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2014 POPCORN SALE. 2013, the Popcorn Sale provided in financial support for Mid-Iowa Council Scouts!!. $960,372. Get signed up. www.midiowacouncilbsa.org/ Popcorn. What’s new for 2014?. A NEW THEME. Zombie Ah-Pop-A-Lips. NEW FLAVORS. Dark Chocolatey Caramel Crunch.
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2013, the Popcorn Sale provided in financial support for Mid-Iowa Council Scouts!! $960,372
Get signed up www.midiowacouncilbsa.org/ Popcorn
A NEW THEME Zombie Ah-Pop-A-Lips
NEW FLAVORS Dark Chocolatey Caramel Crunch White Cheddar Cheese Buffalo Cheddar
How to Guarantee your Unit a Successful Popcorn Sale… in just 5 steps!
#1 Popcorn Chairman Fact Sheet Set a Goal Get Trained Hold a Unit Rally Sell, Sell, Sell Stay on Track
#2 Unit Popcorn Rally • Plan a super Unit Popcorn Rally • Conduct the Rally at your September Pack / Troop meeting • Communicate your Per Scout Goal • Distribute a Family Fact Sheet to every family • Pop some corn and MAKE IT FUN!
TAKE PICTURES! Email, fax, or hand deliver Unit Rally Pictures
#3 Family Fact Sheet • List the things the Popcorn sale will fund for your Unit - THINK BIG! • Include the Per Scout Sales Goal • Pick a Prize level • Sell in neighborhoods, on line, with your Unit, and at work • List key sales dates for your Unit
#4 Popcorn Blitz Week Friday Sept. 26 – Sunday Oct. 5 • Plan your Blitz Week • Map out & assign neighborhoods • Begin with a Unit Blitz Rally • Scouts report their success immediately • Submit copies of your Take Order forms, by Tuesday, Oct. 7, to Darla at darla.Hunzelman@scouting.org
#5 Stay on Track • Review the calendar • Leader’s Guide • Kernel’s E-Letter • Track and place orders • Plan pick-up & distribution • Settle up – pay by Dec. 6th • Pick up prizes!
PICK UP PRIZES December 5-6 at the Maytag Scout Center
Sales Methods
# 1 - Take Order • Practice your sales pitch • Go door to door • Take customer orders • Deliver popcorn • Collect money Highest dollar sales per customer
# 2 - Show & Deliver • Go door to door • Adult nearby with product • Take customer orders • Deliver popcorn & collect money • Take Order Convenience of immediate delivery
# 3 - Show & Sell • Sell at a storefront • Have product available • PROVIDE SAMPLES • Use Sales Posters & Practice • Credit Cards Different customers than you see going door to door – extra sales!
Show & Sell Sept. 19 – 20, 2014 Centennial Warehouse 10400 Hickman Road Clive
#4 - Selling Online • Set up a Scout Account • Set up a Leader Account • Communicate via email • NO delivery • Online sales commissions Sell popcorn year round & receive credit for sales with NO delivery or collection hassles!
Online Selling • Promote online selling at your Unit Popcorn Rally • Have 100% of your Scouts register at scouts.trails-end.com • Promote online selling throughout the sale • Offer Unit or Den / Patrol-based incentives for online selling
Viewing Your Scouts’ Online Sales http://sell.trails-end.com/leader
Viewing Your Scouts’ Online Sales http://sell.trails-end.com/leader
#5 – Selling at Work • Parents take your Scout to work • Co-workers place orders • Deliver product • Collect money • Reaches more people Increases Sales Dollars for the Scout that results in a lower cost for his Scouting experience
Earn up to 35% Commission
COMMISSIONS Beginning commission of 25% 3% for attending today’s District training 3%for having a Unit Popcorn Rally AND attending a Council Popcorn Rally August 16 or 18 31% commission
OPTING OUT OF PRIZES 4%Cash Only – No Prizes 35% commission Email darla.Hunzelman@scouting.org by December 1st