Hey there! Are you a Contender-Level Avon Representative? Meaning, you have not yet reached $5,000 in the calendar year to reach Premier Level? Are you confused about your commission on Avon sales?
There has recently been some confusion and discussion online about earning commission on orders of $40 or more for Contender Level Avon Representatives.
Previous to 2022, Contender Representatives earned their commission in a campaign retroactively, once their campaign sales reached $40. But as of January 2022, that was changed to reflect industry standards.
Here’s How It Works:
As a Contender, you earn 25% on Beauty/Jewelry and 20% on Fashion/Home, ONLY after your campaign sales reach $40. This means that if the first order placed in a campaign is less than $40, you will not receive commission on that order, even if you later reach the $40 threshold.
For example:
Your online customer places an order for $25 on the first day of the campaign. You place your $30 order on the last day of the campaign. You will receive commission on your $30 order only, because you have now exceeded $40 for the campaign.
You place a $42 order on the first day of the campaign. Your online customer places a $12 order on the fifth day. You will receive commission on both orders.
My recommendation is that you place your orders as early in the campaign as possible, and make sure your order is at least $40. That way, you won’t be missing out on any commission. What I do is give my brochures out in advance, and place my first order on the first day of the campaign. Then if I get more orders later, I’ll place a second order the following week.
What if you don’t have $40 in orders? Look at it this way. If you have $35 in orders, you get zero commission. If you have $40 in orders, you get $10 assuming it’s all beauty and jewelry. So, add in a $5 to $10 item for yourself and get it free! Surely there is something in our product line that you can use and are probably buying at the grocery store or drugstore. Buy it from yourself and get a discount!
Remember, once you reach Premier Level of $5,000 in a year, your commission level goes up to 30% on beauty/jewelry and 20% on fashion/home, and the $40 threshold no longer applies. You will get your commission on every order regardless.
Disclaimer: This is my own personal experience and not intended to be medical advice!
The word “grandmother” conjures up an image, doesn’t it? I picture my blue-haired, pin-curled Grandma in her floral polyester dresses, beads, and shiny nylons that she wore no matter what she was doing or where she was going. And my Nana, who wore plaid cotton “Nana dresses” as I called them that zipped up the front, bare legs, Keds slip-ons, no makeup, and her long hair always up in a perfect French twist.
Now that I’m a Nana myself, I have pretty much the same style that I always have – jeans, t-shirts, cardigans, and Chuck Taylors, Toms, or Timberlands. And I’m fighting that aging crap every. step. of. the. way. Grandmas today are definitely NOT your Grandma’s Grandma! Right?
Time marches on. But we have the tools to slow it down!
For several months now, I have been using the Avon re:tune Inner Beauty Collagen Booster powder. I put one scoop in my Earl Grey every morning. It blends in to my tea nicely and has no flavor or aftertaste at all. It’s a nice added boost to my morning and evening skin care routines (which are pretty extensive in themselves).
Me at 66
But one thing I’ve noticed that I wasn’t expecting – I have a LOT more new hair growth than usual. While brushing my hair the other day, I noticed a huge clump of short hairs – like less than four inches long – at the front of my hairline. What the heck is going on there? I don’t have bangs, and I haven’t had a haircut in two years, since before the pandemic.
Look at this!
So I did a little internet research on this. And yes, it appears that collagen powder MAY have a positive effect on hair growth! Not only that, but it MAY also help keep the grays away! Who knew???
So, if your hair is thinning, or if you’re just looking for collagen powder for your skin, you may want to take a look at this product and give it a try for a month. What have you got to lose?
Want to get 20 to 25% off all your Avon orders? How about an insider discount on LG appliances and electronics? Oh yeah!
Join Avon as a Personal Shopper! You’ll get 25% on all your beauty and jewelry and 20% on all your fashion and home purchases, as long as your total order is at least $40. What could be better than that? It’s free to join for a limited time, and you get a free full-size skin care product when you place your first order!
Get ready! Black Friday shopping is now LIVE on Avon.com!
