5 ways to boost home-based sales

Would you like to start a home-based sales business, but you're full of questions? How do you start a home-based sales business? How does door-to-door selling work ? Which door-to-door sales are successful? Working with a leading company in the fashion market, such as Elora, is a good way to get started in this new job with complete peace of mind. Are you already a VDI and looking to boost the volume of sales generated at each meeting with your customers? Elora is here to support you.

How can you increase your home sales turnover?

If home-based salespeople are to earn a comfortable living, they need to make the most of every product presentation meeting to generate as many sales as possible. Here are a few tips from Elora consultants on how to encourage your target to make a purchase.

1. Work on your sales pitch to highlight products

The first key for independent salespeople to increase their sales is to build their sales pitch properly. The advantages of each product must be highlighted to convince your customers that they should buy it. The advantage of home meetings is that the atmosphere is generally more relaxed and friendly, and therefore more conducive to buying. The VDI is solely at the service of the group of prospects, and can more easily encourage customers to try the product several times, offer advice, etc.

2. Setting up marketing campaigns

Working as a VDI doesn't just involve organising presentation meetings. As a self-employed person and manager of his own company, he also has to put in place a whole communications and marketing strategy. At Elora, the salespeople have the status of agents, so they are not able to change the price of a product or propose promotional offers to the customer. However, VDIs can raise their profile and boost their number of meetings by using a number of levers: creating a website, social networking, sending out newsletters, distributing business cards, etc. It is vital for salespeople to work on their online presence so that they are visible to a wider target audience.

It should be noted that while social networking can be a very effective way of promoting your product offering, you need to be regular to see any results.

3. Create a strong relationship with your network

Having a good network of customers and prospects is a major asset for increasing your sales. However, you need to nurture relationships with your customers over time. You could, for example, offer them gifts, give them priority access to the new collections, and so on. Each hostess should be pampered to create a long-term relationship and encourage word-of-mouth.

4. Training to improve your skills

In most cases, independent salespeople receive training when they start working with a new company. Several points can be covered: how to canvass a customer? How to organise a meeting? How to work out your sales pitch? How to earn more money? In some companies, such as Elora, VDIs can also continue training throughout their career.

5. Ask an experienced sales assistant for advice

Joining a network of consultants like Elora offers many advantages to new recruits. In fact, each VDI is accompanied by a mentor during their first few weeks. She will be on hand to answer questions, give tips on how to boost sales, provide information on certain products and give advice at the first meeting.

Would you like to offer your services as an Elora VDI? Go to the Contact page of our website to submit your application!