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How to have a massive Black Friday in your Direct Sales Biz

Title: How to have a massive Black Friday in your direct sales biz

Black Friday is coming! This is a massive opportunity for your direct sales biz, especially combined with Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday.

Although Black Friday started as a US tradition following Thanksgiving, it has spread around the world and is now a global opportunity for us all. But as always, you’ve got to prepare to take advantage of it!

Don’t make this mistake…

I’ve observed many direct sellers making this mistake: focusing entirely on sales during this special weekend. Although Black Friday is a massive sales opportunity, you want to make sure you focus on future business growth too by collecting bookings and encouraging joining.

This is the time to use whatever stock supplies you’ve been able to gather throughout the year and invest them back into your biz this weekend. Offer prizes for everyone who books a December or January event and also put together ‘Lucky Friday’ bundles for everyone who joins your business.

Remember that a new team member is worth the most to your business long-term! Bookings help your business to continue to roll forward while sales are your income right now. Don’t make the mistake of only focusing on your income today – also work to grow your biz for tomorrow!

As very few direct sales companies add joining or booking incentives to their promotions, you’ll have to plan ahead and create your own!

Your Social Media Strategy

The more time you invest throughout the year into developing great online relationships, the better your results will be when it comes to promotions like this.

People don’t like to be sold to constantly, so you want to be adding value or entertainment in your social presence and your VIP groups.

But even if your VIP group is new or you haven’t been posting valuable content throughout the year, there are still some things you can do to promote your awesome Black Friday offers:

  1. Go Live in your customer group. This is a great strategy for a few reasons: Facebook prioritizes live video content in people’s newsfeeds. This means you’ll get great reach with a Facebook Live. Second of all, live videos resonate with people as they can see the real you and catch your enthusiasm and excitement about the offers.
  2. Use every available means to reach your customers. Use emails, text messages or messenger bots to promote your offers. I like to build up text groups and email lists as they are lists that I own and I don’t have to worry about Facebook or Instagram making changes to their platform.
  3. Amplify features and benefits. Make your offers awesome and irresistible to your customers. Here are some ways doing that:
    • Bundle Deals: if your company offers special bundle deals they’ll sell better if you explain the benefits of each product in the bundle and add suggestions who might like to receive these products as a gift.
    • Discount: In the lead-up to Black Friday, encourage your customers to prepare a wishlist and tease them with ‘something exciting coming’ type posts. To make the most of discount offers you can create your own bundles and add a freebie to up the value. This helps to increase the average spend per customer.
    • Build Excitement: Add to the momentum of the weekend by adding your own giveaways. As I mentioned above, it’s a good idea to have some incentives for bookings and joining your team, but you can also use gifts to encourage orders placed by a certain time, the first 20 orders, a draw from all Black Friday orders, orders over a certain amount, etc.
    • In-home Event: Host your own in-home shopping event. There’s nothing better than the excitement of a group of people shopping together. You could even do a Live from the event into an online party or your customer group to share the excitement.

Takeaways:

Pin: Prepare for a MASSIVE Black Friday in your direct sales business.
  • Plan ahead to be ready to make the most of the Black Friday weekend.
  • Don’t just focus on sales. Encourage bookings and joining with special offers.
  • Share your Black Friday offers through text, email, and social media to maximize your customer reach.

I’d really love to hear what you’re planning to do for the Black Friday weekend. Let us know in the comments below!

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Pay the Date – Direct Sales Booking Game

Title: Pay the Date - A direct sales booking idea

To have a successful month in your direct sales biz, you need to start the month strong. The more parties you have in the first 10 days of a month, the stronger your business will be!

The way this works is that from those early bookings, you’ll be able to book new parties in the same month and build momentum over the month. This, of course, benefits you with higher commission rates and more rewards.

I use the ‘Pay the Date’ booking incentive to front-load my month. It’s super easy to do and people love it!

How to get bookings with ‘Pay the Date’

You will need a few high value and desirable products as incentives. You offer those products to people who book a party. But the price they pay is the date.

If someone books a party on the 1st of the month, they pay $1. But if they book on the 16th they would pay $16 for that product. So it’s in their interest to book as early in the month as possible to get the best price.

Print off a monthly calendar and highlight your available dates within the first 10 days of the month to make it very clear that’s where you want them to book!

Pay the Date calendar example
An example of a ‘Pay the Date’ calendar. It’s very clear what they pay in the first 10 days of the month for the incentive item.

