CEO’s Secret Recipe For Success Can Also Help Your Avon Business
It might surprise you to know that during his 10 years as Campbell’s Soup CEO, Douglas Conant wrote more than 30,000 thank-you notes.
Why?
Because he knew the power of personal connection. He was always on the lookout for people to be commended, and he spent an hour of every workday taking things down to a one-on-one level with at least 10 people.
Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, sets a goal to write one thank-you note every day, not counting things like, well, Facebook posts. Rumor has it everyone LIKED getting a real thank-you in the mail. 🙂
Mary Kay Ash, the founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics Company, set herself a simple task: she hand wrote three thank you notes at the end of each day.
She attributed part of her success in business to taking the time to let the people around her know they were appreciated.
To date, Mary Kay Cosmetics has grown to a 2 billion dollar industry!
When is the last time you received a thank you card from a business?
It doesn’t happen too often, does it?
Now, the more important question…when is the last time you sent a thank you card to one of your Avon customers?
If you can’t remember, don’t worry! It’s never too late to start.
It’s a great habit to start practicing that will set your business apart from the hundreds or thousands of other Avon Representatives you might be competing with.
The first question you might be asking yourself is “why should I be writing and sending professional thank you cards in the first place?”
Running a business is all about relationships. Your Avon business depends on the relationships you build with your customers.
And there’s no better way to build relationships than through a handwritten note.
Think about it:
How many emails do you get a day?
50? 100? More?
Emails tend to get lost in a sea of hundreds or thousands of other emails that your customer gets each month. Many of them go unopened.
A text message is quick and simple. But does it really convey a heartfelt message that took time and care to craft? I don’t think so.
Now imagine yourself walking to your mailbox. When you get there, you open it up to a stack of mail. You pull everything out of the mailbox and flip through the stack.
Ad, ad, bill, ad, bill.
And then you see it. An envelope addressed to you in handwriting.
It’s obviously a card and you instantly smile.
Your mood changes. You’re happy, just knowing that someone took the time to sit down and write a personal note to you.
Why does this make such a difference?
Because people do business with those they know, like and trust.
When people feel appreciated by you, they will buy from you more often.
That’s exactly why every single online customer gets a thank you card in the mail from me. I want them to know that I appreciate their business. And since they’re an online customer, it’s the best way I have to build that relationship.
We make it easy to be personal
I use a service for my cards called Pixingo. With just a few clicks, you can write a card, indicate where to send it, and they’ll print, stuff, stamp and mail it for you!
For $1.00 or less! No minimums.
This convenient reach-out tool is also the best way on the planet to follow-up- that thing that most people forget to do but brings you in most of your sales.
In fact, I consider follow-up one of the most important aspects of my business!
You can use Pixingo for Thank-yous, Reminders, Announcements, Invitations, Birthdays, Holidays… the list goes on and on.
I send cards to my team for recognition. I use postcards for follow-ups. And I send holiday cards, all through this system. I love that I can easily send brownies or another gift with the card with just a click of a button.
In fact, I use this system many times a day, every single day.
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Success – Stamped, Sealed & Delivered
Imagine what kind of success you will have with personal notes that your contacts get from you, right in their own mailboxes!
How many emails do you ignore in a day? And when you check your mail, what’s the first thing you open? (I’m betting it’s not the bills).
Pixingo even makes it easy to include gifts and gift cards!
They have lots of different card options regarding sizes. And they can print custom business cards for you and even Canvas Prints!
Try it today!
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Once you’ve sent a card, Pixingo will call you to show you how to use their system. It is not a sales call – it’s only to show you what you can do with their system. And if you do that with them, they will give you more FREE Cards.
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