Avon is offering you three different deals:
Spend $40 and get Free Shipping with code AVONBLACK21!
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This offer is good from November 21 through November 27.
Watch my blog for the Cyber Monday sales next week, too!
Want to get 20 to 25% off all your Avon orders? How about an insider discount on LG appliances and electronics? Oh yeah!
Join Avon as a Personal Shopper! You’ll get 25% on all your beauty and jewelry and 20% on all your fashion and home purchases, as long as your total order is at least $40. What could be better than that? It’s free to join for a limited time, and you get a free full-size skin care product when you place your first order!
Yay!!! For a limited time this summer, you can join Avon with the $0 signup offer!
You can choose from these options:
$0, FREE signup
A contribution of as little as $5 to the American Cancer Society
Sign up for $30 and receive your choice of two starter kits packed with best-selling products and brochures
And speaking of FREE . . .
You get serious rewards with your first order, including FREE SHIPPING! Here are the details:
A FREE full-size belif The True Cream Aqua Bomb ($38 value) with your first AvonNow.com order of ANY SIZE.
If your firsts order is $60 or more, you’ll also get a $10 credit toward your second campaign, and 135 FREE LIP BALMS ($315+ value)!
If you join in Campaign 16-20 (July 7 – September 14, 2021), you will also get FREE SHIPPING* on your first order if placed by the end of your second campaign.
*Free Shipping will be reflected as an $8 credit on your account. Your first campaign is considered the one in which you sign up.
If you choose to get a Starter Kit
When you choose the $30 option to join, you will get a starter kit worth up to $137. You can choose from two different starter kits:
Each of the starter kits comes with all of the products pictured, plus ten current brochures to help you get your business off the ground. You can use the products as demos, sell them for 100% profit, have a giveaway for customers who place orders, or use them yourself – they’re yours to do whatever you like with.
Love the starter kits? Ready to sign up? Click here!
Choose to donate
Your other signup option is making a contribution of $5.00 or more to the American Cancer Society. This option does not include products or brochures, but no worries – I’ll be here to help you get started, and you’ll also have all the tools and training you need online!
Take the Pathway to Premier to reach $5,000 in sales quickly!
Avon has made it easy to reach Premier level ($5,000 in annual sales) with Pathway to Premier, in which you can earn up to $2,050 in bonuses in your first eight campaigns, ON TOP OF your regular commission, for a total of $3,300* if you meet all goals! Here’s how it works in a nutshell:
Earn $50 Mini Milestone Bonus plus 50 FREE Lip Balms when you reach $500 in sales (this Mini Milestone bonus ends July 6, 2021)
Earn $100 Milestone Bonus plus 100 FREE Lip Balms when you reach $1,000 in sales
Earn $200 Milestone Bonus when you reach $2,000 in sales
Earn $300 Milestone Bonus when you reach $3,000 In sales
Earn $400 Milestone Bonus when you reach $4,000 in sales
Earn $500 Milestone Bonus when you reach $5,000 in sales
PLUS, earn $20 Stepping Stone Bonuses for each order over $200 in your first 8 campaigns (up to a maximum of $500)
Reach $5,000 in your first eight campaigns, and you can earn $2,000 in bonuses, and you will already be at Premier level (and get higher commission)!
As an added bonus, place a first order of $60 or more on time, and get 135 FREE Lip Balms and a $10 credit toward your second order! (limited time offer)
*All new Representatives earned an average of $112 over their first 8 campaigns, but those who participated in Pathway to Premier earned an average of $390 over their first 8 campaigns, based on those who started in Campaigns 5 through 9, 2020 (exclusive of signup and shipping costs).
After your eighth campaign, your earnings are based on your level of achievement:
NO minimum order size is required. Keep in mind, however, that you do need at least $40 in total sales during a campaign (including your direct delivery orders) to earn commission – but it is not a requirement. And $40 is not hard to reach, especially if you are purchasing brochures, demos, etc., in addition to your customers’ orders.
And, you are not required to place an order every campaign, though it is recommended to keep your business growing. Your account will go “inactive” if you miss six campaigns in a row, but you can still reactivate it by placing an order within one year of your last order. After that year passes, you would have to sign up again.
