Avon - Hints and Tips?

ccastley

Appeal to the board guides yet again:

Can we have this made a sticky please? and if possible divided into sales tips and questions/queries? Would happily volunteer to moderate it though I know it is Shortie's baby - not sure what she would like to happen?

privateuni

Alys, keep going, i'm only on my 3rd campaign, and if you read back through this thread, you'll see me panicking! but i just made the first target on my first order, and then my second order, (which has just arrived today hurrah!) i got to the 2nd target, and i haven't even canvassed all of my area yet!

I was really put off my some people on my first time out, but i have since found some lovely people, and it really boosts you to know that you're not bonkers and people are going to buy something.. just maybe not every time.
and i know a few people i've spoken to were checking me out to see if i was reliable. so i'm hoping a few more people will order when they know who i am.

and good news too, had a call from my ASM who says the girl who was doing my road is not doing it any more so i can have it! and she still has one order that she'll drop off. So that's nice news!

ccastley

Hi Private uni! Glad things have take a turn on the upside for you!

Well done

Try and get your whole territory done next camp just to get people to get to know you! I had people checking me out too, which I don't blame them as they had unreliable reps before me. I'm really enjoying doing it and it's just my health that is bad really...going out to do it on a bad day is a killer!

Having said that I now have a really large territory and like all of customers

gemia

I'm having a really hard time with getting younger people interested in even looking at the brochure, im getting a really good response from the older generation but there seems to be a bit of an idea going around that avon is only for older people which is ridiculous! i'm only 23 and i love avon. i've shown people products but the young uns on my road seem to be a bit snobby about it, and wont even look!

ccastley

I'm 25 and already use the anew stuff lmao!

gemia

me too! your 20's is the best time to start using stuff like that apparently. even my boyfriend uses is lol i think he uses more products than me, he wants to stay looking young forever lol.i was thinkin about running a recommend a friend scheme, so that if a customer gets me an outside order they get 10% of their order, what do u think. do u think it'd work or encourage people to do avon themselves which may lose me customers rather than gain them!

ccastley

i know what you mean...I'm hoping prevention is better than cure

If don't see why it would encourage them to do Avon themselves Gem...with all the ads and everything if they were going to do it, they'd do it I reckon!

Give it a go and if it doesn't work out just don't do it again

Crystal

gemia

I'll try it. might work but if not i got nothing to lose.i've sorted one problem, ive commisioned my mate to drive me on deliveries if i get orders from salons etc that want the orders delivered to home. a bit of petrol money and a free gift now and then will keep her happy so that'll help.

LiverpoolLouise

Grr need a whinge- im in the week where you have to hand out everyones orders and chase everyone for the money and its such a pain. My customers dont seem to realise that i have to actually put their money in the bank and then pay using my card- grrrrr!!!!!

Phew whinge over!

Mikiki_2

LiverpoolLouise wrote: »

Grr need a whinge- im in the week where you have to hand out everyones orders and chase everyone for the money and its such a pain. My customers dont seem to realise that i have to actually put their money in the bank and then pay using my card- grrrrr!!!!!

Phew whinge over!

Whilst you're ranting...........

I had a customer who said to me I haven’t ordered anything, so I showed her the order form and she said that’s my name, address and writing/signature but I swear I haven’t ordered everything.

"So I said are you sure you haven’t just forgotten?" And she said, "I think I would know if I had ordered it."

But she even admited to me that it was her writing and signature. Does she think I'm stupid lol it was a £45 order, normally I wouldnt be as wound up but it was a big order