



I'm in total shock... I just won Journal of the week from Bravenet! Holy Crap... I just started this blog a few months ago. I am so pleased with this award... THANKS EVERYONE!!!
It's like a really bad drama... yesterday I had all but given up with thinking that my AVON business would go up in smoke after a disasterous Christmas season of backorders, broken product and an issue with deliveries. BUT TODAY I FEEL REDEEMED. EVERYTHING that I ordered INCLUDING the start-up kit finally arrived and in PERFECT condition.
Nothing broken or leaking. The brochures were in a spearate box. I can say that this made my evening. I just sat there for hours afraid to open the boxes for fear of yet MORE disappointment. But alas, everything was there even the NHL Blanket my best customer ordered, along with everything else he wanted. *SIGH* I know my last blog was a boo-hoo-bitch but I am glad I vented and got it all off my chest. Ya know, I really do like going out into the community and meeting new people and selling products I use... and have used for over 30 years...
I think my skin looks great for a guy of almost 50 [if I DO say so myself lol] and I'm such a clean-freak I am addicted to showers and long bubble baths... I'm not sure why but AVON sent me a bunch of cool free stuff like a Disney mug and a bottle of my favorite bubble bath so I guess that may be a way of saying I'm sorry. LMFAO WHATEVER... I now have 3 AVON websites... http://www.scentman.ca/ my OFFICIAL AVON WEBSITE http://www.scentman.net/ MY AVON BLOG and http://www.avonguy.ca/ my own AVON SITE.. This one has a Feedjit widget that tells me the people who have stopped by and like my other blog they are visiting from all over the world. Beverly Hills...Staten Island... Birmingham...Hong Kong...
Langley I wonder what they thing about a guy selling AVON and working for "THE COMPANY FOR WOMEN" lol I'm pleased that so many people are stopping by to check ng me out. I got my VISA/MC/AMEX
all up and running so I am going to keep plugging along until I can't take it anymore... or check into the looney-bin... DING-DONG!!! 
Well, I haven't blogged here for a while because of my total frustration with selling AVON... It has been a exhausting and disappointing experience so far. Backorders, broken products and a district manager that hasn't a clue about AVON and went on a month long vacation during the busiest retail season of the year. The lack of ability to provide the products and service they have. I have been trying to sign up a young lady for 3 campaigns now and STILL have not recieved the start up kit. I swear if I didn't love the products so much I probably would have quit by now.
I sold AVON 6 yewars ago and it was the same thing. I was ASSURED this time that AVON had worked out all the kinks and that they were able to get the products to me in a timley manner with a minimum of shortages. Nothing could be further from the truth. I lost 3 of my best customers over Christmas because of the lack of product available. And as far as my INTERAVON site my district manager knows absolutely NOTHING about them, how they work and the best way for my to utilize it was a sales tool. I have now given AVON until Valentines Day to get it's act together otherwise I am done. Today AVON's head office sent me a survey as to what I thought about there service and ability to provide products to me in a timely manner and in good condition. I had to be honest and tell them everything. Deliveries as late as 9:30 pm, product mashed together with brochures, boxes crushed, bottles mangled. How on earth does a company expect to keep it's sales force with this kind of slip shot service??? This is my day to recieve my campaign order and I am already stressing. I'm not making enought for all this agro. WISH ME LUCK!!!
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Yes, AVON'S slogan taglne is "the company for women" and yes, it is a company that empowers women to achieve their goals. But real men sell AVON too! I know because I DO. If you're interested in starting a home based business like AVON but thought there is nothing there that would interest you ...THINK AGAIN... Besides the vast number of mens fragrances and shaving products, they also carry NHL Official Merchandise, HARLEY DAVIDSON Official products, tools, gadgets, novelites, jewelery and EVEN fashions. You'll never know what you might find until you check out an AVON brochure. I have some interesting success stories of men who own AVON businesses. And MY 'success' story with AVON is an interesting one as well.

This Scentman Tip is about "fragrance etiquette". With the rising amount of people with sensitivity to strong perfumes it is important not to over-power others with your favorite scent. No longer is it proper to douse oneself in cologne or slather on massive amounts of aftershave. Some businesses even frown on employees wearing fragrance at all. So what do you do? There are many formats that give a subtler, more appropriate manner in which to wear them. Your scent should not permiate an entire room, but should be subtle. You can choose a number of ways to achieve this. Lotions, shave balms, talc and scented anti-perspirant are just some of the ways. Layering fragrance is also a method to keep the scent longer without offending anyone. Let scent inhance you NOT dominate everyone else!
The AVONGUY is back in action. Hi everyone. It's me, Shawn the SCENTMAN [Also known as VANCOUVER'S AVONGUY]. I've been out of sight for a few years but I am now back, ready to serve you as your local AVON rep. I know what you're thinking... A GUY AS AN AVONLADY??? LOL Yep, I was the Westends most recognizable AVON rep for years but had to close my store due to illness. But after a few years of rehabilation, I am back hitting the streets as your local AVON REP again... I have been called many things... The 'GAY'VON LADY... THe AVONGUY... The AVONMAN... plus a host of other things. But I now am known as the SCENTMAN and today was my official kick-off to my new AVON store. I delivered SOOOOOOO many brochures and tacked my ads on every bulletin boards in the West End. I've gotten 6 orders already and I have yet to answer the emails on my OFFICIAL AVON WEBSITE http://www.scentman.ca/. I also noticed I have 8 new message on my answering machine. You are probably wondering why on earth I would want to do his... Here is a synopsis of my life with AVON. I was raised on a farm in rural ALberta. In the 1960's and 70's I was pretty much sequestered on this nazi-boot-camp working my ass off for my parents, two of the laziest loust on the planet. We went absolutely NO WHERE... The toen we lived in had about 6 shops, a drug store, florist [a bad one] a restaurant and a clothing store called SAAN. It was dreadful. A lady next door began to sell AVON and I remember when she gave my mom a brochure. My mom turned her nose up at it as she did most things, but I found myself fascinated with all the neat stuff they had. Cologne decanters shaped like chess pieces and soap shaped like footballs. I was hooked. I started to order a few things with the money that I had and have literally never stopped. I have used the products for over 30 years faithfully. I have used the creams on my face, and I havta say for a guy who is almost 50 I look damn good... LOL I also have always loved after-shave and the cool mens stuff they sell. About 10 years ago I started selling I made a killing. Not everyone makes money with AVON but I did. When I got sick and in hopsital I had to close my AVON STORE. All I thought about was reopening it and that was one of the things that kept me alive. Today was a dream come true. I am back here in Vancouver, loving life and now healthy enough to start again. And here's the kicker. I actually found a building called SHAUNAVON... When I saw it chills ran up my spine... It was like a synchronistic moment when I realized I am in the right place at the right time. So here I go... off on another adventure... DING-DONG... AVON CALLING! This is the front of my new mini-business card! Just a simple back and white AVON logo... Image is EVERYTHING! |
This is where the gay community can pick up there AVON brochures!