[brk]

Where are you physically located?

I may know of some people in your area.

One option is to start with a sales person/sales consultant type, like this guy: http://www.creatingconfidence.com/ (I have worked with Randy in the past, but have no vested interest in promoting him).

Another option is to use an appointment setting group, where they do what their name implies, screen through leads to setup demos/sales sessions for you. You can (probably) handle the load at first until you get a little more momentum and a feel for the exact needs of the position.

[cliffdickerson]

I'm in Vegas. I'm Willing to look for customers in LA, SF and Phoenix as well as here in the Vegas metro area. In reality the job can be done remotely from anywhere.

Do these appointment setting groups provide leads or are they just a mechanical turk to make the calls and set the appointments? Do I give them an Oracle customer list I purchased?

I'm reading Randy's site now, thank you.

[brk]

You generally have to buy/acquire the leads from somewhere. If your target audience is generic enough, most decent organizations will be able to help you with that aspect as well.

After that, they are mostly mechanical turk. You'll give them a script and some basic info/FAQs/etc. They will generally present themselves as employees of your company.

I don't have any direct contacts in the Vegas area that can help you out though, sorry.

My contact info is in my profile. If you want to hit me up, we might be able to do a phone call and I can lay a lot of this out a little better for you (wish I had the time to type all the points I would like to make out here).

BTW, my role the last 6 or 8 years has been getting sales operations in startups off the ground from the tech perspective. IE: I generally own all the pre/post-sales functions, but as a result of that have been heavily involved in comp plans, lead-gen, etc.

What you're looking for sounds like an "inside sales" role. These are, IME, usually $60-$80K positions depending on the candidate.

[zackattack]

Please send me an email with more information when you get the chance.

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