The Host’s Guide: 8 Tips and Tricks for Sales Party Success

There are a lot of factors to consider when planning a successful sales party. But one of the most important aspects that can make or break the event is how you host it.

From selecting an engaging theme, incorporating fun activities, and choosing the right host to figuring out the online logistics and ensuring a smooth program flow, a lot goes into sales parties’ brainstorming and planning process.

If you want to guarantee the success of your event, here are eight tips and tricks you can try out.

1. Define Your Goals

Before you get started in the planning process, identify what your objectives are. This will help you develop the best script for your event that follows the right tone of voice and proper messaging.

Since this is a sales party, some of your goals may involve the following:

• Increasing your sales
• Increasing your attendance
• Boosting brand awareness
• Launching a new product

While these are all individual goals that work by themselves, they’re not necessarily mutually exclusive. You can combine one, two, or three goals to create a more specific event.

2. Get To Know Your Audience

Aside from knowing your goals, it’s also important to know your audience. How do you do this? First, you must do demographic research and identify your target market’s age, gender, location, marital status, education level, occupation, etc. Then, move into their psychographics by learning about their lifestyle, interests, attitudes, personality, digital presence, and social class.

This step may seem tedious and time-consuming, but it’s essential to the planning process. Without this information, you risk talking with the wrong tone of voice or script. Take the time to collect your information to make sure your party applies to your audience.

One pro tip is to create a consumer persona. Imagine your ideal market, create a character based on that, and expound on their details. This will give you a clearer picture of who you’re selling to.

3. Find an Engaging Host

Once you’ve narrowed down your target audience, finding a host that can relate to them and deliver your brand message is time.

For example, imagine you’re a make-up brand launching a new product line. Depending on what product line it is, your target audience could be creative millennials who are not afraid to express themselves.

Keeping this in mind, you need to find an equally creative and expressive host. They should also be someone who knows the ins and outs of the beauty industry and can share interesting snippets to keep your audience glued to their screens.

What’s great about looking for an engaging host is that you don’t have to limit yourself to an existing pool of individuals.

You can branch out and explore influencers, brand ambassadors, or company representatives who you believe can reflect your brand’s persona and deliver a captivating message effectively.

Another pro tip: Find someone with a following. Personalities who have bold and expressive characters can often engage your audience well and create a lasting impression on them.

4. Promote Your Event Online

Promoting your event online before the event date is as important as the sales party. Pre-event promotion is necessary if your goal is to gain traction, drive up sales, and increase brand awareness.

Unlike the old days when promotions were expensive and demanding, you now have the added advantage of social media to get the word out there much faster and more effectively. No need to print ads or distribute flyers. Thanks to technology, you can do all your promotions online.

Plus, if you have a list of VIPs you want to invite, you can simply email them the online sales party information. It’s as easy as that.

When you promote your event, be sure to include all the important details, such as the event’s title, theme, time, and platform of choice.

Although you can choose between Google Meets, Zoom, YouTube, and other online channels, many brands optimize Facebook for their online sales party. To choose which one suits your brand best, be sure to check out each of their features.

5. Give Away Goodies

What’s a sales party without goodies? Giveaways like product samples, business cards, catalogs, and other freebies are a great way to thank your guests for coming and to bring back brand recall. Giving away gifts is not only a fun idea but, more importantly, a practical one.

With your sample products, catalogs, and other branded items in their gift bags, your guests will remember you hours and days after the event. Doing this will also give them more opportunities to get to know your brand, increasing your chance of converting them and driving up sales.

6. Get Your Audience Involved

If you want to increase your sales during the sales party, there’s no better way to do it than to get your audience involved. You can ask them questions, have them participate in activities, play video presentations, or have a small break-out session during the program. The possibilities for interacting with your audience members are endless.

7. Don’t Make the Party Too Long

Keep in mind that everyone has their schedule, and as a host, it’s important for you to respect their time. Be sure to limit your events — usually to about an hour. Within this timeframe, you should be able to introduce your brand, host activities, interact with your guests, and hand out goodies.

If your event runs too long, you will have difficulty maintaining your guests’ attention on the screen. Plus, they probably have other things they need to take care of, so be considerate of the duration of your party.

If you need to extend your party, schedule another event at a more convenient time within the next week or month.

8. Make the Party a Memorable Experience

Last but not least, make the sales party memorable. From how you present your brand and the selection of your host to your activities and everything in between, every event in the program flow should be a memorable experience for your guests.

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