Avon Selling Tips: Where to Leave Brochures

Good evening, beauties. I know one of the toughest things when starting any business is finding (and expanding) your customer base. Yes, there are millions of AVON Reps out there who are working their businesses and have their customer list and are making some serious bank. How did they get there? Did they complain that there were too many Reps out there? Did they wait around for people to automatically know that they sold AVON and could purchase from them? Doubtful. I don't mean to sound rude but if you want your business to work, YOU have to work!

First, your AVON brochures are your store. Every brochure you leave somewhere plants a seed in what takes time to grow into your beautiful AVON garden. Where have you left brochures? With family members? That's a great start! With friends? Well done! Now that you have done that, ask your family and friends to leave a book at their place of work(if it is permitted. Some places of employment do not allow this. If not, move on to the next idea!)

Places to leave your AVON brochures:

- The doctors office. Next time you have an appointment, or even just stop by if you won't be seen for some time, ask the receptionist if it would be permitted for you to leave an AVON brochure in the waiting room. She/He may even want a brochure for themselves, so make sure you take a few along with you. It is always best to have "too many" brochures on your person than to have run out when someone is really excited about looking at one. 

- The gas pump. I have heard many Reps say they leave brochures at the gas pumps. I honestly don't think that I would have thought to do this had I not heard it from someone else, but apparently it works! So, pump some gas and plant another seed to your AVON garden. 

- Your local bakery shop. Do you have a bakery or cakery in town? You should stop in, buy some yummy sweets and ask the owner if you could leave a brochure there. The answer may be no, but unless you ask it always will be. This stop won't be a wasted chance since you'll be treating yourself to a chocolate chip cookie or donut. 

- Your significant other's place of work. Again, if this is allowed in your SO's place of employment, send some brochures into the office with your sweetie to leave around. My husband works in an office building that he does IT work for and the secretary's just love their AVON! You might be surprised to find out someone may order AVON online, through no Rep, and they would be glad to shop with you so you could get  the credit.

- The laundromat. This one is great! While people wait for their clothes to finish the rinse cycle, they can flip through your AVON brochure. They are sure to find something that peeks their interest and they will have all of your info right there on the back of the book!

- The hair salon. Is there a certain place in your town that you always go to to get your hair/nails done? If so, stop in and see if you can leave some books. Chances are, the owner will say yes, especially if you are a frequent customer at their establishment. It would also be a good idea to ask if you could leave a basket of AVON samples on their counter. Doing this could really increase your customer base!

- Retirement homes. You could even check with the manager/caretaker and see about setting up a monthly event for the residents. Bring in some samples, some on-hand items, plenty of brochures, and set up a table. Again, with permission to do so!

- On the restaurant table with your tip. I've heard a lot of Reps do this one, too! When they pay for their meal at a sit-down restaurant, they will leave a brochure along with the tip for their waiter/waitress. I think it's also a professional idea to leave a business card, too. Which, by the way, is another great tip for a New AVON Rep! I have found Vista Print and AVON's Printing Company: Town & Country to be good companies to order business cards from. 

- At daycare/schools. If your drop your kiddos off at daycare or school, don't forget to leave some AVON brochures. Even though drop off is usually a busy time, Moms/Dads would be happy to grab a book real quick to look at later when things slow down. 

- Neighbors doorknobs. Ah, yes. The old AVON standby! In the Business Tools section when placing your AVON order, make sure to purchase some "Clear Literature Bags". These bags are designed for all the brochures for a Campaign to fit inside and hang on doorknobs with a pre-cut hanger hole. I believe the quantity is a pack of 50 for 80 cents! Another inexpensive yet effective tool for your AVON business.

- Apartment complex. (Checking with the manager/superintendent first, of course!) An apartment building is an ideal place to leave AVON brochures. There are tons of occupants, varying in age, and interests. Since AVON offers way more than "just makeup" the products could benefit anyone. You'll find that people are surprised when they look through the brochures. You are sure to hear "Wow, AVON has this!?" a time or two. 

