I have a confession to make.
I was in a bit of a self-imposed sales rut…only 3 weeks into my new position!
The phone to me became the equivalent of the furnace in the basement come to life…you know you were scared of it as a kid!
Then came the best thing that could possibly happen to me at that point in time…I went to sales training!
I woke up this morning a bundle of nerves.
My efforts in the sales blitz from last week had secured two appointments with potential advertisers to learn more about their businesses and see how my station could help them hit their goals…and my first one was set for this morning.
Continue reading “Rip off the band-aid: My first discovery call experience”
Cheesy song lyric parody aside, this truly was an event!
I’d been in the office, when the sales team partook in the ever-exciting “Sales Blitz”, but it never truly hit me as to how much excitement, competition and comradery came out of the experience. Continue reading “And it turned into a Salesroom Blitz…”
So it’s finally happened.
I’ve begun my new career as an Account Executive selling TV and Digital advertising, and my brain could not be more full of all of the new information it is trying to absorb…And it’s only day 2!
Have any of you had this experience?
Don’t let that get the best of you!
Here are a few tips that have helped me in this first week: Continue reading “First week thoughts & 4 tips to make it through”
