Financial Services

How do I fairly and effectively compensate an independant salesperson?

by admin on Jul.30, 2009, under Financial Services


I recently started a small web design & development that caters to a very specific blue-collar industry niche. One thing I am considering doing is bringing onboard an independant sales rep to drive sales, since like many tech gurus, I’m more comfortable with programming than I am selling. Since the salesperson would be independant, they would be compensated via comission only.

The upfront web design package will be priced at around $3,100, with an additional montly fee of about $300. The monthly fee pays both for hosting, site maintaince, and an Internet marketing and advertising campaign. These are largely cookie-cutter sites designed using highly refined templates. This ought to reduce the sales cycle a bit (and hopefully make them easier to sell?) What percentage of each sale should I offer the sales rep? So I or shouldn’t I offer him/her a percentage of the monthly fees as well? If so, how long do I continue to pay the rep a cut of that monthly fee? Thanks!

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What department buys are approves the use of viral ads or interactive campaigns for consumer brands?

by admin on Jun.27, 2009, under Financial Services


I am talking about interactive viral web sites for consumer brands, web games, web apps, etc. I am interested in being involved with this type of marketing campaign though I would like to stay on the corporate or client side of marketing. So, I am wondering what type of position I need to go after in order to commision this type of creative and work on such high visibility integrated marketing campaigns.
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Where is the first place recruiters post their jobs these days?

by admin on May.04, 2009, under Financial Services


In the stone ages, it was newspapers, or in technical/trade journals. Sometimes at the Unemployment office. College Career Advisement Offices tended to be good resources, too. Then Monster.com became a big deal. During the Bubble, recruiters were really popular – now only used for CEOs. Craigslist also had gained prominence among certain localities. Colleges have enhanced their alumni association networks, but mostly re-post stuff from commerically-available websites?

Many actively recruit from their homepage and announce this during their corporate branding campaigns on TV/Radio/Web ads.

What is the best site today for jobs that are high-paying finance/marketing/administration/sales/IT?

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