12 Keys To Success
For Home Party Plan Consultants
Are you a new consultant with a Home Party Plan Company? If so, there are a few things you should know to help you get started with your New Home Party Plan Business.
There are many things that will affect your success with a home party plan type of business. The faster you get started, the faster you will make money and be successful at your new home business.
Below you will find some great tips and ideas on how to move your business forward and to do so quickly.
#1. Once your consultant business opportunity kit arrives to your
home, go through it thoroughly. I recommend that you open up your
catalog and start reading it cover to cover to familiarize yourself with all
of the products and where they are in your catalog. One way to do this
is to take 3x5 index cards and make up a set of product flash cards.
On the front side of each card put the product name and a picture of it
(if available), and on the backside list the product features, item number,
price and any other product information that you feel is important.
Once you make up your product flash cards, use them! Just like in grade school, product flash cards can help you learn and memorize your products quickly.
#2. Read through your consultant business manual. As you are reading
through it, have on hand 2 different colored highlighter markers. Take one
and highlight areas that are important and the other one use to highlight
areas that you need more information on. Then make a list of your
questions and contact your recruiter/sponsor or upline manager to get
all of your questions answered. I recommend to all new consultants
that they should read their Consultant Business Manuals cover to cover
at least twice within their first week of being in business. Its also nice to
go back to your consultant manual frequently as a reference points
and to constantly refresh your memory.
#3. Make a detailed list of everyone you know! Friends, Family,
Co-workers, Neighbors, Teachers, Community Leaders, etc. This will
be your BASE customer list. I recommend you contact everyone on
your list by phone, in-person, by email or by postal mail to offer them a
catalog and your business card. Print out flyers about your Hostess
Program, Hostess Specials and Customer Specials. Include those
flyers with every catalog you send/hand out. For an extra incentive,
you could include a discount coupon giving them a certain
percentage off their first purchase with you.
#4. Hold your first party with you being the party host or do a Mystery Hostess Party. You will want to do this within the first 3 weeks of you joining a home party plan company. Invite everyone you know! Ask your invited guests to bring along a friend to help you kick off your new home business. This will give you practice on how to do a home party plus it will expose your new home business to friends and family and those on your customer contact list. The more you practice and the more home parties you do, the more comfortable you will be doing them.
#5. Attend any meetings, trainings or events that are offered by your
company or manager. They offer training, motivation, idea sharing
and friendship. These days we all lead very busy lives but if you don't
attend them, you are really selling yourself short on this valuable resource
to get yourself started with your new home business.
#6. Attend local commerce and business events in your own city. You
can build up business contacts and business references by attending
these events. You need to network with as many people as possible and
get your business out there to be seen by others. Your business will not promote itself, its your job to advertise and promote your own business.
#7. If you would like to network online with other home business women, I highly recommend Ryze, its FREE to join and there are many FREE groups that you can join.
#8. Set aside time every week to work on your business. Just like any job
or business, you need to set a schedule for work related time. The more
you work on your business the more it will grow and flourish. I use a large
wall calendar in my home office and a daily planner book to schedule in my work time. Every week I sit down and plan my week and make a list of my weekly business goals. Draft up a schedule and plan and stick to it.
#9. Start a referral program. Reward your party hosts and customers who refer others to you. They are more apt to give you referrals if there is
something in it for them. This could be a free small product or a discount
on their personal order.
#10. Attitude! Be excited about your new home business and the products that you offer! The more you are enthused about your products and business, the more enthusied your party hosts and customers will be too!
#11. Share your business opportunity with everyone you know and with everyone who you come into contact with. Don't assume that they know and wouldn't be interested.
#12. Increase your sales by letting others know how your products can benefit them and fit into their lives. The more you talk about your business and products, the more customers will want to purchase them. To do this, ask your customers about their likes and dislikes. You can make up a customer survey to find out these type of answers and offer your customers a one time discount for completing your survey. Use this survey to recommend products to your customers or to alert them of future sales specials on the products that they are interested in.
Written By: Shelly L. Hill
http://my.tupperware.com/Ravish30