Keep the ball rolling with more bookings

From the parties early in the month, you want to encourage new bookings for later in that month.

Check the following 2 articles to learn how to use booking boxes, party bags, star dates, bribery basket, and more:

  • Get (more) bookings from parties
  • Get (even more) bookings from parties
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How to capitalize on Easter for your direct sales business

How to capitalize on easter for your direct sales business

Do you want to have an eggcelent Easter this year? (sorry, couldn’t resist a cheesy pun)

In this article I have 5 ideas for you to capitalize on Easter in your direct sales or party plan biz.

1. Booking Incentives

Create an Easter-themed booking incentive by adding some brightly colored Easter eggs with a product and/or a bottle of wine. Wrap this all up with a pretty ribbon and some cellophane. The trick to making booking incentives like this work for you is to make them look beautiful and enticing.

Offer these incentives to guests who book a party in April or in the week before Easter – whatever dates you want to highlight in your calendar. Adding some cute Easter eggs really adds to the visual appeal of your incentive and strengthens your seasonal theme.

Promote your Easter theme at parties and your social media.

2. Guessing Competition

This is a great little game that you can play in-home or online (or both).

Fill a jar with mini Easter eggs to create a guessing competition where people guess the number of eggs in the jar.

You can use this an icebreaker at your in-home parties by taking it along and putting it on your display. Also take a good photo of the jar and post it on your social media for an online competition in your customer group or on your business page.

You’ll need a prize for the winners and you can also give away the jar itself as a prize at your last in-home party (or online) before Easter.

3. Chocolate Games

How to make the most of Easter in your direct sales business. Read the 5 quick and easy tips!

Easter is a great opportunity to use a Chocolate theme in your parties. As you know I love themes – themes really help your parties to stand out and it will help you to get more bookings.

I have a fun chocolate game you can download here but I’ve also got a host coaching trick and chocolate game combination called “Chocolate Extravaganza” that you can read about here.

4. Facebook Tiles

If you’re running any Facebook parties in April, you’ll want to add some Easter-themed games to your parties. Also add some tiles to your business page and customer groups to add some seasonal fun and engagement.

Read this article on how to increase interaction and grab the free Easter-themed Facebook games.

5. Customer Love

Our aim with our direct sales businesses should be to be remarkable. And little things like having a bowl of Easter eggs at the ‘check-out’ at your parties makes you stand out.

I also like to pop in a few mini Easter eggs with my deliveries in the weeks leading up to Easter. Small thoughtful gestures like these make you remarkable!

Are you looking for more games to add to your stash? Check out the Ultimate Games Bundle for Direct Sellers. It comes with 26 done-for-you games for in-home and Facebook parties. Check it out now!

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21 Days to Success in direct sales

Title: 21 Days to Success in your Direct Sales Business: Take the Challenge

Here’s a serious question: Are you ready to take consistent action every day? Are you ready to build good habits for direct sales success?

The habits you implement in your business are the difference between a thriving business and a stagnating one.

Are you even ready for success?

You’re still reading, so I’m guessing the answer to the above questions is YES!

I’ve created a 21-Day Challenge designed to help you move your business forward while you build habits for success.

The 21-Day Challenge aims to ‘talk’ to 3 people every day. And when I say ‘talk,’ I mean to have contact with. You can talk to people in person, over the phone, via text message, via Facebook, etc. It doesn’t matter how you speak to 3 people as long as you contact three people daily.

But don’t worry – you’re not alone in this Challenge. I’ll be there with you every day.

My Promise

I promise you this: if you can contact three people every day for 21 days, you will grow your business. Not only that, you will build those good habits that will help your business to thrive.

During the Challenge, I will contact you every day via email. I will help you with ideas on how to find people to talk to, provide pep talks and help you stay motivated, and help you with free printables and tips.

Your Promise

You might be thinking now, “But I can’t do this because….” Perhaps you’re an introvert, shy, busy, or you don’t know how to do it, or you only know seven people …. or whatever other reason you must hold yourself back. 

But have you ever tried this for 21 days before? Why don’t you throw yourself into it and ‘have a go?’ as we like to say in Australia. Then at the end of the 21 days, you can decide whether you can do this.

When you start the Challenge, I want you to promise to put in effort every day and not give up.

Make the most of the next 21 days.

You can focus on getting bookings, sales, or sponsoring during the Challenge. Or perhaps a combination of those 3. It depends on your goals and what your business needs right now.

