The objective of this project is to facilitate greater visibility into the independent retail market. You will find the sales templates here as well as a button to add a document. This is where you will provide your communication and sales reporting quarterly.
This portal will be used to easily keep track of progress as we move forward with the introduction of the product and company to the network.
This is a test!
Hello Melani,
So glad we got this working. As previously discussed, this is where we’ll be posting the warm leads and any reminders or comments for you. Please be sure to check your dashboard periodically after your 6/15 launch for those leads and any that may come in a few days after. I suggest checking on it periodically as well.
Thank you again for the test message and I hope you have a good rest of your day.
Got it! Thanks!
Hi Michele.
I am just checking to see if we are still on track to launch tomorrow 6.15. I do not see a copy of the press release in the dashboard. Am I just missing it?
Thanks!
Hello,
Thank you for reaching out and I hope you had a wonderful weekend. We are all on track for our 6/15/21 launch and you should start seeing leads coming through to your email as well as the warm leads posted here for you.
In regards to your press release, Paula will send you the press release and the results report directly to you by email in about two weeks. Thank you again for reaching out and please let me know if you have any more questions.
We hope you are having a good day so far. These are some of the people that have shown interest by clicking to learn more about the line through the eblast, however they did not enter their information in the lead form once they landed on the sell sheet. I am able to pull the emails associated with the accounts from my end.
Please keep detailed communication notes while you are reaching out as they may not all be a good fit for your product line. As we discussed on our Product Education Call, we are going to need reporting from your end, which you can upload that to your dashboard. Please note that the contacts were contacted through the retail association and are not familiar with our company Mr. Checkout.
lossinglumber@yahoo.com
bilca9@aol.com
hardwareken@yahoo.com
terrebonnehardware@yahoo.com
dondevore53@gmail.com
chetsgarden@yahoo.com
wendym_12972@yahoo.com
starhardware64@yahoo.com
locochongoart@sbcglobal.net
kdmhardwarenyc@yahoo.com
greilco@yahoo.com
homehdw@homehdw.com
mpatton@colonyhardware.com
midstates@midstatesequipment.net
bburgess@woodsonlumber.com
chuckd@scfastening.com
We try to make this as easy as possible with templates you can find here: https://mrcheckout.net/sales-report-templates/
Please let me know if you have any trouble reaching them, Keep us updated on your progress.
We hope you’re doing well. Would you mind sending me the reports on the leads we sent over. As we discussed on our product education call, we require communication reporting every quarter at minimum. This helps us get a better understanding of how the conversations are going and if they are or are not a good fit for your product. Once we receive this information, we can then follow up on our end as to why it wasn’t a good fit and then regroup and find the retailers that may be a better market fit.
This is also one of your roles and responsibilities listed your contract with us.
We try to make this as easy as possible with templates you can find here: https://mrcheckout.net/sales-report-templates/
Please make sure to include if the retailer decided it was not the right fit so that we will be able to regroup and try to find the right retailers to make a better market fit.
Hi! I apologize for my delayed response! I just uploaded the sale spreadsheet. I hope to upload weekly!
Hello,
Thank you for the quick response. I’ve reviewed the report and it looks like you’re off to a great start. I look forward to seeing how your outreach progresses and hope you have a great rest of your day.
I am hoping to get a copy of the email that was sent out with our Sell Sheet. I do not see it in the documents on this dashboard, nor have I received an email.
As I am contacting people to follow up, they are under the impression that they will receive a sample. I did not know that was the expectation, so seeing the email that was sent should help tremendously!!!
Hello Melani,
Thank you for reaching out and I hope you’re doing well today. I will email you a sample of the E-blast that was sent out but it is all the information you’ve provided for your sell sheet. If you review your sell sheet, you can see there is a “Sample request form” at the bottom of the page. This will be for those retailers who are asking for samples from you directly. The leads I’ve posted above are warm leads who did not fill out the form, but clicked on the page to learn more. This was what we discussed on our product education call. Here is a link to your sell sheet for your convenience: https://nihaa.org/featured-item/mason-jars-company/
Sending out free samples is the best way for the retailer to test the product with their customers as well as review it to decide if they’ll move forward with an order. It is a customary practice for getting your product into the retail market as well as with distributors/wholesalers.
Please let me know if you have any other questions and I’ll send you that email shortly for review.
Hello,
I hope you’re doing well today. I’ve reviewed your updated report and it looks like you’re doing great. I see you’ve got several samples going out and I look forward to seeing the feedback you receive from them.
Thank you again and have a great rest of your week.
Hello,
Thank you for the updated report. I see you’ve conducted some follow up emails today regarding your samples. I suggest, if you do not receive replies, that you reach out by phone as well.
Once you’ve completed those calls, we’ll regroup and discuss our options for next steps. Thank you for uploading this report and I hope you have a great rest of your week.
