Fun party games are a great way to boost sales at your home parties. They break the ice, put guests at ease, and stir up interest in your products. The more fun your guests and hosts have at the party, the more likely they will be to make a purchase or even become your next distributor.
A home party plan game should be fun, simple, and memorable. Try one of these at your next party.
3 Party Games That Serve A Purpose
Any party game must serve a purpose for all involved, the host, the guests and you the distributor! If it does not, then it is a waste of your time.
Pass The Parcel Home Party Game
This home party plan game is a spin on the traditional kids’ party game, and it works well with any product line.
You simply wrap a small gift product or coupon for so much off the cost of a product in several layers of wrapping paper. You could even use pages from an old catalog to wrap the item. The guests will pass the parcel around as you play music.
Stop the music periodically, and whoever is holding the parcel when the music stops gets to remove one layer of wrapping. Continue until one lucky person reaches the prize.
It is fun, fast paced and will keep the audiences attention!
Show Game = What Am I?
This game is a great way to familiarize your guests with the products. Distribute catalogs to everyone and then give a description of one item at a time from the catalog, but don’t reveal the product name.
You can give hints, let people work in teams, and give points for each correct answer as the show goes on. Give coupons or prizes to the person or team with the most points at the end of the game. This is a great way to highlight products in a fun way.
This game will keep your audience engaged and guests who thumb though catalogs tend to spend more money!!
The Ask Me Anything Except… Game
This is a game intended to source possible new recruits. Buy a roll of two-part tickets like the ones used for raffles. Give out one ticket to each person that asks you a question about yourself or your home party plan sales job.
In fact, they can ask you about anything except the actual products.
Write the asker’s name on one ticket as a possible follow-up recruit. Make sure your answers tell about the benefits of your direct sales business. For example, you might answer a question about how many children you have with a statement such as ‘I have 2 boys and a girl and this has allowed me to spend more time with my children’. Finally, give a prize to the person with the most tickets.
Get creative and have fun at your next direct sales party! Follow up with all those who asked questions about your business opportunity!!
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Deb Bixler is the DSWA 2011 Speaker of The Year and party plan guru.
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