Video: Beauty and Fashion Brand Offers Young Women an Earning Opportunity to Make Their Entrepreneurial mark in the World
21 Mayo 2009 - 7:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
NEW YORK, May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Recent college graduates are
challenged by the worst job market in a quarter century.
Predictions based on recent statistics forecast a 22% decrease in
the number of college graduates hired compared to last year. In
light of these staggering statistics many young women are looking
for ways to supplement their income and are turning to mark, the
beauty and fashion boutique brand. mark gives young women the
opportunity to make their entrepreneurial mark in the world and has
spotlighted eight of their top National Reps in its first-ever
recruitment video about the mark Rep opportunity. To view the
Multimedia News Release, go to:
http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/avon/37726/ mark has updated the
direct selling model so it fits into the Web 2.0 lives of young
women today. In addition to selling face-to-face, mark Reps share
products screen-to-screen with friends through their personalized
mark Web sites (e-boutiques), social networking sites such as
Facebook and MySpace, mark magalogs and by throwing mark parties or
holding mark fundraisers. They earn a lucrative 40% commission on
beauty product sales and 25% commission on fashion, providing them
with the flexibility to supplement their income in a way that works
best for their lifestyle. In addition to the earnings opportunity,
selling mark offers young women the chance to open and grow their
own business and learn valuable management, marketing and
networking skills, prepping them for future endeavors. "This is our
first-ever recruitment video shoot featuring real young women since
the brand launched in 2003," said Claudia Poccia, Global President,
mark. "With unemployment rates at an all time high, we are so happy
that mark provides young women with a resource to not only
supplement their income, but empowers them to learn necessary
entrepreneurial and business skills." "mark has provided me with
more business development opportunities than I ever could have
imagined," said Ashlee Thomas a junior at Texas Tech University and
one of the brand's top Reps recruited for the video. "mark
understands the needs of entrepreneurial young women and is
constantly coming up with new features to enhance the Reps'
business. I never knew that earning additional spending money could
be so much fun until I met mark." The earnings opportunity that
mark provides appeals to young women in so many ways. First,
becoming a mark Rep has a minimal one-time start-up fee of only
$20. Additionally, the program offers young women the flexibility
to run a business in a way that works best for their lifestyle.
That sense of freedom and control really resonates with them,
because they get out of it what they put in. In the video campaign,
mark spokesperson Lauren Conrad is also helping to build awareness
for the mark Rep opportunity by discussing her own experience in
making her mark in the world. Conrad says, "As a young
entrepreneur, I completely understand the aspirations of young
women and the challenges they may face while trying to achieve
their career goals. Being a mark rep is a total opportunity where
you get back what you put in." For more information on becoming a
mark Rep, log onto http://www.meetmark.com/. About mark mark is an
expertly edited, beauty & fashion boutique brand that goes
beyond "selling." Founded by Avon Products, Inc. in 2003, mark
provides young women the opportunity to open and grow their own
business and learn valuable management, marketing and networking
skills. Social beauty TM is at the heart of the brand and
represents a social connection and conscience. The mark girl can
make her mark by choosing what, when and how to engage with the
brand by going online to the brand's Web sites, social sites such
as Facebook and MySpace and in the pages of the mark magalog and
through mark Representatives.
http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/avon/37726DATASOURCE: mark. CONTACT:
Alysha Crouse, Kaplow, +1-212-221-1713, , for mark Web Site:
http://www.meetmark.com/
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