Host an Open House: Tips, Ideas & Incentives

[Ericanaysha]

Okay so i am teaming up with a friend (she does Tastefully Simple) to do an open house.
What should I do, say??

Kinda lost. I was thinking of making the 30 min chicken, having some things on display and passing out my "guest folders" with an incentive inside for booking a show.

 

[tlennhoff]

I know other people on this forum have done this. Make sure that both of you invite at least 40 people and keep your demos short. I think what a few people have done is demo "stations" where they've grouped products and left out things that the guests can test - cucumbers/limes/etc.

If you do a search in the files section on open house you'll find ideas and invitations. Good luck.

 

[GiselaElizabeth]

My sister-in-law sells TS, and last month we did a dinner party (at my mother-in-law's house) where we created a menu of items that were made with Tastefully Simple items, but prepared and displayed with PC products. We invited 50 or so people, had 13 that RSVP'd, 25 showed, and we both had $1000+ shows. We really didn't do any demo, just had products displayed, and a menu typed up with what products were used. Granted, my mother-in-law went all out for it...it was a HUGE dinner, but you could do a simple appetizer & dessert, or even a main course in there.