- Dressing rooms. Why not? The point of this post is to show you that you can leave your AVON brochure aka your AVON store just about anywhere. The possibilities are endless and once you get past any nerves and leave that first brochure somewhere, you'll just want to go to another place to plant another seed to your beautiful AVON garden!!

Bonus Tip: When filling out the labels or backs of your AVON brochures, make sure you include the link to your AVON eStore so that your customers know they can shop online AND have their order shipped to their home address! People love the convenience of shopping from home. Be sure to include that there are products/sales that can only be bought when shopping online (for that extra incentive to check out your eStore!)



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Making Beauty your Business as an Avon Rep

Hey, loves! I am so excited to be blogging this latest opportunity that AVON is giving to NEW Representatives! Starting in Campaign 4 2016, when you signup online to sell AVON you will be eligible for the 40% Discount Incentive. Prior to this incentive was the Hit $100 Challenge, which was an amazing opportunity. If you signed online to sell AVON in Campaign 3 2016 or before, you will still play out the full Hit $100 Challenge Incentive. 

Here’s how this incentive will work. In your first campaign as an AVON Independent Sales Representative, when you place your first order of a minimum of $100, you will receive a guaranteed 40% earnings for that campaign! All orders including those from your AVON eStore will count toward your Award Sales for the campaign. When you achieve this, you will also receive a beauty sample assortment which will be sure to kick-start your business as everyone loves to try before they buy!

When you reach $100 or more in all of your first 4 campaigns as an AVON Rep, you earn the Product Bundle which is valued at over $100! These are full sized product favorites that you can use yourself, demo to let customers try them out, or sell them for a complete cash profit.

**To be eligible to receive the 40% earnings, you must submit orders of at least $100. You must also signup online to become an AVON Independent Sales Representative on or after January 22nd 2016. Sounds great, right!?

Selling $100 worth of AVON may sound daunting. However, AVON provides you with all of the tools to become successful and achieving this incentive goal. Everything that gets ordered goes toward the $100 goal. What do I mean by that? When you order your next set of AVON Brochures, that counts toward your Award Sales. Need bags for your customers orders? When you order those and other Sales Tools it ALL counts! AVON also provides FREE ONLINE TRAINING through the AVON University Courses. These courses are amazing and will cover all the basics in getting started, including how to place that first order.

As your AVON Sales Leader, I will be there to help guide and support you through e-mail, text, and social media. I strive to ensure that the Reps that signup under me get off on the right foot. If you have questions (which you will and that is fantastic) contact me. Always ask, never be afraid to! There is always an immense support system on your AVON account. Chat forums, message boards, Facebook groups, etc. I also need to mention that AVON’s Customer Service is always on top of things. Problems will happen, everyone makes mistakes. AVON’s Customer Service will help and make it right.

The start up cost for becoming an AVON Rep is the lowest cost in all of the direct selling beauty industry. It’s a one time $15 startup fee. With this investment, you will get your Basic Starter Kit delivered to your home within the first week of signing up. Don’t wait until it arrives to announce your new business though! Immediately after signing up, you can start earning with your always FREE AVON eStore. You’ll easily set up your link, and share with family and friends. Anyone in the United States can shop your online store, pay for their order with their debit/credit card, and have their order shipped to their address via Direct Delivery. What’s better than that!? How about the fact that you earn from every online sell that you make. Those online sells also go toward your face-to-face sells and can bump you up to the next earnings level! It’s the best time to become an AVON Rep, so JOIN NOW.

40% Discount New Representative Program Frequently Asked Questions

Q. What is the 40% Discount New Representative Program? 
A: The 40% Discount opportunity an exclusive “development” program for New Representatives in their first four (4) Campaigns with Avon.

Q. When does the Program begin? 
A: The program begins in Campaign 4, 2016 (Campaign 6 Trendsetter) and will run for a limited time only.

