Becoming a consultant

[grapesy83]

Hi all,  I went to an open day today and have a few follow up questions I was hoping to seek clarification on.  In the "fine print" it says you have to have sold 3 thermomix's in your 60 day probation period.  Is this correct and what happens if you don't get those 3 sales?

[cecilia]

It's best if you have another chat to your Group Leader, grapesy.  He or she will be best placed to help you through the fine print.  Don't be daunted.  It's a great role to be an advocate for healthy eating, with the support of the awesome Thermomix.  No one can predict their sales with any certainty.  Just try to do your jobs well and if you're excited and confident and happy in what you do as a consultant, hopefully you will reach your own goals and make a lot of good friends and gain more knowledge in the process.    Good luck and welcome to the forum.

[grapesy83]

Thanks Cecilia - juries still out on what I want to do (will probably purchase first and play with it for a while before going through the training) just though I might be able to get a different perspective other than my group leader who I've been chatting with for the past few days.

[judydawn]

Hi grapesy83, welcome to the forum.  It will not hurt you to read as much as you can on becoming a consultant so if you check out this thread you will also find a link to another thread as well. 

[mkr]

Hi grapesy83 

Cecilia is correct - the only person who will be able to answer that question is your Group Leader. Good luck with your decision making!

[cookie1]

Welcome to the forum grapesy83.

[obbie]

Welcome to the forum.

Robyn

[DizzyGirl]

Hello and welcome grapesy. Do you have friends interested in purchasing a thermomix? If so, then I would become a consultant as you will be comfortable demonstrating in front of them and also guaranteed a sale. Like all business ventures, research us the key. Is there locals wanting your product? What hours do you have available to demonstrate? What is the economic environment? What are the sales targets, and can you meet them? Perhaps ask around if anyone is interested in thermomix and get a feel for whether the need is there.
Sorry to rave on, but I have seen many friends go into business without researching first.
Good luck DG xxxx

[grapesy83]

Thanks DG - I have friends who say they're interested but I guess things can change when it comes time to part with $1900+.  I have my own demo this weekend which I will watch with a different perspective.  Having seen the product I guess I don't need to focus so much on what she is demonstrating but rather how she demonstrates.  Still haven't come to a conclusion but loving the input none the less.

[mcmich]

Hello and welcome to the forum grapsey. Good luck with your decsion.

[grapesy83]

So I have been on the forum for a few weeks now and I'm enjoying reading everyone's advice etc (and I don't even have a TMX yet).  Just wanted everyone's opinion on what they like cooking in their TMX and what they cook the most?

[kent]

Hey Grapesy, remember me from the other consultant thread :-)

I've borrowed my sister's TMX, have only got it for another few days though.  It's going to be hard giving it back to her!

I've cooked/made: Pumpkin soup, Chicken and Cashews, Lemon Sorbet, Apple Sorbet, Tomato and Coconut Chicken and some basic bread rolls.

Anyway, I've had a ball with it, lots of fun and the results have been awesome (exception being the sauce with the chicken and cashews was a bit flavourless - but there's a lady on here QuirkyJo who has an alternative sauce to use which is great apparently).

Can highly recommend going down the buy/earn a TMX path, which is what I'll be doing in August :-)

[grapesy83]

Have been flicking through so many of the threads on this forum and noticed a lot of customers are making dishes that don't work over and over again.  This is a big concern for me as I want an easy and quick option to cook meals - especially for the kids. I don't want to buy the TMX and make a recipe out the EDC and find that it doesn't work and then be back at square one making something the conventional way out of ease - someone please re assure me that this isn't going to be the case!

[cecilia]

Don't worry about the EDC grapesy - there is a new edition of that coming out very soon.  In the meantime, as a consultant you refer all your customers to Thermomix Australia's official recipe community and on the forum there tweaks to recipes with problems are corrected.  You don't have to hold all that in your head.  Just indicate to the customers to sign up for the newsletter and visit the recipe community occasionally and you have fulfilled your responsibility to assist them with updates.  If you haven't been shown it at training, it is here:  http://www.recipecommunity.com.au then take the forum link and you'll find the updates near the top.

[grapesy83]

Thanks Cecilia - haven't even got my TMX yet so was more concerned about me than any potential clients/customers   have you had your meeting for next month? I know this months incentive was the Chef Laurant book and was wanting to know what next months is to see whether I buy my TMX this month or wait until next?