Happy New Year 2015!!!

 New Skin Care Products for the New Year!!

Hope you had a wonderful holiday season and are contemplating the actions you are going to take in 2015 to promote your Avon business to level that you desire!  How many new customers do you want?  What President"s Recognition Level do you want to achieve?  What do you want you want your income to be each campaign?  Are you ready to try Sales Leadership and bring another income stream into your Avon business?  Would you like to develop your online sales?  If you want some goal setting worksheets or tips just let me know and I'll email them to you!
  I have 9 Avon projects on my list for 2015!  I found a new app for my tablet that I'm trying out to help me keep organized and keep the loose ends from getting lost or tangled!  Here's the link if you'd like to check it out or try it https://www.wunderlist.com/  .   I started using it a few weeks ago before I knew it was "APP of the Year" so it's had good reviews.  Let me know if you find it useful.

Team Meetings
     I'm planning some local team meetings in 2015.  The first one will be January 15th at Godfather's Pizza 3020 Broadway in Council Bluffs. at 5:30 p.m.   We'll eat first and have a sales meeting from 6-7 p.m.  RSVP and let me know your Pizza preferences.  Plan to buy your own drinks and make a donation toward the pizza fund.  Starting in February Team meeting will be held on the 4th Thursday of the month through November 2015.  Mark your calendars!    Part of this first meeting will be to discuss topics and training that you want for 2015.  I will also have an on time drawing and recognition prizes for the usual and some unusual achievements for the last quarter of 2014!  Can't wait to see you there!  The more the merrier and the better the sharing and motivation.
     I'd like some input from the Team who live outside of Council Bluffs about their needs for meetings and trainings.  I'm planning to set up quarterly team meetings on Saturdays in various locations around the area where our team members are located.  If you would like to host in your area I would appreciate hearing from you.  The first date will be March 14, 2015.  Followed by June 6th, August 28th and November 21st.
Keep in touch with your district manager for the schedule of company sponsored sales meetings and check out online opportunities for webinars when they are announced by Avon.  Many of the Senior Executive Unit Leaders have training calls, blogs and facebook pages where you can keep up everything.  Here are some calls that I know about right now.  Availing yourself of these resources can only do your business good!

Four of your favorite "View from the Top" co-authors are now doing conference calls! Lisa Wilber (project manager, chapter in Volume 1), Molly Stone-Bibb and Lee Bibb (Volume 2), Lisa Scola (Volume 2) and Theresa Paul (Volume 1)! Here is the line up:
2015 Conference Call Line up
"Tuesdays with Theresa" with the Theresa Paul
Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at 8pm
Dial: (605) 562-3140 Access Code: 125287#
"Onward’s Friday Night Call" with Molly and Lee
(also will be Youtubed for replay)
Friday January 9, 2015 9 PM EST
Dial: (530) 881-1400 Access Code: 897345#
Pre Party @ 8:30 PM EST to get you motivated and PUMPED UP! For the call
"Monday Morning Madness" with Lisa Wilber
Monday, January 12, 2015 at 9 AM EST
Dial: (712) 775-7035 Access Code: 498688#
"Success with Scola" featuring Lisa Scola
Thursday, January 15, 2015 7 PM EST
Dial: (559) 726-1300 Access Code: 651164
All Calls will be recorded and replays will be posted !

 One final note;  Here are the current online promotions for your website.  Let your customers know about the free shipping and discounts available for ordering online.  Save your self some time  and money making deliveries when the winter winds are blowing!

 Best Wishes for much  Prosperity in 2015.  I hope to see or hear from you soon! 

Campaign 23 Focus

1.Avon Candles to Make it Sparkle and for Festive Fragrance. ( pages 2-5) NEW FRAGRANCE: MANDARIN CRANBERRY ONLY $9.99 AND THE NEW FESTIVE DEER CANDLE SLEEVE ONLY $7.99.  See more Festive Sparkle and Glow on pages 6 and 7!