Q. How does the program work? 
A: New Representatives will receive a guaranteed 40% discount on all variable earnings products* (including those purchased by Customers through their AVON e-Store) in each of their first four (4) Campaigns when they have sales of $100 or more in each Campaign. In addition, the new Representative will receive a beauty sample assortment** in each campaign where he or she has qualifying sales of $100 or more. If the new Representative has sales of $100 or more in all four (4) Campaigns, he or she will also receive a Bonus Product Bundle (valued at over $100*** +) in his or her next order+. * Variable earnings products include most Beauty products and Jewelry (excluding Fine Jewelry and Watches) as indicated in the Avon brochure. ** Avon’s newest skin care, color and fragrance samples. Sample assortment will ship in the Representative’s next Campaign order placed on yourAVON.com provided that order is placed within two (2) Campaigns of earning the sample assortment, otherwise the sample assortment earned will be forfeited. *** Based on regular brochure prices. Avon reserves the right to change product selections and/or substitute a prize of equal value. + If the new Representative does not place an order in his or her fifth or sixth campaign, the bundle will be forfeited.

Q. What does the new Representative have to do to participate in this program? 
A: To participate in this program new Representatives must have qualifying sales of $100 or more in each of their first four (4) campaigns. The way in which the qualifying sales will be calculated for the Campaign will depend on if (or when) the Representative places his or her first order on yourAVON.com. If the new Representatives places his or her first order on yourAVON.com, those sales plus any e-Store orders and/or any Avon Sales Center Purchase made before the campaign close for that yourAVON.com order will be combined to calculate the first $100 order, provided those sales occur within the same campaign if the new Representative does not place a first order on yourAVON.com any e-Store orders and/or any Avon Sales Center purchases will count as the first campaign.

Q. Does the new Representative’s account need to be in good standing to receive the product reward(s) they earn during his or her first four Campaigns? 
A: Yes. A Representative must be active and in good standing to receive any rewards.

Q. When will the beauty sample assortments the Representative earned be shipped? 
A: The beauty sample assortment rewards will be included in the new Representative’s next Campaign order placed on yourAVON.com within the next two (2) Campaigns.

Q. When will the New Representative receive his or her Bonus Product Bundle? 
A: The new Representative will receive his or her Bonus Product Bundle when he or she places a fifth Campaign order. If earned, the Representative must place a fifth or sixth order on yourAVON.com to receive the bundle. If the Representative does not place a yourAVON.com order either of these two (2) Campaigns, the Representative will forfeit the bundle.

Q. Do reinstatements count as New Representatives? 
A: No, Reinstatements do not count. For more information on what is defined as a reinstatement, refer to the Avon Independent Sales Representative Policies & Procedures which can be found on the Community Tab on yourAVON.com.

Q. Do the orders have to be placed on time? 
A: Yes, orders must be submitted on time as defined in the Avon Independent Sales Representative Policies & Procedures located on the Community Tab on yourAVON.com.

Q. Do the orders have to be paid for on time? 
A: Yes. For product rewards to be sent, the new Representative’s account must be in good standing (past due no more than $0 USD). Avon may review the new Representative’s account status in the second, third, fourth, and fifth Campaigns.

Q. Are Bonus Dollars included in calculating the sales qualifier for this Program? 
A: No. Bonus Dollars like Double / Triple Dollar are not included in calculating the $100 sales qualifier for this Program.

Q. Do Online Orders, Direct Delivery, Sales Center and Representative Delivery orders count towards the $100 per campaign sales qualifier this Program? 
A: Yes. Online Orders, Direct Delivery orders, Sales Center orders and Representative Delivery orders all count towards the $100 per campaign sales qualifier for this Program.

Q: Since Representatives typically only receive 20% discount on Direct Delivery Orders, how and when will they receive the additional discounts in each of their first four campaigns? 
A: Provided a Representative has qualifying sales of $100 or more at the close of the campaign, the additional 20% discount he or she earned on any Direct Delivery orders will show up as an adjustment on his or her Account and appear on his or her next invoice.

**To be eligible to participate in this New Avon Rep Incentive (40% Discount in your First 4 Campaigns) you must SIGNUP ONLINE TO BECOME A REP on or after January 22nd, 2016.**

Who is excited about this incentive and ready to start their own Avon Business!? There’s some serious bank to be earned as an Avon Rep.

