How To Find Your First Party Hostess
One of the most exciting times of your direct sales career is when you start your new direct sales business. Of course when the sales start coming in, that is pretty darned exciting also! Your first step, after you’ve created your business plan, familiarized yourself with all of your companies products and marketing materials, and perhaps even created a website is to throw your first direct sales party. That means finding your first party hostess.
Places To Begin Looking
Obviously one place to start is with your relatives. Hey, they’re family, right? That’s what family does – they help each other out. A little hint though, in order to make hosting a party more of a pleasure than an obligation, make sure to ask your relatives who are interested in your products and who most likely have friends who are interested in your products. It won’t do anyone any good if Aunt Mary hosts a party for your jewelry business and invites all her candle-loving friends, right?
Let’s say you don’t have family close to you or you just don’t want to go to them, then the obvious next best place to start is with your friends. Here again, make sure to ask those friends who’d actually benefit from your products and would most likely enjoy being a hostess. Promise you’ll be a great coach and sales representative, and always make it fun for them to host the party for you. Also, let them know what’s in it for them too, like all the cool hostess-only gifts and hostess discounts on products. (You can even consider bartering with them if it helps out better, say you babysit for a night out and they host a party.)
It’s pretty much guaranteed that there are other direct sales consultants in your community. It’s a thriving and rapidly growing business model. Many people are now joining the direct sales industry in order to create a little additional income, especially during these tough financial times. Connect with these other direct sales consultants and trade hosting parties. If you don’t know any other direct sales consultants, post an ad in your local community mailer, church or school newsletter.
Finally, if all else fails, consider those people that owe you a favor and call it in. They’ll be glad they helped you. Being a hostess, when you’re the direct sales consultant in charge, is guaranteed to be fun, not work, right?
Sometimes you may need to get somewhat creative to nab your first direct sales party hostess but once the ball is rolling and you’ve got your first party under your belt, people will line up to host a party for you. Your business will be well on it’s way to attaining the goals you’ve set.
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