Contract Sales

Do you want to work for yourself and enjoy financial success?

Do you want to gain broad influence at the start of an enterprise and grow an advertising base with a recession-proof company?

Do you want to impact a good cause?

Your Work Environment and Company Culture

This is truly an amazing and unique opportunity. Get in on the ground floor of a growing professional web-based corporation. 22-year-old publication is evolving into a national online resource for parents. We will bring our editorial, marketing experience and a trusted image to cities across U.S. 

Your job is to sell advertising in your city to those businesses that parents will contact for their parenting and family needs. Parents depend on us for advertisers which provide healthcare for families, sporting and recreational institutions and equipment, educational services for tutoring and testing, private schools, camps, financial and college planning. With our coverage of multiple cities, there is also opportunity for those of you who presently network nationally to broker multiple city and national sales accounts.

This is a very entrepreneurial environment, bright, fast-paced individuals who possess all qualities of leadership: self-starter; goal-driven closers who stay focused on success. Individuals must have an understanding of strategic planning to create a regional advertising client base as a contractor for our company. You will be in constant contact with potential advertisers, are culturing new clients by performing in-depth interviews including thorough needs analysis while maintaining quality relationships with advertisers you have sold. Work to direct ad campaigns through ad designers.

Required Skills and Day-to-Day Activities

·         Consistently increase revenue using various tools and methods including cold calling, prospecting, and other sales resources to close business.​ Advertisers are spending money promoting their companies and schools in your city so why not buy from you?

·         Reliably forecast business on a monthly and quarterly basis to accurately predict revenue goals.​

·         Remarketing existing clients while bringing in new clients with sales promotions/new advertising products

·         Learn the key features and benefits of Parent domain advertising products/promotions to determine the appropriate product for best results in a particular market.​

·         Maintain high tempo of sales activity to statistically ensure closings.

·         Meticulously maintain and document the entire the sales cycle from first contact through close.

·         100%​ Call and contact logging to effectively manage and maintain Account, Prospect, and Opportunity contacts.​  The setting of properly coded tasks and events to identify proper method and strategy for follow-up, next steps, lead tracking, and pipeline development efforts are required as is the ability to accurately and consistently forecast revenue and quota attainment.​

·         Ability to properly identify and propose the appropriate technological/software solution according to the Customers requirements.​

 Soft Skills, Interpersonal Qualities and Reference Requirements

·         Bachelor's degree or equivalent preferred

·         5 years experience in sales, preferably on-line advertising or product sales.​

·         Must exhibit proven relationship building skills and customer focus.​

·         Proven track record of exceeding quota and business goals.​

·         Quick learner with demonstrated sales ability.​

·         Have you served as a leader of projects or promotions for your company? What sales projects have you overseen from inception to completion? How have you        increased profit while saving costs of a project?

·         Self starter with the ability to multi-task and manage time effectively

·         High-energy individuals who enjoy selling in a fast paced, high growth company environment need only apply.​

·          3-5 business references minimum.

·         Reside in one of these cities: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Seattle, San Francisco, St. Louis, Portland

Company culture is a product of a small, tight group of educated, respectful sales professionals that individually communicate with home office about:

Requests for sales promotions

Requests for special advertorial features

Why Join Us?

Because, as with our niche marketing success 22 years ago we offer something better than what is currently offered in the marketplace. Our marketing plan is designed to survive and produce profit during the current and future trends of the U.S. economy. We are not a big corporate dinosaur that cannot adapt to less food and changing climates. We see the future for what it is, know our business strategy and understand the marketing paths that are necessary for survival. We will offer the best qualities of print publications combined with the best viewer-networking opportunities afforded by the internet.

Please email your resume and cover letter to citysalesweb10@gmail.com