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iQuestions Faculty, Randy and Elizabeth Draper 
 
 
Question: 
 
Do you have any suggestions on creative ways to get bookings/ 
contacts for home-shows/home-based businesses? 
 
Answer: 
 
RANDY: That’s a great question. Home shows are the key to a home-
based business.  
  
ELIZABETH: I know that’s probably a big question for you, “Where do I 
go after I have talked to my friends and my family, and they’ve all had 
shows for me?” 
 
There are a lot of options out there. You can go to trade shows craft 
fairs, call some of the different women’s organizations in your 
community, and you could volunteer yourself for a program. They 
would love to have you there and then you can demonstrate whatever 
you sell and get bookings from that.   
 
You could also tell your friends, “Hey, I need more bookings and I 
want to get some out of this circle that I’m with. Could you give me 
some names of people?” and then give them a little prize, maybe part 
of your product for free, just for doing that for you. 
 
RANDY: One thing I have done to help Elizabeth with our business is 
when I am out running around and talking to men on job sites or 
around the offices I just say, “Hey, what’s your wife doing? I don’t 
know if you all need some extra money, or if your wife loves jewelry, 
but you ought to talk to Elizabeth about her business.”  
 
 
 
I have found that I can really help her by just getting out and talking 
to people.  
 
Sometimes, I will see a lady at a store or in an office building, and I 
just say to her, “Hey, I know by looking at you that you don’t like 
jewelry, do you?” And they will say, “I love jewelry,” so I will say, 
“Well, you ought to talk to my wife about our jewelry business.”  
 
It’s just a great way to help you find prospects for bookings or find 
prospects for the business. 
 
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