Are you a new Avon Representative and you are looking for Avon Selling Ideas to get you started? Did you know that a $200 order is a magic number for you as a new Avon Representative?
In this guide we’re going to give you some great Avon Selling Ideas so you never have a problem building a $200 order for your business. These Avon selling ideas will be great for New Avon Representatives who are just getting started building their network and their business.
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Why is a $200 Avon Order So Important?
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When you are a New Avon Representative, you are immediately placed on the Pathway to Premier, Avon’s program built solely to help new representatives start off selling Avon Successfully.
As you follow the Avon Pathway to Premier, you will have the opportunity to earn cash back bonuses in addition to your regular Avon earnings.
Every time you accumulate $200 in a single campaign, you will earn a $20 cash back bonus (in addition to your normal 25% earnings as an Avon Contender).
So if place a $200 Avon order, you will earn 25% PLUS a $20 cash back bonus. If you place a $400 Avon Order, you will earn 25% cash back PLUS a $40 cash back bonus.
So the first Avon Selling Idea is to always shoot for at least a $200 order.
Avon Selling Ideas: Six Ways to Build a $200 Avon Order
So now that you know WHY building a $200 order is important as a new Avon Representative, now let’s break down HOW to do it.
Placing a $200 Avon order every campaign should become a standard practice for you as a new Avon Representative. But you have to know what it takes to build that order so you can make a plan to get yourself there.
Avon Selling Idea #1: Know what it takes to hit your goal
To place a $200 Avon order and qualify for your first Avon Pathway to Premier bonus, it can be helpful to understand how many customers you will need to get you to that $200 order.
Here are a couple ways that it could break down for you:
- 8 Avon customers who place a $25 order
- 5 Avon Customers who place a $40 order
- 4 Avon Customers who place a $50 order
How many customers do you think you can find this campaign? Which number is more doable for you? When you determine how many customers you think you can find, it’s easier to determine a strategy for the products you will promote.
Products to Advertise to help your customers get there
There are a few Avon products that are ALWAYS an easy sell! Many Avon Representatives actually keep some of these items on hand at all times to add to their in-person sales.
But they are sure-fire sales machines if you promote them:
- Avon Skin So Soft
- Avon Bug Guard
- Avon Love at First Lash Mascara
Selling two Avon Skin So Soft bottles will put your customer at a $25 order. Or you can use these products to recommend to your customers as Add-ons to help increase their order size.
Here are some other Avon products that are easier to sell because it’s an in-demand item that people need:
- cleaning supplies by Homestar
- Avon Defense items like face masks and hand soap
- Cleaning Supplies like Laundry detergent
To encourage repeat customers and build a healthy business, it’s always important to have a strong focus on the following two items because they will keep customers coming back to your business.
- Avon skincare
- LG products (ie, The Face Shop, Chi, VDL, belif and more)
These Avon products are powerful because skincare is a customer loyalty product. When you can sell Avon products that encourage repeat customers, it makes your job as an Avon Representative much easier.
Avon Selling Idea #2: Be Present on Social Media
Social media can be a powerful tool for New Avon Representatives. Especially when you know how to use it effectively.
Here are some proven ways to promote your business on Social Media as a New Avon Representative.
Talk about What Avon Products You Love
When you are a new Avon Representative, your followers are probably some of your closest friends and family. More than likely, you are connected with them on social media because they like you. Most of them probably trust you!
So Avon selling ideas for social media revolve mostly around talking about specific products that you love.
Here’s a story for you:
This year, Avon announced in their product demo catalog that they would be releasing certain kitchen tools. All of a sudden experienced Avon Representatives were exploding over this pineapple corer.
Apparently Avon had carried the pineapple corer before and it was a HUGE hit!
So, I don’t even keep pineapple in my house. But guess what I bought?
You guessed it – the pineapple corer. Why?
Because Avon reps were raving about how amazing it is. And now I have to go actually buy some pineapple so I can use it.
Would I have purchased that item if someone said here’s a link do you want some Avon? NO WAY!
Would I have picked it out of a catalog that someone gave me? Probably not.
It was the personal testimonials of people I am connected to on social media that sold me the pineapple corer.
This truly speaks to the power we have to influence people as Avon Representatives. To be successful as a new Avon Representative, you need to think of yourself as MORE than an order taker. You are an advisor.
Optimize Your Social Media Profiles
If I go to your Social Media site, will I be able to tell that you sell Avon? How long will it take me to figure out that you are a New Avon Representative?
If you want to become a successful Avon Representative, you need to make it easy for your network to support your business. That means they should have easy access to your business from your social media profiles.
