Guess What? I’m on Stampin’ Up!’s newest audio training!
Posted on: Wednesday, August 20th, 2008How cool is that? Today Stampin’ Up! released their newest audio training: Making Classes & Clubs a Part of your Business, and I’m thrilled and honored to say that I was one of two demonstrators featured on this call. Here’s what Stampin’ Up! says about it "Looking for a way to boost sales when workshops aren’t enough? You can start a club or teach a new class to get things moving again. Don’t know where to start? No problem! Listen to this new audio training to learn to incorporate clubs and classes in your business and learn how to get the most out of your events. You’ll find this new training, featuring Patty Bennett, Andrea Walford, and Bonnie Thurber, on the Audio Training page on the Demonstrator Web Site"
Stampin’ Up! called last week to talk to me about my classes and clubs and then at the end of the call, invited me to be a part of the audio training to share my experiences with other Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators. I was thrilled and honored, and of course I couldn’t say "YES!" fast enough! I didn’t want to say anything earlier because I didn’t want to jinx myself. I was afraid I’d wake up and find out it was all a dream *lol*
The other demonstrator on the class was super talented Patty Bennett. Although I’ve "met" Patty online, I’d never had the chance to talk to her. It was a real honor to be a part of the same call and to hear about and learn from how she runs her events as well. For those of you that may not know Patty, she is a US demonstrator, a Founder’s Circle Achiever and was chosen to be a part of Stampin’ Up!’s Advisory Council. You can visit her blog here.
So if you’re a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, I hope you take a minute to download and listen to the audio training. I’d love your feedback. If you have any comments after you listen to it, I’d love you to come back here and leave a comment on this post.
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Andrea Walford 
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22 Comments
August 20th, 2008 at 9:08 am
*cry*
We do not have audio trainings in Germany. I’m so sad about that. I wished I could hear it.
August 20th, 2008 at 9:59 am
Congrats! I bet your on cloud 9 and all demonstrators will lucky to have you show them ideas.
August 20th, 2008 at 11:02 am
I just saw that…I couldn’t figure out why your name was so familiar….duh……GREAT JOB!!! You do such a great job and now your “famous” too!! Congratulations ~ you truly deserve it!
August 20th, 2008 at 11:52 am
Andrea and Patty did a fabulous job. If you are a demonstrator, you NEED to listen to this audio training. I’m so excited and can’t wait to try their ideas.
Andrea, how in the world do you manage to raise 5 children, move and do this. My hat is off to you.
August 20th, 2008 at 11:54 am
Congrats! I’m listening to it now! I heard your first name and wasn’t paying attention, then while I’m listening I’m also blurfing through Google Reader and got to your blog to find it was you! I’m listening closer now! I also love Patty Bennett! Go girls! You’re 2 of my favorite mega-demos!
August 20th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
Andrea you did a wonderful job. I got a better understanding of clubs and classes from listening to the training!
August 20th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Loved it. I will be listening a couple of times to make sure I didn’t miss anything. Wow! Awsome Job!
August 20th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Congrats! Your tips are great and I really appreciate you taking time from your busy days to help us other demos out.
August 20th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
WooHoo!!! Congratulations Andrea!! It’s about time they got you on there. I can’t wait to head over and listen.
August 20th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
I just finished listening to it and was writing down notes.
Loved the advice and see if I can put some of what I heard in practice.
August 20th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
I just listened and I love how you deal with Sale-A-Bration with your clubs! I would love to get clubs going, but have been focusing on Classes.
Thanks for the reminder to value our time too! I need to hear that over and over again. Great job! Thanks again for more useful information!
Renee
August 20th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Congrats Andrea! If anyone deserves to be featured for classes and clubs, it’s you!
August 20th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
I admire how you’re able to do so much & was thrilled to hear your advice this morning! I haven’t had much luck w/clubs (only 1 member, who would only commit to $15/mo for 10 mos), but I want to try it your way. How do I start w/just one person (and myself, of course)? Do they become the hostess for the last month of their commitment? Thanks so much for sharing your wisdom & experience!
August 20th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
Congratulations Andrea!!! I have not had a chance to listen to the audio yet but I am sure there will be a lot of information with both you and Patti on there!!!!
August 21st, 2008 at 1:04 am
Congratulations, Andrea! I listened to it last night and it was superb. I learned a lot from both you and Patty. Thank you for sharing with us.
August 21st, 2008 at 7:41 am
Hello Andrea -
Thank you once again for sharing your insight and talent with all of us. You are a very generous person!! I just listened to your audio training with Patty Bennett. I am definitly going to tweak my club outline to incorporate a couple of your suggestions. Also, a big thank you for reminding me to make money as well as share what I love!! Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Debi
August 21st, 2008 at 9:09 am
Andrea, this does not surprise me at all, because you are awesome. WOOHOO!!! and CONGRATULATIONS!
August 21st, 2008 at 11:52 am
I went back and listened a second time to make sure I wasn’t missing anything! You rocked, Andrea!
August 21st, 2008 at 2:42 pm
That is way, way, way, cool!!! Congrats!! I am going to go check it out!! You totally Rock!!
Hugs and Smiles, Marti
August 21st, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Andrea, that’s just WAY COOL! I have three blogs that I visit every day – yours, Patty’s, and Corinne Summerville’s (aka Roxy). I love everything you ladies do and I think it’s great that SU! recognizes your fabulous talent. Awesome!
August 21st, 2008 at 5:06 pm
Andrea, I’m listening to the training right now and I LOVE it!!! I’m looking forward to getting started with a club.
August 22nd, 2008 at 9:06 am
I just listened to your audio training yesterday and it was truly inspirational. I was planning on starting a club of my own and now I have so many ideas on how to make the most of it, thank you!