How To Do A Mixer
GET STARTED ON TIME!
Do not punish those who arrive on time.
Dress Casual and have a "grab a chair" environment
(no structured seating...please!)
Remove all children, pets and house phone to eliminate distractions.
Have a product set-up: product samples and/or flyers and materials
No food - keep it simple - keep it duplicatable!
Product On Hand (for retail and wholesale sales)
Jazz CD
(light up-beat, instrumental)
Any Video Materials (cued and ready to push play)
Getting started handouts: 4 steps, 4 Questions, recap info, phone numbers/websites
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Format
Before the Presentation
10 - 15 mins
- Music playing before guest arrive
- Guests arrive start, mixing and mingling
- Introduce everyone to everyone
Presentation
45 min - 1 hour
Hosts says:
Before we get started I just have a few house keeping rules. If you have a cell phone please put it on vibrate or turn it off because we don't want you to miss any of the information. Secondly, I'm going to ask If you have any questions please hold them and we'll get them all answered at the end of the meeting.
Now lets get started! How's everybody doing?! Great! You look great! I want to thank everybody for coming out to help me launch my new healthy beverage business. I'm going straight to the top and I want to take as many people with me that wants to go!
If your playing any DVD or video material say:
At this time I'd like to play a video for you, it's 2 hours long, we have some popcorn and juju beans - no, just kidding - it's only 20 minutes.
I'm so excited about what this business is doing in my life. The reason why I'm doing this business is (share your store in 1 minute). Now I'd like to introduce you to a leader that in pioneering this area. He/she knows 100% about this business and can't wait to share it with you.