Patience Is The Key

I started off with a BANG! 

When I first became an Independent Representative for Avon, I had orders coming in on a regular basis.  I was thinking this is great!  A year later orders are trickling in, no one is ordering.  I distribute brochures.  I advertise my website every chance that I get.  I've given discounts to customers.  I've done everything but offer the products for free! 

I was even thinking of not selling Avon anymore. 

I remember complaining to an employee of a check cashing store about how no one was ordering.  He asked me,  "Well, how long have you been selling Avon?"  I told him, for a year now.  He simply said, "Oh, you've got to give it some time.  You haven't been doing it that long."  

DUH!!!  Thats when it dawned on me!  This is a direct marketing business.  What if all companies decided to shut down only after a year,  if they saw that customers were not buying???  No one would be selling anything!

So, for me, the one most important thing that I am learning in the direct marketing business right now is to HAVE PATIENCE!   Success does not happen over night.  Stick with it and eventually the business will prosper!!

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Cheryl Baumgartner   Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance My Great Aunt would tell you the same thing. She was an Avon distributor for years on top of years from WAY back in the day. She was also a pretty shrewd lady. She always stocked up on "gift" items. You may not have known what was in that box under the tree for Christmas but if t was from her, you could bet your life it was Avon. She got a lot of customers that way! Oct 20th 2010 12:36

Paula van Dun   Retired I think you will be allright. And you have an advantage that the aunt of Chyril did not have: internet and social networks. Good luck with it. I know the products, they are quality. Oct 20th 2010 12:41

Dawie Bezuidenhout   Systems Engineer I.T. "Patience is a virtue", few newbie marketers get it, and that is ultimately why they fail. Seems you got it with the wise words of a clerk. If you can stick to it for at least 5 years, you will most probably be amazed at the results. Oct 20th 2010 12:50

Cynthia Gordon    Thanks so much for reading my blog and sharing your comments! Oct 20th 2010 16:32