1. Booths start on Valentine’s Day. Have themed ribbon and cards at your booth and pre-package bundles (example: Chocolate lovers bundle)
2. When you arrive at your booth, “Check-In” on Facebook so your friends know where you are selling cookies.
3. Share GSGCF Facebook or other related cookie images on social media and encourage your friends to share too! Also, share the cookie locator link and app as much as possible: www.girlscoutcookies.org.
4. Hand out homemade thank you notes and include an adult contact in case the customer wants to order more cookies.
5. Show your fun and charitable goals at your booth and have a goal chart or a countdown so customers can see how close you are to your goals.
6. Promotion! Create yard signs, door hangers, car magnets, business cards, and decorate your car to get the word out that your Girl Scout has cookies.
7. Get creative in your signs, pitch, and booth. Check out Bling Your Booth Contest. 
8. Hand out some printed cookie recipes to customers. Checkout Pinterest page or www.littlebrowniebakers.com.
9. Open a couple of boxes to have some samples (you will have to pay for these cookies).
10. Remind them that cookies are here once a year. Towards the end of the sale, remind customers they need to order before it’s too late. “One more week.” “Last day of cookies.”

Updates and Important Dates:
– Taste of Home is sponsoring The National Girl Scout Cookie Recipe contest (bonus tip #11. Share this contest with customers!). See all the details here.
– Don’t forget to enter the National Bling Your Booth Contest. Six troops nationally will win $500 per troop!
– Cookie Boss Twitter Party is February 25, 2015 at 9pm. Join the conversation using #cookieboss and #gno.
– National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend is February 27-March 1st. We are looking to share your #cookieboss stories. Email marketing@gsgcf.org.
– Find all your resources for GSGCF Cookies here.

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The Girl Scout Cookie Program is the largest girl-led business as it not only teaches girls valuable skills, but it can help them financially create experiences they never thought possible.  Goal setting is one of the 5 Skills learned during the Girl Scout Cookie program and can help girls achieve their dreams.

Individual girls have their own rewards for every part of the Girl Scout program including patches, fun events, cookie dough (a credit card for the shop or Juniors and up can bank it for great options), and the extreme team: 1,000+ cookie sellers who earn items such as tickets to “Girls Unite” at Walt Disney World, iPad, and more (all items cumulative). Last year we had 145 extreme team winners!

Inspiration from 2014 top seller: “If someone says you can’t do it, don’t believe them. Just keep going; you’ll make it!” Emma sold 4,267 boxes of cookies.

Troops earn funds for each box of cookies. Volunteers should discuss what kind of troop goals they should set. Think about a fun/learning goal such as a celebration or travel opportunity and also a goal to help others and give back to the community. As a troop, try and do something new and exciting that girls may not experience otherwise. Also remember the most important aspect, girl-led. Incorporate goal setting in your troop meeting so girls can discuss and vote on what they want to do. And remember, girls can save their earnings for future big trips.

2014 GSGCF fun and learning goals: troop took a cooking class, designed and purchased troop shirts and visited the local print shop, space camp, saving for Europe in 2016, went to a marine biology camp in the Keys to learn about protecting the waterways, purchased starter kits and membership for each girl, saved for a troop trip to NYC and a Girl Scout program on Broadway.

2014 GSGCF Girl Scouts Give Back: purchased needed products for centers, shelters, and hospitals, supporting Ronald McDonald House with donations and dinner (and cooked themselves), each girl picked a charity and donated $25 in their name, donated $100 to a month of satellite time to track turtles, supported a 3-year old with epilepsy in getting her a service dog, purchased much needed PE equipment for their school, helped make play grounds wheelchair accessible, and delivered extra boxes of cookies to a veteran nursing home.

Don’t forget to tell customers about your goals! They might not need any Girl Scout cookies but once they hear your goal, they may just change their mind. Be creative. Troops last year decorated their booth with their goals and causes. With Digital Cookies, incorporate your goals on your personal pages.

Here are resources to help with Goal Setting: Goal Chart, Little Brownie Girls and Goals, Goal Setting crafts and games

2014 Girl Scout Goals:

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We have a day for giving thanks. We have two for getting deals. Now, we have #GivingTuesday, December 2, 2014, a global day dedicated to giving back. Join Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida, Inc. on #GivingTuesday!

Did you know that 20% of Girl Scouts need support with their annual membership and uniform essentials? On #GivingTuesday, we are asking that families, donors, and friends join in a council wide effort to Give the Gift of Girl Scouts to 10 new girls! This gift can be your contribution in the Family Partnership Campaign.

• $15 will get her a year’s membership to Girl Scouts
• $72 will get her the starter kit which includes essentials to get going
• $87 will get her everything she needs to feel like a Girl Scout

Give the Gift of Girl Scouts and let’s help 10 new girls be a part of the movement that’s changing the world! Save the date and invite others to Give the Gift of Girl Scouts with our Facebook Event>> 

Invest in girls. Change the World.