AVON Men Wanted

I've just been inspired to recruit some guys into my team - this guy Michael Furniss looks like he is having a great time as an AVON Rep.

Over five per cent of the UK’s Avon army is now male – up from 4.1 per cent in 2010 – and the trend is set to rise dramatically this year.

Personally I think it is a great idea, generally speaking Women sell cars (because we can turn on the charm), so why shouldn't Men sell make-up - I am sure they can use their charms on us women and get some great sales.

Calling all men www.essex-reps.com need you now!!!!

Read the Newspaper Article printed in the Sheffield star for yourself

New Lead/Sign up from my Website

YAY - just about to go to bed, when I noticed I have a new Lead who has signed up from my website: www.Essex-Reps.com

Was just starting to feel a little disheartened about AVON and bingo - one of my lovely slips of paper that have gone out with my books, asking for REPS in my area has worked :)

I have a meeting with my ASL tomorrow, so will need to ask her to guide me in the right direction to get 4 newbies signed up... two from further afield: Romford and Chigwell, one lady from Chelmsford and now one on my doorstep.

Good News Comes to those who Wait!

Need a day out prospecting

I have spoken to my "Inspirational" blog friend... and I come to the conclusion that it would be a good idea to get out and have a day of prospecting with my ASL.

As I understand it we would approach people and get some leads of ladies who would like to join my team - which would be great.

The existing members of my team aren't fairing so well, so it isn't going to be everyone's cup of tea, and reading between the lines my leads aren't going anywhere (as per my previous worry in a previous post). It just takes some people a little time to decide whether doing AVON is going to be the thing for them or not.

One of my Inspirations....

On my first week as a Sales Leader, I made friends with another NEWBIE and I am loving her blog...(which apparently I inspired her to write!)

My Avon Journey

Brochure Hiccup!!!

Uh-Oh- I seem to have managed to order Campaign 7 brochures instead of Campaign 6 - oh no!!!

So I wanted to give my REP some brochures, like 40 or so, but I just don't have them to give, I've got none for me or any recruiting either - OH what a mess up.

I have learned a valuable lesson, one which I won't repeat, which is that you must be SURE what campaign you are ordering brochures for. Now I am all prepared for the next Campaign - I have 120 Campaign 7 brochures, all set, but none for right now.

My lovely Area Sales Leader is going to bail me out with 20 - thank goodness, but that is barely enough to give out to my own customers who have made an order in Campaign 5, I will have to wing it to get some recruiting done....

One Rep Resigns

Well, I have had a fab few days off - as you can choose to when you work with AVON.

Though while I was away I did have a little REP trouble...

Well, my existing team (as a Trainee Sales Leader) is only two REPS and this is what has happened:

REP ONE
- already works as a hairdresser and is quite liking the AVON idea, though she didn't have many customers in her first week or so, she is thinking of giving it a better go in the next campaign and doing her territory a bit better too, so she is convinced that she would like to continue.

The only problem might be that she would have to pay 40% tax on a second income (as she is already self-employed). Now, we are hoping that because AVON products are essentially linked and are HAIR and BEAUTY products that perhaps it can be included in her existing earnings and be taxed at the normal rate. If anyone knows the answer to this - please please let me know, so that I can help her - she will in the meantime get onto the Inland Revenue to see if she can get it agreed from the top.

REP TWO
-Seemed like she needed a bit of extra coaching from the moment that she joined me. She put the books round (with a bit of help), and then has now informed me that it isn't going to work with her current benefits and that she is too scared of losing her money from the government, so despite getting an order from a customer, she has returned the order and resigned! (I think this is probably the shortest REP-LIFE in the history of REPS...!!!)

Well, as a NEW TRAINEE SALES LEADER, I will just have to follow up the new leads that I have and not take this as a bad start... just accept that it isn't going to be handed to me on a plate, that my website will start working soon, that I will have to TRY HARDER :)

I am having a meeting with my own Area Sales Leader tomorrow, so hopefully she will have some tips for me ... and maybe some LEADS too :)

Awaiting sign ups - where are my LEADS?

I have done a bit of marketting this week, small flyers went out with my brochures, I spoke to about 20 people that I just saw around and I had advert on GUMTREE. I have the new Website up which really promotes being an AVON Rep or Sales Leader...

Now where are my sign ups?

I am quite impatient! I want to promote the website more to the Search Engines to get it ranked better on Google, though I do know that is going to take a bit of time to happen...

My instincts are telling me that I should have had more people sign up and appear in my LEADS list by now - it just seems a bit fishy that there aren't - and when I have an incling, I can usually trust my instincts to know I am right and something is up...

Is it possible that someone could be taking my LEADS?

The investigation begins...