Anyone Have Experience In Hiring Sales Staff?

[JoeyF]

I'm 90% sure I'm going down the Salary+Commission route with my own office. This has been my favoured option from the start and it'll work out cheaper in the long run. I'm about to crack open the Ultimate Sales Machine as recommended here.

Lot of work and things to think through but I am on the path. Also saw my first office today, not taking that one but the search has begun.

 

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[JoeyF]

Found a cool office in the heart of the city. Pretty good price. Taking the weekend to consider it but I think I'm good to go.

I'm absolutely loving The Ultimate Sales machine by Chet Holmes. Great recommendation, thanks @Krzysztof

 

[Jon L]

Don't you read? Commission only is a pipe dream, quit drinking the cool aid. No one is going to work for you for free no matter how "wonderful" you think your mediocre product is..

Phone sales itself is a dieing art, limited supply and very high demand for the type of person your looking for. They can command whatever the F*ck they want and you should be wise to pay them if you find a good one.

I had to come find this post. I just hired a commission-only sales person. This person has sold more than most of the people in this forum in this person's career. (many 10's of millions of dollars) Its possible to find someone like this...you just have to look.

 

[458]

I had to come find this post. I just hired a commission-only sales person. This person has sold more than most of the people in this forum in this person's career. (many 10's of millions of dollars) Its possible to find someone like this...you just have to look.

Lol, is that what he told you? The problem with good shady sales guys is they'll sell you the dream and you'll eat that shit up. Come back in 6 months and let us know how it went, too early to pat yourself on the back my friend, trust me Ive been there done that.

 

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[Jon L]

Lol, is that what he told you? The problem with good shady sales guys is they'll sell you the dream and you'll eat that shit up. Come back in 6 months and let us know how it went, too early to pat yourself on the back my friend, trust me Ive been there done that.

I've worked with her for years and personally worked with her on a portion of a 20m sale of hers. Whether she will be able to sell my stuff is another story, but ... my point here is that you *can* hire top level talent commission-only.

 

[JoeyF]

I had to come find this post. I just hired a commission-only sales person. This person has sold more than most of the people in this forum in this person's career. (many 10's of millions of dollars) Its possible to find someone like this...you just have to look.

Sounds promising Jon, experience tells me you should wait until you see results before you get to excited though!

How did you come across this person?

 

[Jon L]

Sounds promising Jon, experience tells me you should wait until you see results before you get to excited though!

How did you come across this person?

yeah I've had the same experience with hiring sales people. In this case, though, I've worked with her for years at a previous job. She is *really* good.

 

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[JRGEKKO]

I'm 90% sure I'm going down the Salary+Commission route with my own office. This has been my favoured option from the start and it'll work out cheaper in the long run. I'm about to crack open the Ultimate Sales Machine as recommended here.

Lot of work and things to think through but I am on the path. Also saw my first office today, not taking that one but the search has begun.

I'm just curious to know what direction your on to now like If you switched business models or did you stick to the same one etc?