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How to Use Digital Marketing to Level Up Your Cookie Business

How to Use Digital Marketing to Level Up Your Cookie Business

by Christiana Oatman (GSNorCal Staff) | Feb 5, 2019 | Cookies & Fall Product Program

Did you know? Girl Scouts who use Digital Cookie and other online resources sell more Girl Scout Cookies than those who only use traditional methods, like booths and door-to-door sales! Learn how your girls can level up their cookie businesses with these tried and true digital marketing strategies.

4 Proven Tips From Top Cookie Sellers to Jumpstart Your Cookie Business

4 Proven Tips From Top Cookie Sellers to Jumpstart Your Cookie Business

by Christiana Oatman (GSNorCal Staff) | Jan 8, 2019 | Cookies & Fall Product Program, G.I.R.L. Power

Every year, we are amazed with the girls in our Council and their record-setting accomplishments. We talked to some of the top sellers from the 2018 Cookie season and asked them for pro tips to help out their sister Girl Scouts.

How to Transform Your Troop Meeting into a Digital Cookie Day

How to Transform Your Troop Meeting into a Digital Cookie Day

by Richel Newborg | Dec 11, 2018 | Cookies & Fall Product Program, New Troop Leaders

They say the average person has 155 friends on Facebook. Multiply that by a troop of 12 and you have 1860 possible cookie customers just waiting to buy Thin Mints and Samoas! Setting up your Digital Cookie platform is a cinch — find out how to set it up together and turn your troop meeting into a Digital Cookie Day!

6 Ways to Use Your Product Program Reward Cards

6 Ways to Use Your Product Program Reward Cards

by Tiffany Phamvu (GSNorCal Staff) | Sep 25, 2018 | Cookies & Fall Product Program

The Girl Scout Product Programs are a great way for troops to fund their adventures, from indoor skydiving and ziplining to excursions in the Caribbean. Girls not only get entrepreneurial skills and troop funds out of these experiences—they get rewards to use for travel, camp, Gold Awards, programs, and more!

5 Skills Girls Learn By Participating in the Fall Product Program

5 Skills Girls Learn By Participating in the Fall Product Program

by Gwen Shapiro (GSNorCal Staff) | Sep 4, 2018 | Cookies & Fall Product Program, Troop Basics

Everything girls do in Girl Scouting is designed to help them grow into an incredible G.I.R.L.—Go-getter, Innovator, Risk-taker, and Leader, and the Fall Product Program is no different! Here’s how to get the most skill-building out of your fall product season.

How to Logistically Wrap Up the Cookie Program

How to Logistically Wrap Up the Cookie Program

by Gwen Shapiro (GSNorCal Staff) | Mar 1, 2018 | Cookies & Fall Product Program

With the cookie season’s end in sight, it’s time to prepare for a smooth close. In this post, our Product Sales Specialist, Gwen put together a few items to check off your list to help you wrap up the more logistical, business side of your cookie sale.

How to Sell More Girl Scout Cookies: Tips from a 4,000+ Box Seller [Video]

How to Sell More Girl Scout Cookies: Tips from a 4,000+ Box Seller [Video]

by Marissa Vessels (GSNorCal Staff) | Feb 8, 2018 | Cookies & Fall Product Program

The Girl Scout Cookie Program brings out tons of goal-getters, like Junior Girl Scout, Allura. Last year, Allura sold 4,018 boxes of cookies, so she’s here to share some exclusive insights about how your girls can increase their cookie sales and exceed their goals!

5 Quick Ideas for Cookie Program Success

5 Quick Ideas for Cookie Program Success

by Ashley Redfield (GSNorCal Staff) and Leah Takahashi (GSNorCal Staff) | Jan 25, 2018 | Cookies & Fall Product Program

It’s important to be prepared for our favorite time of year when the largest girl-led business in Northern California opens again. In case the Girl Scout Cookie Program snuck up on you this year, we’ve assembled 5 tips and reminders to get your girls in the cookie selling spirit!

14 Awards That Complement Your Cookie Program

14 Awards That Complement Your Cookie Program

by Marissa Vessels (GSNorCal Staff) | Jan 16, 2018 | Badges & Awards, Cookies & Fall Product Program

As you’re gearing up for your cookie sale, check out these 14 awards that seamlessly integrate into the Girl Scout Cookie Program and will help your girls kick-off their cookie biz with ease!

Cookie Program Tips for New Troop Leaders

Cookie Program Tips for New Troop Leaders

by Gwen Shapiro (GSNorCal Staff) | Jan 11, 2018 | Cookies & Fall Product Program

From placing your troop’s initial cookie order to reflecting on your troop’s goals, there are a lot of things that have to get done before, during, and after the cookie sale. In this post, Gwen outlines some tasks that all new troop leaders (and returning cookie volunteers) should check off to help them better prepare for the upcoming cookie season!

How to Boost Cookie Sales with a Girl-Led Booth Design

How to Boost Cookie Sales with a Girl-Led Booth Design

by Jessica Henricks (GSNorCal Staff) | Dec 7, 2017 | Cookies & Fall Product Program, STEM

Design may sound useful in art, but it’s just as important for STEM! Get your girls to start thinking like engineers as they practice the design process and take their cookie booths to the next level.

10 Highlights from our CEO Marina Park to Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of GSNorCal Council

10 Highlights from our CEO Marina Park to Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of GSNorCal Council

by Marina Park | Oct 3, 2017 | Camp & Outdoors, Cookies & Fall Product Program, From The Field, G.I.R.L. Power

On October 1, 2007, five Girl Scout councils merged to form Girl Scouts of Northern California. In the spirit of our 10 year celebration, our CEO Marina Park shares 10 highlights from the last decade that have personally touched her heart and give her hope for our future.

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