Author a cookie activity article for an area school, subdivision, business, or place of worship newsletter or newspaper.
Barter with a business by offering to do a service project in exchange for allowing your troop/group to sell cookies at their location.
Contact friends and neighbors and ask them to support Girl Scouts® by consuming Girl Scout Cookies®.
Decorate bulletin boards and store windows with posters to create demand for delicious Girl Scout Cookies.
Eat enough cookies yourself to allow you to evaluate them for eager customers.
Find your list of last year’s customers and favor them with a “fone” call to see if they would like to buy fabulous cookies from you.
Go to where groups gather to sell great Girl Scout Cookies at a booth sale.
Head for help in a hurry if anyone tries to hassle, harass or harm you while you’re selling cookies.
Impress and inspire customers with information, not just about cookies, but what the cookie sale makes possible for girls and about your own goals.
Jot down your cookie sale plans and experiences in a journal to help jog your memory next year about what works and what doesn't.
Know your product, know your customer. Know your goals and know how to stay safe.
Leverage the cookie sale as an opportunity to learn life skills that will lead you to a career choice.
Make your mark! Set goals and make them happen!
Notice what people buy and nudge them toward purchasing additional packages of other varieties that they might like.
Overcome objections by offering options. (For example, if people are going on a trip, suggest they buy cookies and freeze them, or if they don’t eat sweets, suggest they buy cookies as a gift for a child away at college, etc.)
Promote Lemonades – great cookies for a picnic!
Question local business owners about buying cookies in quantity for quality coffee break treats for their employees.
Re-contact your early customers to see if they want to re-order.
Serve some small samples of any cookie variety at your cookie shop.
Tell your customers about any totally awesome trips your troop is able to take because of cookie money.
Uncover some areas of your community that are usually underserved by cookie sellers-and go sell there!
Venture into the variety of vocational skills you can learn by participating in Girl Scout Cookie activities.
Work on a cookie walkabout with your whole troop. It’s a great way to sell a whale of a lot of cookies!
eXperience the exhilaration of reaching and possibly exceeding the goals you set for yourself during cookie activities.
Yank yourself out of your mid-year slump and share your years of experience with a younger girl troop.
Zero in on what you want to achieve then explore ways to get there with zeal!
 
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