NO inventory is required. You know how some direct sales companies require that you order so much per month to keep your representative or affiliate status? Not Avon! In fact, it is not recommended that you keep inventory on hand, unless you do vendor shows. Of course, once you get familiar with your clients and their needs/favorite products, it’s perfectly fine to have a small stock around for quick cash-and-carry sales.
FREE Online Store!
You get a FREE online store that is open immediately, as soon as you sign up! Many direct sales companies charge a monthly fee of $30 or more for their websites. Not Avon! The online store is personalized to you, and you can begin sharing your custom URL immediately. Customers can shop the entire product line, flip through a PDF of the paper brochure, or enjoy the digital brochure for an interactive experience. A really fun aspect of the digital brochure is the try-on tool – they can use their phone’s camera or a photo of themselves to try on different shades of makeup. So cool! You can even choose to just sell online if you want. Earn commission without doing any work – that’s a no-brainer!
You will have FREE training and support from me as your Avon Advisor, as well as on the Avon U training platform. There are literally hundreds of short courses on Avon U that you can take to learn every aspect of your new business. Start with the New Representative courses, and go on from there, and you will be an expert Representative in no time! And I am always available to answer your questions and assist you with your needs too. Also, there is the Avon USA Representatives Facebook page, where there are live training sessions all the time, and webinars from the Learning & Development Team are happening several times a week. You may be an Independent Sales Representative, but you are NEVER alone!
Did I mention that your commission is also a discount on your products that you buy for yourself? As a new Representative, you’ll enjoy 25% off your beauty and jewelry purchases, and 20% off your fashion and home products. And as you reach higher commission levels, your discount increases too. Take a look at the current brochure and make a list of all the things you want to try right now! From skin care, to makeup, to bath & body products, to fragrance, to trending fashion and jewelry, to cleaning products for your whole house – well, you just have to see it to appreciate it all!
Incentives galore!
So far this year, I have earned $175 in Marriott gift cards, and $100 in free products SEVEN TIMES – yes, that’s $700 in free products, from incentive offers. And, I can’t wait to spend five days in Cap Cana, Dominican Republic, all expenses paid, this November as a result of last year’s trip incentive. You’ve never been on a trip until you’ve been on an Avon trip! And this year, we are working towards a trip to the Big Island, Hawaii, to take place in the spring of 2022. There’s still time to earn it! And, new incentives are being announced all the time!
Build a team and watch your income grow
Want to earn even more money and make a career of it? Build a team and take advantage of Avon’s generous Leadership Compensation Plan! Watch your income grow as your team grows!
Time to stock up on all your favorite Avon products and get Free Shipping on your $25+ order! This offer is good for Sunday and Monday, July 4 and 5, 2021.
To take advantage, go to joyoflipstick.com and use coupon code FOURTH at checkout. You may just get a little surprise in the mail from me as well!
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If you’re thinking about a side hustle (or a main gig, for that matter), please take a few minutes and read this! I LOVE my Avon business, and I’d like to share with you why you will love it too. Following are ten great reasons to join my Avon team, Pammy’s Fearless Foxes, today. Of course, there are many more reasons, but these are my Top Ten.
One
Join for Zero Dollars! That’s right, free signups are back for a limited time starting July 7, 2021! Or, you can join for just $30, and get this starter kit!
Your starter kit comes with all of the products pictured, plus five current brochures to help you get your business off the ground. You can use the products as demos, sell them for 100% profit, or use them yourself – they’re yours to do whatever you like with.
Your other signup option is making a contribution of $5.00 or more to the American Cancer Society (ACS). This option does not include products or brochures, but no worries – I’ll be here to help you get started, and you’ll also have all the tools and training you need online!
Love the starter kits? Ready to sign up? Click here!
Two
When you Premier level ($5,000 in annual sales), you give yourself a raise! In fact, with each sales level milestone, you will earn more money with each sale you make. You’ll be starting out with 25% on Beauty & Jewelry and 25% on Fashion & Home, but your commission increases with each new sales level and is locked in for the rest of the year and most of the following year.
