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10 Tips for Balancing Work & Motherhood

10 Tips for Balancing Work and Motherhood

I found this article that may help you balance work and motherhood . . . especially if you are a WAHM.

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There's no magic formula for making sure you have enough time for both, but these 10 smart tactics can help.   By Lisa Druxman

Although there's no secret recipe to balancing work and motherhood, there are thousands of women out there who have learned to do it successfully, women who've taken on this challenge before us and have come out on top.

I've been fortunate to have the opportunity to interview many, many entrepreneurial moms. And without fail, at some point during our conversation, they all say the same thing: "When I'm working, I feel like I should be with my kids. But when I'm with my kids, I feel like I should be working." But that guilt doesn't stop us from striving for success in both work and as a mother--we want to be able to do them both and do them both well. And if you ask any mom entrepreneur, they'll probably tell you what they're doing now is the most rewarding thing they've ever done. It's certainly not easy, but it's worth it.

I know for a fact that any one solution won't work for everyone. But I've found some common themes among the successful working moms that I know, and here are their 10 tips for being both a terrific mom and business owner.

How do you Create Repeat Customer Sales?

As you know, we have regular earnings products and fixed earning products (that have the little 4 diamond pattern before the description). So HOW do we create repeat customer sales?

Let’s say a customer purchases a watch. The watch is a fixed earnings product and not a product they are going to consume (use up) in a month and want to replenish 4-6 times a year. However it is a sale we certainly wouldn’t turn down. Fixed earnings products don’t maximize your sales and earnings.

Therefore, if the focus of your business sales are on our core Beauty products (regular earnings), MAKEUP, SKIN CARE, JEWELRY, FRAGRANCE, BATH & BODY, HAIR CARE & FOOT CARE, and find the products that fit the customers needs, you will “create repeat sales”.

Skin Care is a perfect example. Using your Skin Care Conversational Card, you ask your customer the 5 questions to determine which Anew line will give them the most benefit. Let’s say the first customer you use the questionnaire with has more answers in the Anew Ultimate line than any other. That means the Ultimate line has the solutions to her concerns or problems. If she’s using the right solution to her concerns, she’ll be a happy customer and with follow-up by you she will purchase more of the same products as she uses them. A very simple concept. Each customer replenishes her skin care line approximately 6 times a year.

 

Let’s look at a customer replacing her skin care regimen 6 X a year, & see your sales & earnings on those products at regular prices.

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:

Ways to Advertise your Business

As a direct sales rep. there are many ways to advertise your direct sales business besides online and one of them is to advertise a business on your car! Read more tips for offline advertising below:

Importance of Offline Marketing
by Kara Kelso
http://www.directsaleshelpers.com/

The internet is a wonderful source of information and millions of people that could be your customer. Although we need to keep in mind that there are millions of others just like you fighting for that business. This is why it's important to tap into the offline world - people that you would never meet online. Starting with your local community, let's talk about a few things that you could do to market offline.

Make Good Money with Avon by . . .

Increasing Your Sales, Setting Goals and Planning.

by Theresa Austin Paul on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 10:44pm

How much would you like to make each campaign? We all would love an extra $100-$300-$500 or so every 2 weeks right? Can you go get another job? Leave the kids? Hire a sitter? Is your boss going to give you that raise? well then...

GIVE YOURSELF A RAISE!!

Does $300 a month sound good to start? How can you do that with AVON? Break it down. That's $150 every 2 weeks. You can earn $150 a campaign easy!!!

Sell $425 at 40% earnings and you can profit up to $170. This varies of course because of fixed earnings items, and business tools, But you CAN profit $150 and more every 2 weeks.

Now, you're asking "How will I sell $425-$500 a campaign?"

Revenue Producing Activities

Do you have trouble getting things done? Each night, before you go to bed, write down 10 things that you need to do to move your business forward. Put this where you'll see it first thing in the morning. Then, do those things BEFORE you do anything else. (Except, get your coffee of course, LOL!) These are your Revenue Producing Activities - RPAs - You'll soon be having much greater success as you focus on what matters most!

Essential Skills Every Entrepreneur Should Have

Essential Skills Every Entrepreneur Should Have

There's no doubt that entrepreneurs have the passion and mindset to develop innovative business ideas. What they often lack are the skills required to effectively execute them.

Starting and building a company is all about leadership: formulating an idea, building a unique plan based on vision and experience, and forging a path over and through all obstacles. Yet the image of leadership in business is at an all-time low, according to national leadership experts, considering the political debacles, record business bankruptcies, and executive fraud cases.

50 Uses for Avon's Bubble Baths

MANY USES FOR AVON’S FANTASTIC BUBBLE BATH

I'll bet you didn't know that Avon's Bubble Baths aren't just for baths.  Keep reading to see the 50 ways you can use the Avon's bubble bath.

#17 - You Can't Sell Anybody Anything

Day #17 - You Can't Sell Anybody Anything

by Bob Oros

It's true! You can't sell anybody anything, you can't change people's minds, you can't persuade them to do something against their will and you can't get people to buy based on price alone.

We have to be crystal clear about what our job really is. We think that we have to apply pressure, use special psychological techniques and force people to buy from us.

