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5 Fun Party Games For Direct Sales That Will Boost Your Business
If you are in direct sales, the money is all in the parties you
do. You want your hostess and her guests to have as much fun as
possible, but at the same time, you need to educate them on and
interest them in your products. You may also want to plant the
idea of one of them becoming a consultant. Party games can
accomplish all of this while providing entertainment to the
guests. Here are a few of our favorite games. Give them a try
and watch your business grow.
1) Bingo
This is an easy all-time favorite and an easy way to introduce a
wide variety of products to the group.
Create some bingo cards by drawing a 4 by 4 box grid on a piece
of paper. Write "Free" on the center box. Then write the names
of your products on the remaining boxes in random order on each
of the bingo cards and make yourself a set of cards with just
one of the products on each card. You will use this set of cards
to draw the bingo "numbers". You may want to have a sample of
each of the products with you and show it and talk about it when
the product is drawn during the bingo game. As in ordinary
bingo, the first person who has a row of items checked off wins
a prize.
2) Get To Know Each Other Game
This game makes for a nice icebreaker, especially if most of the
guests don't know each other. It can also provide you some clues
about who may be a potential prospect.
Pass around a bag of M&Ms. Tell everyone to take as many as they
would like. Quickly ask them to count the number of candies in
their hand. Each person then takes a turn standing up and
telling as many things about themselves and their family as they
have M&M's. Of course no one is allowed to eat their M&Ms until
they have had their turn.
3) How Well Do You Know Your Hostess?
Give a piece of paper to each of your guests and have them
number it from 1 to 10. Then ask them to answer the following
questions.
1) What is your hostess's favorite color? 2) If she could have
any vehicle, what would it be? 3) How many kids does she have?
4) What is her favorite hobby? 5) Who is her favorite actor? 6)
What is her favorite animal? 7) What is her favorite TV show? 8)
What is her favorite food? 9) What is her favorite scent or
smell? 10) If you were in need of something, would your hostess
give it to you if she can?
After everyone writes down their answers (including the
hostess), read the questions again and have the hostess tell
everyone her answers. The other guests mark on their papers if
they got it right or wrong. The person with the most write
answers wins a small prize or discount on their purchase.
You can change and rearrange any of the questions, but leave the
last one in place. It provides a nice lead- in to mention that
the hostess will get free product if they purchase a certain
amount, and/or book their own parties.
4) Left Right Game
This game is a great way to start a party, right before you go
into your presentation. Pass out one or two small gifts. Tell
your guests that you will read them a story and that they should
pass the gift to the person to the right when they hear the word
"right" and to the left when you mention "left. The person
holding the gift at the end of the story gets to keep it.
Here is the story:
I left my house and was on my way to (insert hostess's name)
house. But I soon discovered that I had left my
directions at
home, right by the phone! Well, I knew right away that I needed
to have the right directions to (insert hostess's name) house,
so I turned left and I turned left and I turned right and made
my way back to my house for the right directions. Sure enough,
there they were, right where I had left them, right next to the
phone.
Finally, I was on the right track. I arrived right on time and
set up my (insert your company name) presentation right over
here. You all arrived and sat down. I'm going to get right down
to work and tell you about (name of company). I hope nothing
will be left out. In a moment I'll show you our new line of
(insert your type of products) products. If you left home with
the intention of shopping for gifts tonight, you'll find we have
the right gift for everyone. Think about upcoming birthdays and
holidays, we don't want anyone left out. I'd be happy to help
you find the right gift for that special someone.
(Insert name of company) has a (insert number of days) -day
return policy. When your merchandise comes in please check it
right away. If something is not right please call me right away
and you can be sure I will take care of it right away. You don't
want to be left with something you are not 100% satisfied with,
right? If you'd like to be a hostess and earn free and
discounted merchandise, this is the right time for you to
explore hosting a party.
I'm enjoying being here with all of you tonight and I hope you
are having fun, too. I know you can't wait to see if we have
that special item you have been looking for, so without further
delay I will get right to the point of this party, which is
showing you our great products! So, there is really nothing left
for me to do except congratulate the winner, right?
5) Ask Me About My Job
This game is a great way to get your guests thinking about
joining your company. Get or make up some tickets.
Tell your guests that for the next 3 minutes you are going to
play " Ask Me About My Job". The first person to come up with a
question will get 3 tickets, the second person will get 2 and
every question after that earns one ticket.
You will hear questions like "How long have you been doing
this?" and "How many hours a week do you work?" Answer them as
positively as possible. Good answers to the questions above
would be "I've been doing this for 12 months and I've never had
so much fun" and " I only work evenings and weekends because I
want to be home with my kids".
After the three minutes are up, tell you guests to hang on to
their tickets. You will have another short Q&A session towards
the end of the party (your guests will have thought of some
additional questions by then). After that have a drawing for a
small prize.
This game is a great opportunity for you to teach your guests
about your business and they may see how could benefit them.
Give a few of these games a try and put your own spin on them.
All of these can easily be adapted and modified to work for you
and the particular direct sales company that you represent. Go
out there and have fun!
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