NO minimum order size is required. Keep in mind, however, that you do need to reach at least $40 in total sales during a campaign (including your direct delivery orders) to earn commission – but it is not a requirement. And $40 is not hard to reach, especially if you are purchasing brochures, demos, etc., in addition to your customers’ orders.
Once you reach Premier level, you no longer have to meet that $40 threshold to earn commission – you’ll earn it on all sales.
And, you are not required to place an order every campaign, though it is recommended to keep your business growing. Your account will go “inactive” if you miss six campaigns in a row, but you can still reactivate it by placing an order within one year of your last order. After that year passes, you would have to sign up again.
Four
NO inventory is required. You know how some direct sales companies require that you order so much per month to keep your representative or affiliate status? Not Avon! In fact, it is not recommended that you keep inventory on hand, unless you do vendor shows. Of course, once you get familiar with your clients and their needs/favorite products, it’s perfectly fine to have a small stock around for quick cash-and-carry sales.
Five
NO assigned territories anymore. Back in the day, when I sold Avon in the 1980s, we were assigned a neighborhood to cover. But now, with the Internet bringing us all together, and online sales, there is no geographical limit to where you can sell Avon within the United States! You can sell to your neighbors, to your friends in the next town, to your daughter who lives 1,500 miles away, and to your high school friends who are spread across the country. Each Avon Representative builds his or her own customer base through contacts, networking, posting on social media, and optional advertising within Avon’s policy guidelines.
Six
You get a FREE online store that is open immediately, as soon as you sign up! Many direct sales companies charge a monthly fee of $30 or more for their websites. Not Avon! The online store is personalized to you, and you can begin sharing your custom URL immediately. Customers can shop the entire product line, flip through a PDF of the paper brochure, or enjoy the digital brochure for an interactive experience. A really fun aspect of the digital brochure is the try-on tool – they can use their phone’s camera or a photo of themselves to try on different shades of makeup. So cool! You can even choose to just sell online if you want. Earn commission without doing any work – that’s a no-brainer!
You will have FREE training and support from me as your Avon Advisor, as well as on the Avon U training platform. There are literally hundreds of short courses on Avon U that you can take to learn every aspect of your new business. Start with the New Representative courses, and go on from there, and you will be an expert Representative in no time! And I am always available to answer your questions and assist you with your needs too. Also, there is the Avon USA Representatives Facebook page, where there are live training sessions all the time, and webinars from the Learning & Development Team are happening several times a week. You may be an Independent Sales Representative, but you are NEVER alone!
Eight
Did I mention that your commission is also a discount on your products that you buy for yourself? As a new Representative, you’ll enjoy 25% off your beauty and jewelry purchases, and 20% off your fashion and home products. And as you reach higher commission levels, your discount increases too. Take a look at the current brochure and make a list of all the things you want to try right now! From skin care, to makeup, to bath & body products, to fragrance, to trending fashion and jewelry, to cleaning products for your whole house – well, you just have to see it to appreciate it all!
Nine
Incentives!!! I have earned things like cold hard cash, $175 in Marriott gift cards, and hundreds of dollars worth of free products, not to mention all-expenses-paid trips to Jamaica, Dominican Republic, and Hawaii! And I’m not even a top Sales Representative. It’s not as hard as you think to earn incentives.
Ten
Want to earn even more money and make a career of it? Build a team and take advantage of Avon’s generous Leadership Compensation Plan! Watch your income grow as your team grows!
Are you an Avon Representative looking for a way to get to Premier or President’s Club Level? Do you like to help others?
Avon Fundraising is the ticket!
Fundraising is an easy, rewarding way to boost your business while giving back to your community.
In a nutshell, there are two ways to raise funds with Avon: Printed Flyers and Online.
