Thursday, August 21, 2008

Creating An Extraordinary Experience

Booking Parties, the mainstay of those in Direct Sales, however sometimes getting those parties "booked" are a little hard in a small town like "Houston TX", because of time to get there, having to clean the house, what to do with the kiddies and hubby. . . . what ever the reason.

Some find that Creasting An Extraordinary Experience is what's needed to really kick off a great party string. It's all about having fun and making everyone feel special. Theme parties are great for this, and many of us have a stack of Theme Parties that we can pick from.

But keep an open mind to the options available:

Many people offer their own home for their hostesses to use -- this a great answer to those with kids and hubby that they are concerned about. Or those that don't have time to clean or make the munchies

Mystery Hostess Parties These are great to invite your customers and previous hostesses to, then give away entries for things like being ontime, bringing a guest, placing an order and so forth. Then draw a winner and she receives all the hostess benefits.

Here is one that someone named Joan that is in a forum with me tried and found to be very successful, which is kind of a mixture of both of the above with an added twist!

I did a real neat party and invited all my past hostesses to a mystery hostess party at my home. I drew a name from all that attended and the one picked became my hostess! I also stood with this person and had them do my presentation with cheat cards (LOL - she signed up afterwards) to show how easy the business was. At this party my DH and a good male friend dressed up in Tuxedos and waited on us gals and it was a blast! I had great sales, a new recruit, and 5 bookings from this!

At the South Houston Chapter meeting, we discussed making an Extraordinary Party Experience and bringing that WOW to our Parties. Maybe make it into a Friends Night Out Party, or a Customer Appreciation Party, or a Wine and Cheese Party.

We would love the hear more about what your Extraordinary Party Experience was, just leave us a comment below.