Read this final article from Editor of Business Opportunity Watch Marian Owen with great advice on making your party plan business a success from the start.

This is the second of three articles about picking the right party plan business from Marian Owen, Editor of Business Opportunity Watch, www.businessopportunitywatch.com
First of all, you need to find out what choice you have.  There’s a nice website with a good selection of companies at Party Plan Together in their Directory section. If you search Google UK under “party plan” then you’ll find some more – but make sure that you distinguish between true party plan companies where party plan is the main selling method, and other companies which recommend a …

If you’re a mother at home then you may be particularly attracted to party plan because it’s a social way of earning money which can help to fill the gap left by the contact you used to have with different people whilst you were working.  Parties are often held in the evening, so this offers the possibility of arranging your party plan business to fit around your domestic commitments.

Name of Business: L’Occitane Party Plan with Vnatural Well-being
Your Name and Age: Joanna Mulaku 34
Tell us about your family:
I live in Isleworth South West London with my Husband and two children, Delfina 5 and Maximus 18 months
What did you do before coming up with your business idea  and how was it making the transition?
Prior to having children I was a Restaurant Manager for Cafe Rouge, after having Delfina although I would return to work quickly I soon realised that I did not want to go back to the restaurant business. …

Name of Business: Parties Around the World
Your Name and Age:Deirdre Bounds, 44
Tell us about your family
 I’m married to a gorgeous American Actor called Bryan and we have two children, Frankie age 8 and Ava age 3. We live in between Leeds and Harrogate so get the best of both worlds of city and country life.
What did you do before coming up with your business idea and how was it making the transition?
I set up the ethical travel company i-to-i.com, which became the world’s largest gap year company.  I launched the …

Name of Business:  Funky Dory Party Bags
Your Name and Age:  Dawn Raymond, 41
I live with my partner, Lee and our 3 children – all boys aged 5, 7 and 9.  We live in Heanor, Derbyshire.
What did you do before?  I graduated from Leicester Uni with a degree in French in 1990.  I did various office-based jobs, and ended up at a French textile company in Leicester.  I worked there for 8 years, starting as a sales co-ordinator and PA to the Sales Director, and ended up as an office-based Sales …

Charlie Moo’s – Party Bags, Gifts and Toys
I launched Charlie Moo’s the birth of my daughter Megan in August 2008. The business is named after my 21month old son Charlie who we affectionally call Moo. I wanted to provide parents with quality wooden and traditional toys and gifts at a reasonable price based upon my own experinces. I started to  incorporate the smaller wooden items into multibuy options of 10, 20 and 30 and suddenly a Party Bag side began to grow.  The cloth bags are specially handmade for Charlie Moo’s not …