Facebook Party Game: Treasure Hunt

To make your direct sales Facebook parties a success you need interaction from the guests.

There are lots of ways to stimulate interaction (check this article for some information and ideas), with games being a favorite.

Today’s Facebook party game is a treasure hunt. And at the end of the treasure hunt there’s a prize, of course.

The treasure hunt isn’t just fun to do and leads to a prize, the advantage for you is that it nudges guests to check the catalog, videos, or your company website. You encourage them to interact with company materials they might have otherwise skipped!

What you need for the Facebook Treasure Hunt

A Facebook party
A prize, a discount, free delivery, or a 2-for-1 deal – a ‘treasure’ that your guests can win when they find all the clues
Clues
Videos and images to go with your treasure hunt posts
All relevant links to the catalog, company website or company videos.

How to set up the treasure hunt

The treasure hunt is played over the duration of your Facebook party. It works best over several days. You set up a series of clues for which the guests need to do something to find the answer. Once they’ve found the answers, they win a prize.

For example, if your party runs over 3 days you can create a treasure hunt with 4 questions, two for each day with winner announcements on the last day. Or if you play over 5 days you could do a clue each day and again on the last day do the winner announcements.

This isn’t a set-and-forget game. Guests will PM you with the answer so it’s not public in the comments. This means you’ll need to keep track of who’s solved which question!

At the start of the party, you announce the treasure hunt. You can do this in a video or a post. Either way, make sure you’re very clear on the rules. Include the following information:

How many clues there will be
The rules to win a prize (do they need to solve all clues? Or just one?)
When you’ll announce the winners
What the prize is (make a big deal out of this)
How to play (check the clue, find the answer, PM you)

Ideas for clues

Because every direct sales company is different, it’s impossible for me to write a script that you can just grab and go. But I can give you a big list of ideas so you can set-up your own treasure hunt. And once you’ve created your own treasure hunt, you can use it again and again.

I highly recommend grabbing the free printable below, it’ll help you to work through setting up your own treasure hunt and create a checklist you can use to tick off your tasks. It also comes with this list of ideas:

Ask a question about your welcome video at the start of your Facebook party. The answer can only be found by watching the video.
Ask a question about a specific page, product range, or special offer that can be found in the catalog.
Ask a question about a company recruiting video. They have to PM you with something they can only know by watching the whole video.
Ask for their favorite product of all time or their favorite product a new range.
Ask a question about one of your (or your company’s) how-to videos about how to use a specific product.
Ask guests something about the host (her favorite product, her ideal holiday, her secret ‘addiction’, etc.)
Ask a question that can only be answered by visiting your website (perhaps the ‘about me’ section, product ordering section, FAQ, etc.)
Ask a question about a specific product (benefit, ingredient, awards won, etc.) that they can find on the company website or the catalog.
Ask the guests to create an account on your website (some companies offer this option) and PM you with their customer number or a screenshot.
Ask something about the current host incentives, sales offer or joining incentive.
Ask guests to join your email list or VIP group.
Ask what’s on a specific page of the catalog (Which product is listed in the top left corner of page 5?)
Ask something that they can only know by reading a consultant story in the catalog or company website.

When setting up your treasure hunt, try to create a mix of tasks. You want the guests to view the catalog and at least watch or read something related to joining. Don’t make it all about joining or the company or all about the products, try to mix it up!

For each clue, create a post with a related image. Make sure you include the links they need to solve the clue. If you can do quick videos for all or some of the clues, even better!

Now, grab the printable to set-up your own treasure hunt that you can use in your Facebook parties.

Looking for even more games? Have a look at the Ultimate Games Bundle for Direct Sellers. It comes with 26 done-for-you games for in-home and Facebook parties. Check it out today:

The “Have You Ever” Game

The “Have you ever…?” game is a super easy game to play at your direct sales parties.

It’s also great fun and works well as an ice-breaker. When I play this game it always gets people talking and sharing funny stories.

To keep the game going I usually have a bag of wrapped candies or chocolates with me that I throw to the people who are paying attention and are ready for the next question. That way if the talking goes on for too long, I can get the game moving again. Because when chocolates start flying around the room, people will soon check to see what’s happening!

