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~/~\~/~*The Home Party Network News*~\~/~\~
January 7, 2006 Volume 4, Issue 1
Published by: Diane St. James/Shannon Barnard
HomePartyNetwork
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Welcome!
Shannon and I want to wish you all a belated Happy
New Year! We both wish you a healthy and prosperous 2006. I want to
share some news with you. As some of you may know, Shannon and I are
co-owners of PartyPetShop.com and our goal for 2006 is to take this
Nationwide! We are looking for FOUNDING MEMBERS (and only 3 per state
get the chance). You can get in the pet store business by signing up
and getting your webstore set up with Shannon's help! You can find
all the details about it by CLICKING HERE
This
e-zine is for all members of the homepartynetwork Yahoogroup. Every
issue will have some helpful content for all of us in the home party
business! For all those who advertise in the Direct Sales and
Wholesale Opportunities section of our site, you are entitled to a
free ad in this Newsletter. Just send a 4 line ad with website link
and your contact information: send
me your ad
Diane,
Co-owner HPN
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In
This Issue:
Section
I * Article * Fun
Party Games For Direct Sales That Will Boost Your Business
Section
II * What's NEW at HomePartyNetwork.com?*
Section
III * Recipe* Kangaroo
Pouches
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Section
I
Fun
Party Games For Direct Sales That Will Boost Your Business
by
S. Myers
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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Section
II
What's
NEW at HomePartyNetwork.com?
~ WELCOME OUR NEWEST EXCLUSIVE LISTING MEMBERS ~
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~ ONE YEAR LISTINGS ~ ~
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Section
III
RECIPE
Recipe of the Week - Wendy Kennedy
~~ Bananaberry Bombs ~~
1 cup quick-cooking rolled oats
½ cup flour
½ cup whole wheat flour
¼ cup wheat germ (or wheat bran)
½ cup sugar
1 ½ tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
1 ½ cup mashed bananas
2 egg whites (or 2 eggs)
¼ cup butter or margarine (melted)
1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
Preheat oven to 375F
Combine oats, flours, wheat germ, sugar, baking powder,
baking soda, & salt in a large bowl. Stir well and set aside.
In a small bowl, whisk together bananas, egg whites & melted
butter until smooth. Add banana mixture to dry ingredients &
mix until just moistened. Gently fold in blueberries.
Spray large muffin tin with non-stick spray (or use paper muffin
cups.)
Fill ¾ full with batter. Bake for 20 minutes or until wooden pick
inserted in center comes out clean.
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From http://www.CanadianCountryGifts.com
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Hope
you have enjoyed this issue!
Many
more to come! Planning on publishing
bi-weekly
depending on work schedules
Thank
you for reading!
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