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Title: help please
Post by: simon smith50 on May 12, 2009, 11:25:33 am
hi all
am looking into hiring a salesperson  any pointers so that i get it right would be appreciated
contact me if you can help
on 07891 087386
simonasmith50@netscape.net
thank you all
simon
Title: Re: help please
Post by: concept on May 12, 2009, 11:34:09 am
to sell what?

have you decided how to pay them? incentives, bonus structure?

minimum expectations of ££ per week required to make them pay for themselves.

give us a little more info..

Title: Re: help please
Post by: simon smith50 on May 12, 2009, 01:38:25 pm
all of the cleaning services we provide
Title: Re: help please
Post by: simon smith50 on May 12, 2009, 01:41:18 pm
 i was thinking on a commission basis to start and as to figures of need to validate i have no real idea what would be needed to make them viable 10% of revenue generated i had thought
Title: Re: help please
Post by: concept on May 12, 2009, 02:28:07 pm
the 10%, what have you based that on?

say you make a 40% margin, thats a big chunk of your margin, but if you make more, its not so bad.

not knowing your business, its hard to say what's right and what's wrong, but the major factor for me if i was employing someone to sell, is that they more than pay for themselves, so, if you work on a salary + commision deal, which is fair to everyone, you would need to look at the following (guesstimates of course):

Set up costs ???? (mobile/laptop/desk etc etc)
Salary £15000
Commission @ 10%

how much would they have to achieve to cover themselves? is it realistic?

what you dont want is everything being comfortably achievable for them, so you could stagger the commision:

invoice value up to 50k = 5% comm
invoice value  from 50k up to 75k = 7.5%

and so on...


Title: Re: help please
Post by: ccmids on May 12, 2009, 04:39:19 pm
it will never work
Title: Re: help please
Post by: Window Washers on May 12, 2009, 06:27:08 pm
hi all
am looking into hiring a salesperson  any pointers so that i get it right would be appreciated
contact me if you can help
on 07891 087386
simonasmith50@netscape.net
thank you all
simon
A sales person for what, and what way would they be selling ? door to door, appointment, phone ??
Title: Re: help please
Post by: simon smith50 on May 12, 2009, 09:30:44 pm
thanks guys
have now taken some expert advise and it seems i may have been very wrong with my thinking and all your points have been duly noted and very helpful