I have a list of ‘Have you ever…?’ questions ready to go for you but you don’t need to use all of the questions. Pick and choose depending on your guests and on how long you want to play.

What you need to play “Have you ever…?” at your direct sales parties

Game sheet with questions (download below)
2 Small prizes (one for the winner and one for the loser or ‘winner in reverse’)
Pen and paper for the guests to track their score
Optional: wrapped candies

All you need to do to play is pick some of the questions of the list and read them out. Tell the guests the points for each question so they can track their score. The last question should always be “Have you ever been to a … (your company)… party before?”. That way you can identify repeat guests that clearly like your products!

The winner gets a small prize and you can also give a prize to the loser or the ‘winner in reverse’ as I like to call it.

I’d love to hear your ‘Have you ever…?’ questions that are suitable for direct sales parties so I can update the sheet with more questions. Let me know in the comments below!

If you’d like even more games for your stash, check out the Ultimate Games Bundle. It comes with 26 done-for-you games for in-home and Facebook parties. Have a look now!

Getaway Phone Game

Getway Phone Game for Direct Sales Parties

These days most guests come to my parties with their phone. Which is awesome because I have this easy and fun ice-breaker game you can play.

Start by asking the guests to grab their phone and bring up a photo that was taken on a holiday, special outing, trip or getaway.

They can grab it from their camera roll or from their Facebook or Instagram.

It usually takes them a few minutes to bring up a photo so I like to move things along by throwing some small wrapped candies to the first three people that are ready to play. That usually encourages the rest to choose quickly.

Make sure they have some paper to track their points on (you can hand out pieces of paper or perhaps you have already given them a wish list they can use).

Getaway Phone Game - Direct Sales Icebreaker

Next you’ll read out some things that might be in their photo and they can earn points for them. You use the game sheet (download below) for the points. Don’t read every single item, that would make the game too long!

At the end guests add up their points and you can declare a winner and a “winner in reverse” (the person with the lowest score).

Make sure you have a small prize ready for the person with the highest score and the person with the lowest score.

I love this game because it’s a great ice breaker, it gets a few laughs and people often share memories and stories of their getaway so people get to know each other quickly. This game sets a great ‘tone’ for the party!

What you need to play the Getaway Game

Game sheet (download below)
2 Small prizes (one for the winner and one for the ‘loser’)
Wrapped candies (optional)
Pens and paper for the guests to track their score

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How to capitalize on Easter for your direct sales business

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

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.

2. Guessing Competition

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 or take a 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 – 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.

Read this article on how to increase interaction and grab the free 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!

Games are an awesome secret weapon for your parties. Because they help guests to relax and have fun and that helps you to get your booking or recruiting message across.

Games also help to keep your parties fresh because with a big stash of games you can always mix things up for repeat guests.

Grab the Ultimate Games Bundle with 26 done-for-you games that are ready to play! All the necessary printables and images are included.

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Your Secret Weapon

Title: The #1 Secret Weapon for Your Direct Sale Business

When I was looking to boost my direct sales business I realized that successful direct sellers were doing this one thing that I didn’t do at all.

Once I started doing this, my direct sales parties and online events changed overnight!

So what is that #1 secret weapon?

Games.

It’s playing games at your parties.

I know it might sound like such a little thing you might do in a party to add a bit of fun. But as it turns out, it’s a powerful way to boost your business.

Why Games Work

They increase the fun-factor. This leads to more bookings and new team members.
Games make you more relaxed at in-home parties too. It’s a great tool for shy or introvert party plan consultants.
People tend to mentally protect themselves from marketing messages or being sold to. But games relax that mechanism because they’re having fun. That means this that games are a great tool to get your booking or recruiting messages across.
Games really boost interaction in your Facebook parties. This leads to increased exposure of your posts so your party is more successful.
Games help guests who don’t know each other to get to know each other, which helps them to relax and have more fun.

Psychologist Anders Hejdenberg said that “games are a way of having fun regardless of our current life situation”.

Relax Your Guests

Games help your party guests to relax, unwind and have fun. They can forget about their day-to-day stress for a moment. And while they’re having fun you can make sure that you get your offers across to them.

