Theme Parties For Home Party Businesses

Home Party Plan Theme Shows

Your home party show must be fun for the guests. A reputation for fun shows will bring you a steady supply of bookings. If your home party bookings or your attendance are low, then you may want to consider theme shows. Depending on your product line, there are a wide variety of theme shows. There are two types. One type revolves around a product or service and the total show changes depending upon the theme. The other type is a theme that changes from the guest perspective and your presentation is always the same.

On first reading the above statement you may be confused. Let’s talk about the latter type first. Examples of theme shows that change while your presentation remains the same are: a Mexican theme, a luau theme or a pool party theme. In those themes, the decor, the food and beverage and maybe attire would change, possibly even the music, but your presentation would basically follow the same format. These are the types of theme shows that I do. I only run theme shows in January to give that month a special meaning and really nothing changes for me regarding the demo. I may change up the recipe a bit, get out my Hawaiian shirt and offer a prize for the best tropical hat or shirt, but other than that all is the same. This is an easy way to create themes and interest in booking a show. When you say at your show: “Next month I have two themes: Tropical Vacation and Margaritaville” you will create desire for booking a show with your guests.

Here are some shows that keep your regular demo routine:

Chocoholic City
Pool Party
Pajama Party (This was really fun! Everyone arrived in street clothes, changed when it was time to leave, and we all drove home in our PJs!)
Hospital Party
Disco or ’70s show
Hawaiian Luau
Tropical Vacation
Margaritaville
Mexican Fiesta
Patriotic Theme (I usually call this the Red, White and Blueberry party)
Wine and Cheese Part

Theme Parties Will Boost Party Plan Sales

A theme party will boost your sales if you focus on a product or service that has good value. A theme show that changes your whole demo is a little more complicated and needs to be thought out a little more thoroughly. A theme show should highlight your most valuable service or product. For example if you work for a cosmetic company, a theme show highlighting your anti-aging line might be called “The Fountain Of Youth”. You could call a theme show highlighting your lipstick line “The Lip Tickler”. It sounds like fun and most likely will sell many tubes of lipstick, yet may not generate as many sales as the Fountain of Youth show would. Another example would be if a kitchen tool company consultant has a Cookie Swap show. The theme show will probably sell a ton of cookie presses. But if the same company had a “Cook Once, Eat Twice” theme show highlighting the pots and pans, the sales would be a lot higher. Make sure that you create a theme show around a product or service that will generate higher sales. The inexpensive items will still sell, you just do not have to focus on them as a theme.

Seasonal Theme Shows For Party Plan Increase Bookings

Some shows with seasonal appeal may also be good for sales. Seasonality always brings a sense of urgency which is good for sales and bookings. The above-mentioned cookie show or even the wine and cheese theme may have a seasonal appeal in December that would help with bookings in a month when sales could be down. Pool parties in the summer, romance or couples parties in February, or even a men’s football party in the fall for early holiday shopping for spouses could increase party plan bookings in different seasons.

Theme shows can definitely increase bookings, so think about how you can serve the needs of your customers to create themes that would bring value to their lives and bookings to your calendar.

Theme Training For Team Building

Sales leaders can incorperate the same themes into their team training meetings and team building activities.  Sales meetings, like your show must be fun in order to get good attendance.  Try out some of these show theme at your next team meeting and use them for team building training ideas.