I recommend offering each person you contact three opportunities: to join your business, host a party or event, or become a priority customer and join your customer VIP group.

The secret to success with this Challenge is consistency. So if you genuinely want to make yourself consistent, you want to get a streak of 21 days. If you miss a day….go back to the start until you have had three contacts per day for 21 days straight. And once you reach the end of 21 days, your business will flourish!

Focus on the doing, not on the results.

Part of the power of this Challenge is that it allows you to concentrate on the numbers, on the doing. You can allow yourself not to focus too much on the results. You need to talk to 3 people daily, but you don’t need to get 3 ‘Yes’s’! 

By focusing on the process, you can take some pressure off yourself and each conversation. All you need to focus on is having those conversations and having some fun with them – don’t worry about the outcome just yet.

Before getting started…

Before starting this Challenge, gather all your contacts:

  • past hosts
  • previous customers
  • friends
  • family
  • acquaintances
  • sponsoring leads that were on the fence before

Create a nice hefty list of contacts. And don’t worry if the list isn’t that long. We’ll also work on finding more people to contact during the Challenge. But it’s helpful to be ready with your contacts, so you have no excuses to procrastinate!

As you go through the Challenge, tracking your results is helpful. That way, you can see the work you’re doing, and you’ll also be able to see your conversion rate. Throughout the Challenge, you’ll see how many “No’s” you get for each “Yes.” And you’ll notice that getting several “No’s” is standard. When I went through a similar process, I would get excited to get those “No’s” out of the way to get to my “Yes”!

Let’s get started!

Are you ready to get started on your 21-Day Challenge? I want to invite you to sign up below – and if you’re smart, you start the Challenge with a team buddy so you can work together and cheer each other on!

Let’s build some great habits and get your business to the next level!

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Get more referrals

Title: Are you ready to make referrals work in your direct sales biz?

Many consultants don’t view referrals as an important strategy in their business. But used consistently, referrals can be used to grow your bookings and your team with very little effort.

Referrals are a very powerful way to grow your business because people trust the recommendations of a friend more than from anyone else!

And when you encourage people to recommend your business, you’ll have a better chance that past party guests or hosts will actually mention you to a friend.

Sometimes just mentioning your referral incentive at a party will remind people of that one friend they know would love a party or your products.

Make referrals work in your direct sales business.

So, to make things easy for you I’ve created  a few different referral vouchers that you can use in your direct sales or party plan business.

You can choose to focus on either bookings or recruits – depending on what your business needs. Or you can offer both options – it’s up to you!

How to make referrals work

  • Use your vouchers consistently, hand them out at every in-home event, post them in your Facebook parties, and have them on hand at your vendor events or markets.
  • Make a habit of publicly thanking people who refer others to you. People like to be acknowledged – especially if there’s a reward involved 🙂
  • Regularly post about your referral program on your social media to make sure everybody knows about it. Remind people that they can cash in the voucher for themselves if they host their own party or if they themselves join your team!

Grab the done-for-your referral vouchers below and drop us a line to share how you encourage referrals in your direct sales biz.

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Halloween Party Game

Title: Halloween Party Game

Themes are the best way to get (repeat) bookings because your events will always be different and never boring. (More on themes here.)

Halloween is a fabulous opportunity for a themed party. Here are some ideas:

  • For your display you can add some Halloween props.
  • You can also look at your product range, perhaps there certain products in your range that pair well with autumn or pumpkin, or black /orange and you can highlight those.
  • Buy some Halloween candy for little prizes for your games.
  • Play Halloween-themed games.

I usually go into ‘Halloween mode’ 2-3 weeks before Halloween and promote specific dates I have available for my annual Halloween events.

One of the things I love to do is to play Halloween games at my parties. And the Spooky Drawing Game is one of my faves because it always gets a good laugh.

Spooky Drawing Game

Pinterest: Spooky Drawing Game

This game is a drawing game and guests play it with their eyes closed as they follow your instructions (download below).

The game can be played at in-home or Zoom parties.

All you need is a pen and paper for each guest and a prize for the winner (and perhaps the ‘loser’).

There is a points system so it’s easy to pick a winner.

To play, all you need to do is read the drawing instructions. Make it fun and don’t go too fast, they need a chance to draw but also don’t go too slow because that makes it boring and annoying.

At the end you ask guests to open their eyes and show their drawings. This is generally very funny and you’ll get lots of laughs. To score, you read out the points for each element of the drawing. Guests add up the points and a winner is then declared.

