Avon - How to Get Clients.......

I'am John Smith and i want to utter something about the subject mentioned in the title..:)

When you first start out on your Avon business, you are going to wonder, ok, what now? Where and how can I possibly find customers. What you should realize, is that everyone can be a potential customer, and that's how you should begin to see the people around you.

The first thing you should do is have some inexpensive business cards printed up. When you become an Avon representative, you can make business cards through the Avon website, or you can choose to go elsewhere to have them made. Next, of course, you'll be ordering brochures to start handing out. Think of your brochure as your store. If you don't have enough brochures, then you will not have enough potential customers. When first starting out, you don't want to buy too many brochures, but I think between 20-40 is the right amount. Ok, so now, you have your brochures, what are you going to do with them? Where are you going to put them? Well, first, start with who you already know, friends, family, co-workers. Tell them you're starting a new Avon business, and you need their help to get you started. Most of the time, they will be happy to help.

Ask them to share the brochure with other people they know. That's how you start to spread the word. Next, think of stores you shop in, places where the store owner knows you, and ask if you can leave a couple of brochures in their store. Sometimes you'll get a yes, and sometimes a no. Do not take this personally. When someone tells me no, it's because they don't want to open the door for other salespersons to come in and start asking if they can leave promotional material there also. Just move on, and try another place. When you're at the mall food court, leave a brochure on the table when you leave. When you go into public restrooms, leave a brochure hanging on the inside of the door. You can get plastic brochure bags through Avon.

Of course, there is the door to door strategy, where you can either actually ring bells and try to speak to the person at home, or you can just go door to door and leave a brochure hanging on the doorknob, or leave one in the mailbox. It's actually better if you speak to people, as then you know who is really interested, and you won't wind up wasting your brochures. You can also make up flyers and post them on community bulletin boards, or you can go door to door with the flyers and leave those in mailboxes. You can contact different organizations, schools, religious houses to see if you can help them with fundraising.

The bottom line is, there are potential customers everywhere, you just have to think outside the box.