Top 5 Ways to Get More Dates at Your Direct Selling House Party
The heart of the house party plan business is going out with more parties. Without parties, your business is virtually at a standstill, with no way to generate substantial sales. With your schedule packed with parties scheduled, a world of opportunities opens up for you to grow your business and experience financial rewards.
So how do you spawn more parts? Here are my 5 favorite ways to date more during a house demo party.
#5 Offer incentives
As you go through your demo, be sure to point out various dating incentives to your guests. Make sure guests know that they can receive one gift just for going out to a party and another for celebrating the party. Go over your party planning company’s hostess plans and, where possible, show guests the actual items they can receive.
#4 Stack your hostess
Play a game of show and tell. You can explain the hostess gifts to her guests until she turns blue, but until the guests actually see what they can get, it won’t mean much to them.
Toward the end of your presentation, have your hostess sit in a chair at the front of the room. Take this opportunity to thank him for hosting the party. Then she starts stacking it.
Starting with the lowest value gift, give him one by one all the items you received for hosting the party. Give the conversation starter gift, the dating gift, the host gift. Be sure to stack it with all the items you can receive, even if the party sales haven’t added up yet. Does your business offer half-price items in addition to other hostess gifts? Stack her with that too.
When guests see how much they can get, they are more likely to throw a party themselves.
#3 The theme book
Your party guests want to have fun! What better way to excite them than by offering a wide range of themed parties? From the traditional Auction Party to the Banana Split Party, Couples Party, Children’s Party or Margarita with the Girls. Get creative and come up with fun ways for your guests to get together with their friends.
Print a simple information page with each of these ideas and place the pages in a 3-ring binder. Leave the folder on the coffee table before and during the party. When your guests find a topic that interests them, they’ll be happy to schedule an appointment with you.
#2 Dating games
Most house party consultants offer their guests some sort of prize or knick-knack for attending a show. Reserve your most wanted trinkets and prizes for a special dating game. At the end of your show, offer the best gifts to your guests for taking part in the dating game.
Have all the trinkets in a large bowl or decorated box. On each trinket, attached to the note. Half of the notes should say “Have a party,” while the other half should have a variety of messages from “Draw again” to “You’ve won a free item.” Tell guests that participation in this game is optional. Explain to the guests that there is a note on each award, and what the note says is what should be done. If a guest receives a “Free Item” award, you’ll give them a specific free item, but if they receive a “Throw a Party” award, you expect them to go out with a party tonight.
This really helps determine which guests are willing to have a party. Only guests who are willing to consider the idea will raffle a prize.
#1 QUESTION!
This may seem like a no-brainer, but the best way to date more parties at your next show is to get in the habit of asking each guest. Don’t feel like you’re being pushy. The guests are waiting for you to ask them to throw a party! One method I’ve used to force myself to ask each and every guest when they order is this.
At the beginning of the party, I make an announcement. I hand out a $20 bill and say, “At the end of the show I’m going to ask each and every one of you to host a party to be eligible to receive all these wonderful hostess gifts! However, if I forget to ask you to present a program, I’ll give you $20 of the product of your choice!”
This forces me to ask each guest and makes each guest aware, prepared, and even eager for my question.
