I got this question last week when I asked my Facebook Followers what they wanted to hear about on the upcoming blog posts. It’s a good question and one I’m sure you’ve asked yourself (and been asked if you’re a leader) before.
There are two kinds of bookings; bookings from parties and creative bookings. Let’s start with bookings from parties.
My best advice regarding getting people interested in booking a party from the party they’re attending is to make sure that they’re having a great time! Think about it. If a potential host is having a great experience at your party, having fun, interacting, laughing, and enjoying herself, she’s going to be much more likely to want to repeat this experience in her own home with her own friends. So take some time, analyze your party presentation, and make sure it’s awesome and all about the guests and their experience. I’ve written several blog posts about getting bookings from your parties (and I’ve listed them below) in case you need some inspiration.
Creative bookings can be more challenging. The best advice I can give here is to make sure, once again, that you’re making it about them. What are the benefits for that potential host, of booking a party with you? What’s she going to experience and receive (besides free products). Creating a booking commercial for your party (you can read a post on how to do that below) can help you identify these things, so that when you do get on the phone or approach a friend about having a party, you’ll be able to use those ideas. For example, rather than saying, "Would you like to book a party with me? We have lots of great new items for fall that you could earn for free!" which is about you mostly, instead you may say "So, now that the kids are back in school and you can acutally focus on yourself for a change, I have a great idea. Let’s do a party, let me come and spoil you and your friends, and we’ll have a girl’s night out." The first sentence is about you, the second is all about her. Get it?
Check out these other posts that will support you in making your parties fun and getting bookings from them:
6 Tips for Unlocking Your Party Diva
A Booking Commercial Makes Getting Bookings From Your Parties Easy
Take the Challenge: 24 Bookings in 24 Hours!
Use a Booking Tree to Double Your Bookings From Parties
Hate Creative Bookings? Read on…
What are your best ideas for filling up your calendar this fall?
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