Party Plans News - 16 February 2007

New year... New look...

Presenting our first Party Plans newsletter for 2007!

So far it has been an exciting and hectic year with all the changes that we have made to the PartyPlans website:

New look and navigation

Party Plan articles and resources section

Implementation of the free consultants directory

Improved "performance guaranteed" company listings

...and now our revitalised newsletter format!

Below you will find details about our latest community forum competition where you can win a (raunchy) $220 prize pack just for posting in our forum!

Win a prize pack worth $220...

Partyplans.com.au has launched a new competition where members of our free community forum can win a naughty gift hamper worth $220 sponsored by Horny Little Devils party plan!

The competition will be running for 2 weeks and it is really simple to participate - all you need to do is start an interesting new topic in the free community forum. Forum members are then able to rate your topic and whoever has the highest average rating wins - it's that easy!

Remember...The more topics you create, the more chances you have to win! Full competition details are available here...

Working life...

Home Based Business vs Family Time

By Ron LeBlanc: Ironically, most of us got into the home based business world because we wanted to have more time with family. So how is it that we sometimes have less time?

Let's take a look and see what can be done about it.

The promise of having more time with family is one of the major attractions for a home based business, but time has to be carefully managed and guarded. If you are in a regular job working at least 40 hours per week, it can be tough. One thing that must be communicated to your family is that there has to be a short term pain for a long term gain.

You have to finite amount of hours available to you, but here are some suggestions... Read full article...

Your say...

Previous results:

On average, how much do you achieve in sales (retail price) at your parties?

The results show that the majority of parties can expect to retail between $250 and $500 worth of products.

Current poll question:

On average, how many hours per week do you spend working for your business?

Results will be published in the next newsletter.

Community spotlight...

Let's get to know...Graham Boyd.

Graham Boyd (community forum username "graham") has been in the party plan industry for 15 years now and has been a part of the company Tri Nature for the past 10 years.

Graham describes himself as a big cuddly bear and likes to indulge on a good T-bone steak accompanied with a glass of red wine. Find out lots more about Graham here...

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