostess. You are not to do all the work before, during and after the FB Jewelry Bar. Do not force the hostess as that would naturally lead to such situations.  We love to make Facebook Jewelry Bars to be convenient, easy, simple and fun and it is – but kindly decline if a Hostess is not committed to personally inviting people in 2 different ways and participating.

Tip #3. Hostess Coaching starts immediately. Face to face is best. Phone is second. If they do not have time to meet with you to hostess coach over coffee and for her to understand that this is to have an event that is best turnout for everyone’s time, probably do not want to do the online party. In a regular jewelry bar, you are lugging all your stuff to her house for a couple hours. Though you are not lugging your jewelry in an online party, you are taking time out to other important things.  We are all busy. Your time is precious. Ensure the best turnout by committed people.

Tip #4. Commit to date and time for the FB party and write it down on the calendar. While laying out the game plan, commit to her being engaged on the event wall. Just like a Jewelry bar in home, the hostess is there to mingle, engage, connect everyone in attendance. This is the same set up. Start an Event and have people show up in their pajamas.Tip #5.  Decide the length of the party. Some FB parties will do a short event such as posts spanning 1 – 2 hours. Some events are week long and the Ind. Designer and Hosts will post throughout the week. Whichever it is, make sure both of you are committed to be engaging. You can post questions, games, and she can answer or have a set of questions or things for her to post.

Pointers to make it a smooth sailing Facebook Jewelry Bar

Tip # 6. Plan. Plan to execute the plan. Execute the plan.  Add pictures and some content before adding or inviting people to the events page.  Nothing is more awkward than being invited to and added into an empty invite or online party.  Also, keep in mind that those already invited or added may get FB notifications each and every move your or the Hostess makes such as the posting of pictures and info on the page – information that should have already been there.  Excessive notifications can become annoying and have people not take part BEFORE they even know what it is and before it really starts. Think of putting up the necessary information BEFORE adding people.

Tip # 7. Have a folder on your desktop of things that you will use for the online FB party…. have a itinerary (use the JB steps from the back office) and have the photos and links ready to go on a folder.

Tip # 8. Tell them about our stories, better yet, use links of the videos we have in the back office. Visuals are great. Use excellent our company product pictures. Create likeable content, post how-to’s (how to wear our jewelry (we have tons of pics we can take from the o2 main FB page).  You may include parts of our FAQ (on the bottom of all of our replicated websites), post fun quotes, trivia, games and o2 stories.

Tip # 9.. Ask for outside orders, reward referrals, offer to mail them catalogs or supplements but most of all, make a connection.

Tip # 10. Reward attendees with free charms for those participating/participated in the event or those winning the games, and those who earned them for attending or bringing their friends along to the FB party.Origami Owl does not give us an exact layout on how to conduct a FB party as we are to follow what we do at a regular jewelry bar – and we are all different in style and audience – but my hope is that all the above is taken into account before you partner with a Hostess on an online Jewelry Bar.  Just because it is an online FB, do not commit steps of a Jewelry Bar. Use the layout of the JB Steps from our back office.  Online invites are online and many times, because it is online, it may be out of sight and out of mind.  The goal is to make it real to them (hostess and attendees) and as close as possible to a live FB Jewelry Bar.  Again, the success of a jewelry bar – online and on location – is primarily on the partnership between the ID and the Hostess – so keep those ties tight!

Questions?  Ask me at locketsandcharms@gmail.com

Best of luck to you, Hostesses and Fellow Ind. Designers!!!

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Get to know LocketsNcharms (Origami Owl) via Social &Why You Should Use It

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Before I came to know Origami Owl, I have always had a fascination of how people are able to communicate themselves out into the world via the internet and via social media.  I recall exhausting my mom’s credit cards just so I can be on AOL as much as I was. Being online was a way for me to take in what the world had to offer and meet people, both at very little cost.

Eventually I realized I had something to offer too. I started blogging about me and my life at JennylouRaya.com and whenever there was a new social media platform, I jumped in on it, even though I really had no idea what for. I just wanted see more of the world an its people.

