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Hire a sales guy for a part-time start-up?
Background:
I'm a tech guy with alot of product building experience
I've built and recently launched a SaaS/cloud application for a niche market, targeting small-size companies
The product provides ...
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How to convince a sales rep to take a commission job?
I have contacted a sales rep with good experience and his recommendations are good. But he is interested in salary jobs that pay 80k, with me his 25% is six figures and he only has to sign 8 clients a ...
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Interviewing sales people: what do you do to check their claims without asking for past W2s?
One of the favorite parts of my job is to recruit people for my company. From experience I have come to realize that no matter how busy you are, outsourcing recruiting and hiring is very shortsighted ...
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How to hire sales rep? [closed]
What site would you recommend to add posting?
Any specialty site that would be better for jewelry sales rep?
What template should I use for the contract if any?
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What kind of sales commission plan is Groupon using?
Groupon has been hiring sales people like crazy. Their turnover is probably very high but the sheer number of salespeople that they are adding to their company every month is something crazy to a ...
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How to outsource marketing / sales
First of all I know that "sales and marketing" is my business it's not something to outsource.
However I'm in a different situation:
I don't have budget and the long-term commitment position to ...
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4answers
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Can one person do both Marketing & Sales/Business-Development jobs?
Context: We are a small 3-developer company that sells Windows desktop software for small businesses on our website.
We believe that we need both:
"Marketing" - i.e. one-to-many interactions, e.g. ...
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5answers
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How to select a VP of Sales and Marketing partner
I've been working solo on my startup for longer than I'd care to admit. I'm a coder w/ a fleshed out website/webservice that's finally realized that I might actually need sales people.
I'm thinking ...
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How to set up sales office in the US?
If, for example, I have a company headquartered outside the US and going to work with US companies.
What is the best way? Set up sales office in the US or hire independent sales person?
What kind of ...
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How can a Greenhorn get experience?
In this economic climate, competition for jobs is stiff. What should a smart, hardworking recent graduate of a business school program do to try to get a job that will give him the experience he needs ...
