5 Fun Party Games For Direct Sales That Will
Boost Your Business
by S. Myers
Published on this site: December 26th, 2005 - See
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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.
- 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.
- Get to Know Each Other Game
This game makes for a nice icebreaker, especially if most
of the guests dont 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&Ms. Of course
no one is allowed to eat their M&Ms until they have
had their turn.
- 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 hostesss 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.
- 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 hostesss
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 hostesss
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. Im going
to get right down to work and tell you about (name of company).
I hope nothing will be left out. In a moment Ill show
you our new line of (insert your type of products) products.
If you left home with the intention of shopping for gifts
tonight, youll find we have the right gift for everyone.
Think about upcoming birthdays and holidays, we dont
want anyone left out. Id 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 dont want to be left with something you
are not 100% satisfied with, right? If youd like to
be a hostess and earn free and discounted merchandise, this
is the right time for you to explore hosting a party.
Im enjoying being here with all of you tonight and
I hope you are having fun, too. I know you cant 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?
- 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 Ive
been doing this for 12 months and Ive 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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