Business Tips from AVON's First Rep, Mrs. Albee

Hey, beauties -- How about some words-of-wisdom to kick off your Monday! I, myself, am in need of a few inspirational words. I found these on Avon's beautyforapurpose.com and I believe they will be most helpful to everyone so, here we go!

Mrs. Persis Foster Eames Albee.

This New Hampshire lady, born in 1836, was known for her style and savvy, which attracted the attention of Avon founder David H. McConnell. He asked her to be the company’s first traveling salesperson, and the rest is history.

Whether you’re working to rise through the corporate ranks or are an entrepreneur about to launch the next great idea, we can all learn a thing (or five) from this one-woman powerhouse.

1. Take a leap of faith.
Call it the original startup. In 1886, Mrs. P.F.E. Albee took a risk and accepted an offer from founder David H. McConnell (then transitioning out of the book business) to work as a door-to-door salesperson for what was then called the California Perfume Company. “Mrs. Albee was one of the most successful General Agents I had in the book work, and it was in her hands I placed the first sample case, or outfit, in the perfume business,” McConnell wrote in 1903. Known for her genteel nature and voracious ambition, Albee traveled by horse-drawn wagon, train, or by foot, offering perfumes to those she encountered — talk about some serious hustle.

2. Have a game plan.
Her determination paid off, and Albee was soon hired to take over the daily operations of perfume sales. Of course, she went full throttle with her mission. Capitalizing on the growing popularity of perfume, she expanded her travels beyond her tiny New Hampshire town to the entire Northeast. Albee developed a business plan in which she recruited women to serve as “depot agents,” selling products in their own neighborhoods. “It is, therefore, only befitting that we give her the honorary title of Mother of the California Perfume Company,” McConnell wrote. The strategy was so successful it became one of the key identifiers of the company that’s still used today.

3. Love what you do.
Imagine this: A confident and in-control Albee wraps up one successful sale, and off she goes up the street to greet the next customer and close the next sale. Albee leaned in to her new gig, and the hard work paid off in all sectors of her life. In a letter to McConnell, she wrote, “I know of no line of work so lucrative, pleasant and satisfactory as this.”

4. Always dress for success.
Talk about power dressing! Much like she lived her life, Albee dressed with no fear, making style statement after statement in ensembles such as lavender taffeta gowns with tiered layers, exaggerated sleeves and look-at-me trains. A seasoned and stylish traveler, she saw no reason to dress down while on the road. In 2015 speak, her outfits went viral when the famously elegant attire later inspired a Mrs. P.F.E. Albee special edition Barbie.

5. Spread the love.
Albee’s enthusiasm was entirely contagious. As Avon’s first traveling saleswoman, she recruited other determined ladies to work for the company. In fact, Albee succeeded in empowering women by incorporating them into the mainstream business world 34 years before women even had the right to vote! One of the company’s first employees, Ann Meany, gave Albee a solid endorsement, writing in her memoirs: “She was about 60 in 1985 and was still making trips, working almost entirely under Mr. McConnell’s direction. She was the daughter of a minister and so sweet and lovely she deserves a whole volume just to herself.Today, Avon Representatives have really placed her on a pedestal – literally. Since 1969, the company has awarded highly coveted 10-inch tall porcelain figurines of Albee to the company’s top sales representatives. And yes, it’s still a Very Big Deal to receive one.

The bottom line:
Albee’s story teaches us that no matter how big or small your dreams may be, go after them. In this age of self-starters, who knows where a little Albee-inspired ambition could take you.

Tips for Gaining New AVON Customers

Good evening, beauties. I know one of the toughest things when starting any business is finding (and expanding) your customer base. Yes, there are millions of AVON Reps out there who are working their businesses and have their customer list and are making some serious bank. How did they get there? Did they complain that there were too many Reps out there? Did they wait around for people to automatically know that they sold AVON and could purchase from them? Doubtful. I don't mean to sound rude but if you want your business to work, YOU have to work!

First, your AVON brochures are your store. Every brochure you leave somewhere plants a seed in what takes time to grow into your beautiful AVON garden. Where have you left brochures? With family members? That's a great start! With friends? Well done! Now that you have done that, ask your family and friends to leave a book at their place of work (if it is permitted. Some places of employment do not allow this. If not, move on to the next idea!)

