Yup, telesales. I never thought I would get into this line of work, let alone have the stamina and aggression to make 80+ phone calls a day. One thing I've learned this week is never make assumptions about yourself! I'd always thought I was either a face-to-face person or more behind-the-scenes rather than driving sales. Well this week's training course has proven otherwise. I may actually have a chance at doing well in this line of work because I love the company and the product! Plus, all those years of theater have paid off well in accomplishing a confident sounding voice that controls the conversation.
What changed my mind about being able to do telesales? The integrity of Trulia. I genuinely empathize with people being "sold to" over the phone, but Trulia's Pro and Ad plans are legitimate. They have developed a product that works and offer an honest portion of the market that delivers results! With Trulia, I promote these valuable tools which could drastically improve the lives of real estate agents in today's lousy market. The knowledge that your sale could make a difference in someone's career is absolutely inspiring and does wonders to help you overcome sales obstacles. This is something I am comfortable with because I believe in it. How often can a sales person feel completely confident in the honesty of the product they're selling as well as the goals of the company they work for?? Looking at what I've learned this week, I have been truly blessed to receive a career opportunity with such a promising company! Check this out to see what real estate agents around the country think of Trulia. (Scroll down to "comments")
As a beginning employee at Trulia, they call us Newlians. Fun, huh? The company culture is relaxed, values the comfort and happiness of its employees and makes it exciting to come to work. I've never before found it so easy and enjoyable to get up at 5:30 am and be to work by 7am. And that says a lot about Trulia coming from me... the night owl who would rather stay up till 3 am doing work and sleep in till 11. I'm becoming a morning person, eeeek! One of the things that has made it exciting to come to work are the people in my class. There are 22 of us on track to "graduate" in 90 days and become Trulians. It's a great group of people, and I've already been able to get to know a good few of them this week. On Ash Wednesday a group of us went out for drinks after work and it was such a wonderful experience. Looking forward to the next time for sure!
So this afternoon was my first day on the phones. Most of the time was spent getting to know the system. When I did get around to calling a few numbers, it was mostly voicemail, one positive lead to call back on Monday and one reject... Monday will be the real test though. Shooting for 60+ calls! (Sorry if this is boring to read... I can't help being so excited! I've found the career jumpstart I had been dreaming of!)
All this week's work has definitely renewed my appreciation for the weekend! Planning on FINALLY ordering internet for our apartment (been too busy!) and other menial tasks that have added up over the week; still I take a simple joy in crossing all those little things off my list. Hoping you have as lovely weather as we've been having here! Spring is definitely on its way.
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