Outsourcing Sales: ADVICE NEEDED

[dr_pie]

New to the Fast Lane Forum. Read the book on a recent trip in Maui. You don’t need more motivation than The Millionaire Fastlane and a place like Maui to realize that you have to get off your a$$ and get out of the slow lane. Ideas were brewing well before Maui but the book was perfect to put a lot of things into perspective.

I am working with a partner on an idea. I know MJ is not overly keen on partnerships but I am giving this one a try and so far it is working very well. We have an idea (internet based) and are fully in the R&D phase. We have established a number of so called “guiding principles†that we refer to in order to ensure our idea is sound. They are listed below along with our assessment:

1. Idea must be scalable: Check! It has mass reach and can move into multiple markets.
2. Limited Liability: Check! We facilitate transactions between the buyer and the seller. We take a commission of the transaction. There is no physical product exchanging hands. So other than seller not living up to his end of the bargain, our liability is limited.
3. Limited Start up Costs: Check! My partner and I are doing all the work on getting this start up off the ground. Using spare time (between family obligations and jobs) as well as our network of subject matter experts, we anticipate keeping our costs down.
4. Limited Human Resources: Uncertain? People=problems. I should know my career has been in big business in HR. We want to keep this to as few people as possible.
Our main challenge at this point with our idea, is being able to market ourselves to small businesses and have them sign up for our services. They would pay to use our service which in turn would populate our website, allowing us to market to potential buyers. The question I have is how do we meet our fourth “guiding principle†of limited human resources without brining on an effective sales team? We’ve been doing research on outsourcing a sales team but so far our research has shown that this costly as well as the fact that you are not in full control of the customer service experience.

If anyone has any experience in this area or can point to a simple solution that we are overlooking, I would really appreciate any feedback.

 

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[dr_pie]

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[JEdwards]

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[healthstatus]

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