Strengthen Your Themes

Games can also help to strengthen your themes because you can tie your games to your theme. And the more you use themed parties, the more repeat bookings you’ll get because you can always offer something new and different for your guests.

Boost Facebook Parties

For Facebook parties games are a great way to increase interaction in the event. And the more likes, reactions and comments you get, the more guests will see your party’s posts. And with your posts popping up regularly in their Newsfeed, your Facebook party will be more successful. (Read more about this in this article.)

The Ultimate Games Bundle

I’m so passionate about the importance of the right type of games for direct sellers that I’ve put together an Ultimate Games Bundle. The Bundle covers everything you need to run games that are proven to actually work and are fun to play. (Not every game produces the right kind of psychological response and some can actually damage your business!)

In the bundle you’ll find:

Host Coaching Games
Recruiting Games
Drawing Games
General Games
Booking Games
Facebook Party Games

Each Module comes with a short video talking you through each and every game with tips on how make the most of the game and variations you can use. All the printables and images are done for you and are included in the Bundle.

Games, as simple as it may sound, are literally my #1 secret weapon. And it can work for you too.

Christmas Games Super Bundle

Christmas is my absolute favorite time of the year.

It’s also a massive opportunity for your direct sales or party plan business.

To make your life easier in the silly season, I’ve collected a bundle of Christmas-themed games that you can use in your parties.

Christmas Names

This game requires no preparation, printables, or pen & paper. It’s the perfect fall-back game if you’ve forgotten to prepare anything.

You play by asking guests to introduce themselves with a Christmas related word that starts with the first letter of their name as well as their name. For example I could introduce myself as “Candy Cane Christine” while my friend Angela could use “Angelic Angela” and a Stephanie could call her herself “Starry Night Stephanie”.

Most people will join in the fun and come up with something that matches their name. If they get stuck on a tricky letter, like my fabulous assistant Zoe might with her name, I tell them to use their last name or middle name instead.

I give prizes to everyone in this game and usually use a bowl of mini candy canes. (Extra tip: have a bag of mini candy canes on hand at all your parties in the holiday season. They come in super handy).

Drawing Games

Drawing games are always fun and get lots of laughs. I have two different versions that you can download below to use in your parties.

For both of these versions you provide each guest with a blank sheet of paper and a pen. They then close their eyes and draw according to your instructions. The scoring (which you’ll find on the printable) will them how well they did and determine the winner.

I like to give a prize to the winner but also to the person with the least points – I call them the “winner in reverse” rather than “loser”.

Download 2 versions of this game below.

Envelope Games

I have two versions of the envelope game for you to use this season.

You’ll need to prepare 2-3 envelopes, depending on how many guests are at the party. In the envelopes you can put a card with the prize written on it. The prize could be a small product, an order discount, free shipping, or chocolates. Whatever works in your business.

At the party hand the envelopes to random guests and ask everyone to form a circle. Explain to the guests that every time you say the word “right” when reading the story, the envelopes are to be passed to the right. Every time you say the word “left”, the envelopes must be passed to the person on the left.

You’ll get lots of confusion and laughter over the directions. The person who holds an envelope at the end of the game gets to open it to reveal their prize.

Fill out the form below to get 2 different stories to use with this game.

Looking for more games? Grab the Ultimate Games Bundle for Direct Sellers. It comes with 26 done-for-you games for Facebook & in-home parties. Check it out now.

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 great 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

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.

At the end you ask guests to open their eyes and you can read out the points for each element. 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!

Choctober Theme

(Almost) everyone loves chocolate.

I definitely love a good bit of chocolate…but I love “Choctober” even more. Choctober is my secret weapon to fill the October month with parties.

The reason I want to fill my October month with parties is that I want to set myself up for a profitable holiday trade.

And the best part is that the Choctober theme works with almost any direct sales business. That, and chocolate.

Run your own Choctober month

I promote special chocolate dates for October, where anyone who books a party on those particular dates will receive a box of chocolates from me as a special gift.

That way I can control my diary to suit me.

I take 3 or 4 varieties of gift boxes with chocolates with me to my parties, so there’s bound to be at least one that appeals to the guests.

I also promote Choctober in my VIP customer groups in a Facebook Live.