2. Avon Makeup Studio (pg 10-11)  40 beautiful shades only $24.99

3. Perfume Gift Sets : Rare Pearls $20. Femme $30, Flore Alegria $25 (pages 44-51)

4. SSS Luxurious Bliss 4 pc set $14.99

5. Clog Slippers- give toasty toes this Christmas (page 141) $16.99

Planning an Holiday Open House is easy with all the tools on YourAvon.com

http://www.youravon.com/REPSuite/mingle_all_the_way.page

Check out these new tools on YourAvon.com

http://www.youravon.com/REPSuite/tab_earningsopportunities.page

C-21 and C-22

Learn from the Pros to Improve your sales and build your team!

Take some time to watch these videos.  They are by Senior Executive Unit Leaders who share and want everyone to succeed.  They are  proof to the world that you can have a heart for people and still make $$$.
First:  Molly Stone-Bibb on setting priorities and organizing your time:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V6H-b2gBm4&feature=youtu.be

I have some great tools on this topic.  If you want them call me and I'll email them to you!

This one is Theresa Paul on Passive/Aggressive Marketing!   This is really good!
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24QiBTYV-wM


Next Up Rosemarie Kahn on how to increase your sales with just 10 brochures!  Great for new representatives and those who aren't yet convinced that more brochures = more $$$$.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPKbP2fjGFg

And this one is just because I like it!  It is a great example of you never know who might be interested and motivated to start an Avon business.  I know you will like Laura Douglas!  NYPD retired now Avon Lady!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ9p_zyG9b8

Another great thing about all  these successful Avon business women is they're not perfect. They have goofy dogs and noisy children and hair that sticks up and extra pounds that they carry around but they get up everyday and work their business with focus and with love for their customers, their team members, their families, their company and their products.  So guess what?  They are just like US!  If they can do it!  So can we! I can't wait until I can make an announcement like Lisa Wilber does to share the amount of her leadership earnings each campaign.  $9636.96 for Campaign 18! (see below)

What's the Buzz?

Lots of buzz about the Avon Conference just held in Orlando!  Here are some video links so you can share in some of it too!

 http://youtu.be/AzgSMKGdD50   Lisa Monoson - Know your 2014 Incentive Programs- don't leave money or prizes on the table

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK99x7ePN2o   Lisa's take on the impact of the conference

a photo album of the conference:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/avonproductsinc/sets/72157646926791555/

Review of LUCK new fragrance in C-24  http://youtu.be/yJWyXQz8MOg

What's your Avon Story/Avon Dream?
Here's a few:
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10204984158630364&=set=o.344606175659143&type=2&theater
 https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=907977502549942&set=o.602735206513834&type=2&theater

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=909394395741586&set=o.602735206513834&type=2&theater

 https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=909216499092709&set=o.602735206513834&type=2&theater


Have you met Eddie Silcock!!!  I have.  A great guy and advocate for the Representatives in the field!!!
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10204983731859695&set=o.344606175659143&type=2&theater
 More Convention Excitement:  Next Year Hollywood CA...
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=909275625753463&set=o.602735206513834&type=2&theater

 Fourth Quarter Product Previews
Fashion:  https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=909419385739087&set=o.602735206513834&type=2&theater

And Representative JoAnn Fickel Juniper Potts  sums it all up in this post to Molly Stone-Bibbs "Onward" facebook group:

So, everyone whom went to the leadership conference has come away saying – something was different, you could feel something different. It wasn’t until today at church that I think I have figured it out and since it is Sunday, why not a little preaching
Avon invited only leadership to this conference. YES, I too like many wish it would have been opened to all but, leaders have a different mind-set than sellers. Now don’t get me wrong, we all care about our businesses and want our businesses to grow bigger and better than ever! Sellers are JUST - yes JUST as important. Leaders though not only have their businesses to care about but also those they are leading.