Just checking in to see how your outreach is going with the list of interested leads we sent. Can you please send me the details notes from your outreach? We require quarterly reporting at a minimum to keep our agreement active.
These conversations are crucial for our operation and allow us to get a better understanding of how the conversations are going.
The details required are dates of outreach, method of outreach (call,text,email) and details of the final outcome.
If you did send or plan to send samples, please be sure to include the dates the samples are sent and are delivered. Please also include the follow up details on how the retailers felt about the samples.
Having this information will help us determine who the best retailers are for your product and company.
Please let me know if you have any questions and I look forward to hearing from you.
I apologize for the delay in uploading the sales report! I just did so now. As you will see, I have been following up, unfortunately with no results.
I plan to continue to reach out to these folks (until I get a yes or no), but I also wonder if we could discuss another category of retail stores, such as Natural Food Stores? Or, do you have something else mind?
Thanks!
Melani
Hello,
Thank you for the updated report and I look forward to seeing how your outreach with those who are reviewing your samples continues. Once we see the feedback from those, if possible, we’ll move forward with more outreach and can discuss other markets.
If after a few more attempts to get feedback you’re still not getting in touch with them, reach out to me again and we’ll move forward.
Hi!
I uploaded an updated sales report. You will see that I closed out a few leads today – some are not interested. The others that I closed out today I have no information other than an email address. I tried to find additional information on the Member Directory, but the email addresses are not on the list.
I am anxious to try another market.
Thanks, and have a great weekend.
Melani
Hello,
Thank you for the updated report. I will ask our team to start some phone outreach to the association members and we will send you the leads that are generated from those personalized calls. Once we see what feedback/interest we can get from that outreach, we’ll then discuss moving into another market.
Thank you for the updated report and I will send you the new list of leads by the end of next week.
Thanks so much! I actually just received a request for a sample! Did you, by chance, resend the Sell Sheet email?
Thanks!
Melani
Hello,
I hope you’re doing well today and I’m happy to hear you’ve received another sample request. Our outreach has completed their calls and I will be posting those we spoke to shortly. The request could have come from that outreach or from the original E-blast we sent.
Thank you for reaching out with this update and I look forward to seeing the feedback you receive from the new list of leads.
Hello,
Below are a few of the retailers we’ve reached out to by phone who have expressed early interest in your product. Please feel free to reach out to them by sending an email to introduce yourself and answer any questions they may have.
Western Rock LLC- Elizabeth- westernrockllc@sbcglobal.net– (936) 931-3804- 31110 Waller Tomball Rd Waller TX
Advised that Elizabeth will review sell sheet and product information. Emailed sell sheet.
A & S Hardware Inc- Pam- aandshardware@yahoo.com– (386) 313-5905- 1044 County Road 305 Bunnell FL
Pam expressed interest in the line and requested more information. Emailed sell sheet.
Maxwell’s Variety Store- Jessica McGreggor- maxwellvs@bellsouth.net– (912) 635-2205- 501 N Beachview Dr Jekyll Island GA
Advised by Nancy to email product information for Jessica to review. Emailed sell sheet.
An Olde Time Hardware- Chris- oldetimehdw@yahoo.com– (904) 353-2645- 3732 N Main St Jacksonville FL
Chris expressed interest in the line and requested more information. Emailed sell sheet.
Ashland General Hardware-Cathy- cathy@ashlandgeneral.com– (541) 482-3476- 249 A St Ashland OR
Cathy expressed interest in the line and requested more information. Emailed sell sheet.
Please keep us updated on how your outreach is going. We try to make this as easy as possible with templates you can find here: https://mrcheckout.net/sales-report-templates/. You can upload this reporting directly to the dashboard for review.
Thank you for the leads! I will reach out today!
Also, I have uploaded an updated Sales Report. I sent introduction emails to 106 contacts/emails from the NIHAA Directory. As you will see, a disappointing 40 of them (37%) are either bad email addresses or blocked. How often are the directories updated?
Thanks.
Melani
Hello,
Thank you for the confirmation of receiving the new leads as well as the updated report. I will send over the emails that have bounced to our web team to investigate and update our directory. We do our best to update the directory as we can, however it is a breathing list that is consistently changing. If I can source new emails/buyers information for those you’ve marked as not found, I will send them to you.
Thank you again for the updated information and I look forward to seeing how your outreach progresses with these new leads as well. Have a great rest of your day and let me know if you have any other questions.
Hello,
Thank you for the updated report and I look forward to seeing how your outreach progresses with these contacts.
Have a great rest of your week.
Hi!
I just uploaded an updated Sales Report. Good News – we had 1 purchase!!!
I still have a few more folks to follow up in the next few weeks. Otherwise, I will be calling people back in spring/summer.
