Be a Party Plan Superstar: Build a $100,000-a-Year Direct Selling Business from Home
The “party plan” model of direct selling—introducing products through home parties, social gatherings, and fund-raisers—has been the route to financial freedom for millions. This inspiring, hands-on manual, written by an author who has achieved unprecedented success herself, shows other women how they can generate more bookings, more sales, and more business leads at their parties, as well as build a team of independent party planners, and drive up their own commissions.\ Exemplified by...
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"This wonderful book has all the answers you need to build a profitable party plan business from home. Read it and succeed!"---Brian Tracy, world-renowned business and personal success expert and author of bestselling books including Focal Point, Reinvention, and Time Power" "When Mary Christensen stumbled upon the party plan business she was a young mom raising her family and working as an elementary school teacher---juggling lesson plans, household chores, and family time...and feeling like she and her family deserved more. Seizing on the promise that the harder she worked, the more she would earn, she started a party plan business---beginning a journey that would transform her entire life." "Party plan selling---introducing products and services through home parties, social gatherings, and fund-raisers---has been the route to financial freedom for millions. After all, why wait for customers to come to you when you can bring your business into their living rooms? To succeed, all you need is a willingness to work...and clear-headed guidance from someone who has done it herself." "In Be a Party Plan Superstar, Mary Christensen shows you, step by step, how to build your own party plan business from the ground up, or skyrocket your already existing business into the stratosphere. You'll learn how to: transition from selling to friends and family to developing a huge customer base; coach your party host; create the perfect party environment; handle objections with ease; and close sales effortlessly. Both inspiring and practical, this hands-on manual reveals the secrets behind generating more bookings, more business leads, and more sales, and even reveals how you can build your own team of independent party planners to drive up your earnings." Why sacrifice family life to earn a dollar, when party plan empowers you to stay true to your family-first values and be a successful entrepreneur at the same time? Written by one of the industry's most popular experts, this book shows you how to be a star in your very own show business...and give yourself the life you dream about and deserve.
Party plan selling is the perfect vehicle for personal and financial\ growth. Whatever your current circumstances are financially or\ otherwise, you don’t have to settle for less than you want when\ you can have it all as a star of your own “show business.”\ Party plan is a business model that anyone can follow. As an\ independent business entrepreneur, you partner with a\ corporation, which takes care of the back end of the business\ (including the products, marketing, administration, and technical\ support) so that you can focus on the front-line activities that will\ drive your income.\ No matter what you call them—parties, shows, classes,\ presentations, group consultations, workshops, gatherings,\ celebrations, experiences, or demonstrations—parties are the\ perfect way to build a business.\ Whether you currently work inside or outside the home, a\ party plan business could be your route out of debt and into\ financial freedom. You can work full-time, part-time, or in your\ spare time and still hit the big time.\ Why wait for customers to come to you when you can bring\ your business into their living rooms? Most business owners\ would swap their souls to stand in front of a captive audience in\ the warm, friendly environment of their customers’ homes.\ If you’re ready to start calling the shots on your life, this\ book will teach you how to build a successful party plan business\ from the ground up. If you’re already a party planner, you\ will learn how to catapult your business to the highest levels of\ your compensation plan.\ You will create income for today with higher sales, income for\ tomorrow with more bookings, and income forever by empowering\ others to become successful party plan entrepreneurs.\ The sooner you start, the sooner you can start enjoying all\ the rewards that will come your way as a party plan superstar:\ • Family first\ • Financial security\ • Friendships\ • Flexibility\ • Freedom\ • Freebies\ • Fun\ If you are a direct seller or multilevel marketer and your\ company doesn’t have a traditional party plan structure, you can\ still incorporate party plan concepts into your business. My\ strategies will help you communicate effectively with one, ten,\ or one hundred business prospects. The strategies will add\ pizzazz to your business presentations and fire up your meetings,\ training seminars, and product launches.\ Many direct selling, multilevel marketing, and network marketing\ companies are embracing party plan concepts to reach a\ wider audience. When companies stage opportunity nights or\ business seminars, they’re employing party plan techniques. The\ only difference is the product they’re promoting is the business.\ If your product lends itself to demonstration, display, education,\ or experience, it makes sense to market it to groups.\ Why talk to one person when you could talk to ten?\ If it’s new, unique, or innovative, the sooner you establish\ market share, the harder you will make it for competitors to gain\ a foothold.\ If you’re confident that your product offers better quality or\ better value than anything that’s available through stores,\ telemarketers, or online retailers, party plan is an effective way to\ spread the word.\ I stumbled into party plan as a young mom. I was raising my\ family and working as an elementary school teacher. Every\ weekday I had to leave my baby son and two-year-old daughter\ with a babysitter, while I was at school. When they were safely\ tucked into bed at night, I prepared lessons for my class of nine-\ year-olds. Weekends were a juggling act of household chores\ and family time. I often dropped the ball.\ My children deserved better, but not working wasn’t an\ option. The bills had to be paid. When I saw an advertisement\ that offered “Work from Home,” the lightbulb flashed and I\ picked up the phone. Less than eight hours later a stylish\ woman was sitting at my kitchen table. She interviewed me for\ all of thirty minutes, and to my delight, I got the job.\ Not exactly the job I had expected, but it sounded exciting\ enough for me to leave my teaching career behind to sell skin\ care and color products as an independent party plan\ consultant. That meant swapping a teacher’s salary and\ benefits for a compensation plan and a promise that the\ harder I worked, the more I would earn. I seized on party\ plan as a second chance to be the mom my children deserved.
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: There's No Business Like Show Business 1PART ONE Who Wants to Be a Superstar? 91 Light Your Fire 112 Believe It to Achieve It 15PART TWO Building Your Business 193 Master the Art of Selling 214 Be Your Own Best Host 355 Create a Bookings Bonanza 426 Book Smart at Parties 587 Sponsor to Succeed 698 Coach the Most from Your Host 84PART THREE Let's Get the Party Started! 1079 Set the Stage 10910 Make Your Parties Sparkle 12011 Step into the Spotlight 12512 The Grand Finale 14013 Reap the Rewards 14414 Reward and Recruit Your Host 15015 It Pays to Play 156PART FOUR When the Party's Over 17916 Time for the Reviews 18117 Follow Up 18418 Share the Spotlight 193Afterword: It's Your Time to Shine 208Index 211
\ From the Publisher“…irresistible success guide for every woman who wants to earn an enviable income without sacrificing her family or her independence.” – Networking Marketing Business Journal\ \ \
