Founded in 1886 by David McConnell as California Perfume Company, Avon had the purpose of distributing perfumes to customers the easy way through bringing products directly to them. Eventually the company’s name was changed to Avon after McConnell visited Shakespeare’s home in Stratford-Upon-Avon.
With over five million representatives in over hundred countries, Avon is known as the world’s largest direct selling company.
In order to become an Avon representative, one must pay $10, which is considered to be a very cheap investment considering all other MLM companies start-up costs.
Being the world’s largest tycoon in beauty products, Avon holds deep pride in its unique selection of merchandise that caters to beauty-conscious women all over the globe. Avon’s current product lines include: Avon Color, Anew, Avon Wellness, Skin-So-Soft, and Advance Techniques Hair Care.
Avon’s frontliner for their global brand of cosmetics is Avon Color, which has an offering of a rainbow of colors, including facial foundations and powder. Under this label, high-quality lip, eye and nail products are being distributed to satisfied women around the world. For this reason, AVON Color manufactures a wide variety of colors which contains shades that fit the skin tones of women from different ethnicities.
Are you looking to work from home and heard that Avon was a great and easy way to make money? Avon is a great company and has some fabulous products and even greater prices. They are one of the fastest growing companies with markets in over 135 countries across the world. Their fastest growing markets are in China and Russia.
Avon is a direct marketing company that uses door-to-door sales, catalogs and now the Internet. Each distributor is able to have his or her own website for their customers to look at the catalog and place their orders.
A friend introduced me to her Avon brochure less than a year ago. I knew very little about Avon, other than the company’s fund raising efforts for breast cancer. I was amazed by the variety of products, and being a frugal gal, decided that, rather than purchase from my friend’s brochure, I would buy from myself at a discount.
Advice was plentiful from other Avon reps and articles published in Avon’s own “Representative Times.” The key seemed to be to buy as many brochures and samples as we could afford. We are urged to purchase demonstration products from “What’s New” to show our customers what will be available in the upcoming months. Avon representatives are known for going door-to-door handing out brochures, or standing in front of public buildings and shopping centers in an attempt to publicize their business. I knew that if this was how Avon was to be sold, it was not something I was capable of doing successfully. My limited budget and time constraints would surely hold me back. There were also my own personal hang-ups about talking to strangers that didn’t seem to mesh with the whole attitude of being an Avon representative. It is, after all, a sales job.
Are you interested in growing your Avon business? Becoming an Avon representative is super-easy and there are many resources to help you grow your business and meet your personal goals.
Use Avon products yourself. One of the best ways to sell a product is to know everything about it. Your regular discount and demos allow you to save money and try the products yourself first.
Ask your customers for product reviews. When you pass out orders, ask your customer to let you know how the products perform. This is a great way for you to learn about products so that you can offer more information to other customers.
Share your products. If you work in an office, make sure you have hand lotion to share with your co-workers. I have gotten several orders just by letting others try the lotion sitting on my desk. Another Avon rep keeps extra tubes of hand cream for on-the-spot sales. Read the rest of this entry »
