Some of the best people are in this business ...

Thursday, September 25, 2008  by Susan Julien-Willson
Category: sales, selling, gifts, retailing, customers, skin care, products, beauty, Artistry, Personal Accents, Nutrilite, gifts and incentives, consumer, prospect

and blogging here on Opportunity Zone. Thank you for all of you who read the blogs. So grateful to hear your feedback and share your ideas and suggestions with Marketing, Sales, The Learning Lab, IT, Customer Support, Communications, and everyone at Amway Global.

In the last few months, I've also had the pleasure of meeting (face to face!) some of Opportunity Zone's faithful readers and commenters. Bridgett and I have had some great discussions on retailing. We've talked about everything from bars and twist tubes to Choices Catalog and Ribbon Gift Collections. And guess what? I met rdknyver at National Spotlight and Ribbon has captured his interest. Ribbon is an excellent way to retail ... you can start there since everyone needs gifts, or  you use the Gift Collections as cross-sell opportunities for existing customers.  CJ, Bridgett, Visioneer, CaioBella, Jeffrey, Tina, Maureen, and others have shared via Sales Speak how to market this gift program along with our health and beauty products to consumers. Also how to sell Ribbon to small businesses.

Another wonderful retailing opportunity, especially if you are selling Artistry products, is the Personal Accents jewelry and accessories collection. Have you seen the new jewelry? It's beautiful. Don't forget! There are men's styles, too.

I hope to meet more of you face to face in the coming months. Your thoughts and ideas are important as we move forward in transforming the business. After all, you're some of the best people in the world and, with you, we can make this an even better business for IBOs, prospects, and customers.

So, let's keep on keeping on. Together, we WILL be the best!

 

 

Comments

# Billybob said on September 25, 2008 6:11 PM:

Hi Susan ,You

mentioned in this blog a few of the IBOs were going to share how, and what they use for the Gift Album program.Has

this been printed yet by them. Thank you.

# Susan Julien-Willson said on September 29, 2008 8:00 AM:

Hi Billybob!

Try these posts and the comments that came in regarding them. Think you'll find some helpful tips. Ribbon Gives You Reason to Celebrate, What are you Selling?, Coming Soon!, Bad Gifts don't have to happen to good people, and All tied up in Ribbon. Let me know if you find what you're looking for and if not, we'll do a blog to get more comments to help  you out. Thanks! sjw

# visioneer said on September 29, 2008 11:46 PM:

Susan,

I just got my new Celebrate gift album and I really like the new look! The selection of gifts are also very good, from the Ghiradelli gift basket to the Cabretta golf gloves, its an excellent reason to give and to get it!

Is this new design (the carrier instead of the album) in the works for the rest of the albums?

# Susan Julien-Willson said on October 1, 2008 7:48 AM:

Thanks for the comments on Ribbon Celebrate Gift Collection. Glad you're pleased. I hope to give it to many people and also sell it this season. It has broad appeal and it's such a beautiful design.

I have the question in to the Ribbon Brand Managers and will post again with their reply. Stay tuned.

Thanks for commenting. sjw

# Susan Julien-Willson said on October 1, 2008 3:08 PM:

Ribbon Brand Manager response to visioneer's question about future Gift Collections being like the Celebrate carrier rather than a card with an album:

In response to the question from visioneer, we will be monitoring the feedback and sales on the Celebrate carrier over the next few months along with some follow-up survey information to help determine if we will be taking more collections in this direction in the future.

sjw

# visioneer said on October 1, 2008 7:15 PM:

Thanks Susan! I appreciate you getting back to me so quickly. You're the best!

I also hope we get to meet someday!

Thanks. I hope we meet sometime soon, too! sjw

# Emet said on October 16, 2008 6:21 AM:

Is there a mailing list with advance information on products that are to be discontinued so that we can stock up while they are still available?

For example, I have a number of customers who love (lived?) Pure Orange and now it's gone.

Also, it would be helpful if instead of a website message which basically says "Too bad, try something else" there was a message which suggested alternative products.

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