Direct Sales Opportunity Gift Bags, Recruiting
Posted by Deb BixlerDirect Selling Marketing Opportunity At Parties
Marketing your business opportunity at a direct sales home party is really just creating desire. When you create desire for your opportunity, people will be asking you if they can have more information. Isn’t that what we all want? One approach is to soft sell your business opportunity at your parties is to use the gift bag approach.
Opportunity Gift Bag Recruiting Information
| Your gift bag is really just well-packaged opportunity information. Below is a sample list of what you need to create your opportunity bags. Your actual contents will vary based on your company’s product and recruiting materials.
You can use any recruiting & marketing tools your company offers in the bag. |
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- Clear bag
- Tinsel or frilly shredded paper
- Bright-colored card that lists “Tools in your Kit”
- Copy of your commission check
- Opportunity brochure
- Opportunity CD or DVD
- Gift: small under $1.00 item, preferably costing only pennies.
- Decorative sticker or label with a message to hold it shut
- Payday candy bar
Now that you have your opportunity gift bags prepared, use them at your home party to market your direct sales opportunity. Think big! Bring at least 3 to each show. Position one in a prominent location to develop curiosity. This will also be a reminder to you to sprinkle recruiting words throughout your show.
Market Your Sales Opportunity
Marketing is the art, science and skill of creating more and more desire in the marketplace for your products, opportunity and services. The short definition of marketing is: creating desire!
You will create desire for your opportunity by sprinkling the benefits of your direct sales business throughout your show in a conversational manner.
Direct Sales Recruiting Tips
- Use your opportunity bag as your prize drawing and at that time you can be more direct in your marketing approach.
- Watch for opportunity red flags and be proactive!!
- Plan when you are sprinkling which recruiting message.
- Learn more recruiting – marketing strategies.







Deb,
Opportunity bags really work! We’ve been using them for some time. Even though we are not a party plan company we use the bags at Grand Openings (which is essentially a party!) They do work to create interest and “follow-up” is key!
Hi Deb, I LOVE this idea! I always am throwing things together at the last minute to hand out. Making some of these ahead of time and having all ready will really make a difference.
Taryn Stothart
Independent Director
Thirty-One Gifts
Deb-I LOVE the idea of the opportunity packet being made pretty! I am new in my Thirty One Gifts business, and I am so glad I had the opportunity to be on many of your calls! I have learned so much! Thank you!
I learned to wrap pretty presents from my grandma. I never thought to wrap up the Thirty-One opportunity with a pretty bow and tinsel. Thank you for this great idea!
Great information Deb – thanks!
what a great idea
I will share this with my team. Thank you
We are planning ahead for our national catalog launch in 3 weeks featuring our Halloween products.
It is similar to the gift bags above with a Halloween theme.