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Back in the day, enterprising housewives earned “lipstick money” peddling beauty products to their neighbors. Men were relegated to lugging around brushes, Bibles and vacuum cleaners.
Flash forward to 2007. That knock on the door is your Avon man.
One of Avon’s more successful male sales reps is Bobby McKinney, a 58-year-old fire code inspector from Winter Haven, Fla. Last year the dual-careerist tallied $800,000 in sales along with his wife. They reportedly have an astonishing 170 sales reps working for them.
A beauty career is in the eye of the beholder. Consider the fact that Yankee baseball superstar Derek Jeter recently teamed up with Avon to create “Driven,” a $25 cologne, sure to be a hit with all genders. Maybe it will open doors for Avon salesmen.
Okay, I kid, but beauty is big business. Last year Avon, the global beauty and consumer products company - with nearly five million independent sales reps - earned $8.7 billion in revenue. Men can’t afford to gloss over this career path anymore.
[...] You can’t get rich selling Avon products can you ? And it is not something men do is it ? Yes you can and yes they do. [...]
Rusty,
I liked this one.
/LG
Driven is sure to be a “hit”
“Gloss” over this career path.
What a way with words!