Why is Avon not sold in mainsteam shops like department stores? -

I want to buy avon product, but you need to go through a representative to buy products. And they always try and convince you to buy more products than you need. Why aren t they sold in shops?

Avon uses independent representatives to market their products because it allows Avon to sell their products at a lower price and also provides income for people who want to have their own work from home business.Selling in shops raises the price of products because a company must pay employees (and employee benefits) and travel expenses for the employees to go all over to the retail shops to make sales calls to try to convince the shops to put the products on their shelves. Sometimes the retail stores also expect the company who makes the product to provide a merchandiser to set up and maintain the store displays and keep the shelves stocked. Then the retail shop charges the customer who buys something in their store an additional 50%-100% to make their profit.By selling through independent reps Avon eliminates the cost of employees and their travel costs. They eliminate the cost of buying displays to put in a retail store or paying someone to stock and re-stock shelves. They also don t need to take back and issue as much credit for damaged goods. (Even goods that are shipped and arrive at the store in good condition and are later damaged in the store are returned for credit.)Independent reps working from home have much lower business costs than a retail store, so the retail price can stay lower than it would be if the product was sold in a store.

It s a great marketing tactic.... by having individuals doing all the advertising and retailing of their products, Avon does not have to employ all those people, doesn t have to pay all those benefits, and doesn t have to do near as much advertising since all the individual reps will do what they can do promote the products they sell. And as for them trying to sell you more product than you need, that s just sales in general. Go to any store, it s the same thing.

You can buy mark stuff online, it s the same company as Avon. OR, some flea markets aka swap meets sell Avon!

Actually Avon does have their own store that you can buy from. As for the people trying to get you to buy more it is because they make a commission off of what they sell so they try to sell as much as possible.

because they use direct marketing system

just buy em online

Would I learn how to open a business by majoring in administration or management? -

I am seiously confused to me management means they teach you how to manage an existng business. Administration seems that it focuses on more areas in business like accountng human resource. Which of theses two is the best option when it comes to learning how to be a successful entrepreneur taking in consideration the fact that I have no clue when I first enter college

I don t know for sure, but I don t know if either would really focus on opening a business. Administration does tend to be more general, so maybe that s the better option for you. Look for entrepreneurial classes at your school as well. T

You may not like this answer but it is the truth. Entrepreneurs do things, take risks, fail and keep trying until they realise their dream. Entrepreneurs are usually the worst managers in the world.You have actually captured that in your question. Managers manage things like product launch, sales, marketing, people, processes etc.They have nothing to do with starting a business. You may learn some useful things at University which will help but they sure don t teach you how to start a business.Administration is just that - administration they administer things.Successful entrepreneurs are positive thinkers. They always think that they can do everything. Confidence is one trait that you need to become an entrepreneur.Alan Sugar, Richard Branson - none of these had a university education they just believed they could achieve something and worked at it very hard.

Worry about your core requirements and consult your academic advisor for what they feel will help you more.

I would say go for management

First off let me congradulate you on going to college. I know at times things will be very difficult on your educational journey but I promise you stick in school because it will be well worth the wait. Secondly you are in the right field by majoring in business. This something that I truly love so when I answer your question that this is not just something I speak from expierence but from my heart. To properly answer your question the best fit for you on if you want to be a business owner would be business administration. The classes taken in this field will give you the proper training to effectively start and run a business. You will take classes like accounting, Stragetic planning, marketing , strategic planning, and many other classes designed to teach you how to be a businees men or women Business management is nothing but babysitting your employees. The role of a manger is to lead, organize, direct, and plan, a company its employees and its assets.Best of luck to you and I hope I was successful on answering your question. If you have any other questions don t hesistae to send me a email at drummer7692008@yahoo.com

When at a haircutters store, the workers dont take the customers quot;orderquot; but their...? -

kind of like request but I need another word. Its for a resume.I am trying to say I took requests from customers when helping out the store.

virginity?requisition?demand?

Your word request is probably the best choice, and would be clear on a resume.

Beach Bar - Establishment help? -

Hello All,Im a young man looking to open up my own Beach bar in Zante. But, I am not sure at all how to go along this line and do it. I need some advise or help. what do I do first? How much money are we looking at to start? buy, rent property? Legal matters? etc?............ Any help about how i should go along this would be Fantastic! It has been one of my hidden dreams to own my own bar in Greese and I know I would be amazing at it, but its just getting there that I am not a 100% sure of.Regards

As a starting point, visit the Business Link website. Although it s aimed at businesses in the UK, it will help you put your ideas together in the right order.The questions you ask about how much it will cost are not easy to answer. It depends on whether you re going to buy somewhere and fit it out from scratch, take over an existing place and what size it is. It further depends on what the extent of the services are that you re going to provide - just drinks, some food, barbecue etc.You will need a lawyer out there to help you. Make sure you find an English speaking one if you don t speak Greek well.Good luck!

How can I market my small business online? -

I have just started a small business and I would like to know how I can spread my marketing onto the internet. I learned that it would cost me a lot of money to do this. How can I go about this?

1. Get started with an effective website.2. Search target audience online and their favorite communities: For example blogs, forums, social networks etc. Participate on these platforms.3. Post blogs, write articles and press releases.4. List your website in relevant directories.

There are two ways to go about marketing your small business online - actively and passively.The latter comprises of simply sticking up a website with a little bit of information about you, your company, your product and some contact information. You may list yourself in a few directories but it isn t something that is going to open up the web to you and make you millions.Using a website actively to market, acquire leads and generate business is a much more effective way of using the internet. You can automate systems, make them run around-the-clock and potentially deal with a lot more business without all that much extra expensive.However, actively marketing your website requires traffic - a lot of traffic. But just like in the offline world, you need targeted traffic. Ideally...There are two functions an active website has for online marketing small business.? Prospects find you - not you find your prospectsThe internet is an increasingly social place and people naturally gravitate towards the big discussions (no one likes talking to nobody right?). The nature of search has flipped the way marketing works in favour of you. You can compete at Google with the large companies for people who are actively looking for your services. You need to find yourself at the front of discussions and at the front of the search engines.? Creates a dynamic conversational platformHaving established yourself as a key conversation leader, you need to carry this conversation over onto your web platform . This need not necessarily be a website - you could use a blog, Facebook page or even tools like Twitter. The key is the maintain more control over the conversation and work with your (now) audience to offer solutions to their problems.

The best way is to have a website for your business or probably a blog that would keep and attract new visitors who would be potential customers. Once your website is up and running you will only need some few techniques to promote it. The best method to market your website and which will cost you less is article marketing. Writing good articles maybe about your business, your product and services and submitting them to free article directories. Make sure in the article you link back to your website so that readers of the articles can be directed to your website. By doing this you will be promoting your website as well as your business. There are various free article directory in which you can submit your articles. Here are some: EddyArticles(http://www.eddyarticles.com), Articlesbase, Article dashboard and othersI hope you will find this useful

It will only cost you alot of money if you are using paid products like google adwords or yahoo overture. there are many free ways to promote your business that can generate massive traffic to your site such as article marketing and link building. one site i know of that can teach you how to do all of this is www.biginternetincome.com they can even teach you how to monetize your site further than just advertising your own products.

Hi,Yes, you can make money as an online Affiliate Marketer. I��m making money online as we speak. Have started Affiliate Marketing earlier this year in March. I was making about $100 to $200 per week. Then as I learn from other Super Affiliate Marketers out there��I started making more. As of August 2009, I��m earning over $1,000 / week as an Affiliate Marketer. The learning curve is different for each person, but if you take the time to learn about affiliate marketing, then the rewards will be there for you. The best way of making money online without spending a lot money is to be an Affiliate Marketer. You don t need a website nor do you need any products. As an affiliate marketer you will market products for various companies that will pay you a commission for selling their products. (Commission is usually from 50% to 75%). So you don t need a website; you don t have to call anyone to sell them a product; you don t need to join any mlm; You just need to refer people to the site of their interests and earn a commission.Where do you learn all about these products? Check out www.clickbank.com . This is a market place to find vendors who are looking for affiliates to market their products. It costs nothing to sign up with them and nothing to start.There are so many online methods you can use to drive traffic to these various sites you are promoting. Some of these methods include: blogging, Pay Per Click (PPC), Article Writing, eMail Marketing, and much more. To learn more about these methods, I recommend the beginners to learn from experienced Affiliate Marketers such as Ewen Chia, Michael Jones, Mack Michaels, Bobby Walker, Adell Chowdhry, and Kris Trujillo. These are some of the true Affiliate Marketers out there with great success.Only down side is cost of advertising and getting the words out. However, this is the only type of business where you can start part time and one day earn as much as your FT job. FYI..,I started this part time 6 months ago and within 6 months..I m earning more PT then my regular FT job. Crazy..,but true, How much you put into, you ll get out of it as well.In addition, I also recommend learning from the Super Affiliate Marketers out there that can eliminate your time and efforts by teaching you how to market products for free and the various methods that are available for you to use. You can find more information on Affiliate Marketing at www.Super-Affiliates-Club.com. Save yourself time and invest in yourself and learn and you ll soon make money online. You can start making $100 to $200/day within the next 3 days, but you have to start today and learn. It can be frustrating, but the learning curve is shorter when you learn from an Affiliate Marketer guru. Yes..you can start even today after reading this post. It sounds crazy, but it s all true. Here��s my recommended steps to online success --- 1) Learn from an Affiliate Marketer 2) go to ClickBank.com and find a product to promote. Very easy, but takes a little effort to learn the secrets of the gurus.Good Luck,Tony

A website is a great way to market your business. It s an awesome way to get exposure and will make your business look more established. Microsoft Office Live Small Business provides low cost websites with a lot of great features. Our website builder is template based so you will not have to know any code and hosting can cost as little as $15 a year.Check out some success stories at http://smallbusiness.officelive.comGood luck!AndyMSFT Office Live Outreach Team

The most effective way is to build your own website. This is not expensive if you consider the returns and you can buy a web hosting and development package to help you.

Make an online shopping sites, such as http://www.agoodseller.com

What is the best business for a 21 yr old lady to start. And how does she go about doing it w/out much money? -

I am Located In Miami FL.

start an online business. you can do about 13 different types of business to make money with very low money require and knowledge too, because you can find all you need here: http://www.sitesell.com/Carmen6.html

You could become a dog walker, and start with simple flyers and word of mouth.

Whats the deal on these quot;work-at-homequot; schemes.......and scams? -

Just made $198 today, working at home ........I m starting to see more and more of these on the net.....do they work?.......HOW do they work?........sounds too good to be true.Anybody out there have any experiences?

Please don��t listen to these people saying they are ALL SCAMS. They are not ALL scams, just MOST of them are, LOL. I am a single mom of 2 girls who has tried over 15 opportunities in the course of 2 years so I have some great information for you on how to find a LEGIT way to work from home plus a list of top 10 work at home scams! People are looking for work from home and the biggest problem is they don��t understand that there really are NO WORK AT HOME JOBS. You will not find hourly pay from home. You can look forever, you��ll never find it. The only way to earn an income from home is to find a legit home business. Small home businesses have increased in the last 5 years by about 200%? People are really starting to realize that if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself. The best home businesses to start are those with a proven plan in place like Avon or Mary Kay however if you are like me, you are not interested in pushing products. Legitimate small home businesses should have a small costs involved but be careful, all the scams will be charging too so know the business. Talk to a REAL person and ask questions. Less than $500 to start is reasonable and I would stay away from those wanting $1000-$5000. If you are coming across places that say free then I would RUN don��t walk the other way! They never are in the end.After trying 15 things I now work about 20-25 hours per week for a well known and respected company with amazing credentials. This company actually helps keep Americans Safe and Secure by offering Medical and Dental plans at affordable rates that anyone can afford. We also have SecureNet which helps Americans Protect their children in a program called National Child ID in partnership with the FBI. We also help Americans get back on top of their finances with Foreclosure Avoidance, Debt Relief, Credit Repair and more. We have over 10 programs ranging from $15 to only $40 a month per household which help Americans save many and stay safe. Americans have saved over 1 BILLION dollars with these plans.I started with this company 2.5 years ago and started making $500 a month within only a few months. That income has increased now to over $3000 a month which has been a blessing for my family. The best part is they have 401(k), direct deposit, life insurance and a benefits package from day one. There are NO products, NO hard selling or pushing, NO cold calling, NO home parties and no telemarketing! That was VERY important to me. I absolutely love working with them and I can t believe I am making what I am making and in so few hours per week. The neat thing is there are other people on your team that you work with so you are never alone even though you��re at home. I was a bit apprehensive at first because I know a lot of companies are not legit but this company��s credentials FAR SURPASSED any other home business I had ever seen. SOME of our NATIONAL partners and credentials are National Association of Dental Plans, Dunn and Bradstreet, Consumer Health Alliance, US Chamber of Commerce, Parent Magazine, US News and World Report, Dozens of Fortune 500 companies like Sears, Target, Walmart and Lenscrafters and Time Magazine. We are even currently being featured on WeTV, Lifetime and Oxygen. Most important, to solidify our legitimacy you��ll feel the utmost comfort in knowing that we are partnered with the FBI. Research the company at www.workathomeplus.net.No matter what you decide at least check it out, request a interview to get more information and at a MINIMUM read this list of top 10 work at home scams so you can protect yourself!10. Craft Assembly 9. Medical Billing 8. Email/Rebate Processing 7. A List of Companies Looking for Home workers! 6. Just pay for and take this class first�� Then we��ll give or find you a job! 5. Envelope Stuffing 4. Turn Your Computer Into a Money-Making Machine! 3. Pyramid Schemes (this is NOT the same as Multi-Level Marketing MLM)2. Chain Letters/Emails ( Make Money Fast ) 1. Typing At Home / Data Entry (HUGE SCAM)As for those of you who say��..��I want to work from home but I don��t want to have to pay for anything��. Well, that��s great! But it will never happen. Let��s be honest, there is no such thing as a free lunch. If it is a true honest home business you need to expect to pay. Mr. Walt Disney didn��t start the Disney empire ��without paying for anything��. Neither did Mr. Sam Walton, owner of Wal-Mart.If you want to learn about REAL home businesses visit: www.workathomeplus.netGood luck to you in your search. Also feel free to contact me at any time with your questions! Amyneliot@aol.com This answer has been chosen as a ��Best Answer�� 71 times!

Here the deal, the Internet is the most powerful tool in the world, The World, so heck yeah you can make money online and not get scammed and not spend a single dime, you just need the right information and a little will power, that s all it takes. Don t let anybody tell you there all schemes because there not all scams. I pay my light bill, cable bill and the rest of my bills with money I make online using free and super easy GPT sites, http://www.wedolikemoney.blogspot.com

Went to that site. http://helpkorner.com It was horrible and not one sentence was understandable. The whole thing is being written by an article re-writer script that isn t very good. This site makes money if you click on their Google ads.Best way to go is to search for the work at home site you are being offered and add the word scam to it in Yahoo or Google. Most of the offers online are not really scams but are very hard to make any money with unless you already know a lot about marketing online.. You can check out the companies online at: http://www.onlinebusinessbureau.com also go to: http://scamgrabber.com for a listing of mlm companies. My personal favorite site to check out anything I m not sure of is: http://www.scambusters.org If you truly want to make money online go to http://clickbank.com find a product you are interested in, advertise it in free classifieds or write articles and submit them to directories.I ve been doing this and it seems to work great for me. Best of luck Carol

They are all scams, any money made is from scamming other people.So you have to be both a sucker and a low life to get involved.

They re mostly pyramid schemes, where you gain money from recruiting people into the program. Not worth it.