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When Avon Doesn';t Call: A Lesson For Internet Market
3 POINT BLANK LINKING FORMULAS!1) COMMUNITY TOGETHERNESS Allow other web sites to use your online community for their web site visitors. Just have them link ..... Probably most of you have heard of Avon Products, Inc. Founded over 100 years ago as a small perfume company, Avon has grown into a huge multi-billion dollar corporation that sells products ranging from cosmetics to clothing, jewelry and knickknacks to customers in nearly 140 countries.
Like many women, I have my own "Avon Lady," someone from whom I have ordered on a regular basis over the last couple of years. Mary works in the same office building as I do, one floor below mine.
I suppose Mary makes a nice little side income from her Avon customers. But Mary has a bad business habit that I think we can all learn from, and avoid.
Whenever I order items from an Avon catalog, Mary always delivers them
to me promptly, in one of those little white Avon bags that the company provides. Inside the bag, along with the items I've ordered, she conveniently includes a copy of the newest Avon catalog. So far, so good.
But here's the thing--if, for whatever reason, I don't happen to order anything from the new catalog, Mary seldom drops me off a copy of the *next* catalog. Or the one after that. Or the one after that. In fact, if I don't order during a particular campaign, the only way I get a copy of the newest Avon catalog is when I call and ask her for one!
Now, how much business do you think Mary loses from me each year due to this oversight' Then, multiply that number by the amount of business she loses if she handles all of her regular customers the same way, which I imagine she does. Failure to follow up with her regular customers probably costs Mary hundreds of dollars each year. Maybe more, if any of her customers decide to switch to another Avon distributor.
The Lord Is My ProviderThe LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me ..... You might wonder why *I* don't try to find another, more reliable Avon Lady. The sad fact is, Mary's unreliability saves me money. Because I don't always ......
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