The Flyer Fundraisers are the “traditional” kind, where people in the organization go around with flyers and take orders, and then the organization delivers the orders to you. This type of fundraiser is typically used by school groups. You gather the orders, collect the money up front, place the combined order with Avon and pay for it, take delivery of the products, sort them into individual orders, and deliver back to the organization with a check for their earnings. Flyer Fundraisers are limited to the products on the flyers, and there are several different ones to choose from. You can view the current ones available on AvonNow under Manage Business > Fundraising Hub. A printed flyer fundraiser generally runs for only one campaign and must be registered in the campaign in which you’ll be placing the order.
Online Fundraisers, on the other hand, allow shoppers to peruse the entire catalog of products and purchase anything they want, which opens the door for higher profits. It takes less than five minutes to set up an online fundraiser, and it can run for up to 60 days. The organization simply shares a customized URL via social media/email, and when people shop, the earnings get calculated on your dashboard. Products are shipped directly to the consumers. So – no work for you! The earnings will be direct-deposited into your bank account (make sure you are enrolled in direct deposit), and you will deliver a personal check to the organization when the fundraiser ends.
With both types of fundraisers, you must decide what percentage of the profits you will donate to your organization. For example, if you are a Contender, you earn 25% on Beauty & Jewelry and 20% on Fashion & Home, as long as your total campaign order is at least $40. If you are at Premier Level, you earn 30% on Beauty & Jewelry and 20% on Fashion & Home. If you are President’s Club or Honor Society, you earn 40% on Beauty & Jewelry and 25% on Fashion & Home. You will need to take this into consideration when committing a percentage to the organization. Also, for online fundraisers, keep in mind that you pay the shipping on online orders of $60 and up, and for flyer fundraisers, you will be billed for shipping just as you are on your regular AvonNow orders.. So, you want to be careful not to overextend yourself and end up committing to more than you earn. So, you may want to offer a percentage slightly smaller than your earnings to give yourself some cushion.
If you wish, you can run a flyer fundraiser and online fundraiser for the same organization at the same time, but they would have to be registered separately. Also, you would have to calculate earnings separately, as automatic reporting is only available for online fundraisers. It could get pretty confusing.
You can run a fundraiser for any organization or entity – it doesn’t have to be a 501c3 charity. Think of schools, sports teams, cheer squads, church youth groups, family reunions, a friend in need of cash for medical bills or funeral expenses. Who do you know that might need some extra funds right now? I have done one for a friend who lost her house in a fire, and I’ve even used the Fundraising Hub to create a Facebook party for someone. Think creatively! It’s great because the Hub keeps track of all the sales through your custom URL.
What are the benefits to you?
* You get new customers! New customers who shop an Online Fundraiser will be added to your Web Office Address Book, if they are not already attached to another rep. You can now reach out to them for continued business. More than half of Fundraiser customers are new to Avon!
* Referrals
* You reach Premier Level or President’s Club (and higher earnings) faster, and the extra sales may help you qualify for incentives, trips, and more!
Learn More
Take the Fundraising training available on Avon U!
Are you interested in becoming an Avon Representative?
Just click here to find out all the benefits of joining Avon! There’s no obligation, ever.
During my four years of being an Avon Representative, I’ve tried many methods of staying organized and remembering all the tasks I want to accomplish during each two-week campaign. At first, it wasn’t too hard — place my order on a certain day, it comes in on a certain day, I put the orders together and call my customers to schedule deliveries and add those to my calendar (both paper planner and phone calendar, because at 60+, I tend to forget things – like looking at my planner. So, the added bonus of the phone notifications is really helpful).
As my business and my team grew, more and more chores were added to my bi-weekly schedule. I was using Campaign Mailer to send out brochures. I was trying to keep up with posting to social media (Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, Google) on a regular basis, as well as blogging. I was following up with team members and sending out emails to them. I was actively recruiting. All this and more, and keeping my orders straight too.
I found that I was forgetting things, and I was not consistent with the things I should be doing every campaign to keep my business growing and thriving. Tasks that should have been done were slipping through the cracks. It was becoming a hot mess of inconsistencies.
