Avon Hints and Tips (Part 4)

jasperconran

does anyone want any order forms? I am giving up Avon for good this time and I have got 2 packs of order forms that I will no longer need obviously. I dont mind posting them out.

thought they might do someone a turn.

thanks

Gloversgirl

I will Jasper! Funny, Jasper Conran lives near me....well in one of his many houses!!!

Gloversgirl

What time of day do you go out ddoor knocking/delivering?

I guess a saturday would be better but i work in my normal job on saturdays.

jasperconran

Gloversgirl wrote: »

I will Jasper! Funny, Jasper Conran lives near me....well in one of his many houses!!!

lol, how weird is that!:D anyway, I got your pm will send them out to you either tommorow or tuesday.

Noglet

Aputsiaq wrote: »

Any Avon Lady who just shoves a book through my door will not get an order, no matter how nice her little notes are.
Its all well and good having hints and tips to pass around however you also need customer feedback.
I would buy £25 every time from the lady who can be bothered to say "Hello, my name is **** and I am your Avon Lady. I will try to answer as many of your queries and questions as I can" etc. What is so hard about that?

A book through the door says to me, "She can't be bothered with who's ordering. She just wants the order. Money minded doesn't give the best service"

Always interesting to see a different view point. I tend to think how I react to people knocking at my door. It annoys me that I have to answer at a time that might not be convenient to me. My first reaction is quite defensive as I don't want to be 'sold' things and will tend to just say no. Whereas brochures where I am not under pressure I will tend to have a flick through.
I therefore prefer to drop brochures so that I am not inconveniencing people at an awkward time. Also I hope that people who don't think of themselves as 'Avon people' might at least take the time to browse whereas they probably wouldn't take the time to talk on the doorstep.
Those who have wanted to talk to their 'Avon Lady' haven't put their book out so that when I call to collect the brochure they will be able to catch me then.
On my 2nd campaign and so far have nearly £500 of sales so it seems to be working for me.

sophisoph

When i first started i knocked on every door and introduced myself, those who werent in got a book and when i went to collect, i knocked again. I also but a note on the order form saying 'hello, would you like to receive the next avon brochure?' that way i could tell either way from those people who werent in.

It is hard to get round everyone with a child and it does put you off knocking after the first 20+ rude people but i still try to do it and recommend it to any rep i sign. Not only for the sake of being polite but also so people know you as the 'avon lady/man' AND to save your books.

I had one rep recently who hadnt knocked on any doors and unsurprisingly hadnt got any books back so hadnt done half her territory. Its even more important to knock in an area who had a previous rep to save confusion and show them youre new and you are reliable!

I understand people that don knock but i personally prefer it, plus one of the reasons i started avon was to meet people. Afew new streets have opened up/finished being built so im going to recanvass my territory next camp and aim to knock on every door

xx

rjhammond91

The Avon website is confuuusing me
I've tried to deliver an order to a customer for aaaages now and she just blatantly wont answer the door to me. So now I've done the credits thing, but I need to pay for all the other orders.. but where i've done the credits the account balance hasn't updated? How do i know how much to pay if it's still telling me to pay for the customers products that I've asked to return?

I do apologise if that didn't make sense whatsoever.
Thanks

lozza1985

Don't worry, it will take a while for it to update your credit, I usually find mine get credited on the change-over from one campaign to the next. Just under pay your account by the amount of your credits (make a note when you've submitted the credits, it tells you how much), then when you go into the next campaign it should sort itself out.

Aesop

Hi pinkpig, not at all! I don't mind that is, feel free to PM me.

Gloversgirl, anytime - if you work Saturdays, and are free during the week, go in the morning or afternoon.

With evenings I would leave it until after 7pm, because of people having their tea and stuff but not while it is dark.. maybe in summer when lighter evenings.

And on Sundays - round here - wouldn't dare until after 12pm!

rjhammond91

lozza1985 wrote: »

Don't worry, it will take a while for it to update your credit, I usually find mine get credited on the change-over from one campaign to the next. Just under pay your account by the amount of your credits (make a note when you've submitted the credits, it tells you how much), then when you go into the next campaign it should sort itself out.

Unfortunately.. I didn't think to write down how much it said.. do you know how to find out how much credits it'll be? I feel stupid now for not writing it down :rotfl: