This was Mazzy’s first year as a Brownie, which meant it was our first year selling Girl Scout cookies. I alluded to it on Facebook and Instagram and people saw us actually going door to door on Snapchat (ilanawiles), but I didn’t set up a way for Mazzy to sell online.
A lot of my readers asked if there was a way they could purchase cookies from Mazzy, but in my head, I thought it was best that she do it the old fashioned way— door to door. I don’t think she would have understood sales and motivation and earning incentives if I just blasted it out to all my social channels and suddenly she earned a trip to Girl Scout Camp.
Instead, we set a goal and then Mazzy had to actually do the work. She made me proud when she randomly hit up the family we ride the bus with to school and when she suggested we ask the guy at our local pizza place if he wanted to buy a box.
In the end, Mazzy sold 70 boxes. Nothing crazy, but all on her own.
Now, if she had come up with the idea to sell cookies outside a pot dispensary like the Girl Scout in the video below, that would have been truly genius. This happened a couple years ago but it just started resurfacing this week, probably because people are anxiously awaiting their Thin Mints.
I guess we’d have to have the cookies in hand instead of advance orders to really make a killing.
I commend you for allowing Mazzy to sell on her own and figure out her methods. You have such a reach that people really would have gone crazy to buy from you, and I think it’s wonderful that Mazzy was given the opportunity to do it on her own.
I really think it is great that you are teaching Mazzy how to sell the cookies herself. I think too many parents take it over and it is a disservice to the kids! It’s a great lesson for kids. They have to set a goal for themselves, develop and practice their “sales pitch”, get comfortable talking with different and new people and in doing all this, can really feel the achievement and rewards of their hard work. These skills are all ones that we need in life and in our jobs. For this reason I only buy the cookies from kids who sell them to me, not their parents. Great job Mazzy!
I haven’t been a brownie in about 12 years but is there a badge they can earn for selling online? Totally commend you for making her do it but if there’s a badgr for doing it online you could have her sit with you and set it up and monitor it together so she learns that aspect of it too. Congratulations on 70 boxes! Cookie sales were definitely my favorite part of girlscouts
Way to go, Mazzy! And Ilana! While the online ordering would be convenient, I think the in person sales pitch is such a great skill to learn early on. I bought cookies from some Girl Scouts selling outside the grocery store, based on how well they described the cookies. I’m sure I would’ve bought all 70 from Mazzy, she’s the cutest!
70 is a great amount for her age! Great job, Mazzy!
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