Read this before you hire your first sales person

Read this before you hire your first sales person

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The first and second time I hired someone to do sales at my agency it was a nightmare. I learned a lot of important lessons the hard way.

In this article I’m sharing what I did wrong, how I figured out sales at my agency, and who I hired to get the sales machine generating clients in the short and long term.

Maybe you’re about to hire your first salesperson. Maybe you already have and it’s not working out. Maybe they’re doing okay but there’s something missing. A certain magic. Something unteachable.

What I did wrong

Back in 2012, I hired my first salesperson following my tried-and-tested way of hiring social media managers. Fresh out of university, comfortable online, eager to learn, great at writing and instantly likeable. I hired on character and trained on skills. Turns out this didn’t work with sales.