hard work. will start off most likely cold calling. once you can prove that you will move forward.

depends on what you are going to be selling/what company you work for.

selling what is the big question. selling to the public residents or selling to companies? i would never do the former, but the latter is ok and lucrative.

i used to intern at a company that sold document management software, primarily to hospitals. marketing would get the name out, then some dept (professional services? sales? marketing? idk) would organize webinars explaining the product, and the sales guys would talk to clients directly, go to them and demo it, etc. each sale was from 10k to 200k, depending on how large the client was. i remember in one of the annual meetings one of the guys grossed 1m in sales that year, the others didnt.

This post was edited by carteblanche on Oct 21 2014 08:36pm

Thanks for the replies! Sorry if I seem like I'm hijacking the thread. So how difficult is it to get an entry level job in sales? I heart most jobs only require a high school diploma? I know that may not sound like much, but I feel like there's something more to sales cuz some people make some good cash.

I never thought I'd be in sales and I too shared that same perception. I also believed it wasn't in me to persuade and manipulate conversations for your own benefit, but it wasn't really as black and white as I thought it to be.

I work for a cable company and I grossed over 5k on my last commission check. As far as education a good position generally will require at least some sort of degree, or a AA with the pursuit of a BA/BS.

But really making connections > if you can prove you're tech savvy and personable. For example, the district manager at the time was a regular at my gym. I was having a conversation with him about the PC market and shared some pictures of my recently put together water looped system. Turns out the guy is a total nerd and that was enough to get me in for a interview. So sometimes it can be just about clicking with someone on a certain level