Prospecting with the '5 Day Challenge'

Out prospecting today and within one hour managed a sign up, gave out four '5 Day Challenge' bags (which might mean some appointments on Monday) and another lady's number who might join when she is back from her holiday.  A very productive hour!

The 5 day challenge consists of an AVON carrier bag containing 5 brochures, some order forms and a prospecting card with my details on it.

Ask the prospective Rep (basically any likely looking female) if she would be interested in earning some extra money selling beauty and make-up products?  Do the usual sales talk including the ultimate line "Would you like to take the 5 day challenge?".  Then continue to explain you'll give them the bag to work with, 5 days to get as many orders as you can and you'll give them a call on Monday to see how they are getting along and to sign them up.  There is no obligation to join Avon, but they will have had a taste of how it is.  It may be worth adding that this is probably going to be the hardest they will have to work to get the orders because a) they'll only have 5 days, normally you get 3 weeks b) when they are officially signed on they will have an online brochure to use as well to share on facebook, email, text etc and c) it may be possible to assign them some territory, a street or area that they can drop books to.

It works - it really does - the 5 day challenge proved to be good today - if just one of the four signs on, it will have been worthwhile :)

Great idea from my new Area Sales Manager - whom I met today and she's lovely.

Puncture Postpones Play!

They say that bad things come in threes - well that's what happened - left this morning with 2 sign up appointments booked for 9am and 11am and 2 string leads...

8.30 - text came to cancel the 11am (might rearrange after the weekend)
8.45 - confirmation call for the 9am proved a non starter as she can't join my team until the end of June
9.00 - decided to go into town and do a bit if recruitment regardless - and got a blinkin puncture!!!

So that was the three (hoping today can get better from now on!)
Called RAC, got a spare on, currently at the tyre garage replacing it - should be back on the road by 11am.

Think I might need a coffee stop off now lol! One good thing was it has given me a chance to check my brochure supply whilst emptying the boot!!