Scentsy was just recognized by Inc 500 as being the 19th fastest growing company in the United States. With 8000%+ growth, Scentsy is headed to the moon. What a great company to be part of!

Convention attendees heard it first: the 2011 Scentsy incentive trip is an all-expenses-paid family trip to Walt Disney World® on June 13-17, 2011! The qualifications period runs from August 1, 2010 through January 31, 2011.

You’ll find all the details on our “Magical Memories” trip, including trip trackers in English and Spanish, at http://events.scentsy.com/.

Join us in Orlando June 13-17!

From Scentsy’s Transition Time Newsletter….

Scentsy Mini Tester and Party Tester Transition Kits

As we do with every catalog transition, Scentsy will offer Transition Kits containing all the new and returning fragrances featured in the new Fall/Winter 2010 Catalog. Each kit will contain 14 new fragrances, 7 returning fragrances, and 2 former Scent of the Month fragrances. Transition Kits will be available August 1-31 only, in your choice of either Mini Tester or Party Tester size, at a 20% discount. Product codes and pricing are as follows:

Mini Tester Transition Kit – MT-TRANS-FW10: $6.00 ($7.00 CDN) – Make sure when placing an order for testers you are clicking on BUSINESS  SUPPLY ORDER – Not Individual Order.

Party Tester Transition Kit – PT-TRANS-FW10: $36.00 ($43.00 CDN) – Make sure when placing an order for testers you are clicking on BUSINESS  SUPPLY ORDER – Not Individual Order.

Spring/Summer full tester sets (MT-FULL, PT-FULL) will not be available for purchase after July 31, 2010. Fall/Winter full tester sets (MT-FWFULL, PT-FWFULL) will be available for purchase beginning August 1, 2010. There are no discounts on these sets. Consultants may still purchase the Spring/Summer Party Tester category set (PT-SNS) until August 31. The switch to the Fall/Winter Party Tester category set (PT-FNW) will take effect on September 1.

Individual Party Testers and Mini Tester 5-Packs in new and returning Fall/Winter 2010 fragrances will not be available until September 1, 2010. Beginning August 1, you can find the U.S. Business Suppy List and the Canada Business Supply List under the “Monthly Promotions” link in the Resources Library of your Workstation.

Blazing fall foliage. Riveting history. Baked beans.

The city of Boston holds excitement for all of its visitors, from the history buff to the night owl! Explore “Beantown” on a lively Segwey Adventure or Duck Tour. Savor a gourmet meal aboard the “Spirit of Boston” and take in the city’s skyline at sunset. Navigate the designer boutiques on Newbury Street or enjoy a private breakfast and tour of historic Fenway Park.

Relish in classic sophistication and personalized service at The Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers. Situated in the heart of the city’s historic Back Bay, Boston Park Plaza is one of “Beantown’s” most renowned landmarks. Just steps away from the nation’s first public parks—Boston Common and Public Garden—and to access short drive from Fenway Park, this elegant hotel offers convenient access to some of the greatest attractions Boston has to offer.

Join other top Scentsy Consultants in a variety of planned activities, or venture out with your guest and paint the town purple! We’ll close the trip with a formal dinner in the Boston Park Plaza Imperial Ballroom. Don’t forget your dancin’ shoes!

For a sweeping experience in one of the nation’s most historic cities, join us on this spectacular trip, Beantown Bash. Scentsy will bring together the top 100 achievers in the “More Parties, More Prizes” Spring 2010 Incentive for an unforgettable stay in Boston.

The incentive period for “More Parties, More Prizes” began on April 1, 2010, and runs through July 31, 2010. The Beantown Bash is scheduled for September 27 – September 30, 2010.

For complete details on the More Parties, More Prizes Spring 2010 Incentive, visit: http://resources.scentsy.com/multimedia/pdf/Promos/MoreParties.pdf

Scentsy Wins DSA Success Award

Once again, Scentsy has been honored by the Direct Selling Association (DSA). We just learned today that Scentsy has received the DSA’s 2010 Success Award for Social Media Engagement!

We sincerely thank all of you for your enthusiastic, creative participation in making Scentsy’s online presence fun, engaging, and authentic–we couldn’t have done it without you!

The DSA Success award recognizes direct selling companies whose programs have achieved a high standard of excellence, especially programs other companies can learn from and adapt for their own use.

In 2009, Scentsy was the first ever recipient of the DSA’s Rising Star Award. We are thrilled and grateful to be honored with both awards. But what matters most is that recognition like this helps Scentsy’s Consultants and customers have confidence about the company they’re doing business with. In a competitive industry, isn’t it good to know you’re working with the front runner?

Sometime between now and the end of July the number of enrolled consultants will reach 100,000! If  you are the 100,000 consultant, you WILL WIN the following:

-A free one-year subscription to SOTM/WOTM ($720 value).
-A special lunch with Orville & Heidi, owners of Scentsy.
-Front row seating for Awards Night at Convention 2010!
-General Session recognition at Convention 2010.
-FREE convention 2010!

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Embossed golf motifs give “Fore!” a decidedly masculine and traditional look. Created with lifelike attention to detail, golf images against a grassy green background are set into paneled frames on each side of the warmer’s square base. Two sides feature a golf ball and a driver; remaining sides show a golf ball with tees. Paired with leather furniture, traditional accessories or dark wood tones, “Fore!” is the perfect addition to any golf lover’s world.

