Avon Tips and Tricks for Getting Started as A New Avon Representative – Congratulations on your decision to sign up to become an Avon Representative! Welcome to the #AvonNation! You are about to start your new journey as an Avon Representative and I can pretty much guarantee it won’t be long before you’re telling everyone you meet, “I’ve never had more fun!”
Out of the many network marketing companies out there that you could choose to sell for, Avon is one of the best. Avon was named one of the best network market companies in the WORLD! The company has been around over 100 years and in many ways introduced the standard of direct selling.
So, it’s safe to say that the company knows what it is doing! Congratulations on making the smart decision to join one of the oldest network marketing companies in the world. But, I bet you have a ton of questions – so many that you probably don’t know where to start.
Hopefully, by the end of this article, you’ll be ready to kickstart your business and maybe even have some earnings in your pocket in as little as TWO DAYS! I hope you find some Avon Tips and Tricks that will be useful along your journey as a New Avon Representative.
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First Steps as an Avon Representative – Avon Tips and Tricks
If you have recently joined Avon, here are your first steps as an Avon Representative. Use these helpful Avon Tips and Tricks to help you get started.
- Join Timeless Beauty Lessons – The Facebook Community open to ALL AVON REPS
- Join Avon Team Envision – ONLY open to representatives on Avon Team Envision whose uplines are Jennifer Francis or Emily Stephens
- Follow me on Youtube, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest to get training and ideas to help you run your business.
- Set up your online store
- Develop your warm list. Make a list of 50 people you know.
- Send a text message celebrating your new Avon business and text a link to your online store
- Post a message on your social media channels indicating why you joined Avon and include a link to your online store
- Custom Build Your Avon Kit – If you signed up to Join Avon For Free, you will need to custom build your starter kit. It is the most cost efficient to build a $200 starter kit (at 45% off after your cash back bonus)
- Place your first order – Include anything in your house that you would normally buy at the grocery store. Learn how to place your first Avon order.
- Take Avon U Training – I recommend starting with the shortcut to success and Social Selling Modules
Avon Tips and Tricks and Helpful Resources for New Representatives
I’ve developed a number of resources that are linked throughout this article to help you learn more about different topics. You’ll find there is so much too learn when you are first starting your Avon business. Here are some useful posts to give you Avon Tips and Tricks for New Representatives.
- The Avon Pathway to Premier – Your ticket to earning more as a New Avon Representative
- Share your Avon Catalog Online
- Avon Digital Tools
- How to Read Your Avon Dashboard
- How to Add Customers to your Avon Address Book
- How to create Avon Coupon Codes
- The Avon Commission Chart
- How to get paid as an Avon Representative
- Avon Leadership – Starting a Team
- How to Sell avon Online
- How to Find Avon Team Members
- How to Place your First Order
- How to Build a $200 Avon Order
- How to be a Successful Avon Representative
Getting Started with Avon U – Avon Tips and Tricks
Did you know that Avon has a training program for representatives and it is completely 100% free? The Avon Training Program is called Avon U and you can find it in your back office by logging into your account on AvonNow.com. Once you sign up to become an Avon Representative, I recommend taking the Shortcut to Success training immediately. The second training I would recommend is the Social Selling module.
Here’s a fun fact- new Representatives who complete the training program have 3x higher sales than those who don’t participate in this fabulous FREE training?
Among the new Representatives who completed Shortcut to Success, 18% of them had online sales compared to only 6% of the Representatives who were not active in AVON U training.
Why is it important to have online sales? When you choose to sell online – you save yourself money. Because you have a virtual brochure, you can cut your brochure costs by sharing your e-store link. And you can save yourself time and money because your customers’ orders will be shipped directly to their door – instead of you having to separate, deliver and collect money. And if we truly want this to be a side-hustle, time and money are valuable.
So, one of the very first things you can do as a new Avon Representative is to log on and take the first Avon U training module, Shortcut to Success. You can even do it before your free gift arrives.
Share Your Online Brochure – Avon Tips and Tricks for New Representatives
Gone are the days when you sign up to become an Avon Representative and wait around for your brochures to arrive. How exciting is it that you can start your Avon business today by sharing your online brochure with everyone on your contact list.
Your very own current online Avon Catalog is always located on your e-store, which is always 100% free to you as an Avon Representative. You can find it by typing your e-store address in the URL box at the top of the screen and navigating to “THE BOOK”.
If you haven’t set up your account yet, go ahead and set it up in your web office on AvonNow.com or ask your upline for your personalized web address.
Once you navigate to “THE BOOK”, you can copy and paste the link to your social media accounts, text messages, emails and other various forms of communication. Be sure to add your e-store address to ALL of your social media accounts. Check out this blog post for more tips on How to Share Your Avon E-Brochure.
