Has anyone done Sales?

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I've been in sales 9-10 years, I put in the hard graft (late nights, 12-14 hour shifts, smashing the phones, emails, dinners, drinks, network building, numbers game etc) and last 4 years I started my own firm self-employed.

I now automate my outbound BD (business development), limit cold calls to never doing them and use my existing network (23,000 relevant connects on LinkedIn) and also trade/invest as a side hustle.

I'm an extrovert which helped to start, since covid/starting my business/WFH, I've felt that energy fade but still have enough in the tank to get sh1t done.

10% commission doesn't mean anything on it's own, you could be pulling 10% on a £1000 deal or on a £250,000 deal. My typical terms of business are 15-20% UK and 20-30% EU/U.S/CAN. For example last week I just placed a dude on €120,000 base at 20% earning me €24,000 (£20,000) and as it's outside of the UK I pay (and charge) 0% VAT (value added tax). On Monday a guy started as a contractor for me in Belgium earning me £1000 per month for the next 4 years. My biggest single deal working for a firm was £51,000 of which I took home only £12,750, you do that enough times and you realise you can do it for yourself and take it all.

Sales commission depends on what you're selling and the frequency. I prefer slightly bigger hitters that I can get a quick turnaround on. Less work and stress, bigger chunks of cash consistently. If you are good at sales and have the ability to pull clients, starting your own firm is a life changer/no brainer.
 

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I’m in sales/account management. Company operates through their 80/20 rule mantra which means to utilize our 80% of our effort into our top 20% bigger customers. Basically, we just have to go to these sites and massage the shoulders of our client’s buyers and tell them everything is going to be alright.

Last few years have been record breaking so we have not had any pressure in getting new clients. We have 17% of the market share and our commission is based on the %difference growth of last years to the current year. My job is basically making sure that our clients do not go to the competition and sign 8 agreements per year. Although like I said there was no pressure we just started to decline sales wise about 3 months ago so things my start to turn ugly.
 

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I've been in sales 9-10 years, I put in the hard graft (late nights, 12-14 hour shifts, smashing the phones, emails, dinners, drinks, network building, numbers game etc) and last 4 years I started my own firm self-employed.

I now automate my outbound BD (business development), limit cold calls to never doing them and use my existing network (23,000 relevant connects on LinkedIn) and also trade/invest as a side hustle.

I'm an extrovert which helped to start, since covid/starting my business/WFH, I've felt that energy fade but still have enough in the tank to get sh1t done.

10% commission doesn't mean anything on it's own, you could be pulling 10% on a £1000 deal or on a £250,000 deal. My typical terms of business are 15-20% UK and 20-30% EU/U.S/CAN. For example last week I just placed a dude on €120,000 base at 20% earning me €24,000 (£20,000) and as it's outside of the UK I pay (and charge) 0% VAT (value added tax). On Monday a guy started as a contractor for me in Belgium earning me £1000 per month for the next 4 years. My biggest single deal working for a firm was £51,000 of which I took home only £12,750, you do that enough times and you realise you can do it for yourself and take it all.

Sales commission depends on what you're selling and the frequency. I prefer slightly bigger hitters that I can get a quick turnaround on. Less work and stress, bigger chunks of cash consistently. If you are good at sales and have the ability to pull clients, starting your own firm is a life changer/no brainer.
Sales and entrepreneurship has also made me a better father.
 

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Having no base salary or a job that relies on commission/bonus would not motivate me. I'd rather just start with something simple that isn't so high pressure
When my son was born, I had left a cushy organization and I was making $100 a week selling. It was insanely uncomfortable. I’m going to make $500,000 this year and I am doing national speaking for a major organization.

I mean this respectfully but if you don’t want to eat what you kill, if you aren’t willing to eventually break off on your own and pave your own way, this won’t be a fulfilling path for you.

The beauty of sales is reasonably unlimited upside and the best salespeople have ambitions to either run their own business or be a major senior player at their company and develop organizational policy.
 

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I'm starting to pitch to random people I talk to. I just pitched to a girl I was talking to I met from Hinge lmfao. I think my personality suits the more casual and laid back approach (which is why they hired me apparently).
 

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I'm starting to pitch to random people I talk to. I just pitched to a girl I was talking to I met from Hinge lmfao. I think my personality suits the more casual and laid back approach (which is why they hired me apparently).
Nice. Casual and genuine is important but don’t forget that there will come a time when you have to advise your client firmly - that’s the time you’re really making the money they’re paying you for, when you have to stick your neck out and take an uncomfortable position for their greater good.
 

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real estate sales is over rated .Being bilingual is a plus hope you crush it.
 

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I tried doing it once, but sales is not for me. I have tried it but I cannot work properly under pressure. I have worked under other departments, but sales target is not for me.
 

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Been in sales 23 years. Currently $210,000 per year income plus benefits.

message me if you want advice.

I started with door to door sales selling energy.
 

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Thank You for the offer. But I am now a successful teacher and I like my job. I work 5 hours a day and enjoy 2 vacations. It is quite a stressfree job and I am enjoying it.
 

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I never worked strictly in a Sales role per se. At the stores I worked at, a lot of purchases were customers buying small items they were going to buy anyway.

There were a few instances where I convinced customers to make a $500+ sale, however (in one instance, I even ran the bill over a thousand). Pretty impressive for a socially awkward autist.
 
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