How do you break into outside sales with an inside sales background?
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Convince interviewers that you can do it!
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Indoor selling means working within a store of some sort and selling a product from that location only.  Outdoor selling is when you walk around outside and try to sell to people on the street.
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Many small business in a variety of fields would welcome you with open arms - particularly with your business background. In that regard, your options are wide open. \n\nIf your capable of doing sales you will have little to no problem finding good employment. However, most people dont tend to find sales (high-stress, commissioned pay) a suitable fit. \n\nWith a background in business, financial resource companies such as AG Edwards,  Edward Johns, etc are always looking for reps as well. \n\nWeb design is a wide open field - but its not the kids game it used to be. Its very difficult to make a living in that field today - BUT - you have flexibility of scheduling, hours, work-load, etc. \n\nMost colleges has a department that will help "displaced housewives" and others that are retraining after years out of the workforce. I would suggest you check them out as they can be helpful in ways I cant be. \n\nWish you the best in your travels.
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Network, find places where groups of your target market hang out.  Carry lots of business cards to hand out at a moments notice.  When conversing normally work the conversation around to mortgages.  Know your product and be prepared to answer any question off the hip.  Be relaxed yet knowledgeable.  Don't be afraid of rejection, look for opportunities in the littlest of conversations to tell someone about your product.
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The local daily in the local language- take an ad out. If u are on a shoe-string budget, then go for a Paper Insert - pay a small sum and the paper gets delivered with ur insert inside.\nNothing works like word-of-mouth (reference selling) in smaller cities. Get a critical mass of sales for ur product, and get ur first few customers to talk about it.
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purchase power - sales opportunity
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Get into sales if you can - medical or pharma with your background. Money is good, you'll travel, meet lots of people, and you'll thank yourself later for gaining the experience because when you have a year or two of business to business sales under your belt, you can always get another sales job.
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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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If you want to combine your sales and stay involved in the education system take a look around your school.  What does a school buy that you could combine your experience into a great opportunity?  Art Supplies, Gym Equipment, Text Books etc.\n\nYou can combine both skills but step away from the educational system by working towards a trainer for a local company.  Most companies have some sort of training that must be done done through out the year like sales training, diversity training, or even the new sarbanes-oxley rules.  consulting firms exist that do nothing but go onsite to provide training for companies.\n\nIf you are looking to step out into something totaly different you need to sit down and list your skills.  To be a teacher you have to be organized and have to have the ability to plan ahead etc.  Once you have done this pop on to the internet and type the skill into search words on sites like monster and career builder.  Many jobs will pop up...don't worry too much about what you don't have right now.  Write down the jobs that peak your interest and then take a look at the requirements for each job.  Be honest with yourself with what you don't have.  Write those down and then look for ways to get that expereience. \n\nIf you want to make a career switch it will take time and some dedication on your part but it can be done.\n\nGood luck!
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Man, you can't come up with your own answer???  And you want to be in sales??  If you don't even know the answer, why work in that position?  I understand that you want to have a "good answer", but be yourself and answer it.  \n\n**EDIT**\n\nSorry, did not know you were so young.  Did you try searching online for some "templates" or examples?  I know there are alot of free help tools on a lot of Job Websites (monster.com, HotJobs, etc.) that can help you make a nice resume AND give you suggestions for writing Cover Letters, Personal Description, etc.\n\nGOOD LUCK with your job!\n\n:)
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Lifestyle depends on you.  If you have a huge natural market and/or is aggressive enough to get in front of people you will have a great lifestyle.  If you do not you will probably be out of the business after a year or two.  \n\nIf you can avoid cold calling and pounding pavement-- all the better.  \n\nBe a professional.  Not a salesman.\n\nGood luck!