Places to leave your AVON brochures:

- The doctors office. Next time you have an appointment, or even just stop by if you won't be seen for some time, ask the receptionist if it would be permitted for you to leave an AVON brochure in the waiting room. She/He may even want a brochure for themselves, so make sure you take a few along with you. It is always best to have "too many" brochures on your person than to have run out when someone is really excited about looking at one. 

- The gas pump. I have heard many Reps say they leave brochures at the gas pumps. I honestly don't think that I would have thought to do this had I not heard it from someone else, but apparently it works! So, pump some gas and plant another seed to your AVON garden. 

- Your local bakery shop. Do you have a bakery or cakery in town? You should stop in, buy some yummy sweets and ask the owner if you could leave a brochure there. The answer may be no, but unless you ask it always will be. This stop won't be a wasted chance since you'll be treating yourself to a chocolate chip cookie or donut. 

- Your significant other's place of work. Again, if this is allowed in your SO's place of employment, send some brochures into the office with your sweetie to leave around. My husband works in an office building that he does IT work for and the secretary's just love their AVON! You might be surprised to find out someone may order AVON online, through no Rep, and they would be glad to shop with you so you could get  the credit.

- The laundromat. This one is great! While people wait for their clothes to finish the rinse cycle, they can flip through your AVON brochure. They are sure to find something that peeks their interest and they will have all of your info right there on the back of the book!

- The hair salon. Is there a certain place in your town that you always go to to get your hair/nails done? If so, stop in and see if you can leave some books. Chances are, the owner will say yes, especially if you are a frequent customer at their establishment. It would also be a good idea to ask if you could leave a basket of AVON samples on their counter. Doing this could really increase your customer base!

- Retirement homes. You could even check with the manager/caretaker and see about setting up a monthly event for the residents. Bring in some samples, some on-hand items, plenty of brochures, and set up a table. Again, with permission to do so!

- On the restaurant table with your tip. I've heard a lot of Reps do this one, too! When they pay for their meal at a sit-down restaurant, they will leave a brochure along with the tip for their waiter/waitress. I think it's also a professional idea to leave a business card, too. Which, by the way, is another great tip for a New AVON Rep! I have found Vista Print and AVON's Printing Company: Town & Country to be good companies to order business cards from. 

- At daycare/schools. If your drop your kiddos off at daycare or school, don't forget to leave some AVON brochures. Even though drop off is usually a busy time, Moms/Dads would be happy to grab a book real quick to look at later when things slow down. 

- Neighbors doorknobs. Ah, yes. The old AVON standby! In the Business Tools section when placing your AVON order, make sure to purchase some "Clear Literature Bags". These bags are designed for all the brochures for a Campaign to fit inside and hang on doorknobs with a pre-cut hanger hole. I believe the quantity is a pack of 50 for 80 cents! Another inexpensive yet effective tool for your AVON business.

- Apartment complex. (Checking with the manager/superintendent first, of course!) An apartment building is an ideal place to leave AVON brochures. There are tons of occupants, varying in age, and interests. Since AVON offers way more than "just makeup" the products could benefit anyone. You'll find that people are surprised when they look through the brochures. You are sure to hear "Wow, AVON has this!?" a time or two. 

- Dressing rooms. Why not? The point of this post is to show you that you can leave your AVON brochure aka your AVON store just about anywhere. The possibilities are endless and once you get past any nerves and leave that first brochure somewhere, you'll just want to go to another place to plant another seed to your beautiful AVON garden!!

Bonus Tip: When filling out the labels or backs of your AVON brochures, make sure you include the link to your AVON eStore so that your customers know they can shop online AND have their order shipped to their home address! People love the convenience of shopping from home. Be sure to include that there are products/sales that can only be bought when shopping online (for that extra incentive to check out your eStore!)



NOT AN AVON REP? WANT TO BE? JOIN OUR AVON TEAM, TEAM BEAUTY ETC, AND SIGNUP ONLINE HERE.