Congratulations you have the most important skill in business. Business starts only after a sale happens. How comfortable are you with the idea of selling things online?
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I’ve built one website for someone I used to work for about a year ago through Shopify. Nothing special mediocre at best. I only built it. I haven’t followed up to see how well it did or didn’t do. (Fell off with owner and decided it was better to cut ties) My biggest weakness is I’m not familiar with branding and marketing. Also im not sure what items to sell or what problem i needs solving and what to look out for.
Don't worry even the best of us have weaknesses. Have you ever thought about teaming up with someone who can take care of those parts of the business? I am sure there will be someone who loves marketing but can't do sales.
I run a boutique web development agency. Would love to chat. Sent you DM.
A good place to start could be working at a digital startup that has good lead flow with a good sales pipeline. Just MAKE SURE that they’re not selling snake oil, or a product or service that doesn’t really work.
This will allow you to experience sales in a way you likely couldn’t if you were to go with a more traditional model that has already scaled and has a set system and process where each department is left to their own specific tasks.
For example, if you could find a Ai tech startup that is starting to grow, you could involve yourself as a sales rep while making good commission but also learning and observing their marketing and service.
If done right, you will come out the other end ready to do whatever you would like to do, because you’ll have at least a good enough understanding of marketing, sales, and service to start your own thing.
That’s why sales reps need to make so much money, it’s hard to keep good sales reps from not starting their own thing.
Do high ticket sales
I'm getting called a lot by agencies trying to sell me their services. You should look into it!
Hey let's have a chat! Interested to see how can we help each other. I help businesses in the traditional space automate manual tasks and digitise operations. I need a person dedicated to doing sales and finding clients.
Anyway I would like to have a chat with you to discuss more about your experience and goals to see how can I help you.
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For someone with your sales experience and passion, consider starting a small online business or a pop-up shop, leveraging social media and e-commerce platforms to reach a wider audience. This approach requires minimal initial investment, allows for creative marketing, and offers flexibility to explore different products based on your interests and customer feedback. I highly recommend to give this article a read. https://www.cuppa.so/post/turning-your-big-idea-into-a-reality