Best way to get freelance sales agents

[Chris Truelove]

We are looking to grow offline sales and though independent sales agents may be a good way forward. A quick search has brought up quite a few service providers such as agentbase and commissioncloud Has anyone had experience of these or practical experience of setting on sales agents?

 

[barryo]

Had experience of both. Done well it can be a winner but make sure you're ready with all your sales collateral, FAQ's, objections analysis and proven conversion rates to show them how much they could earn before you first speak to individual agents. Nothing will turn them off more quickly than expecting them to build their own "sales toolkit."

 

[Ryan000001]

Hi Chris,

I'm actually one of the co-founders of CommissionCrowd so it's great to see that you've found our company. I would say this, independent sales reps are very picky when it comes to choosing which companies to work with. They incur their own expenses while developing new territories and have a number of criteria that they expect from the companies they might potentially partner with.

I've written an article on the topic which you may find helpful for moving forward: 10 Things To Understand When Working With Independent Sales Reps

In the next few days we'll also be publishing a checklist on our company website to help you determine whether or not your company might be what we call, 'Agent Ready'. I don't have the URL to that quite yet but it should be up before the weekend.