The Complete Idiot's Guide to Party Plan Selling

by Gini Graham Scott

Throw a party and make some profit.

This is the first handbook exclusively devoted to party plan selling. From Tupperware to stamps, kitchenware to sex toys, cosmetics to books—selling products through social gatherings in living rooms, churches, and even business organizations is a ten billion dollar business in the U.S., and this book is designed to help the thousands of people who want to get into it but don’t how to begin.
-High profile article appeared in the New York Times about how one woman grossed over $100,000/year by selling adult toys in small towns throughout Arkansas and Wyoming
-Features interviews with successful party plan sellers, and hints and inside tips to help people avoid common mistakes
-Practical advice about small-business organization, product storage, bookkeeping, and advertising
-A complete listing of the major companies that offer party plan selling opportunities

368 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Gini has published over 50 books with major publishers, including books on work relationships, professional and personal development, creativity, law, criminal justice, popular culture, and social trends. She has published over 200 books through her company Changemakers Publishing, and has recently written a series of books on self-publishing.
She has been a guest on 100s of radio and TV talk shows including Oprah, Good Morning America, and CNN.

She helps clients write, publish, market, and promote any type of book through her company Changemakers Publishing and Writing at www.changemakerspublishingandwriting.com She also helps clients find publishers and agents.

In addition, she writes scripts and produces films through her company Changemakers Productions. She has written and produced 14 feature films, TV pilots, and documentaries, with 8 of them in distribution, the others in post production. Details are on her website for films at www.changemakersproductionsfilms.com. She helps clients turn their books into scripts and she reviews books for their film potential.

She also has written and produced over 60 short films. Examples are featured on her YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/changemakersprod.

She speaks and does workshops and seminars on the topics of her books and on self-publishing, writing and promoting books.

She has written over 200 songs featured at Changemakers Music (www.changemakersmusic.com). Her latest songs are on her Changemakers Music YouTube Channel.

She is a game designer who has published over two dozen games, featured at Changemakers Games (www.changemakersgames.com) .

Reviews

[Becky · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book for beginners in the industry. There were also some good tips and pointers even though I'm experienced in business. Provided me with some information that allowed me to explore some new ideas, too.