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Title: Ideas for new marketing employee.
Post by: Deep Cleaning Solutions on January 23, 2013, 05:17:21 pm

I am currently in the process of looking for a part time employee to market my business to potential commercial customers instead of outsourcing it. Does anyone do anything similar and can you give me some inspiration, i have loads of ideas, but don't mind pinching some of your ideas  ;D

Title: Re: Ideas for new marketing employee.
Post by: davep on January 23, 2013, 05:39:52 pm

Won't the new employee be full of ideas?

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Post by: wynne jones on January 23, 2013, 05:54:39 pm

Pay commission only, make it worth their while. It's not the how it's the why.

Title: Re: Ideas for new marketing employee.
Post by: andy east sussex on January 23, 2013, 05:59:07 pm

i had the idea of taking people on for marketing but this isnt the service for knocking on doors is it ?? our is just advertising there wouldnt be a way of paying commision to the people doing it as they aint getting the work they are just put advertising out

Title: Re: Ideas for new marketing employee.
Post by: Deep Cleaning Solutions on January 23, 2013, 06:03:27 pm

I'm thinking of paying an hourly rate plus 10% commission on any work carried out as a direct result of their marketing as an incentive.

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Post by: andy east sussex on January 23, 2013, 06:09:53 pm

you see alot of chinese delivering leaflets £40 1000 and they seem todo it people i got befor to doit just got bored and dumped leaflets and thing is if you emloy someone say 8hrs to do 1000 at minimum rate is more than some one from eu will do it for less and im sure they would goout where if you employ someone also youve got to do all the backchecking and setting everything up etc alot of hassle sorry for going on

Title: Re: Ideas for new marketing employee.
Post by: Deep Cleaning Solutions on January 23, 2013, 06:25:00 pm

Sorry Andy, i think you have got the wrong end of the stick. I'm talking about marketing to commercial customers not dropping flyers to domestic customers and i think their is something wrong with your keyboard.  :P

Title: Re: Ideas for new marketing employee.
Post by: andy east sussex on January 23, 2013, 06:26:55 pm

ahh sorry and ye daughter stood on it so broke

Title: Re: Ideas for new marketing employee.
Post by: Deep Cleaning Solutions on January 23, 2013, 06:47:03 pm

Ha Ha, no probs, hope you have deducted it from her pocket money.

Title: Re: Ideas for new marketing employee.
Post by: Ian Gourlay on January 23, 2013, 06:57:45 pm

I have recentley made contact with a firm of Accountants. They took on a Marketing Aprentice which is how I ended up getting in touch with the firm

Worth a Thought.

Title: Re: Ideas for new marketing employee.
Post by: Deep Cleaning Solutions on January 23, 2013, 07:01:09 pm

How was contact made Ian, if you don't mind me asking.

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Post by: John Kelly on January 23, 2013, 09:45:18 pm

A good place for cheap(ish) business help is a Business School at your local University (or college).  Final Year students often want to carry out a project/placement in a business and Marketing will be one of the areas that they will be looking for.  Sometimes all that is required is a contribution towards travel expenses and lunch allocation (if you actually have office premises for them to work from) otherwise they will just base themselves at the Uni with regular meetings organised with yourself.   You may be asked to submit a short synopsis on the project that you would like a student to work on which is then circulated to the course students.  If you have any takers, they usually submit their ideas and you interview the ones that interest you.

Title: Re: Ideas for new marketing employee.
Post by: Ian Gourlay on January 24, 2013, 12:48:49 am

Through Linkedin

More Internet Marketing , but I think he does all outbound Marketing. Networking events etc etc