Hopelessly Heather

The ramblings and obsessions of a longtime Avon lady

Paper or…virtual?  Let’s talk business cards!  

There is more to building a successful business than just making sales and gaining customers or team members – there is also the critical ingredient of adding folks to your support network.  You may be envious of someone else’s successes or business model, but my number one secret tip is to befriend these people.  Comment on, like and share their posts, celebrate their wins, mourn their losses, show up to their events, drop them a kind word – be encouraging, helpful and supportive and it will come back to you tenfold!

A few weeks ago, I entered one of Avon’s contests for reps.  We needed to post a photo of ourselves showing off Avon fashion products as a comment to their post and hashtag it appropriately.  I did it, then promptly forgot about it.  Fast forward to approximately 10 days ago and Avon announced that I was one of ten winners, out of hundreds of entries, y’all!!  A little over a week ago and I received my prize: the entire Fall for Paris jewelry collection valued at $400!  Could they have handpicked a better prize pour moi?!  

Got personality to spare? Consider marketing yourself and your Avon business on YouTube! Being quirky and unique are heavily rewarded on YouTube plus by gaining a following, you’re likely to also gain customers and recruits! In addition, video is the fastest growing marketing area with tons of folks actually preferring to watch a video rather than see a regular run of the mill ad. A few tips: