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OfflineAgentGFunk
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My New Job
    #21512367 - 04/06/15 08:49 PM (9 years, 1 month ago)

So I started this sales job last Monday; I have now been on the job for a week.

I already feel liked I've crammed two years of business school into the past week, but I'm having trouble getting sales. I'm really bad at it and I practice and practice and I don't seem to be getting better. Everyone in my family is so proud of me for getting this job and I feel like I might let them down. And myself down. I really don't know what I should do. If I get good,  I can make a lot of money really fast, and I will very shortly have enough to start my big life investment; it's an industry I studied in college and once I can buy what I need to start it, it's almost guaranteed to make money. Anyway, a lot is depending on me being successful at this sales job and I'm scared this won't work out for me and I will disappoint all the people who care about me and want me to be successful.

I'm just really scared and nervous and anxious and I don't know what to do.

Sorry I'm not getting into hard specifics with this, but I obviously need to take precautions to protect my identity.

What do you guys think? Any good advice is appreciated. Any trolls that want to joke around about it and make me feel worse and add to my stress is not appreciated.

Thanks guys.


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OfflineShroomslip
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Re: My New Job [Re: AgentGFunk]
    #21512381 - 04/06/15 08:53 PM (9 years, 1 month ago)

It would probably help if you said what it is you're trying to sell. I've never had that job but I know they vary greatly. You wouldn't use the same tactics to sell a car that you would to sell magazines.


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Re: My New Job [Re: AgentGFunk] * 1
    #21512383 - 04/06/15 08:54 PM (9 years, 1 month ago)

Quit living your life for other people and go do what you love

They don't have to live with it, but you do.


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Re: My New Job [Re: RanOutOfWeed]
    #21512501 - 04/06/15 09:21 PM (9 years, 1 month ago)

Sales is strictly a numbers game.  Stay calm and focus on the points of your presentation and you will succeed.


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Re: My New Job [Re: mpd]
    #21512537 - 04/06/15 09:31 PM (9 years, 1 month ago)

sales.. talk to massive amount of people.

FOLLOW UP with those people.

go have lunch with potential customers.

be a people person and do what you say your going to do.

hardest thing about sales is getting a client base. youve onyly been at it a week man. it takes most people 90 days before they start seeing their first sales.


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OfflineRebelutionsssss
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Re: My New Job [Re: rackem]
    #21512569 - 04/06/15 09:40 PM (9 years, 1 month ago)

Can I get in on this investment


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OfflineBlack_Sunset
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Re: My New Job [Re: Rebelutionsssss]
    #21512831 - 04/06/15 10:43 PM (9 years, 1 month ago)

Everyone sucks in the beginning.

Best advice I ever got was this. You have 2 piles. Yes and No. You have to fill both to get anywhere


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OfflineEnvix
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Re: My New Job [Re: Black_Sunset]
    #21513006 - 04/06/15 11:38 PM (9 years, 1 month ago)

well, i'm about to be employed for a big company in a field i've been teaching myself for only the past 2 years (software development). They hire entry-level folks mostly, and have them all learning from each-other while developing products. There's just a couple really-experienced folks who help train everyone else.

but starting-out entry-level in any big field is gonna be intimidating. its gotta be something you WANT to do, and are at least somewhat passionate about, or else you're not gonna feel very inspired/motivated to do a good job at it.

it's going to be consuming most of your time now so you'll pick things up pretty quickly and get better at it pretty fast.

i'd suggest just staying confident in yourself and find ways to be inspired about what you do, and the reasons you're doing it (hope it's something other than 'just money')


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Re: My New Job [Re: AgentGFunk]
    #21513047 - 04/06/15 11:49 PM (9 years, 1 month ago)

Wishing you the best of luck, OP. You need to do what you need to do to lower stress, and remember, the key to happiness is low expectations!

:sheesha:


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Re: My New Job [Re: AgentGFunk]
    #21513083 - 04/06/15 11:59 PM (9 years, 1 month ago)

It's hard to comment if we don't know what you have to sell. I'm not even sure what kind of advice you are asking for. Sales is not my thing. I'm a science guy and that is what my career is focused around. I know plenty of people in sales related jobs and it seems they all have ups and downs.

