What to sell this year?
Hello all, and happy New Year.
I work part time, from home, setting appointments with business owners, for in-the-field advertising sales agents across different states.
The actual pay scale + commissions is a far cry from the recruiting ad statements; I have yet to earn a decent paycheck in 4 months.
Q: Why does the guy in the trenches (on the phone lead generator) always get the micro-share of the revenue pie?
The gross revenue for this co. generated from my leads is now over $10K.
Guess my share of the commissions? (almost $600.00- slightly Less than 6%!)
I have 25+ years of telephone-oriented sales and marketing work experience, with both the B2-B and Consumer markets,
in many different industries; and yet have nothing to show for it!
I've made a lot of money for a lot of people, and my share always equates to an impressive resume, many favorable 'great worker' recommendations, and a profile as an
excellent customer service rep.
I realized that you need to own a business yourself, if you really desire finacial rewards of any kind.
So I tried to take the bull by the horns almost 10 years ago, and started my own service-based agency, not once but twice.
In the first instance, (Indep. Bus. Telecom agent),
I spent a year building up an entire monthly-revenue generating client database from scratch, (from real cold-calling, mind you) and the co. went bankrupt on paper, but actually merged with a larger firm, then negated all the agents' residual income agreements, (so much for evergreen contracts), thereby dropping a bunch of great salesmen
directly into the rolls of the unemployment line.
In the second venture, (Data sales Consultant),
my largest single sale grossed $14000, and my share was $3000. It's been peanuts ever since. I know I can sell, but what should I sell?
So there you have it; it seems as if I am again faced with the grim reality of starting the new year by returning to generic call center employment, paying min. wages to it's employees, with long hours and usually an overstressed and demanding management team, and after reading your blogs, I think I can do better!
I sincerely need direction in how best to employ my own intuition, ambition, and capabilities to call my own shots in order to gain the standard of living I seek, while at the same time providing a legit and necessary service to clients, customers, etc.
NOTE: I've faithfully subscribed for years to the ideas of Dale Carnegie, Earl Nightingale, Napoleon Hill, Zig Zigler, Tom Hopkins, Bryan Tracey, Wayne Dwyer, Og Mandino, and many others, but have never been able to implement anything of lasting consequence other than providing great service, while others just get rich. Must be my lot in life, don't you agree? LOL!
I intend to circle-file my entire self-help library, as soon as today, or for sure, by tomorrow!
(I'm not trying to set the world on fire here, you understand, just wish to make a decent living with the tools I have..that's it)
All intelligent comments and suggestions welcome, as open-mindedness is the first requirement for change.
End
Excuse my long-windedness, I should blog too!
Thanks for reading!
Hello all, and happy New Year.
I work part time, from home, setting appointments with business owners, for in-the-field advertising sales agents across different states.
The actual pay scale + commissions is a far cry from the recruiting ad statements; I have yet to earn a decent paycheck in 4 months.
Q: Why does the guy in the trenches (on the phone lead generator) always get the micro-share of the revenue pie?
The gross revenue for this co. generated from my leads is now over $10K.
Guess my share of the commissions? (almost $600.00- slightly Less than 6%!)
I have 25+ years of telephone-oriented sales and marketing work experience, with both the B2-B and Consumer markets,
in many different industries; and yet have nothing to show for it!
I've made a lot of money for a lot of people, and my share always equates to an impressive resume, many favorable 'great worker' recommendations, and a profile as an
excellent customer service rep.
I realized that you need to own a business yourself, if you really desire finacial rewards of any kind.
So I tried to take the bull by the horns almost 10 years ago, and started my own service-based agency, not once but twice.
In the first instance, (Indep. Bus. Telecom agent),
I spent a year building up an entire monthly-revenue generating client database from scratch, (from real cold-calling, mind you) and the co. went bankrupt on paper, but actually merged with a larger firm, then negated all the agents' residual income agreements, (so much for evergreen contracts), thereby dropping a bunch of great salesmen
directly into the rolls of the unemployment line.
In the second venture, (Data sales Consultant),
my largest single sale grossed $14000, and my share was $3000. It's been peanuts ever since. I know I can sell, but what should I sell?
So there you have it; it seems as if I am again faced with the grim reality of starting the new year by returning to generic call center employment, paying min. wages to it's employees, with long hours and usually an overstressed and demanding management team, and after reading your blogs, I think I can do better!
I sincerely need direction in how best to employ my own intuition, ambition, and capabilities to call my own shots in order to gain the standard of living I seek, while at the same time providing a legit and necessary service to clients, customers, etc.
NOTE: I've faithfully subscribed for years to the ideas of Dale Carnegie, Earl Nightingale, Napoleon Hill, Zig Zigler, Tom Hopkins, Bryan Tracey, Wayne Dwyer, Og Mandino, and many others, but have never been able to implement anything of lasting consequence other than providing great service, while others just get rich. Must be my lot in life, don't you agree? LOL!
I intend to circle-file my entire self-help library, as soon as today, or for sure, by tomorrow!
(I'm not trying to set the world on fire here, you understand, just wish to make a decent living with the tools I have..that's it)
All intelligent comments and suggestions welcome, as open-mindedness is the first requirement for change.
End
Excuse my long-windedness, I should blog too!
Thanks for reading!
via Small-Business-Forum.net http://www.small-business-forum.net/traditional-marketing/10522-old-dog-seeking-new-ventures.html
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