Create a Schedule and Stick to it

Top Avon Representatives will tell you that they work when they want to, and fill their work calendar around their life calendar. One calendar with everything on it, that you can carry with you at all times. This is a critical component for any successful Representative. You need to know WHEN you want to (and are able) to work. Mark it on your calendar. By scheduling and utilizing time that is set aside to work, you'll be way ahead.

When you know your next two or three available work dates at a moment's notice, people take you and your business more seriously.

Schedule time on your calendar to practice your demo, take a course or two on Avon’s Beauty of Knowledge training site, download a DSWA tele-class to your mp3, read up on product knowledge or network. Do SOMETHING to G-r-o-w your business.

Grow your business means doing any of the following:

Your Path to Creating Success

My question to you is…

"What are You going to do TODAY to grow your business & create income? "

Touch your business daily. Touch your business in SOME way - every day. To generate income & develop & create customer loyalty, you must make contact with your business on a daily basis. Your store is essentially "closed" any day you're not working.

Working means doing any of the following:

#15 - How to Approach a New Customer

Day #15 - How To Approach a New Customer
By Bob Oros


"I forgot they were coming!"

"I wonder how long this is going to take."

"My production supervisor is on vacation."

"My office manager called in sick this morning!"

"YIKES! Look at all the stuff they have with them!"

"There are two of them - they will probably never stop talking."

"This is going to take forever - I've got to do something - fast."

"I see they have a price book - good - I know how to get rid of them."

"I'll get a price quote on something and tell them they are way too high."

If you are having the door slammed in your face before you even have a chance to say hello - you may be doing it wrong.

Let me explain.

#14 - How to Overcome Resistance

They say, with Avon and in any sales job or business, you should leave brochures (or go visit) with a potential customer for at least 4 campaigns (or weeks) before they will order.  They want to know that you are going to come back, they want to like you, and they want to trust that you are not going to give up on them before they place their first order with you. 

Know . . . Like . . . Trust

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Persistance

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Loyal Customers

Day #14 - How to Overcome Resistance
by Bob Oros

Customers resist even the best ideas. The resistance starts with a negative feeling about the product, service or program. He or she hasn’t looked into it yet. The immediate resistance is general. First of all, there’s the risk. What if the idea doesn’t pay off or the product doesn’t perform?

Also, something new means change. And maybe the change will be uncomfortable. It will cause trouble, and who needs trouble?

All this makes the prospect feel that they don’t want to hear about what you are trying to sell. Even if you get them to listen, their generalized resistance adds strength to the objection.

Your customer will be on the defensive before you even begin to sell. It is in a person’s nature to fear making a change that will cost money. During a sales presentation, your customer will almost always respond negatively to your pricing. It is part of their strategy to get you to lower your price.

By knowing what to expect you avoid giving in without making a case for your product. Salespeople frequently make the mistake of offering discounts up front in order to head off a potentially negative discussion about price.