Then Origami Owl came along and I eventually carried over my social shenanigans to a new persona named ‘LocketsNcharms‘ to share my life as an Origami Owl Ind. Designer.  First, it was LocketsNcharms on Facebook (FB is the gateway drug to social media addiction).  I started doing YouTube because it was easier to show and tell, rather than write when it came to Origami Owl. Then, I decided to start blogging at Locketsandcharms.com (another  ID took LocketsNcharms). While I was building up and adding content on to these platforms, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram came out.  Of course, I had to get on these too and in these platforms, I stayed as ‘LocketsNcharms’.  My latest social platform I joined is Snapchat and I am really enjoying that I am able to share video snaps of whatever it is I am doing at the moment. I joined Periscope – the latest craze – prior to Snapchat but I really find Periscope annoying to me as I am not a fly by the seat of my pants type of talker.  I am on Periscope as ‘LocketsNcharms’ and Snapchat as ‘LocketsNcharms5’.  What’s the deal with the 5?  Someone took ‘LocketsNcharms’ on Snapchat and doing nothing with it.  Even if they did, anything that person would do would bring attention to me. Type in ‘LocketsNcharms’ on Google Search and see. I win 😉

My latest fascination is not a new platform but a new thing I am doing on YouTube. It is called daily vlogging.  It is where I share what I do on a daily basis. Why do I do it?

1. To remember my days and have them documented via video. I was coming across old baby videos and was a bit sad I did not have more. I also had not recorded much in the last years (just pictures because of smartphones) and I wanted to do it again. I loved reliving the emotions as I watched my babies. I also sense I have early signs of dementia and this would be a gift to my future self (or I could just be a tired forgetful mom).

2. To share life to friends and family near and far. They are all over the country and in the islands somewhere in the Pacific. My mom, I only see her once every three months or so, if that and this is a way for her to see her grandkids.

3. To shine light, be of use, and a source of smiles to those who watch. I try to post things that are helpful and useful or at the very least, something that would make someone smile.

I recommend people use social media. Why?

First reason: To help people connect with you after meeting – or verify you are real before meeting. This is a legit reason in personal and business life. Have you ever searched online for a boss, teacher, person you are about to hire?  What about to following up?

Second reason:  To keep the conversation going.  Nothing beats the phone for conversation but not everyone has the time for that. Being on social media lets you let others know what you are up to and talk to you on their own time.

Third reason: It is free.  It is a free way of marketing or advertising one’s business, but I highly recommend keeping #3 above as the mindset of why you are online on social platforms.  Even major companies that sell things know not go on social to push products. Be social to be social on social media.

I mentioned daily vlogs earlier.  My daily vlogs are at youtube.com/JennylouRaya.  It is on there and not my LocketsNcharms YouTube Channel because my days are not consumed with Origami Owl.  If you are interested in seeing my life beyond Origami Owl, you are welcome to my other YouTube Channel while you remain a subscriber to LocketsNcharms.

Here is my vlog for Sunday October 11, 2013:

Holly Jolly Box of Happy is Back for Origami Owl 2015!!!

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Back for another season, we’re proud to unveil this year’s new Holly Jolly Box of Happy! This hefty box of happy will get your new Designer started the right way with Origami Owl. Starting a business (instead of picking up a department store job) with Origami Owl is easy and fun! This year’s Holly Jolly Box of Happy includes 25 Holiday 2015 Supplements, 10 Limited Edition Holly Jolly Box of Happy Take Out Boxes and 5 Limited Edition Holiday Charms—that’s more than $35 of product at no additional cost!

Chrissy introduced to use the NEW Holly Jolly Box of Happy for 2015!

What's In the Origami Owl Holly Jolly Box 2015

What’s in the Box?

