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Sales Training: Is Paying Salespeople Commission Only A Good Idea?


00:00:07hi I’m Evan Carmichael and today I

00:00:09wanted to do a quick video to answer

00:00:11question from what our readers in or oh

00:00:13i hope i pronounced that properly his

00:00:15business is in the management training

00:00:17and consulting and he has one staff

00:00:19member named who is a personal assistant

00:00:21and he’s looking to grow his business by

00:00:23hiring a couple salespeople his question

00:00:25is is wondering if a commission only

00:00:27sales model would work for him and if it

00:00:29makes sense so commission only sales

00:00:32models can be great and this is

00:00:33basically where you’re not paying a

00:00:35salary to your salespeople and they’re

00:00:36out selling it’s great for performance

00:00:39only so you’re only giving up money when

00:00:41money’s coming in but you have to

00:00:44remember that it does take time for

00:00:45sales person to get revved up so you

00:00:47might want to consider doing a draw at

00:00:49the beginning so they get paid a certain

00:00:51amount of salary until they start

00:00:53earning commission just so that they

00:00:54don’t get discouraged and quit on you

00:00:56too soon you put a lot of time and

00:00:57effort into training and then they’re

00:00:59gone so consider paying a base until

00:01:01they start making some Commission coming

00:01:03in you also might think about trying to

00:01:06generate these for them one of the

00:01:08things that says we’re really doing is

00:01:10generated leads at the start it’s a lot

00:01:12easier once you can generate tests and

00:01:14leads for them they can go and close the

00:01:16sales so if you’re going to provide any

00:01:17kind of support for them if it’s email

00:01:19marketing or telemarketing and direct

00:01:21mail or your website anything that can

00:01:23help support them get started and

00:01:25quickly learn how to get in there and

00:01:27sell your product that’s a lot easier to

00:01:29start attracting some good sales people

00:01:30to your company and a lot easier to pin

00:01:32of the Commission a link model so I hope

00:01:35that helps a lot higher in the to

00:01:36salespeople and let us know how it goes

00:01:38if people enjoyed this video please

00:01:40leave a comment below I’d love to hear

00:01:42your thoughts and feedback and then

00:01:43thumbs up to and you’ll stay tuned for

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