Sales Is the Ultimate Skill

I am a marketer with sales skills. I learned from one of my Praxis advisors recently that I never stop being a marketer. I am a marketer who is in sales, working on her sales skills. In fact, I also took s sales-specific class in college. But I’m learning more in 8 and counting days on the job than I remember from that class. Because learning as you go is powerful and necessary.

How are you framing what you’re doing?

I’m a Business Development Representative.

I’m also a crew member of a rocketship of a start-up being steered by an awesome CEO and CRO.

I’m also part of a team that is rapidly expanding and always searching out new verticals to make our company more valuable to our customers and the world.

I’m also guiding my parent’s small business to more success on the side through exploring more ways of marketing in order to not only hone my skills, but provide value to their business.

Almost anything is a springboard

Are you working at a camp? Use that time with kids to improve your teaching skills.

Are you in retail? Use that to improve your marketing perspective or your customer service skills.

Do you work at a theme park? Use that as an opprotunity to not only work on your hospitality but also, on your ability to be an entertainer if you get to engage with guests, emcee, or dress up as a character/mascot.

Do you work as salesman? Use that as a springboard to make sales to make the company worth far more as a whole, and in your spare time find ways and places for marketing to find a way into your market that makes optimal use of company dollars.

How do the things I’m learning apply to marketing?

Sales is a slice of marketing. Often companies list these two groups of positions under one label. I should know, I’ve looked at a lot of websites.

Everything is sales. Job applications, marketing, guest engagement, HR, the list goes on.

Marketing is about communicating compelling ideas that lead to sales.

Thank goodness for sales… and marketing.