Maximize Your First Order – Avon Tips and Tricks for New Representatives
As you begin as an Avon Representative, you are guaranteed 25% earnings on your first order. What that means is that you are guaranteed 25% off your entire first order and if you sell any of those products to other people, you will earn 25% on everything.
But when you hit important milestones during your first months as an Avon Representative, you become eligible to receive $20 and $100 bonuses – which will increase your overall commission up to 65%.
Learn more about the Pathway to Premier and how you can custom build your Avon Starter Kit with your first order.
Avon Catalogs
The first thing you will want to consider including in your first order is the Avon Catalog. Your brochure is your business. So while it is important to be sharing your e-store with your contacts right away, you should also be leaving a trail of brochures wherever you go. I recommend ordering at least 50 brochures when you are first starting out. Distribute your books to everyone you meet.
AND GET CONTACT PHONE NUMBERS.
Don’t leave books without getting a contact number for follow up!
When you invest in 50 Avon brochures, you will be paying a little over $16. To offset the cost of this supply, you can (and should) charge your customers a processing fee. I charge $3, but many reps charge $1. If your 50 books generate $25 customers for you and you collect a $1 service fee, you have MORE THAN made back your investment. And if you are collecting contact information like you should, you shouldn’t have a problem generating 25 customers from 50 books.
Avon Samples
Another thing you may want to consider ordering is samples. Here is a list of the best samples to include.
- Perfume swatches – usually only around $1
- skincare (Anew Ultimate and Dual Elixir are generally good sellers)
- Lip Bullets – customers love getting free lipsticks to try!
- invoice/order book – FREE
- Skin So Soft Original (there are over 100 uses for skin so soft)
- Popcorn bags – to package your customers orders
- MagiX Face Perfector
Another good way to determine which samples to order is to take a look at the most recent brochure or What’s New and see what Avon is featuring and promoting and check your back office at AvonNow.com to see if there are any samples that correlate with what Avon is promoting.
The What’s New is a catalog only available to Avon Representatives. You can purchase upcoming products on demo before they are released to the public.
If your free gift and brochures haven’t arrived yet, you can access all of your options on AvonNow.com after you log in using your account number and password. You can even order directly from the book while browsing. For more, learn how to place your Avon order.
Best Products to Keep On Hand – Avon Tips and Tricks for New Representatives
Here is a list of some of the best products that successful representatives keep on hand for quick and easy on the spot sales while they are delivering customer orders
- Love at First Lash Mascara
- Skin So Soft
- Bug Guard Products (Expedition or Picaridin) – especially in the summer months
- Glimmersticks
- Hand Creams
Begin Replacing Household Items with Avon Products
Now that you’re getting a discount, why wouldn’t you buy EVERYTHING from YOUR business, instead of supporting a big box business? You will be paying less for things like:
- shampoo
- conditioner
- toothpaste
- laundry soap
- hand soap
- cleaning supplies
- body wash
- kids bath products
- hand creams
- makeup
- candles
- clothing
- jewelry
It would be advantageous for you to begin to slowly replace all the products in your house with products from your new business! If you were headed to the store tomorrow and were making a list of things you needed at your house, what products would be on that list? What products could you actually buy from YOUR BUSINESS at a discount? Why pay full price for those products when you could buy them from YOURSELF at a guaranteed 25% to 65% off in your first order?
As an added bonus, this will help you as you begin talking to customers. Since, eventually, all of your products will be Avon products, you will be able to give a first hand testimony about your experience with all the products, which will build higher orders for you and make you a more successful representative.
Create Coupon Codes – Avon Tips and Tricks for New Representatives
Did you know, you can create custom coupon codes for your customers? There are several options available for you to create coupon codes. Why not give your customers free shipping on their first $50 order. Or maybe you could give them 10% off their first order. Or a pack of samples.
It’s up to you to know what your customers will like best! But be sure to be getting email address for everyone you meet so they can access your custom coupon codes.
Get Contact Info for Follow up – Avon Tips and Tricks for New Representatives
When you hand out a catalog to a potential new customer, the best way to ensure success in your business is to get follow up information. After all #TheFortuneIsInTheFollowup. But, if you are anything like me, it just feels icky saying “can I get your phone number?”
Luckily I have found a better way to do this that doesn’t feel so awkward. When I use my custom coupon codes to my advantage, it feels less like I am asking for something, and more like I’m GIVING something of value. Here’s an example of how the conversation goes:
Hi (Potential New Customer). I love your lipstick shade (give a genuine compliment)! It looks exactly like this shade in my Avon book – have you seen a book lately?
When appropriate, give them a book.
Hey! Before I forget, what’s your phone number and email address? I want to send you a code to get 10% off your order. I love coupon codes, don’t you?
They will give you their phone number and email address you can immediately put them into your back office address book and create a coupon code to send to them.