I have a traditional paper planner book, which I love — but writing down every task in the book every two weeks was too much, as was adding them to my phone as tasks. I don’t know about you, but my phone will remind me once of a task on the list, and then it’s out of sight, out of mind. And I didn’t want to jam up my phone by putting every task in as a calendar event every two weeks.
I tried creating a chart in Excel, but that only works if you actually look at it. Truthfully, I’m a little scattered these days. I’m one of those people who will be in my office in the basement and the overhead light goes out, so I head upstairs to get a light bulb, grabbing finished laundry to take upstairs with me as long as I’m going, put the laundry away, go to the bathroom while I’m up there, notice that the dog’s blanket is all messed up and fix it, on the way back downstairs stop in the kitchen and grab a piece of candy and a bottle of water, and go back down to my office – only to realize I forgot the light bulb. I don’t know what happened, because I spent 25 years as a secretary before I went into higher education administration, and was one of the most organized people on the planet. Well, that may be an exaggeration, but I was pretty darn good at keeping all the balls in the air for multiple people. So it’s frustrating to say the least.
Anyway, one day I saw online somewhere that someone had a simple dry-erase family chore chart, and BAM! That was it! The perfect solution. I got a small one with the days of the week on it (which I overwrote with seven campaign numbers) and ten lines for chores. It also has all the little stars, circles, and hearts to mark your stuff done. I wrote in my recurring tasks and sat it right in front of my face, next to my computer, so I can’t NOT see it staring at me every day. And I have been on task with everything every campaign! Yay!!!
I got my little chore chart on Amazon for less than $7.00. But you can find them anywhere – Staples, Walmart, etc. Such a simple thing, and so incredibly helpful! And the nice thing is, you can add or change your list as necessary.
Not an Avon Representative yet?
It’s just $30 to join, and you get your choice of three starter kits worth up to $137. Earn commission plus Pathway to Premier bonuses, incentive prizes, even fabulous once-in-a-lifetime vacations! Click here to learn more and get started.
Direct Sales is not for everybody. It is not a “Get Rich Quick” scheme. Products do not “sell themselves,” despite what your friend may have told you.
The reality is, Direct Sales is a business. YOUR business. It can be whatever you make it to be. BUT, you have to put in the work. The hours. The sweat. And yes, even the tears. There will be ups and downs, just like in any business. Sometimes you will feel like quitting. A month ago, I felt like quitting. But I knew that most businesses have a post-holiday slump and this, too, shall pass. And it did! I kept going, and this month I picked up five new customers, one new team member, and placed my largest order ever.
If you hang in there, and persevere, you will get past the hard times. Be consistent. Do the work, keep doing it, and you will succeed. Give up, and you will have nothing.
As a business owner, you and you alone are responsible for the success of your business. Here are some Do’s and Don’ts that I have learned in my two years with Avon:
DO keep meticulous records of every transaction. This is paramount! Every purchase of inventory or business supplies, every sale, every mile you drive for the business – write it down. I keep an Excel spreadsheet and have a folder that I drop receipts into as soon as I record them, but you can use a spiral notebook, a day planner, whatever works for you. I record every penny that goes in or out, every day, as soon as I get back home. It may seem like a pain at first, but get into the habit and you will be glad you did.
DON’T be lazy. Don’t wait until you are doing your taxes in April and then start asking people in Facebook groups how you are supposed to figure it all out. Those people cannot help you. You should have been keeping your records all year. If you were, all you need to do is total the columns on your spreadsheet and plug the numbers into your tax software or take them to your tax preparer.
DO advertise your business. Tell your friends and family about your new venture. Buy business cards and leave them everywhere you go – the doctor’s office, bulletin boards, restaurants. Every server gets my business card, a couple samples, and a recruiting flyer. When I go shopping, I hang bags with brochures, business card, and samples from my car. I also have a huge sign with my phone number and website in the rear window of my car. Start a Facebook business page and a VIP customer group and post on them daily – not all “salesy” stuff, but mixed with fun things, pictures of your kids or pets, things that will get likes and interactions. Post on Instagram, Pinterest, etc. List your business on Google. Get the word out there. You can use paid advertising if you choose, but you don’t have to. There are plenty of free ways to let people know about your business.