Online promotion tip: Show only 1 box of chocolates each variety (3-4 in total) and make clear that when they’re gone, they’re gone! You want to create a little bit of urgency and a sense of scarcity to nudge people to act.

(I’ve created some tiles and a Facebook cover image for you too to help you promote Choctober, download them below.)

So you have your booking incentive all set…but the fun doesn’t stop there!

Choctober Themed Parties

I recommend you add a chocolate flavor to your parties by running the Chocolate Game. I’ve explained how to play the game here

You can also incorporate chocolate to your host coaching by using the Chocolate Extravaganza game. Check the article on how to play and grab the free printables here

Finally, I also use Smarties to promote my parties. I’ve created these cute Smartie packs by printing up a bunch of stickers (I used the ‘address label’ size on VistaPrint) and putting them on little Smartie boxes.

I hand them out at parties as prizes, pop them in the delivery bags or use them as an alternative to my business card during Choctober. People are always excited to receive them and they work well with the Choctober theme.

With these tips you can run a fabulous Choctober and set yourself up for a senational peak season. However, some direct sellers can make Choctober even bigger and better with these ideas:

If you sell cooking products, you could demonstrate chocolate related dishes.
If your company has brown colored products (think make-up, nail products, clothing, etc.) you can highlight those products during Choctober.
If your product range includes products with a scent, you could highlight scents that you could relate back to chocolate (mint, orange, caramel etc.) .

I just love Choctober because I’m already getting excited for peak trade and this way I get a running start!

Are you looking for games? Have a look at 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.

What’s On Your Phone Game

Today I have another game for your games collection: The “What’s On Your Phone” game.

This game is a variation of the “What’s In Your Handbag” game that I used to play. But over time I’ve noticed most people come to events or parties with just a phone, credit card and keys. What else does a girl need?

How to play the “What’s On Your Phone” Game

As with all games, I have a little prize for the winner but this game is a little different because I win too.

All guests need to play is a smartphone, a piece of paper and a pen. I’ve created a free downloadable scoring sheet that you can use in your parties (download below).

What's On Your Phone is a fun and useful direct sales party game

I play by reading out each item (eg. “If you have a selfie on your phone, give yourself 1 point”) and the guests keep track of their points on the piece of paper that you’ve handed them.

One of the ways that guests can get points is by a text race. Whoever texts you within 30 seconds gets 20 points. This way they’ll all have your phone number in their phone! Encourage the guests to save the number with your company name first followed by your first name in their contacts list, that way they can find you easily.

Another way guests can get points is by liking your Facebook business page or join your VIP group.

And this is how you win: These new customers now become part of your customer community and you can continue to build a relationship with them.

Do you want even more games in your stash? Check out the Ultimate Games Bundle for Direct Sellers. It comes with 26 done-for-your games for in-home and Facebook parties. Check it out today!

Chocolate Game

Themes are always a great idea for your direct sales business. The more ‘themed’ you can make your parties, the better.

Why?

With different themes you give people another reason to re-book with you. As each party and product demonstration is so different, guests and hosts won’t get bored. They’ll want to try out the different themes and have a ‘new’ party every time.

Some product offerings are really easy to structure into themes. With others you have to work a little harder to make them into a theme party. However, some themes are universal.

Like chocolate.

For my “Chocoholics” theme party I encourage the host to offer chocolate snacks. I always bring more chocolates to the party because I use chocolates as prizes and as booking incentives .

And most importantly, I play the Chocolate Game throughout the party.

Chocolate Game

Play this direct sales party game with your chocoholic guests for fun and engagement.

The chocolate game is fun and easy and gets all the guests engaged and involved throughout the entire presentation because they’re never quite sure when I’m going to give them another chance to win a chocolate prize.

I keep a list of chocolate clues handy and I read out 2 or 3 clues at a time throughout the party. When someone yells out the correct chocolate to match a clue, I throw them a chocolate prize.

All you need to play is a bag of mixed, wrapped chocolates and the list of clues (download below). And, of course, a bunch of chocoholics as guests!

Grab even more games in the Ultimate Games Bundle for Direct Sellers. It comes with 26 in-home and Facebook games. Each game is explained in a video and all printables and images are ready for download. Check it out here.