Is Pampered Chef a Heaven's Delight Or a Hell's Kitchen?

Now, many people are out there looking for ways to be home with their families and to build businesses. Now, this is a unique company that has been available for years. The product focus is unique because it is cooking tools. The company has been around since the 1980's and even though Tupperware has tried to gain back part of the market, they do not have the products like Pampered Chef.The GoodThe basis for the company and the marketing model is to get families around the dinner table. Now, again this is to promote cooking tools, so as a representative, you must cook and prepare meals with the latest cooking tools.The BadWell first of all, you are going into other peoples homes and preparing things to eat. Now, that is not bad enough and welcome to Hell's Kitchen. The reason I say this is because you need to get the host to find people to commit time to coming to one of your little parties. You will find that a lot of people are skeptical about the products and tend not to show up. Now, to be effective, you want everyone that comes, to purchase products and also schedule your next party. But, why did you start your own home based business? Was it so that you could be at home with your family?ConclusionIf your goal is just to own your own business, then this will meet the needs, but remember, you need to find a way to get people to commit to having you in their homes. Now, for the average person, they will go to a local retail store and buy cheap kitchen tools. You will need to find a way to target more of people that buy high end kitchen tools verses just getting the cheap stuff you need to replace frequently. Now, if you have never run a business before, you need to make sure you learn to market you and your business. If you are not the best cook in the world, then you may need to practice your presentation skills. You can market and sell the products with out doing presentations too, so you will need to get the skill of how to really market the products on the internet. Now, this is not the typical model that Pampered Chef uses, and many people will try to discourage you from doing this. You can reap large rewards from doing what the average person will not do. Find a networker that is willing to share thoughts and ideas with you. Also, make sure they can educate you on how to market. Some will charge you to do it, but it is well worth the investment into your business. Training is a tax deduction in your business.