DON’T complain that “nobody wants to buy anything” until you have asked EVERYBODY. Negativity will not help you. Believe me, there are people who want to buy. You just need to find them.
DO learn your products. If it’s clothing or jewelry, wear it, so that when someone compliments you, you can say “Thank you! It’s from the company I represent! Have you seen a brochure lately?” If it’s skin care, cleaning products, etc., use them. Study your product information so you will become an expert and be able to answer questions your customers may have. My customers appreciate that I can tell them first-hand about the products because I use them, or at least have tried them. And they appreciate my honesty when I tell them I didn’t really like a certain product, and why. They view me as a knowledgeable resource and trust my opinions.
DON’T go on Facebook when your customer asks you a question about a product and ask a group of 20,000 people for the answer. My goodness. LOOK IT UP YOURSELF. Open your brochure, go to your website, and find the answer. That’s how you learn. Successful business owners are self-sufficient and resourceful.
DO treat your customers like you would want to be treated. Be kind and friendly. Smile. Offer incentives for customers who bring you referrals. Give samples or small gifts in their bags if you can afford it. Even a piece of candy is a nice touch and sets you apart. I carry a “goodie bag” which is a glittery makeup case full of small items with me when I do deliveries, and let my customers choose something from the bag. They are so excited about those little gifts, and they barely cost me anything. Online customers are mailed a hand-written thank-you note with a small gift. The personal touch goes a long way.
DON’T cop an attitude with customers or spew negativity. Goes without saying.
DO stay neutral on social media. Keep your business page and group light and breezy, with cheerful posts and pictures.
DON’T voice your opinions on politics, religion, and the like on Facebook, Twitter, or any public platform. Why? Because you will alienate at least half of your potential customers. It doesn’t matter which side you are on. If you must talk about these things, do it on your personal profile and don’t have your customers as friends. But I would advise against it altogether. Also, NEVER complain about your company or what they are doing on social media.
DO believe in yourself. Remember that building a business takes time, effort, and money. Yes, it does take money to make money. You will probably have to plow all of your earnings back into the business for the first year or so, but it will be worth it. I promise.
DON’T expect “easy money.” It isn’t easy. It isn’t quick. It’s hard work. What you get out of it will be at least equal to what you put into it.
Are you ready to put forth that effort and be an entrepreneur? Click here to get started – it takes less than five minutes!
Bet you didn’t know Avon Senses Bubble Bath can clean a lot more than your body! This beautiful bubble-maker can be used for so many cleaning jobs. It smells wonderful too! You can choose from nine scent-sational scents:
Cucumber Melon
Vanilla Cream
Cherry Blossom
Orange & Honeysuckle
Endless Ocean
Lily & Honeysuckle
Lavender Garden
Soft Pink (the classic!)
Sensitive Skin
Here is a list of some of the things this versatile bubbly liquid can clean (besides you, of course!):
Your car, RV, or boat.
Your clothes. Does a great job as laundry detergent – no fabric softener needed!
Your delicates that you hand wash. (I like the Lavender Garden for this!)
Heavily stained clothing. Use as a pre-soak – it can even remove ring around the collar and grease stains! Can be applied directly to grease stains before washing.
Windows.
Your dog.
No-wax floors. Removes shoe marks. (I use Orange & Honeysuckle and Endless Ocean on my vinyl floors.)
Dishes.
Walls and ceilings.
Bathroom fixtures and mirrors.
Appliances.
Carpet shampoo or spot cleaner.
Chandeliers and light fixtures.
Use to sponge clean furniture or fabric car seats.
House plant leaves.
Upholstery. Rub with a damp cloth dipped in full-strength Bubble Bath. Don’t wet sponge with water first. The water will stain; the Bubble Bath won’t.
Jewelry.
Blinds.
Paneling.
Eyeglasses.
Cupboards – both painted and natural wood.
Hand wash. Refill your dispenser with Bubble Bath.
Shampoo.
Combs and brushes.
TV screens.
Can you think of any other uses? Let me know in the comments below!
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