Yucca Council Popcorn

Online Direct Reduced Shipping & Handling

Trail’s End is reducing the free shipping threshold to $55.
And shipping costs now reduced to $9.99* on orders less than $55.

Effective Monday, September 19th at 8:00 p.m. ET through Monday, October 3rd at 8:00 p.m. ET. Don’t miss out, start sharing today!


Tips from successful Online Direct Scouts!

Make a direct sales pitch over the phone, through email, text message and direct message on social media. For better results, create a video of the Scout’s sales pitch and send it directly (not in a group message)
Sell door to door using the Trail's End App and let Trail's End ship the product to your customers.
Create a Facebook event for the duration of the promotion and invite friends to join and comment in the event after they’ve made a purchase.
Try the 50-state challenge where a Scout tries to get sales from all 50 states. Successful Scouts tag friends and family on social media around the country and encourage them to share to help extend their social reach.
Share multiple times a week throughout the promotion so posts are always at the top of your friend's social media feeds.

*Extra charges and exclusions may apply.

Unit Kernels..Need help with your Popcorn sale? The weekly Yucca Council Popcorn Office Hours start tonight at 7pm on zoom. Drop on in and ask your questions.

Stephanie Sutter is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Yucca Council Popcorn Kernel Office Hour
Time: Aug 17, 2022 07:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)

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💲💲 BUDGETING 101 💲💲

If you haven't already, this is the time of year to get your Unit Plan and Budget in place. I have attached a file that is helpful for your budgeting process and this file is also available in the Training tab on the leader portal

ITEMS TO CONSIDER:

*Uniforms - what does unit provide to Scouts and Leaders?

*Dues - what does unit pay for Scouts and/or Leader?

*Monthly Activities/Campouts - campsite fees, food, activity - who is paid for or are you charging a fee per event?

*Awards and Badges - what is the average cost per Scout?

*Equipment - Does the unit need new equipment or maintenance?

*Den Budget - for Packs do you provide a supplies budget for each Den?

*Awards Ceremonies and Banquets - unit paying for food and if so for who? Planning potlucks or catered. Budget for decorations, etc.

Once the plan and budget are in place then you can decide what goals you want to set for fundraising and communicate that out to parents. Transparency on budgeting in the unit and how the fundraising will lower what families pay out of pocket is key to getting parent buy in.

⏳I can't believe there's only 🔟 DAYS remaining in the year! If you have tips beyond those listed below, please share them in the comments.

Friendly reminders and helpful tips before the GMT zone strikes 2022 (12/31/2021 7PM Eastern Time - this time applies to all info below).

• 💳Be sure all Scouts have claimed their 2020 Rewards from their account, they follow Amazon.com terms (currently no expiration) after claimed, but they do expire from claiming in TE Rewards as we move into 2022.

• 💳All credit/debit and online sales from 2021 sales/TE Rewards concludes. Make sure to remind your Scouts that are still trying to reach their next goal.

• 📲The app will also automatically switch to 2022. Scouts should NOT enter sales in the app (or website) from 2021 inventory after 7PM ET, 12/31/21.

• Scouts will not be able to enter sales for 2021 past the time above; 💻Unit Leaders will need to enter them in the portal (cash transactions only). 💵

Storefront information/sales:

• 🏪Be sure all 2021 storefront sales are entered; you will not be able to enter 2021 storefront transactions/information or make changes once the system changes over

• 📷Take screenshots/record/download any information you think you may want from the Storefront Management tab. I.e. reports under each site are good to reference for next year.

Account Summary:

• 💵Many Unit Leaders find it handy to download the "payout history", for future reference.

Dashboard:

• 📥Download your Scout table for reference next year. This helps when you have Scouts go inactivate - you'll know exactly who needs reactivated.

Things to keep in mind as we roll into 2022.

• 💵Payouts - request the payout in the current year. i.e. If you are requesting your payout for 2021 sales and it is 12/31/2021 7PM ET (00:00 GMT)/the system has switched to 2022 campaign, please STAY in 2022 (current year at the time) while requesting the payout.

• 💳Submitting 2021 rewards - change the campaign to "2021 selling campaign". 2021 Rewards MUST be submitted by 3/31/2022.

• 💵Only CASH sales can be entered after the change over. Change campaign to "2021 selling campaign"

• 🍿Do NOT enter sales in "2022 selling campaign" for 2021 product (this would have a negative impact on your 2022 campaign) - 2021 items should be sold ASAP.

• ➡️Move Scouts after Jan 1, if they have moved to a new Unit.

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