from your sales experience, would kind of selling job was easy in terms of sector market , roles targeted and product types ? \n\n[for instance selling fiancial software to banks ?]\n\nand similarly, what was a hard sales job for you?
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Easy sell: Cars, computers, electronics, landscaping, diet pills, cleaning equipment, any department store sales position is easy as well.\n\nHard sell: Insurance, Real Estate, Investments
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If you're in marketing, you must know something about sales as well.\n\nYou are the product.  Sell it.  It's that simple.  Remember salespeople find it easier to sell a product they can believe in; so believe in yourself.  Then sell.
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Sales is hard enough without the comments and backseat driving of someone not being supportive.  You need to let your friends and family off the hook, though-- you need to expand your market beyond them so they don't dodge you out of fear of a sales pitch.\n\nTry doing some simple posters about the product line, or feature one product like a good sunscreen or wrinkle cream and make a cheapo flyer, hang it up at apartment complexes (bulletin boards often by the mailboxes or in the laundry rooms), daycare centers, coffee shops, laundry mats, etc.  you get the idea.    Good luck, building a clientele takes time and effort, it doesn't happen overnight.
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I am in an mlm and we have a multitude of sales tools we use, that are provided at reasonable cost.  Write me if you want to know where you may buy them. jstmother@yahoo.com
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If you enjoy your job and are good at it, any career is worthwhile.  People always need cars. Even when gas was 3 bucks here, people where buying new cars.  The first answerer was correct about the sales reputation.  Some people thing 'shady' when they hear the term 'cars salesman'.  He has to be able to let it roll right of his back as he will hear many things he doesn't like.  That's life, though, nothing is always perfect.  In sales, you have months that are stellar and months where you quit.  The trick is to budget accordingly and save your money during peak months to get you through the slow ones.
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what kind of work do you do and how much were the offers?  If it is marketing--job hoping is not that frown upon.  It is creative!
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there is nothing FUN about sales. it's just sales. internal or inside sales people will generally have leads sent to them. whether or not they are qualified is irrelevant. but the company spends money on research and marketing to fetch the leads for their inside reps to handle. They make les money and less commission becuz of that reason. the company is not going to dish out huge commissions for a sale they helped you get. they are going to want their money back somehow and give you a small cut. cold callers have it the worst. they do ALL the work without any help from the company which is why they earn more since they do all the legwork, networking etc. the company justs stands back and waits for something to roll through from the outside reps. It's the cheapest way for them to get business since it's cheaper to hire you to cold call and do all the legwork than spend thousands of dollars a month on marketing and brochures and stuff like that. most companies will pay generous commissions to those who can perform in outside sales/cold calling because they have demonstrated the ability to sell. whatever sales job you get, inside is more the way to go. it'll be for less money but you'll have less headaches and still be able to keep your soul at the end of the day. outside/cold callers will make more money but less frequently. it takes a special individual to do that sort of work.
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there was a man in upper management I worked with that confessed to me that he used to be a drug dealer in his twenties and was caught driving drunk or high a few times, and he was in jail for nearly 15 years. He left and got a job immediately in a telemarketing agency and he became so good at it that he immediately rose in rank and was pulling in close to 5000 a month; he then moved on to managing at the telemarketing place and kept rising internally. By the time I had a brief stint at the company at the lowest rank, he was making in plenty of money and was very satisfied, married and with children. And he always spoke openly about how, if you're good at what you do, you could shoot to the top in that company. I sadly hadn't the notoriety and the annoying qualities to telemarket very well and the most I made commission wise was a 250 dollar bonus... ah well.
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Car sales can be an exhausting job. Usually hours start at 9:00 am and can go at least until 7:00pm so that's 10 hour days right there.\n\nRemember - you gotta be there when the customers are available. Plus - Saturdays.
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If you are good in sales then this job is for you.  If you can't sell, don't waiste your time and theirs.  They place people in companies.  You start off with a company.  Some offer bases, some don't.  The company pays so much an hour for a temp to the staffing company.  From that money, some goes to the office, some goes to the recruiter and some goes to the temp.   The goal of a recruiter is to have many temps working at one time so that he makes a lot of money.\n\nA recruiter must be able to have leads to be able to place temps.\n\nThere is competition between staffing firms.  Some assignments last longer than others.\n\nLike any sales job - they are always looking for recruiters.  I really can't believe it should be that hard for you to find a position.  Just look on monster, careerbuilder and hotjobs.
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As far as finding a job, Direct Sales Companies are great!  They allow you the flexibility to work around your family and most of them have a "no territory" policy....meaning you could do your business anywhere - even if your husband gets transferred again.  Check out www.partylite.com - they're FANTASTIC!!
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Heh.  The question was about jobs, not trading strategies.\n\nYou could try compliance if it interests you.  To me, that's not very interesting, but to each her own.  It also depends on what you see yourself doing in maybe 10 years.  If you still think you would be interested in compliance, go for it.  I don't know if there's that much upward mobility, though, if you want to move up the chain in a few years.\n\nInvestment banking is mainly acting as a saleperson if you're part of the actual banking division.  They try to get clients to use that bank to finance deals.  So, if you're great at sales, then i-banking might be a good field.\n\nI know the actual government doesn't have great job prospects, but maybe you could find your niche at some other corporation that is to your liking but you can still apply some of your government knowledge.  It's kind of tough to recommend anything without knowing more.
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Negotiation is the main part of a salesmans job.\nHe wants to make money and so do you.  You have to find a compromise price so that you both win.
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I had a friend who worked for them and made okay money. It all depends on how much you sell, so it is feasible that you make that much...although I wouldn't count on it right off.
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I like to be left alone until I have a question.  I don't trust salespeople's opinions about products, they are there to make money.  I like to take my time and do things without any pressure.
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I worked for a UK company that does mytery shopping for a number of hihg-street names (inclusing shops, pubs, banks and others). It's not a bad job, but the pay's not guaranteed, you might get 10 jobs one week and none the next. If you're asked to buy something, you'll usually get paid for it and you might get to keep it. To be good at the job you'll have to be good at lying (a lot of scenarios involve pretending to be a particular type of customer) and you'll need a good memory as you'll have a long questionnaire to fill out after the visit.
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You are either a salesman or you are not.\nYou do not seem like one.\nI am and love sales. I always have.\nYou cannot inspire enthusiasm unless you are enthusiastic first.\nPassion is not a chore for those of us who are good at sales. It is a pleasure.