So you have spoken to your sales leader, you've signed up and you have your Avon brochures at the ready, but what's the best way forward? Well here are some great tips I've picked up in my 7 years as an Avon Rep:
1) Make sure you have opened your online shop. Once you've opened it (it's a straightforward 5 step process but if you're worried contact the person that started you up with Avon and they will show you how to do it). You are missing a trick if you don't do this as you can potentially get loads of customers by promoting this online on social media. There is tons of promotional material on there provided by Avon to help you.
2) Cover territory. Ask the person who signed you up to allocate you some roads.
3) Tell absolutely everyone you know that you are now an Avon Representative. Text all your friends and family. Post on social media.
4) Carry an AVON brochure with you Everywhere you go! People LOVE AVON !! Be confident and positive because confidence sells!!
5) Persevere: Rome wasn't built in a day. Businesses aren't built up in weeks. It sometimes takes months to build up a customer base especially on roads. research has shown that many people will wait to see if you come back before they will order from you. To create a good image make your order forms look professional. Invest in a stamp or stickers with your contact details on. Be clear about when you want your Avon brochure back and when you're going to deliver. Be reliable. Be confident and smile!
That's it for today.
Happy selling!!
Berni x
I found this article recently in The Mail Online. Although a few years old, I think it is even more relevant today than it was then with Avon Cosmetics having broadened their range of products even further, and of course we can now sell completely online so we can sell anywhere in the UK. There are more and more men turning to Avon to make themselves a living, and many making a full time living, particularly now Avon have introduced the "fast start bonus". If you find you are inspired after reading this, drop us a line here: JOIN AVON UK and we will get in touch and get you started onto a brand new self employed journey as an Avon Representative and Sales Leader.
An Avon lady peddling products door-to-door is a familiar sight. But now you might just find it’s a man standing on your door step offering up beauty tips.
According to new figures, the ‘Avon man’ is the newest phenomenon of the recession, as men turn to direct selling after losing their jobs because of the downturn.
There’s been a five per cent increase in representatives in just two years, with men making up a quarter of that number — a 26 per cent increase in three years.
Game changer: David Heffernan had more than 50 unsuccessful job interviews and now earns more as an Avon salesman than at his previous job in insurance........
Brush up: It seems some of the new generation of Avon men may still need to brush up on some essential skills that ladies have down
‘At first, I didn’t have a clue about the products, but women seemed to like that naivety and now I use it to my advantage to help me sell.’
When he was made redundant from his job in insurance last March, David had more than 50 job interviews. None was successful.
‘I was on the scrapheap,’ he confesses. ‘Every day I looked at my two sons, knowing I was supposed to be making something of myself for them. I felt like a failure.’
David’s wife of seven years, Emma, was an Avon sales rep and asked him to help her out. They started door-to-door together and, six months later, were managing 70 other representatives.
David is now earning more than he used to in the insurance industry.
But while making inroads in a women’s world, it seems some of the new generation of Avon men may still need to brush up on some essential skills.
‘Demonstrating make-up is a bit beyond me,’ confesses David.
‘I make the pitches, but I’d lose customers if I showed women how to apply foundation and mascara.
‘I can do an Adam Ant look, but that’s about it.’
David isn't the only Avon man who has made a success of his Avon business. I know many men who pursue their Avon careers full time and the numbers are rising. If you are reading this and thinking that you wouldn't mind a change in career or, like David struggling to find work, or for whatever reason, you would like to know more, man or woman, just drop me a line on 07780 000796 for a no obligation discussion about your options, and/or simply apply here: JOIN AVON UK
Direct Selling - it’s not pyramid selling, that is illegal. Direct selling is where ordinary people are working hard to sell a variety of products from make up, weight loss products, candles, homeware and so on. The reason people have chosen to do this is because they are smart. They know they can earn a full time income whilst working from home, fitting it around their family needs. Working 9-5 for a company, earning just enough to keep going, with someone else regulating the time you can spend with your kids isn’t the smart choice. We earn extra bonuses and trips abroad, even cars whilst we are building a life that can make us financially free, with no one to tell us what to do. It isn’t easy or quick, but if you want to put a ceiling on what you earn and limit your true potential, that’s up to you.
Don’t turn away when you see us, because you are afraid we will ask you to 'join our team’
We don’t mind if you do or if you don't, if that’s the life you choose, but instead of supporting the celebrities and designers that are already rich by buying products they endorse, choose to support your friends in their small business. Buy what you use on a daily basis from your friends and family rather than from huge corporations endorsed by already over-paid celebrities.
There have been direct selling companies around for over 130 years and thousands of people that work with them can’t all be wrong. Just because we start off small, doesn’t mean that we can’t or don’t deserve the rewards.
We are not afraid to think outside the box to make money, giving ourselves a raise whenever we want, because we know we deserve it and we are willing to make the extra effort to get what we deserve.
So next time you see an advert for one of your friend's direct selling companies, do them a favour and 'like' the ad. It could help them make a greater success of their business.