Example: My one friend works for a big company basically selling loans to people. He has to make a quota or he gets some probation shit. He bought a house and has a nice car so if he loses his job he will ultimately be fucked. He will literally work his ass off all month to have his boss bitch that he is not performing well. Then this past month he had an amazing record and made a lot of money/commission. It honestly sounds like hell and he hints that he doesn't enjoy it. He has gained a lot of weight and has almost ZERO time to do anything besides get clients. Then on the flip side he always claims that he is working making money. :shrug:

If you went to school for this specific job and it's entry level; then you just have to stick with it.

sometimes you're flush and sometimes you're bust.


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Re: My New Job [Re: Gorlax]
    #21513099 - 04/07/15 12:05 AM (9 years, 1 month ago)

You're still learning to anxiety is to be expected.  Just keep at it and you'll hit your stride.  Once you can relax and have confidence in yourself your sales should improve too.  Is it a good product?  Sometimes they make you do a script whick can be awkward and unnatural.


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Re: My New Job [Re: Shins]
    #21515848 - 04/07/15 04:43 PM (9 years, 1 month ago)

Sales is entirely up to you, read your customer and find any common ground. Swagger and confidence need to be balanced with a sense of integrity. Know your product and other comparable options, and the perks and downsides to each. Appear honest but have a motive, your sale and commission.

Your post reeks of pissy footing around, there is no.time for that in sales, if you can't convince yourself how.Could you convince another?


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OfflinePatlal
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Re: My New Job [Re: AgentGFunk]
    #21515934 - 04/07/15 05:02 PM (9 years, 1 month ago)

Quote:

AgentGFunk said:
So I started this sales job last Monday; I have now been on the job for a week.

I already feel liked I've crammed two years of business school into the past week, but I'm having trouble getting sales. I'm really bad at it and I practice and practice and I don't seem to be getting better. Everyone in my family is so proud of me for getting this job and I feel like I might let them down. And myself down. I really don't know what I should do. If I get good,  I can make a lot of money really fast, and I will very shortly have enough to start my big life investment; it's an industry I studied in college and once I can buy what I need to start it, it's almost guaranteed to make money. Anyway, a lot is depending on me being successful at this sales job and I'm scared this won't work out for me and I will disappoint all the people who care about me and want me to be successful.

I'm just really scared and nervous and anxious and I don't know what to do.

Sorry I'm not getting into hard specifics with this, but I obviously need to take precautions to protect my identity.

What do you guys think? Any good advice is appreciated. Any trolls that want to joke around about it and make me feel worse and add to my stress is not appreciated.

Thanks guys.




Try your best. Work hard. Be determined.

The worst that can happen is failure. There is no shame in that.

There are two inevitable an extremely valuable guaranteew. You will get experience and you will learn something.

Go out there and do the most you can. Failing is not the end of the world.

The path to success goes through hell. And like Churchill once said "If you're going through hell, keep walking"


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OfflineAll We Perceive
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Re: My New Job [Re: Patlal]
    #21517028 - 04/07/15 09:27 PM (9 years, 1 month ago)

Those first few steps into a career are nothing less than completely horrifying.  I've probably taken a few years off my life stressing about it.  Perhaps unexpectedly, the key is to live a balanced life.  Go out with your friends and blow off steam, see some live music, drink some beers, decompress.  Then, return to work on Monday ready to give it another go.  As they say, "a true warrior returns to the battlefield, time and time again."  I'm not really sure who said that but it brings me comfort sometimes.

Truthfully, the only thing that keeps me going sometimes is the knowledge that hard work builds character and character leads to success.  Sure, you may "fail," and it's certainly incredibly intimidating to interact with other people in your field who have been doing it for 40+ years and have seemingly unattainable mastery; however, keep things in perspective: a long string of seeming failures almost always leads to a success, and almost nothing is permanent.  Even if you get fired, you will have developed a skillset you can bring to another employer who will give you a chance.  As such, your stiff grip on this job as a measuring stick of success is rather myopic.  Just focus on developing your skill set and have fun with it.  You will never get these years back, and as such, (maybe easier said than done) try not to stress about it.


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