On your personal Facebook Page, you should be adding Avon in your job description and linking to YOUR AVON BUSINESS PAGE. It’s very important to draw your network to YOUR business page – not Avon Corporate’s – because they want to connect with YOU!
In addition, you should be adding ALL of the links to your other social media profiles to the links portion of your profile. Don’t forget to ADD YOUR E-STORE link!
Avon Selling Idea #3: Don’t be an Order Taker
If you want to be a successful Avon Representative, you have to be MORE than an order taker. You have to be a trusted advisor.
I love this meme about target that I see all the time on social media.
You will never build a business on tossing brochures in people’s yards and leaving them in doctor’s offices and sitting around waiting for the phone to ring.
You won’t be successful or consistently build $200 orders by posting “Who wants some Avon?” with your link on social media.
It doesn’t even work if you consistently post “Hey guys the campaign 15 brochure is out with your link.”
People are BUSY. They may look through your entire catalog and forget to order. And they may NEVER look through your catalog.
They are relying on YOU to tell THEM what they need. And in order to be effective at that, you need to try and get informed about the products yourself.
Avon Selling Idea #4: Get Contact info and follow up
When I have old brochures laying around, I will sometimes package them up and hang them on doors or leave them in local businesses with my contact info. Out of 100 – 200 brochures, I may get 1-2 phone calls with an order. I do this a couple of times a year IF my old brochures accumulate.
So what’s my Avon selling idea for getting a $200 every campaign?
GET CONTACT INFO!
The fortune is in the follow up. When I give someone a brochure I ALWAYS ask for their phone number. My brochures are an investment into my business. And I want to always be getting a return on my investment. So I ask for contact info so I can follow up.
The fortune is in the follow up.
Before I place my order, I call everyone I gave a brochure to and recommend products and ask them what I can get for them.
How do I get contact info without sounding spammy?
I love coming up with ideas that are about my customers. I love for my customers to get the better end of the deal.
Which option would make you more likely to give me your phone number?
Option One: What’s your phone number so I can follow up with you?
OR
Option TWO: Let me get your phone number! I’m going to text you a link where you can enter to win $200 in Avon products.
When they give you your phone number you can text them the link to your Avon sweepstakes. Learn more about where to find it and how to enable in around the four minute mark of this video below;
Avon Selling Idea #5: Always be Building Your Network
HARD TRUTH: Your warm list will not keep your business afloat.
If you’re expecting them to, you’ll likely alienate all of them because you’ll inadvertently be putting too much pressure on them. Things will become all about YOU and what YOU need – and not about THEM and what THEY need.
The key for long term success as a new Avon Representative is to always be building your network. You should be making a conscious effort every day to bring a certain number of people into your network. You can build your network online or in person.
Building your Network Online
You can build your network online by finding new people to talk to every day. You can find new people in Facebook groups, on Facebook business pages and by using hashtags on Instagram and TikTok.
Search for people with whom you share common interests. Think about your passions. Seek out people who are like you to connect with and then go make new friends. Develop a genuine connection WITHOUT the intent of selling them products.
DO NOT SEND YOUR AVON LINK TO THESE PEOPLE or try to cold-message or hard-sell them. Your overall goal is just to make new friends.
There are lots of great tips for networking on social media in this guide by another Avon Representative.
Building your Network in Person
You can also build your network as you go about your daily life. Look up from your phone and talk to people. Ask them questions and let them do the talking.
Find clubs and groups in your area where you can make friend with like-minded people.
Come from a placing of giving, not taking. Do charity work in your community.
The more people you meet, the more your network will grow. Some of them will eventually become customers when the time is right. And some of them won’t and will just become friends. But we can never really have enough friends.
Actively look for ways to build your network every single day.
Avon Selling Idea #6: Buy From Yourself
Girl, why are you buying your shampoo and bath soap at Target? Why are shopping at a big box retailer for anything that YOUR BUSINESS carries?
You could be slowly restocking your own house with products from your business. What’s on your shopping list this week?
- Laundry soap? You sell That
- Dish Soap? You sell that too
- Lotion? Guess who sells that?
- Body Wash? You’ve got that one covered too!
Before you make your grocery list, stop and look to see if your business carries that product by using the search function on your e-store or back office. And then buy it from yourself at a discount!
Not only will you keep extra money in your pocket by buying your products at a discount, but you will eventually replace every item in your home with products from YOUR business.
And then you will have first hand experience about ALL of the items so you can share the products YOU are using and why you love them!
Now that you have these 6 Avon Selling ideas, go put them into practice so you can develop your very own strategy to building a successful Avon business.
