Anyone have any experience with outside sales? I have a pretty good opportunity right now and just looking for feedback.

Edited October 20, 201511 yr by Badsmerf

cold call, or not cold call?

 

I hated cold call sales, but as I'm older now, I think I could do it. Not cold call, most of the people I know like the job and the sometimes freedom they have.

Kind of cold call. A lot of the customers already use the product. The company is just trying to expand its market share. So some might be cold calls, others not.

What specific industry?

 

I'm in outside ad sales, sales can be a bit of a grind at times but you absolutely can't argue with the ability to make some of the most amount of money sans having a P.H.D or some high up legal position etc. Plus typically it's all about results so you can work you way up a corporate ladder much quicker then nearly every other type of job. Plus, you have the most freedom in terms of hours typically and vacation time.

 

As long as you are a people person, have a decent product, decent boss and have a good comp structure go for it.

Edited October 21, 201511 yr by DaveW

The product is what it's all about. If you have something you would buy and are excited (or even moderately interested in) to get to the hands of potential customers, you can do well. Others may be able to sell something they're not 100% behind, but that's definitely not me, and it's been one of the reasons I went into social work in spite of a marketing degree and good sales experience in early work.

Harcourt Fenton Mudd: Now listen, Spock, you may be a wonderful science officer but, believe me, you couldn't sell fake patents to your mother!

Spock: I fail to understand why I should care to induce my mother to purchase falsified patents.

Product is specialty lubricants. I use it now and like it. The company is expanding and wants to increase market share in my field. I'm pretty sure I'm going to do it, just waiting on an offer.

 

Plus, it will give me an opportunity to utilize my undeniable persuasion skills?

 

Product is specialty lubricants. I use it now and like it. The company is expanding and wants to increase market share in my field. I'm pretty sure I'm going to do it, just waiting on an offer.

Plus, it will give me an opportunity to utilize my undeniable persuasion skills?

Astroglide eh?

Astroglide eh?

If you take this job, Smerf, get ready for the jokes. Get ready for lots and lots of jokes. People standing in line, to give you the jokes. People standing in line, to get into the joke-giving line, to give you the jokes.

 

Product is specialty lubricants.

I read this line and thought to myself 'Okay, which TD posters won't be able to resist this.'

 

See the two posts above. The exact two posters I thought would be the first and quickest to chime in because they wouldn't be able to resist.

 

Ash and Dave ... two peas in a pod.

 

 

I rib someone about taking the low road. You rib two people about taking the low road. Welcome to another (dare I say finer?) pod!

 

I rib someone about taking the low road. You rib two people about taking the low road. Welcome to another (dare I say finer?) pod!

I'm not taking the low road about the product ... taking the low road pointing out that you two would and did.

So how 'bout that Halloween asteroid flyby?

Careful Smerf, this job sounds like it could be a slippery slope.

 

 

I'll be here all week, thx.