What was your first sales or marketing job?

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WobblyBox
What was your first sales or marketing job?

For anyone willing to answer, what was your first sales or marketing job?

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Irene Morales Ward
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Originally Posted by WobblyBox
For anyone willing to answer, what was your first sales or marketing job?
Selling my future mother-in-law on the idea that I'd be a perfect wife for her son! Very tough sell....

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WobblyBox
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Selling my future mother-in-law on the idea that I'd be a perfect wife for her son! Very tough sell....
Tough sell indeed. Did you use the old "puppy dog" close?

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Irene Morales Ward
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...Did you use the old "puppy dog" close?
That's a new one to me but if it involves kissing the woman's backside, then yes I did! On a serious note, my first marketing experience was when I tried to integrate mothering 5 kids and starting a Physical Education Curriculum for Preschoolers. I started it about 13 years ago and saw a variety of services like that take off since then. It was a newer concept at the time...before Gymboree and Toddlin' Tots became really popular in this area.

Essentially, I freelanced in order to work with and around my children's schedules. No easy undertaking and the pay was ridiculously low for the amount of time, effort and physical energy I had to put in. But it was a great lesson in time management, marketing and sales. I had to sell a product that didn't exist, no one really thought they wanted, and with no referrals to go on. Talk about a tough sell...

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Mikey
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My first sales job was working for the local school district selling magazines, candy, etc.

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Irene Morales Ward
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My first sales job was working for the local school district selling magazines, candy, etc.
Was that as a student or a sales rep? I sometimes forget the amount of sales my own kids have to do in their local schools for fund raising. Either way, it's not easy.

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Mikey
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Was that as a student or a sales rep?
Student.

In fact, I'm still unhappy about the situation and personally believe that it's wrong to compell children to push product.

[steps off soapbox]

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Irene Morales Ward
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Student.

In fact, I'm still unhappy about the situation and personally believe that it's wrong to compell children to push product.

[steps off soapbox]
I hear you! If it makes you feel any better, I enjoyed the candy bars thoroughly...each time one of my 5 kids brought them home!

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Mikey
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I bet that is where the majority of that candy ends up.

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Jeff Blackwell
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I believe my first sales job was selling my brother's snow shoveling service door to door in Montana when I was a kid. I'd knock and he'd shovel. At least that's how it was supposed to go. Usually I'd find myself in a supportive role however. You know, I'd stand next to him when he knocked and behind him when he shoveled.

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