How to Become A Great Independent Beauty Sales Consultant
Many find that a flexible way to earn extra money is by becoming a Independent Beauty Consultant with a national firm, such as Mary Kay Cosmetics. As supplemental income or even as a full-time job, many find that the industry is a good match for their skill set. They enjoy meeting new people, trying new beauty trends and being their own boss. Through hard work and dedication, many can become a great Independent Beauty Consultant.
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Do your research. Search the company's website and reviews for ideas of how customers feel about the products. Read the catalogs, try the free samples and test your makeover skills by applying your beauty items on a close friend. It is important before you start your business to understand the product so that you can easily describe it to potential customers, as well as answer any of their questions.
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Begin throwing parties with close friends. As a custom, offer prizes of free size samples to entice customers to buy different products. Have your customers try numerous products throughout the party in order to help increase orders. Offer discounts for additional purchases and open up your parties to non-attendees to increase your profits.
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Give small gift baskets of your products as door prizes, silent auction items and teacher gifts in your area. Always attach your business card to the basket. This is a different way to get your name out there, expose people to your products and help to increase sales better than simply putting an advertisement in the newspaper.
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Offer free classes on how to apply makeup for girls and free makeovers for cancer patients. Both will increase people's awareness of your products and your name as a consultant as well.
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Offer to come apply makeup to bridal parties and large groups of women preparing for a big, formal affair for a nominal fee. Bring a large sampling of products with you so that they can purchase additional full size products of the makeup you are applying.
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Suggest to customers at your parties that a great way to earn extra income is by becoming a consultant. In most beauty consultant companies, the more consultants you bring to the company, the more money you make in the long run. Each new consultant will sign up through you, but be an employee of the parent beauty supply company. Due to the fact that you signed up the employee, you will be given a commission off each sale that they make. Additionally, if they sign up other consultants, you will receive a percentage off of those consultants sales as well. This is the way to earn a lot more money through this type of corporation, which is sometimes referred to as a pyramid scheme.
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Tips & Warnings
Bring a few pre-wrapped presents filled with a few of your beauty items to your parties to sell. Suggest to your guests to buy the pre-wrapped presents as gifts for the next party that they have to attend.
Very few people respond to strong, pushy sales tactics. Be kind, considerate, polite and respectful of your clients, and you will grow your business in a way that you can be proud of.
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