Regardless of whether you are a supervisor, a sales person, a waitress, a service provider or a marketing manager your job is the same: Your job is to help people make good decisions - and the more informed you are about your products and services, the more valuable you are to your customer.

You can make your life a whole lot easier starting right now by stop thinking that you have to be clever and use some secret selling technique to get people to buy from you. All you have to do is answer this question; Why should someone buy from me? When someone asks that question of you what they are really asking is "I need help making a good decision!"

#16 - The Power of Knowing

Day #16 - The Power of Knowing

by Bob Oros

IS IT POSSIBLE TO DESCRIBE A PLACE YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN?

I was driving down highway 75 in Florida and pulled off at a Long John Silver seafood restaurant for lunch. As I was entering the front door a ‘pan handler’ was sitting on the curb asking everyone for their spare change. As I was eating lunch I could see him through the window and I thought how distracting it was to the customers. I wondered why the manager didn’t ask him to leave. He had a can in front of him and one out of every five people dropped some change in it. 
I got to thinking that one out of every five is a pretty good closing ratio.  One more confirmation of the 2 out of every 10 law.

After I finished eating I walked out the door and was thinking about how I was going to avoid him. I was dressed extremely casual as my whole day consisted of simply driving from point A to point B. I have special cloths for these occasions as I don’t want to travel with a whole lot of luggage. So I have some old jeans and a special sweat shirt that my wife keeps telling me to throw away. As we made eye contact I made a spur-of-the-moment decision. I sat on the curb next to him. For the next 30 minutes I learned five lessons that will stay with me for a long time. Because of those 30 minutes I am not only a better sales person and a better speaker, I am a better person.

#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

+

Persistance

=

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.

#13 - The Key to Selling Success

Day #13 -The Key to Selling Success
by Bob Oros

How would you like to KNOW with absolute certainty that you could sell anybody? What if you had a magic key that would open the door to everyone you called on? You can! And once you know the secret formula - and apply it - your sales will take off!

You will lose all feelings of call reluctance. Your confidence will double - or even triple. Your income will increase. You will have everything you ever wanted in life.

Here it is...

#12 - Why You Lose Business

Day #12 - Why You Lose Business
By Bob Oros

What is the easiest way for a competitor to take a customer away from you? Why do you lose accounts to your competitors?

Here are some reasons that sound good: Our service isn't up to par. Our prices are too high. We have too many out-of-stocks. My competitor is better known in my market.

I have a surprise for you. When you lose an account it is mostly due to one reason. I would say that 95% of all the accounts you lose to a competitor are for this single reason! This single reason will enable you to take away more business from your competitor than you can handle.

It's easier than you think. Here's why.

#11 - Building Customer Relationships

Sorry it's been a while since I posted the last Bob Oros entry from his book "Dominate your Market".  It's been really a busy time for me.  So here we go . . . Day #11 . . .


Day #11 - Building Customer Relationships
By Bob Oros

What has caused you, in the past, to think about the possibility of doing something besides selling? Here is the answer. The indifferent, reluctant, defensive attitude that greets you every time you make a sales call is what defeats nearly everyone who fails in a selling career.

Wouldn't it be nice if you were welcomed everywhere you went? If potential customers said "yes, come in, tell me more?"

#10 - How to Be Different

How can you be different in your Avon or direct sales business?  I am trying to be one of the "different" ones by learning how to be a better sales person and not just an order taker.  It is a work in progress but reading these articles is helping me do just that.

Happy Selling!

 Karen Whitney

BUY/SELL AVON
www.youravon.com/karenwhitney


Day # 10 - How To Be Different

by Bob Oros

Give me one good reason why I should buy from you!
I get sales people calling me all the time. You all look alike - sound alike - make the same promises, what makes you any different?

You have to separate yourself from the competition. You have to be different. You have to be better.

One of the best ways to separate yourself from the competition is to know everything there is to know about your products and services. If you know what you are talking about, the customer feels it and starts trusting what you say.

#9 - How to Build Credibility

I have a story to tell you about how I built credibility with one of my customers.

A few months ago I had a really nice lady placing orders with me.  Then one day she sent me an email . . . her perferred way to place her order.  However, this email wasn't an order.  It was to tell me that she wouldn't be doing business with me anymore.  WHAT?  WHY?  Her email was very stern and to the point "I will not be placing anymore orders with you". WOW!!  Where did that come from?  She and I had visited each time I would deliver her order.  I thought we were building a good relationship with each other. 

#8 - How to Guarantee Your Success

I think Mr Oros is a mind reader! 

In the article below he says "The toughest door to open is the one that gets us out of the house early . . .".

That IS my toughest door to open!!  However, once I DO open that door . . . I get so much accomplished! Go figure!!  Not only in my business but in my home life too.  For some reason, if I stay inside, glued to the computer, I get nothing else done all day long. 

#7 - Why Motivation Programs Fail . . .

Okay . . . time for me to be honest!  What Bob Oros says in this next article is SO TRUE!!!  Because I do spend hours and hours and hours reading others blogs or websites, search the internet for what I think will bring me my success and give me more motivation, I read what others post on FB and Twitter just to see if somebody has the "next best tip" for me. 

Has that earned me the success that I'm looking for?  NO!