First Real Campaign as a Sales Leader

Tonight I've watched and waited, waited and watched as a dozen representatives in my team put their orders online.

I have kept in close contact with all of them over the past five days leading up to "order due date", just to check and help them to reach their targets, to make sure that they will be placing qualifying orders.  I want them to make money, I want them to be happy and stay with AVON in my team.  Me earning commission from their sales is secondary to this, as without enough Representatives in my team I won't remain a Sales Leader.

I have worked hard to get to this level, its the first rung on a pretty long ladder that I intend to climb up - I will work as hard as it takes to stay in touch with my new representatives, keep growing my team over the next few campaigns and achieve the next level ASAP!

Sales Leader Badge and Certificate

I have received my Sales Leader status and with it a Certificate and Badge have arrived in the post - pictures to follow...

Plan a "Planning Day"

Today, as directed by my Area Manager (who has in fact taught me nearly everything I know about AVON)...  I had a "planning day".

This has been superb, a chance to put my business in order and work SMART.

I've caught up with all the active Representatives on my team and the newbies.  As well as asking how they are getting on and if I can offer any help, I have asked them quite directly:

2 new recruits all by myself!

Yes, I feel like a sales leader now!  Flying SOLO as it were!

Last week I sat in the park for half an hour and spoke to three people about AVON, took two of their numbers and followed up with a phone call to arrange appointments.

Today I met both of them - separately, they're not in the same area and they don't know eachother (yet!).
I signed them both up!

Feel quite chuffed - thats two new members to my ever growing team and I am really proud because:
- I got the leads
- I chased them up
- I recruited them

Back on Track - Boost Recruitment

YEP - A four day week after the May Bank Holiday and this week, in fact tomorrow, I really would like to recruit 4 new Sales Reps.  I have a couple of pre-bank holiday weekend leads to follow up, one refer a friend and also a customer who is interested in joining, it is just a question of whether I can sell it to them to commit tomorrow, or even this week!

My Sales Leadership skills still need to be perfected into a winning formula and I really need to get my time-management skills into play also, to allow myself the right amount of time on the street, following up leads on the phone and actually doing appointments.  It doesn't tale long to do any of these things but I need to get into some better planning habits!

Well..... thats it, the night before the recruitment boost and I am all set, flyers with my information on them, my notebook with the leads phone numbers, and a pen to take some more, the boot is full of brochures and recruitment packs... I FEEL READY!  Bring it on!

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!!

Prospecting with the Area Manager (s)

Today was great, my Area Manager picked me up from our usual place and we went out prospecting.  She was training another Area Manager too today, so we had extra company.

First stop, Maldon, parked in the high street and the first young lady we approached was interested in becoming a rep, so we all went to Costa to talk about it further, signed her on and dropped her home with her books!