Social season success“In this social season there are some great ways to bring people together to help your sales and grow your business.

Encourage your new Independent Avon Representatives to bring along friends when you go to do their T2 call; having more people involved gives more opportunities to demonstrate products, increase sales and find potential team members. There are more tips on this in your First Quarter Guide available now on the Sales Leader website.

What about organising your own party? Don’t worry if you don’t know where to start; there is lots of information, tips and ideas on the Sales Leader and Representative websites. I’ve spoken to many people who have had their own successful events: it really can be whatever you want it to be.

I know from the Avon Area Managers that I work with that Independent Avon Sales Leaders are reaping the rewards from holding events, from swoop days, to training sessions, to parties. Not only are social get-togethers a chance to develop sales and teams and to give and receive training, but they can really motivate people through sharing ideas and experiences. Why not give it a try?”

Alana Ballie ASM Training Consultant

 

 Business Development Bonus

Congratulations to those of you who have achieved the Business Development Bonus this campaign. The ‘achieve’ bonus is paid for moving upwards in the levels of Sales Leadership. The ‘maintain’ bonus is also paid to those who have kept their status for the previous three campaigns. For full details of the bonus programme visit the Sales Leader website. C15 Totals To Sales Leader To Advanced To Executive To Senior Executive   Achieve bonus           202 achievers 172 26 4 0 C16  Totals  To Sales Leader  To Advanced To Executive To Senior Executive   Achieve bonus           320 achievers 270 37 11 2   Maintain bonus – 111 achievers

 

 Changes to MOV and Sales Leader Commission C1 2011 – C4 2011 and C5 2011

You recently received an e-mail detailing the changes to Minimum Order Value during the shortened campaigns and the changes to the Sales Leader Commission structure effective Campaign 5 2011. This information will be available for reference on the Sales Leader website soon.    First Quarter Guide available online now

To help you during the first few campaigns of 2011 take a look at the First Quarter Guide; this document includes everything you need to know about building a great business foundation, planning for success and product highlights. You can find the guide on the Sales Leader website.    Are you in Dionysus Division?

Take time to invest in your independent business and and join Dionysus Division at a Sales Leader meeting on the following dates at the venues specified:

• 10th November & 1st December – Northampton – Head office
• 24th November & 15th December – Newmarket – Heathcourt Hotel

Contact your Avon Area Sales Manager for full details.

 

    Completing important business documentsAs there can be delays in receiving mail by post in the build up to Christmas, Avon recommends that you send completed Representative and Sales Leader Agreements as quickly as possible back to Avon.

Once a Trainee Sales Leader is actively recruiting they are required to sign and send the Sales Leader Agreement and Bank Details forms back to Avon. These forms can be downloaded from the Sales Leader website and can be posted using the Freepost address on the form. Until Avon receives these forms to process, a Trainee’s status will not change and no commission will be paid. Any loss of commission due to the Agreement not being received by Avon will not be backdated, so please emphasise to your Trainees the importance of prompt posting of documents. Encourage your Trainees to follow up on whether their Sales Leader Agreement has been received by Avon. If Trainee Sales Leaders have not received a notification e-mail confirming receipt of the Sales Leader Agreement they should contact the Sales Leadership Support Team at sales.leader@avon.com

 

    Top TipsPlease be careful when completing an Independent Avon Representative Agreement. If information is incomplete, illegible or inaccurate the Sales Leadership Support Team can’t load the Agreement immediately and the Representative will be unable to place her order.

The top issues with delayed agreements are:

• Missing, incomplete or incorrect date of birth.
• Incomplete title, first name, middle name and surname. Initials are not acceptable.
• Unclear / inaccurate postcode.

 

 

CEO of Avon Cosmetics meets U K Senior Executive leader Gail Reynolds

Chance to meet Avon Executive

Independent Avon Senior Executive Sales Leaders Gail Reynolds and Rebekah Testar recently met one of the world’s most powerful businesswomen, Avon’s Global Chairman and CEO Andrea Jung, as recognition for their outstanding sales achievements. Gail: “It was a privilege to meet Andrea Jung and share my Avon experiences with her. She had a real interest in learning about my Avon business and finding out how working as an Independent Avon Sales Leader has given me financial empowerment” Rebekah: “As such a successful woman in business, Andrea is a huge inspiration to me so it was a really motivating opportunity. I can’t wait to tell my team all about it!”

We would welcome any stories or ideas that you have for In-sight. E-mail in-sightmagazine@avon.com

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On this page you will find everything you need to know about the Business Development Bonus. Please take time to go through the training presentation, the bonus flyer and complete the survey so we can ensure we can meet your training needs in the future.

Business Developement Bonus

FAQ on the Avon Business Developement flyer

Avon, the company for women, is a leading global beauty company, with $10 billion in annual revenue. As the world’s largest direct seller, Avon markets to women in more than 100 countries through 5.4 million independent Avon Sales Representatives. Avon’s product line includes beauty products, fashion jewelry and apparel, and features such well-recognized brand names as Avon Color, Anew, Skin-So-Soft, Advance Techniques, Avon Naturals, and Mark. Learn more about Avon and its products at www.avoncompany.com 

 

Avon the company for women & a few good men

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Back to school recruiting tips with Avon cosmetics

I have been an Avon sales leader with Avon UK for 8 years.

In this short video i share some HOT tips for recruiting in the Back to school transition!

Take the tips and go build your Avon sales leadership business in the 4th quarter

BBC News

Women’s opportunities

Women selling cosmetics to women directly in their home has been a winning formula that has resulted in the present day Avon having a presence in more than 100 countries with a total revenue of $8.1bn (£4.2bn) and more than 5.1 million reps worldwide.

This unique way of selling cosmetics came about by chance.

In 1886 a book salesman David Hall McConnell was giving out free perfume to housewives to encourage them to buy more books.

However, his customers were more interested in the perfume than the books so Mr McConnell decided to forget about the books and concentrate on making and selling his own perfume.

His eureka moment came when he decided to use women to sell to women at a time when they did not even have the right to vote.

Avon Man

To sort it out, Avon is committed to doubling its global advertising budget and Andrea Slater, Avon’s president in the UK and Republic of Ireland says the UK “is certainly going to get their fair share of that”.

Avon is gearing up its advertising efforts

Ms Slater also now feels that Avon is at a stage when it has to “step it up a level and really focus on the brand building pieces”.

While one in three women in the UK are regular customers, Andrea is keen to ensure they “spread the word to the two in three that perhaps don’t know Avon that well”.