At this point, I think I have exhausted all potentials on the Independent Hardware list. I am very anxious to start working another list. What other market do you and the team have in mind?
Thanks, and have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Melani
Hello,
Thank you for reaching out with this updated report. I see you’ve had your first sale with A&S HARDWARE. Congratulations! I see you’ve got a few others that are in need of some follow up and once we see what feedback you receive from Yothy’s discount as well as the others you still need to reach out to by phone, we’ll discuss moving forward with more leads.
Thank you again and have a great rest of your day.
Hi!
There are only 6 potential leads (not including the few who have asked for follow up in several months). I can certainly follow up with them and start on a new list. Waiting to start working another list until I get responses from these few leads does not make sense. I feel it is only wasting time.
Now is a perfect time to reach out to reach out to Natural Food Stores! The new year is a popular time for clean eating, as well as “spring” cleaning and organizing your home. Our products are perfect for all of this! Reaching out now will give the retailers a chance to get our products in their stores for the new year.
Thank you.
Melani
Hello,
Thank you for this update. I will ask our team to start working on a new group of leads and shift our focus to the Natural grocers retail association. Please note that with the holiday season upon us, our results from this next round of outreach may be delayed. We will be starting our outreach and I will be in touch when there is an estimated time for delivery. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Please let me know if you have any questions and I hope you have a wonderful rest of your week.
Thanks for the response! I certainly understand not reaching out at this time, as it is a busy time for retailers!
Thanks again, and have a great holiday season!
Melani
Hello and Happy New Year!
I am anxious to start reaching out to Natural Food Stores, as this is a great time of year for our product line! Please let me know when you have a list ready.
Thanks!
Melani
Hello,
We’ve completed our outreach to the gift and boutique retailers and below are the results from our team’s efforts. Please feel free to reach out to these contacts to introduce yourself and answer any questions they may have. Please keep me updated as you have been and I look forward to seeing the progress you make.
At Home Store- athomestoreonline@gmail.com -(641) 472-1016- 52 N Main St Fairfield IA 52556-3205-https://athomestorefairfield.com/
They liked the product idea and asked to email in more information for the store owners to review. Emailed sell sheet.
Berlin Village Gift Barn- Donna-donna@sheiyahmarket.com– (330) 893-2648 PO Box 14 Berlin OH 44610-0014- https://www.sheiyahmarket.com/
Ruth is interested in the line and said it is a product they would carry. Asked to email Donna, the buyer, with more details os they can request samples.
Breeze- Susan- susan@breezegifts.com– (914) 238-1900- 1 King St # 1 Chappaqua NY 10514-3473
Susan said the product line sounds great and would love to review. Emailed sell sheet.
Brew Krew Kitchen & Bath- Diane- office@brewkrew.com– (989) 362-8730- 211 Newman St East Tawas MI 48730-1266 http://brew-krew-kitchen-bath.edan.io/
Diane said she is interested in the line and asked for an email with more information. Emailed sell sheet.
Country Village Shoppe- thecountryvillage@gmail.com-(920) 380-1790- 144 N Mall Dr Appleton WI 54913-8530- https://www.countryvillageshoppe.com/
Asked for an email to review the line for possible placement. Emailed sell sheet.
Thanks! I sent emails with additional information asking if I can send a sample.
Hello Melani,
Thank you for the update and we look forward to seeing the feedback you receive from this new group.
Have a great weekend!
Just checking in to see how your outreach is going with the list of interested leads we sent. Can you please send me the details notes from your outreach? We require quarterly reporting at a minimum to keep our agreement active.
These conversations are crucial for our operation and allow us to get a better understanding of how the conversations are going.
The details required are dates of outreach, method of outreach (call,text,email) and details of the final outcome.
If you did send or plan to send samples, please be sure to include the dates the samples are sent and are delivered. Please also include the follow up details on how the retailers felt about the samples.
Having this information will help us determine who the best retailers are for your product and company.
Please let me know if you have any questions and I look forward to hearing from you.
We hope you’re doing well. Would you mind sending me the reports on the leads we sent over. As we discussed on our product education call, we require communication reporting every quarter at minimum. This helps us get a better understanding of how the conversations are going and if they are or are not a good fit for your product. Once we receive this information, we can then follow up on our end as to why it wasn’t a good fit and then regroup and find the retailers that may be a better market fit. This is also one of your roles and responsibilities listed your contract with us.
We try to make this as easy as possible with templates you can find here: https://mrcheckout.net/sales-report-templates/
Please make sure to include if the retailer decided it was not the right fit so that we will be able to regroup and try to find the right retailers to make a better market fit.
After meeting with my team this morning we have come up with the following conclusion that without reporting and communication as stipulated in the agreement, the contract is considered terminated by your company. This is not the outcome that we wanted at the onset of this agreement and we do our best to convey this in our agreement, through this dashboard and conversations early on. We wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors.