I’ve got the instructions and point system prepared for you, just download them below by filling in the form.

Are you looking for more games to add to your stash? Check out the Ultimate Games Bundle for Direct Sellers. It comes with 26 done-for-you games for in-home and Facebook parties. Grab it now!

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Secrets of how to Maximize Holiday Trade

Title: 5 Little-known secrets to maximize holiday trade

The holiday season is coming and I’m doing a little happy dance here in my study….

Because the holiday season is the most lucrative time for most direct sellers. But…(yes, there’s always a but)…but you could miss out on a serious amount of $$$ if you’re not ready for it!

I’ve got 5 little-known secrets to maximize your peak trade this year. So let’s get started!

Plan Peak Trade Times

The more organized your calendar is for peak trade, the better.

Check your calendar and block out times when you are available for parties or events to keep them free. Next, cross out the times you have other engagements or commitments so you know exactly when you’re not available too.

Now here’s the secret:

Put careful thought in the times that you offer for parties, events or demonstrations. At this busy time of year you might want to maximize your business by having multiple parties on one day, especially on the weekends.

If you take a single party booking for the middle of the day, you would be hampering your efforts to maximize your peak trade. I found that offering 10am, 2pm and 7pm start times work great for me.

When you have multiple parties on one day, you will need to take travel times into consideration.  Another thing to think about is food. When I have 3 parties on one day, I’ll take lunch with me so I can make sure I have a healthy lunch and I won’t be hungry during a party.

Power Shopping

Power shopping sessions are my second peak trade secret.

In the holiday season I block out a couple of days in my calendar for power shopping. On these days I offer 1 hour “Stop ‘n Shop” sessions. These are power hours where I go and set-up a display with a few best selling items and choice gifts and the hosts invite guests to just call in and do a little Christmas shopping.

This is not the usual party experience but more like a personalized retail experience. Guests can still get demonstrations and advice but it’s a quick in-and-out for shopping.

I’ve found these “Stop ‘n Shop” sessions are very popular in the holiday season as everybody feels rushed and busy. When I offer these sessions they’re always quickly booked out. I usually fit 5 in one day and I’m careful about travel times between locations (no more than 20 to 30 minutes). I offer sessions at 10:00, 12:00, 2:00, 4:00 and 6:00.

At the end of such a day I’m exhausted, but it’s very lucrative and most definitely worth the extra hustle.

Early Customer Appreciation

Secret number three:

Host a customer appreciation event early in the season.

I run my customer appreciation event in September or October. By hosting the event early in the season you’ll be in first with your offerings and it gets your peak trade season set-up early.

5 Secrets to Maximize Your Holiday Trade as a Direct Seller (free printable).

I invite past hosts and top customers to the event. On the night I offer beautifully wrapped Christmas gifts to anyone who books a party or Stop ‘n Shop session. I create a Christmas atmosphere with Christmas music, festive treats, and Christmas decorations.

I make it a special evening for my fabulous hosts and great customers. It’s great for them because it’s a fun evening where they can make a head-start on Christmas shopping before the rush and it’s a great evening for me because I get some bookings and make some sales.

I also aim to be the very first Christmas card my customers receive for the season. I always buy my cards in advance, during the post-Christmas sales. That way I have cards ready in early October to post to my customers of the past year.

If you don’t have a stash of cards,  start looking around now. You can usually find Christmas cards before Halloween but it might be a little harder.

Be Super Organized

If you plan to maximize your peak trade, you’ll be very busy during the ‘silly season’.  I have found that the best way to manage the workload and minimize stress is to be super organized.

This is secret number four:

Even if you think you’re already pretty organized, you’ll want to take it to the next level!

Here are some of the things you’ll want to get done now:

  • Order: extra forms, stationery, bags, etc.
  • Prepare: extra host packs, recruiting packs, etc. in advance

Prepare anything you can in advance and make sure you have enough of everything. Bribe your kids or a teen in your neighborhood to help you. It’s a real nightmare if you run out of these items during the busy season so make sure that doesn’t happen.

Another thing you can prepare in advance are meals for your super busy days. Closer to the season schedule in some cooking days. Prep a bunch of meals and freeze them. You’ll be so happy that you did!

Involve the Family

If you have a partner or children, it’s vital that you involve them so they don’t resent all those times you have to run off to a party or event.

This is my last peak trade secret:

Set a family goal that your business will pay for. For example a holiday, a special outing, a new television or game console.

Have a family discussion about it and set a goal.