Jewelry

  • 54 Charms
  •   5 Limited Edition Holiday Charms
  •   4 Living Locket ®Faces
  •   2 Living Locket® Bases
  •   1 In{script}ionsTM Base
  •   1 Twist Over-the-Heart Locket
  •   1 Wrap Bracelet Living Locket® Base
  •   3 Assorted Chains
  •   1 Leather Wrap Bracelet
  •   2 In{script}ionsTM Plates
  •   1 Plate
  •   1 Window Plate
  •   1 Earrings
  •   3 Dangles

Tools for Success

  • 20 Take Out Menus
  •   25 Holiday 2015 Supplements
  •   1 Getting Started Guide
  •   1 Soar to Success Flyer
  •   5 Opportunity Brochures
  •   1 Getting Started Flyer
  •   10 Hostess Rewards Rack Cards
  •   25 Order Forms
  •   12 Thank You Cards + Envelopes
  •   25 Postcard Invitations
  •   O2 Bundle – trial period

Business Supplies

  • 5 Glass Votives (For Holding Charms)
  • 1 Charm Tray
  •   3 Pairs Of Charm Tweezers (For Selecting Charms)
  •   6 Linen Bags
  •   4 Fortune Cookies (For Packaging Lockets)
  •   6 Holly Jolly Take Out Box
  •   Holly Jolly Inner Kit Box
  •   1 Origami Owl Sign

 

The Holly Jolly Box of Happy will be available for new Designers to order starting today, October 12 while supplies last. If enroll from October 12 through October 26 at 11:59 p.m. (CT), you’ll have the Holly Jolly Box of Happy in-hand before Halloween and just in time for holiday selling. Click here to read the FAQs for more information. 

Quantities are limited, so join now and join with me Jennylou =)

Holly Jolly Box of Happy

I am Thankful for You + Turkeys + Pie – Thanksgiving Origami Owl Style

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Origami Owl Jewelry debuts for the first time ever their Thanksgiving pieces. Last year, they had a turkey and some fall leaves that can be associated with Thanksgiving, but this year, they have expanded it with charms such as a pumpkin pie slice, cupernacopia, and charm of a handprinted turkey thank you card that many children will be creating to give mom and dad.  My ultimate favorite is the ‘I’m Thankful for’ plate where I can have it on for the backdrop of my locket and everyday change out my charms to show one – or many – of the things I am thankful for that day through my Origami Owl charm collection.

Thanksgiving Exclusive Jewelry Origami Owl Jennylou

The Origami Owl Thanksgiving charms are $6 each and the Plate is $16.00. They are available now until supplies lasts.  You can purchase them on my site at http://locketsandcharms.origamiowl.com.  If you are local in San Diego, find me at my many vendor events this month and the next!  I look forward to meeting you!

By the way, have you ever wondered how we get all our ideas on new charms that come out of Origami Owl?  Check this out:

I hope you enjoyed that little video and I wish you the very best Thanksgiving Day and a season full of love and gratitude.  As always, know that I am very thankful for you.  Here’s a little song just for you from Bella: https://locketsandcharms.com/?s=thankful+song

 

 

 

Not quite ready for Thanksgiving looks and interested in Halloween Charms? Tap below:

Limited Edition Halloween Charms 2015

Watch Me Now! – The Origami Owl Watch

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It is not just any watch. True to Origami Owl, the Origami Owl Watch was created to be customizable to your liking.

Origami Owl Blessed Mom Signature Watch

For me, a watch is not only to keep time, but also a reminder to cherish the moments and time I do have with my kids.  From the moment they wake and go to bed, make time.

Take time for what matters most with a versatile new Signature Twist Watch Base that pairs perfectly with Inscriptions Sliders, Large Twist Locket Faces, Expression Frames and Leather Wraps. Add a new Pavé Slider to your look in black or silver for extra sparkle. See all the watch possibilities here https://locketsandcharms.origamiowl.com/shop/categories/watches

Origami Owl Fall 2015 Watches

 

How to create a customizable watch with Origami Owl {video} Watch Kate Wear the Watch:

Posted by Origami Owl – LocketsNcharms, Independent Designer #1186 on Monday, August 3, 2015

 

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