The dark brown base is reminiscent of mahogany paneling, while the background within the paneled squares is the velvety color of a putting green. Perfect for Father’s Day gift giving, “Fore!” is available now at a 10% discount.  Pick yours up today at www.getscentsified.com

MINI TESTERS ARE HERE!

The long-awaited Mini Testers are here at last. Beginning April 1, Scentsy’s new line of Mini Testers became available to order in full sets of all eighty 2010 Spring/Summer fragrances. They are small enough to carry with you anywhere and designed to ship easily for Basket Parties. In fact, each tester is about the size of a small lip gloss pot, and each full set of Mini Testers comes in its own clear, zippered carrying case – all for $25 ($30 CDN)!

Please keep in mind when you order your set (or sets!) of Mini Testers that you’ll find them listed in Scentsy Business Supplies. To order, just use product code MT-FULL. Mini Testers are not available on the Scentsy Success website.

In this month’s “Executive Connection,” Direct Selling News Publisher and Editor in Chief John Fleming speaks to Scentsy’s Founders, Orville and Heidi Thompson, CEO and Executive Vice President, respectively, about their vision, the company’s challenges and much more.

DSN: What is the one thing you enjoy most about being a top executive of Scentsy?
Heidi: I enjoy helping create the new fragrances. That’s my favorite part.
Orville: I feel like I have thousands of friends.

DSN: What has been your greatest challenge?
Heidi: I am very uncomfortable being out in front public speaking, doing interviews—things like that make me really uncomfortable. It’s been a huge challenge for me. When we first started, I did the books, and I sat by myself in a room. Now, to do a convention, be onstage, that’s out of my comfort zone. I do it, but I still get nervous.
Orville: Keeping my ego in check. I don’t want to change, and it’s really hard not to change when you go from owning a failed biz that’s $700,000 in debt to being the CEO of the fastest-growing company in the industry. And everywhere you go, people say “Wow, that’s Orville Thompson.” I don’t want to be different, and it’s a challenge. But I’m OK with that challenge.

DSN: What’s been the most fun part of the job?
Heidi: The relationships and friendships I’ve formed and the fun we have every day. It’s fun to get up every morning and come to work. It’s addicting. Everybody is just amazing here.
Orville: Watching our vision come to life.

DSN: What’s your proudest accomplishment?
Heidi: Overcoming my fear of public speaking.
Orville: Building Scentsy without debt or investors.

DSN: What is your vision for Scentsy?
Heidi: To keep growing. Orville is an eternal optimist. I’m a realist. He’ll say things like, “I can’t believe how fast we’re growing.” I say, “I hope as fast as we’ve grown up that we don’t fall off the mountain.”
Orville: To be a shining example of goodness and opportunity inside and outside the industry.

DSN: Is there one basic principle that governs your leadership at Scentsy?
Heidi: Family. We have a family-friendly company. I feel that we’ve truly made it that. Employees are family. The field is family. I hope that any one of them could call me and talk to me. I’m like a sister or a mom. And I hope we’re building a company that allows them to spend more time with their families.
Orville: Contribute more than you take.

DSN: What’s the best advice you’ve ever received?
Heidi: Your spouse is your best partner. Orville and I learned that together.
Orville: Your wife should be your only business partner. Becoming one with Heidi in business as well as in life allowed Scentsy to happen.

DSN: Which other direct selling company or person do you admire the most and why?
Heidi: Tastefully Simple and Jill Blashack Strahan. She’s someone who can make anybody feel special. She spent time talking with me. It was just a little conversation, but, still, it meant a lot. She has invited us to visit and tour their facility. When we started building Scentsy, I remember looking at Tastefully Simple and the culture they had built and admiring that.
Orville: I admire Doris Christopher. The people I admire are the ones who did new things, who contributed more to the industry than they took from it. Someone who takes someone else’s ideas and products and creates another business around it—I don’t have a lot of respect for them. But I have deep respect for people who have a new idea, make something of it, and contribute by being an example and innovating. I admire Doris Christopher for the way she built and ran Pampered Chef. It was both innovative and new, and it breathed life into the industry.

DSN: What do you see as our industry’s greatest challenge?
Heidi: The lack of innovation. There are so many ideas out there, and I sometimes feel that too many are focused on others’ ideas. Why would you want to copy somebody else? Come up with your own cool, innovative business.
Orville: Inauthenticity. Too much energy is wasted on trying to be something we’re not.

DSN: What do you like to do for fun?
Heidi: Scentsy is fun for me. But outside of Scentsy, I love to do genealogy—researching my family tree. Through learning about my family, I learned who I am.
Orville: Raising sheep. They were my first entrepreneurial experience as a 9-year-old.

Participate in Scentsy’s Because Everyone Deserves a Name contest!

Click Here to Submit a Name

Please help Scentsy name the hanging freshener. If your submission is chosen, you’ll receive $500 USD ($600 CAN) in Scentsy products! The winner will be announced at Scentsy’s Annual Convention in Denver, Colorado, July 28-30, 2010.

View complete contest rules and terms and conditions/ Vea reglas del concurso y términos y condiciones.