Its been a while

Seems like ages since I last posted although I am not even sure if anyone actually reads this but nevermind lets move on to another idea.

I thought of this today so I haven't tried it yet and I don't know if it will work but here goes.

A lot of people put there AVON books in a salon near to them (If you don't pop down to the one where you get treatments and ask if anyone does it and if you can leave your books). So i was thinking, I am a nail tech as well and I take my books with me to my appointments so if you contacted someone in your area who does treatments of some sort then you could offer them a 10% discount of their orders or even offer it to them as the money as these would all be orders that you wouldn't get without them and then they can take the books with them and collect you any orders people want. Theres a chance they would be too busy to do AVON themselves so they may think its a great idea.

Avon takes time to put orders in and hand them out so if someone else is doing it for them and they get a bit of money its a good idea.

Laura

www.nailsbylaurahickey.webs.com

Hi everyone

Time for a new tip for you all.

Offer Incentives.

I find this a a brilliant way to boost sale and encourage people to buy more than they usually would. You obviously need to look at your customers and then set the cut off point for the incentives. For example if your customers usually spend around £13 if you offer a free gift for spending £15 in the book then it will encourage them to spend a little bit more.

Here are some I have tried and how well they have gone.

• Spend over £15 and receive a free gift - this works for some people but others just spend there usual amount although they are likely to keep ordering if they are getting something extra
• Refer a friend and get a free gift - can be a good way to boost your customer base you just have to hope that friend doesn't live too far away
• Take your book to work and have 10% of the order value to spend in the book - as these orders are ones you would of never got on your own they are a bonus anyway so making less commission on them doesn't really matter, not many people will take you up on this but its worth a try
• A free sample with every £5 spent. - samples are cheep so you are not giving much away and it shows that you value the small orders but also that you value the orders from the customers that spend more and they are happy that you think they deserve more.

Try a few of those out and watch your orders increase

Laura

www.nailsbylaurahickey.webs.com

Welcome to AVON hints

Hi everyone

I have been selling AVON for over a year now and have tried most of the ideas for getting new customers so I thought that I would share some of these with you all.

As you probably know AVON is a cosmetics company that have books which are delivered by consultants or people order online. Even though people can order online they will be more likely to order with a rep if they have one because it is nicer to flick through a book than it is to click round the Internet and when the catalogue is delivered it is a reminder to order.

First hint

This may seem very simple but it is the best place to start. When delivering orders or collecting order it is very important to deliver or collect on the date you say you will. If you are reliable then it builds up a trust so that customers are more likely to buy than if you are never there when you say. This may seem simple but there are a lot of people that don't do it and it is the most important.

Laura