My family uses a printable rocket ship with bars that we can color in so show the progress towards our goal. The kids love coloring in the next bar after a party and even ask me when my next party is! It’s a great way to get them involved and show them how setting a goal and working hard towards it will pay off in the end.

I’ve created a rocket ship printable for you too! Just scroll down to download it. The value of each bar can be set by you and depends on your goal and your average party size. I like to set the bars so that the kids can color in a bar after each party.

Are you ready for peak season?

To get ready and have a massively profitable peak trade, you only need to do 2 things:  Get exited and get organized.

In this blog post I gave you 5 secrets on how to organize your holiday season partying and maximize your bookings and sales.

The other part, getting excited, is all up to YOU.

Key Takeaways

  1. Plan your available party times so you don’t prevent yourself from having multiple parties in one day.
  2. Schedule “Stop ‘n Shop” days where hosts have a 1-hour ‘Stop ‘n  Shop’ or ‘Powerhour’ sessions.
  3. Host your customer appreciation party early, in September or October. Also send you Christmas cards early.
  4. Prepare for the ‘silly season’ by ordering extra stationery and preparing all your host and recruiting packs. Also prep some meals in advance for those insanely busy days.
  5. Involve the family. Set a family goal and show your progress along the way so the kids won’t resent you being away so much.
Free Rocket Ship Printable
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7 Ways to Turbo Charge Your Direct Sales Business

Title: 7 Ways to Turbo-Charge Your Direct Sales BusinessIs your direct sales business in a bit of a slump? Is your account about to be closed? Or perhaps you’re restarting after a pause? Or maybe you’re going for a big hairy goal?

Then you’ve come to the right place: I’ve got 7 ways to boost your party plan biz without posting desperate pleas on Facebook (“Please order something from me before my account gets closed…”) and without annoying family and friends (“Mum….can you host another party for me….please…“).

Of course you could also use these ideas to level up your thriving business and expand into new circles, pick up some more orders, and generally turbo-charge your direct selling business.

I recommend you use several of these ideas at the same time because not all these ideas will work for all of you. It’s a bit like fishing, you’ll have to try different baits and lures and see what you’ll catch in your local pond.

7 ideas to turbo-charge your direct sales business without annoying your friends and family

1.) Market, Fete, or Event
Check what’s happening in your local area. Are there any markets or fetes you can book a site at to promote your business? This can be a great way to spread the word about what you offer and pick up new bookings.

2.) Letterbox Drops
Do a letter box drop in your local area. Create a special promotion for party bookings or orders and staple a bright flyer to your catalog. When you’re planning your letterbox drop, consider the ‘rule’ that it’s better to target the same house three times than to deliver as many catalogs as you can because people need to see something more than once before they take action.

For example, if you can afford 60 catalogs or flyers, deliver them to the same 20 houses over a ten day period rather than to 60 houses. Apparently, the first time creates awareness, the second time people see your flyer they might have an intention to act but the third time they see it they’ll act. I’ve definitely achieved better results following this method but overall my results from letterbox drops have been mixed. Sometimes it’s worked well and other times I had no phone calls at all.

3.) Posters
In most neighborhoods you can find some place to put up a poster to advertise your business. I use posters with tear-off tabs with my contact details. Put at least 5 posters in different locations such as your local library, university, cafĂ©, laundromat, supermarket, lunch rooms at large offices, community notice boards, etc. Don’t forget to check back and replace posters if needed. This is a great low-effort method.

4.) Party Swap
Arrange a party swap with a consultant or distributor from another party plan. This of course means you’ll be hosting a party for another company and they’ll be hosting a party for you. It’s a fun way to get a booking as you’ll have an evening of fun with your friends and you’ll have a chance to watch another consultant at work and see if you can pick up some ideas from them.

Consultants make great party hosts because they understand how it all works and how to make it fun and successful. They are often eager to help a sister out too!

5.) Neighborhood Catch Up/Get to Know You
Host your own party at your house for your neighbors. If you don’t know your neighbors that well, you can make it a ‘get to know you’ party or if you’re more familiar with them it can be a ‘catch up’ party.  Make it fun, casual with plenty of time to chat.

Take your party plan business off pause. Use these 7 tips to boost your biz.6.) Email Newsletter
Start gathering customer email addresses to send them updates. You can let them know about sales and special offers, new catalogs, new party themes, and new products.