Avon, I think, wanted people of that mind-set – a leaders mind-set, in one place, one mind and one accord. (see the preaching coming) THAT I feel is the difference, the different feeling we all were feeling and experiencing. We were together with unity and passion. Unity brings togetherness. When two or more are in agreement!! Without unity and passion you cannot do great things. Thank you to my pastor for an awesome message today.
Every leader – or at least the majority of leaders I spoke to came hungry. Hungry to hear good news. Hungry to get something to lift them up. Hungry to meet all the Facebook friends. Hungry to learn anything they could to take back and put into action. HUNGRY!! We came expecting great things. Expecting to see all the fourth quarter products. Expecting to bring back good information and excitement. We came EXPECTING!!
HUNGRY and EXPECTING – what do these two words have in common?? Pregnancy and what happens with pregnancy – a BIRTH! I think we all have been given a NEW birth to our Avon businesses. Now let’s nurture this birth and help it GROW into something GREAT and SUCCESSFUL!!!

I'm ready for a new birth to my 10 year old Avon business!  I'm hungry and expecting and ready to work!  If you want your business to grow by leaps and bounds this 4th Quarter, share your dreams and goals with me and your actions steps for getting there!  I'm here to help and cheer you on to the level  of success you want to achieve!!!!

 I  want to feel this excited about my business every single day!!!

Check out my customer blog for some ideas on promoting C-19 products to your customers: 

 http://21stcenturyavonlady.blogspot.com/

Business is Booming!!!

You may not think so but we are in a growth industry and there is a growth trend in direct selling that is going to continue for the foreseeable future.  Here are some things that can help you build your Avon business to the level where you are earning the income that you want and deserve!  If you don't have an Avon Success story yet, borrow one from someone who is successful.  Find someone that you identify with and promote their  story until you become as successful as they are.  I identified with Lisa Wilber the first time I heard her story on a DVD called "the Rich and Famous of Avon"(2003).  I know there are plenty of representatives on The BEE Team that remember that video or the one on "Women in the Spotlight" (2006).  I also got to meet Lisa in person in 2007 when she was in DesMoines at a rally. I even rode in the elevator with her and ask her my own burning questions!  I was even more impressed!  Avon has just given us another tool to use Lisa's story on page 1 of the C-16 brochure.  I've made that into a poster that you can you use to promote your leadership business in your local area or online.  Used in conjunction with the link to this YouTube video you can explain the advantages of direct selling in just 7 minutes.
"My Business is Booming"
When you talk to people and find out they need a job or more money for whatever reason,ask them for their email address so you can send them a video about a business that is booming. Also ask for their phone number so you can call them in a day or so to get their feedback about the video and give them your phone number so that they can call you if the video really gets them excited and they want to talk about it right away!

If you want to see my personalized poster I've uploaded it to the "files" our FaceBook page: The Bee Team. If you like it and want one personalized for you just email me your request and the phone number you want on the poster and your "reference code".  be_an_avonlady@cox.net

Promoting Fragrance in Campaign 16

Promote the "Fragrance Personality Quiz" on page 68 of the Campaign 16 Brochure.  Here's what I'm including in each brochure and each C-15 order delivery!  I made up postcards size flyers and included a "bee" image at the bottom.  Copy and Paste into your own document to make your own, adding your contact information.

          Take the “Fragrance Personality Quiz” on page 68 of the Campaign 16 brochure. 

     Tell me  to your "Perfume Personality" (call, email or text) and I'll send you a coupon

 for a significant discount on your C-16 Avon order!  

Guess Your 21st Century Avon Lady's Perfume Personality

 for an entry in a drawing for a FREE Fragrance of your choice!!!

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BEE TEAM RECOGNITION

Top in Sales for Campaign 15

#1 Diana Andreasen        $1275

#2 Carol Moore            $333

#3 Shirley Bailey            $303

#4 Cherie Shiller            $280

         #5 Susie Southwick         $277          

Welcome to the TEAM

Bertha Vargas

Carla Smith

Brittny Kennedy

Linda Hein

			KATHRYN BATTA