I'm on a roll! I am determined to create the most comprehensive list in the known universe of highly creative Avon Sales Ideas and Tips. Of course, any sales representative can use these tips, even if they don't sell Avon.
I recently posted 50 Ways to Leave Your Number. Here are 29 MORE ways to leave that number, business card, brochure, or sales literature. Need even MORE places or ideas? I will be posting even more at the end of this week.
29 MORE Ways to Leave Your Number
Creative and easy places to leave your business card, brochure, or sales literature
1. Your doctor’s office is a perfect place to leave some “reading material.” If you are leaving a brochure, stuff a couple of your Avon business cards and favorite samples inside the pages. A doctor’s office is often an extremely stressful place for folks to wait. A little Avon can cheer up a patient by giving her (or him) something to look forward to. Add a sticky note to the front of your brochures that says “Nothing makes you feel more alive than the perfect shade of Avon lipstick!”
2. If you have young children, hand out Avon brochures and samples to the moms and dads at the playground.
3. Slip your brochures, fliers, and business cards next to products at the grocery your customer might purchase, such as skin care items and shampoos, near the baby care products like diapers and cans of formula. New moms, especially, don’t have time to shop often. If they realize they can stay at home to purchase some of their needs, they will be thrilled.
4. Does your city have an airport shuttle service? Ask if you can furnish brochures for the vehicles. If the shuttle has to travel a ways to reach the airport, your potential customers will thank you for providing some entertainment during the ride.
5. Be creative! Visit the sports bars in your town. Make a flier that says “Treat the Woman in Your Life” and feature a list of the hottest Avon fragrances, fashions, and jewelry. Sometimes men stay out a little later than they should. What a great way to get back into favor at home! Ask the bartender if you can leave your fliers and cards with him or her.
6. Stick a post-it note on the cover of your Avon brochure: “No Contest! Avon is best!” Drop these brochures and some free samples off at all the law offices in town. The receptionists will think it’s a cute touch, and waiting clients will be grateful for the samples and something to read.
7. Make a flier with the header: “Beauty is the Best Return!” and drop these off along with some samples at the Tax Preparation Centers in town. Taxes are another stressful situation for most people, and a little free sample can bring a smile and a potential sale.
8. Have a telephone call center or other telephone-based service center in your area? The people that work at these locations often end up with sore, calloused hands from the constant telephone work. Bring hand cream samples and Avon brochures and hand them out as they exit their workplace at the end of the day. You don’t even need to say anything! If you hold your hand out with free samples, you won’t be turned down very often. Always, always offer a New Customer discount.
9. Toll-booth attendants are stuck in that little box all day long! Why not surprise them on your next drive-through with an Avon brochure and some samples?
10. Slip your Avon cards into books and magazine in bookstores, and in the books and mags you see at the grocery, convenience store, and airport shops. Write on the back of your cards: “Next Chapter – Chapped Lips Solutions”
11. Parking lot attendants run around all day moving and retrieving cars. Don’t discount any of these professions – even if the worker is a man, he needs personal care supplies, and he may have a girlfriend, and he certainly has a mother!
12. Fast-food cashiers are other workers who are stuck in a booth all day – and most of these workers are women! Write on the cover of your Avon brochure: “The food is fast, but beauty is eternal!”
13. Gas station workers for self-serve and full-serve stations need Avon! You’re out of gas, and they are out of gel! Hand them a brochure and samples, and perhaps demo a beautifully-fragranced hand cream to counteract the smell of oil and gas.
14. Nursery workers work with their hands all day and end up with grubby, calloused hands. They are also out in the sun all day! The perfect candidates for a little Avon! Stick a handmade bookmark in your Avon brochure and stick it in the nail products section of the book. Write these words on your handmade bookmark: “If you work with plants, these Avon nail products will GROW on you!”
15. Whip out the Avon at your Parent Teacher meetings this school year. Add this tagline to your Avon brochure: “When it comes to beauty, there’s always more to learn!”
16. Leave a brochure at your Dental or Othodontic office. Add a stapled business card to the cover that says “Now that your teeth are straight and white, add some Avon jewels tonight!”
17. Chiropractic patients are usually in pain! Leave a stack of fliers, Avon brochures, and samples, and add this line to your literature in big, bold print: “Now that you’re back is cracked, treat yourself to a soothing Avon bubble bath tonight.”
18. Coffee Shops often have community bulletin boards. Stick your business cards here. Find the newspaper bin and add a few of your fliers. If you write your flier title in hand-drawn colorful magic marker, you will get more eyes taking in your words.
19. Fabric Stores that offer sewing classes have a classroom complete with bulletin board. These customers might make great recruits, too!
20. Bridal Stores and Tuxedo Rental Stores – what better place to find folks who want to look their best on their special day. Make a flier offering a free color consultation.
21. Call your local hospital’s Maternity Ward and ask if you can bring them some New Mom Diaper Bags. Find tote bags at the dollar store and fill them with the current and upcoming Avon brochures, a large selection of samples, and a couple of trial sized products such as lip balms, bath oil, and hand creams.
22. Donate a fancy Christmas display or hot new skin care product to you local public radio station to give away during the next Fund Drive. Not only will listeners hear about your exciting product, they will hear what a generous donor you are.
23. Pizza take-out waiting areas – leave your business cards near the free penny pincher newspapers. Add this line: “Don’t look cheesy! Call me for beauty tips!”
24. Insert your business card into the payment envelope when you send in your bills!
25. Staple your fliers to telephone polls around town. Don’t be shy! The more people who know what your business is, the more customers you will get. People respond to multiple messages.
26. County fairs, flea markets, antique shows – anywhere people meet to purchase or sell junk. Both the vendors and attendees are potential customers for you. Make a special brochure with this heading: “Clearing out your closet? Let me help you bring some new color into your life!”
27. NASCAR races are popular with men and women these days! Hand out Avon brochures labeled with: “Get your lip gloss up to speed!”
28. Cheerleaders need to look their best on the court or field! Go to a Cheerleader practice and offer a spritz of Avon’s latest fragrance. Hand out brochures stamped with “Rah rah rah! SCORE with Avon!”
29. Bring your sales literature and samples to the beach or lakeside. Hand out fliers or brochures stamped with “They all scream for sunscreen! Ouch! Try Avon SUN Sport!”
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