sales⋅man / [seylz-muhn]–noun, plural -men. a man who sells goods, services, etc.

Who in their right mind gets up early every morning, put on a suit and tie, drives to their first sales appointment of the day just to hear some lady say, "I had an appointment with who?", then shuts the door.

Well...I guess that puts me in the category of not being in my right mind.

sales⋅man / [seylz-muhn]–noun, plural -men. a man who sells goods, services, etc.

I thought it would be fun to write about the many facets of a door-to-door salesman. However, I am not just any salesman, I am a Territory Membership Representative.

I am a 40ish year old man with my whole life ahead of me. I am fairly good looking, tall, dark and somewhat handsome. I look much younger than my age but feel much older. I have been there, done that and have some type of badge, certificate, plaque or award to show for it.

I have the great opportunity to work in a very diverse demographic and geographical area. Living in Colorado, the elevation of my territory starts at 4900' above sea level and at it highest peak tops out over 14,000'. From the mountains to the prairies to Pearl Street in Boulder...
In the morning I could be standing in a farmers field talking to him about the price of wheat and in just a few hours I could be walking down Pearl St. listening to a 18ish year old boy playing a drum chanting "Hare Krishna".

I specialize in B2B sales, focusing on a "one-call close" which can be very difficult. The challenge that I face mainly is just getting in front of the business owner. Once I have a few minutes of his/her time, I have a good (not great) closing average.

I hope to share in this format the challenges and victories that I encounter each day. The funny, the sad and even the desperate moments that I will face as I meet many small business owners in my journey.

I hope you enjoy and can relate. Please feel free to comment here so we can all learn from each other.