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In the early stages of the business, it can be tough.  You do WHATEVER you can early on, and work the referrals from there.\n\na) Phone time - If your office has it, take floor time to answer real estate calls.  This is not the best way to get clients, but sometimes it works.  \n\nb) Open houses - Similar story here.  Find your 'hook'.  I tell them I have other homes that are similar, and I can email them to them.  If you do well with followup, you can keep them as a client.\n\nc) Sphere of Influence - These are your former co-workers, your friends, family, etc.  This will likely be your top source of business the first two years you're in.\n\n----\nFrom there, you have to take the successes you do have and find a way to multiply them.  \n\nFor instance, every buyer I sell a home to I offer to throw their housewarming party for them.  It costs me about $150 and my time for an evening.  Why do I do this?  Because I meet all their friends.  And when the conversation comes around that I paid for the party, I always get lots of real estate conversations.  And usually, I get another piece of business.  \n\nDo a mailout to your friends and family AT LEAST four times per year.  Tell them whatever successes you're starting to have.  You have to establish yourself as an expert to them.  You have to be the person they go to when they need a real estate question answered (and if you don't have the answer, you can go find it).  \n\nThis will get you started.  Just think creatively, and you'll succeed in the business!\n\nGood luck.
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advertise. however the most successful people in sales businesses go out and meet people. they join clubs, organizations and generally make contacts that lead to business and referrals.
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The number one thing most sales people hate are cold calls.  Hopefully the following ideas will help you.\n\n1. Just dial the phone and strike up a conversation.  Don't focus on your pitch and trying to close every person you speak to.  Try to find out their needs or pain and offer solutions that meet their needs/pain.  People like solutions to problems not being sold.\n\n2. Apply the LAW of Asking.  You never know what anyone will say unless you ask.  So stop procrastinating and start asking, good things will happen. \n\n3. No amount of training, scripts or support will prepare you for learning to cold call.  You simply have to jump in with both feet and get going, so do it!  \n\n4. Begin with the end in mind.  Think about what you want: more money, a new home, a new car, $10,000 in the bank.  Once you know what you want you begin working to get it.  Successful people are results oriented.  It doesn't matter that you may have to make thousands of cold calls to obtain your goal.  You will simply do it to reach your goal.  So think about what you want and then go get it.\n\n5. Stand up while on the phone and smile!  Standing will increase your confidence and smiling will improve your attitude and tone on the phone.  Enjoy what you do and enjoy the fact you are helping through your companies solution. \n\n6. Lastly here's the percentage break down between what matters to people in the sales process:  20% is the product, service and company you represent but 80% is you the sale person.  It's not the product or service that matters toy our clients it's you.  Your customer's buy you not your company.  So remember to build repoire and build relationships don't simply sell your product.\n\nLet me know if you have more questions.  I've attended some pretty good seminars specifically focused on cold calls.  They are fun as well.
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With out knowing more I would suggest approaching it the same way as if you were meeting your prospect face to face.\nYour opening should consist of who you are and why the potential customer should continue reading.\nAfter your opening, you will need to address some of the potential problems your prospects in general are having and what it is that you do that solves that problem.\nRemember, most problems are emotional based where as the solution is logic based. \nBest of Luck\nJohn
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A good career salesperson realizes that they are not just selling a product, they are really selling themselves.  This is especially true in commercial / industrial sales.  A typical professional buyer does not want to buy a mistake for his company - that's his worst fear, even worse than paying too much.  Therefore, they tend to buy from the people who are industry savvy and they trust to competently handle their business.  \n\nSo in view of the forgoing, consider your 2nd tier products as stepping stones.  Assuming they are reasonable quality, your second tier product has got some advantages as well.  Maybe it's lower cost or delivery / availability is better.  Focus on the strengths you have and how you can use them to fill customer needs.    \nIf you are an independent rep or distributor, gain as much market share as you can with the second tier product and wrest the distributorship for the leading product away from the competitor.  If you are the market sales leader, the top manufacturer will want your company working for them.\n\nRemember, the bottom line is the bottom line = Income $$$,$$$.00.  Your sales efforts are what put food on your table, a roof over your head, shoes on the kids feet and the sky is the limit if you are industrious.
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Go to the library reference section and have the reference librarian show you how to find companies that do business between US and Canada. Apply to those companies. Usually sales jobs require frequent travel. Go to the yellow pages and find companies in your field. Call up and ask if you can fax over your resume and find out to who's attention. Make sure the objective in your resume lists a specific job you are looking for. Generalized resumes get thrown out. Don't put you are looking for a challenging job that offers personal growth. Do put down you are looking for a sales job in which you can use your strong interpersonal skills.