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Advice on Hiring

by Commissioner
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Hi guys I am a freelance website designer and have a team of 3, 1 programmer/web developer and 2 web designers. I am trying to expand my business and try to get clients through making phone calls and going around to local business in my city. I am thinking about putting an add up in some local newspapers as well as on the internet for hiring a sales assistant who can call around to business at try to sell my website services.

I am doing this because it is quite a competitve market for web designer to find potential clients through online advertising/PPC. I want to pay my sales employers a commission on every sale that they make but still not sure how much to pay them yet.

I was thinking something from $80-$150 per sales. I offer web design services with CMS and SEO services to my clients so my prices range from $350 to $1000. Depending on the size and functionality of the website.

I have already gone out and had 500 brochures printed out but my next step is hiring 2-3 people with a reasonably good sales background to go out and make the sale. This is something i will need as much advice on in terms of what to pay my employees per sale and what information will they need from me.

I need as much information on this as possible before I can take action. I appreciate your taught's and suggestions.

Thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author M Thompson
    I have found that commission Only sales people can be more trouble than they are worth. I actually had one sell a company car!

    My preferred way is to give them a 1 month trial and pay them a basic wage plus performance bonuses, it takes the pressure off them a bit and they tend to get better contracts.

    You may find that the good ones ask to be commission only after a few months, I have no problem with doing that once they have proved that they are effective


    Originally Posted by Commissioner View Post

    Hi guys I am a freelance website designer and have a team of 3, 1 programmer and 2 web designers. I am trying to expand my business and try to get clients through making phone calls and going around to local business in my city. I am thinking about putting an add up in some local newspapers as well as on the internet for hiring a sales assistant who can call around to business at try to sell my website services. I prefer to pay them a commission on every sale that they make but still not sure how much to pay them yet. I offer web design services with CMS and SEO services to my clients so my prices range from $350 to $1000. Depending on the size and functionality of the website.

    I have already gone out and had 500 brochures printed out but my next step is hiring 2-3 people with a reasonably good sales background to go out and make the sale. This is something i will need as much advice on in terms of what to pay my employees per sale and what information will they need from me.

    Much advice highly appreciated.

    Thanks
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    • Profile picture of the author Commissioner
      Thanks M Thompson, anybody else want to share your ideas?
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      • Profile picture of the author Mwind076
        If you want calls made/appointments set, pay someone experienced to do it hourly. If you're interested, I've been doing it for 6 years. Send me a PM or email and we can try out something and see what works. I need a list and a brief description of your product...I'll do the rest.
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