Getting Contact Info Virtually
Another effective way to get your potential customers contact info is to add them to your email list virtually. A great way to do that is with a giveaway.
Avon always has a customer giveaway going. And when your customers enter to win, they automatically get added to your email list.
You can access the current giveaway by accessing your e-store personalization tool in the web office of your representative account at AvonNow.com. Click on the edit button to change the widget to the current sweepstakes and copy and paste the link to share it with your customers.
Your customers will enter the sweepstakes and have the option to receive communication from you. You want to let them know to be sure to opt in so they can get coupons. Let them know they can adjust their email settings to receive emails as often (or as little) as they want.
The Pathway to Premier Program- Avon Tips and Tricks for New Represenatives
When you sign up for Avon and learn how to start selling Avon , the possibilities for your business are endless. With the Pathway to Premier for Avon Representatives, you could make your first (of hopefully many) $3500 in the first four months
To make $3500 in 90 days, you will need to hit the sales goals outlined by the program. No matter what, you will always earn 25% commission on orders over $40. But when you accumulate $200 award sales (retail sales) in a campaign, you’ll get a $20 cash back bonus.
When you accumulate $1000 in award sales (retail sales) in a campaign, you’ll earn a 10% bonus (starts at $100). If you hit all of your Pathway to Premier Goals, you will up to $3250, which amounts to 65% earnings.
In addition, you will have earned your first sales title as an Avon Representative, the Premier. This title is a stepping stone to get the prestigious President’s Club sales title.
Those who have achieved a the Avon Premier level have accumulated $5000 in retail sales and they will earn a guaranteed 30% on all beauty products until they reach presidents club.
When you reach $10,000 in sales in a calendar year, you will have received the Presidents Club Sales title and will earn a guaranteed 40% earnings on all of your beauty products.
Avon assumes that as your business progresses, you will be sharing Avon products with more people, which will eventually lead to more customers and higher sales.
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Join our Facebook Groups! Unmatched Support and More Avon Tips and Tricks for New Representatives
If you haven’t already been added, be sure to request to join our National Team Group, which is open to all Avon Representatives. Click the link below to join. There’s all kinds of Avon Tips and Tricks included on the page. And you’ll get advice from Top Avon Reps across the nation
I post tips and tricks for Avon Representatives on my Public Facebook Page so feel free to follow and like the page.
Also, for video tutorials, my Youtube channel is a good resource.
For tips and tricks for ALL representatives, please join Timeless Beauty Lessons
Also open to all representatives is this amazing resource where you can get FREE SOCIAL MEDIA TRAINING from Social Media Guru Scott Kramer.
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Get Avon Tips and Tricks When you Become a New Representative
Selling Avon is fun and profitable. It’s a way to meet new friends, make money on the side, or even build yourself a full-time business. Have you been wondering Is Selling Avon Worth it?
When you sign up to become an Avon Representative, you can choose to use your account to Make $3350 in four months, or you can use your account as a membership account and get up 25% off all of your household products you are likely paying full price for at a big-box retailer. Find out how you could benefit from an Avon Membership.
You can even decide to become a Beauty Influencer and sell Avon using Social Media. Our team has all the tips and training you need. Here’s a couple more resources for Avon Tips and Tricks that can help you in your Avon Business!
Find out how to use Social Media to Sell Avon online. And I LOVE the tips from Avon Representative Crystal Spurlin from Crystal’s Beauty Blog! Check out her resource on how to sell Avon on Facebook!
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Becoming A Representative – Is it Worth it?
There are so many reasons to become an Avon Representative, but you have to decide for yourself, Is Selling Avon Worth it? Watch real-life representatives share their stories below.
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Jennifer Francis is a National Leader with Avon and the founder of Timeless Beauty Life – where she encourages people to create their own lifestyle that is timeless by creating memories that last a lifetime.
Jennifer is tied for NUMBER ONE in the country for personal leader development – where she develops her team members and helps them to make more money in the company. She helps other representatives with free tips and training in her Facebook Group Timeless Beauty Lessons.
Jennifer is also the founder of the Hailey Hugs Initiative, which seeks to provide comfort to those who are grieving the loss of a loved one. She is the Author of A Hug Through the Air – a children’s book she wrote in memory of her 22 month old daughter Hailey Hallam.
Jennifer loves giving back to the world around her and encourages her team to do the same, while simultaneously showing them how to create a lifestyle that is more open to making memories with family and traveling.
You can Find her on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest or join the growing community of people and discuss how to create YOUR own Timeless Beauty Life. The Timeless Beauty Life Facebook community offers travel tips, organizational tips, recipes, family tips, beauty tips, health tips and so much more. Come discuss YOUR passions with us by Joining the Timeless Beauty Life Facebook Group.
