freshy said:
these roles are so misleading using advertising and publishing to give it images of grandeur when its really media sales - at least you know thats where you are best as you say. is it for haymarket publishing by any chance?
its def a step up from the door to door marketing you say you were doing - they offer so much theoretically but places like the cobra group make the big bucks and you are left working till late - all the while expansion makes owning your own area increasingly difficult.
back to your new job - there should be scope to progress - and usually good affiliate rewards etc - eg. reach sales for an ipod etc.
these places are fast paced so you have to keep momentum but there are usually good people in these roles and an active social life.
just don't harbour the wrong types of ambitions and should progress and there's ALWAYS jobs in this area - a sign of high labour turnover for sure but you clearly love sales so its ok.
best of luck - and hit the ground running - don't be afraid to try your own methods or put suggestions in - sales is one area where experience can cloud technique
Cheers. Not for Haymarket, no. The company got bought out by a VeryLargePublisher last year but is maintaining independance. They're based in Gateshead...That'll probably tell you who it is
Don't worry - I'm not going in green.
I understand the role, it's possibilities and it's remits. Although it isn't directly 'advertising', it actually falls closer to account management...which is what I was doing at Cisco anyway. The head of advertising grinned when I asked "What do you need from me to let me get your job and to let you get even higher?"
We got on well straight away; she thinks like I do and from what I can gather from everyone I have spoken to, the infrastructure is definitely there to allow me to progress. What can I say? I'm the kind of person who wants to advance...
The whole Cobra thing intrigues me. I've known three people who have their own offices for some time now...And have met one who made £211/hour last year (should be £350/hour this year). Not bad for 6 years in the business, eh? Retire at 30, blahblahblah...
I found it refreshingly open. Perhaps the consequences of a very good owner? You really do get out what you put in and I enjoyed going home with £100-120 a day, six days a week. Ultimately, it wasn't for me though; Fun for a few weeks to make some pennies for the all-devouring HouseDepositFund and to have a laugh. I looked at it as 6-7 hours of actual work a day, a late start and good banter with friendly people...but you can't avoid the fact that my distance from the office dictated an 8am-11pm day. I definitely couldn't be one of the career types in there though...Made good friends with a guy who will be opening his own office this year and he loves it....It's just not for me.
I'm going to go with the flow for the first month or so and then look at how I feel things could be done better (if at all). I think oddly...And it always seems to work to my benifit (see my last 1/4 at Cisco - 130% of target hit thanks to me just thinking oddly. Woot.)
Cheers again
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