You can use a free email service like Mailchimp to create beautiful emails and you’ll also be able to see who opens their emails and who doesn’t. It might be a small percentage of people that take action from the emails, but as your list grows you’ll pick up some orders, bookings, and maybe even new team members. Remember, don’t send emails without permission, you don’t want to be a spammer.

7.) Business Box
If you have some spare products or testers that are just gathering dust at home, put them together in a nice box or basket and drop it at a business in your local area. Make sure to include some catalogs, order forms, and host offers for parties. It’s a good idea to have a special gift or incentive to bribe someone to be ‘in charge’ of the box at the business (eg. the receptionist). Leave the box at the business for a few days and then retrieve your box or basket and any orders.

What would you add to this list? Have you been in a bit of a slump or on pause and had to restart? What did you do?

Bonus Idea: Train Your Brain for Success

Positive Prime is an amazing app with new technology based on the latest research in neuroscience and positive psychology. The app is a bit like Netflix for your brain meets a vision board on steroids! If you want to turbo-charge your motivation, creativity and drive, then check out Positive Prime to help you do that. You can read more about it here.

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Get bookings from parties

Title: Get (more) Bookings from PartiesOnce you have been booked for a direct sales party, how do you keep the ball rolling? How do you get new party bookings from that party? And then from those parties?

Learning how to consistently get bookings from your parties will keep your business moving forward.

Early in my own direct selling career I decided I had to become very good at getting bookings from parties. The reason for this decision is actually a confession: I found it quite hard to get bookings in other ways!

By becoming really good at getting bookings from parties, I avoided having to make phone calls, which I found nerve wracking. Although I have long overcome those nerves, the skill to secure bookings from a party is super helpful.

So here are 4 tips to keep your diary full by getting more bookings at direct sales parties or events.

Booking Box / Rewards Display
Try to always create an attractive display of host rewards. I create a display with product rewards most of my hosts achieve at an average party. I put these products in a beautiful box and display it as an attractive gift.

Not only is it very enticing for people considering booking their own party, it also helps me when I forget to talk about host rewards. Someone in the party would inevitably ask about the beautiful gift box on display…

In fact, you can use that as a bit of a strategy. I don’t mention host rewards but at some point I ask the guests: “Who’s wondering about that box…” and then explain what’s in the box and how they can get this box for themselves.

Another variation is to add a sign to your beautiful display with something like “Get Me For Free” or “Save  30% On All This” depending on the type of rewards your company offers.

Pinterest ImageParty Bags
This is an idea I adapted from a tip in Mary Christensen’s book Be a Party Plan Superstar. I take 3 bright and pretty gift bags and matching colored tissue paper. In the bag I put my host pack (catalogs, invites, order forms, etc. ) as well as a little prize (usually a small product and/or samples) and a chocolate.  I put the tissue paper on top so it peeps out and looks enticing.

During the party I will mention a few times that the person who books their own party with me will get to take their very own party bag home as a gift.  I regularly have people jump up to grab a bag they’ve had their eye on because they look intriguing and enticing.

Sometimes I put little notes on the front of a bag with “Free Shopping Spree” or “More Fun” or “Pick Me“.

It’s not unusual that all 3 bags are taken during a party!

Star Dates
This is a strategy to help you not only secure extra bookings but also make sure the bookings are in your diary where you want them. I want bookings within 3 weeks to keep momentum in my business and to reduce cancellations.

Side note: if you book too far in advance, the hosts lose excitement and are more likely to cancel their booking with you. If the booking is in the near future, the host remains excited and likely to take action to organize their own party quickly, rather than forgetting about it.

To create Star Dates, print off a calendar for the month. Put star stickers on the dates you are seeking bookings. Try to have a variety of dates and days of the week for hosts to choose from. If someone books on a Star Date, they get a little gift.

I use very simple gifts but make them look very enticing. You can wrap up an inexpensive product with a small bottle of wine, chocolate or something like that. Use some cellophane and pretty ribbons to make it look attractive. I usually have 5 or 6 different gifts to choose from so there’s always something that appeals to potential hosts.

Wish Lists
At the start of your party, offer every guest a wish list and a catalog. I encourage them to write down the products they like and are considering purchasing as we go through the demonstration. At the end of the party when they put in their actual order, it gives me an opportunity to suggest that people with long wish lists host their own party to qualify for host rewards. I explain that hosting their own party is a great way to get free or discounted products.

 

These are 4 of my strategies. They work well for me and can work well for you too. As with every tip, you have to make it suit your company, your personal style and the event. Which one will you try at your next party?

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