Know-How Exchange : Advertising/PR

hi corie,

have you registered with linkedin.com

There are many networking groups e.g. anything under the broad umbrella term of "Marketing".

Speaking of marketing, try your local "american marketing association". also try your local "Public Relations Society of America".

There is no shortage of great networking targets. Of course there is a lot of effort involved to be successful.

good luck,

Steve

I really like Replocate.com for stuff like this. Let them find you....they are all looking.

Michael

We're just completing the same exercise for the same type persons as you describe (see https://adsvalue.com/emailstandardstools.php).

We've used Jobing.com (in the Phoenix AZ area), CraigsList, advertising clubs, the DAV, and AllFreelanceWork.com. Our job posted on these web sites then spiders out to college networks, AZ Dept. of Economic Services, and other places. We get resumes from places we didn't advertise. We avoided the newspaper because computer-centric jobs require computer skills and those persons will more often search (primarily) on the internet. Money needs to be spent where it will get the best ROI.

Surprisingly, in a recession, there doesn't seem to be a lot of hungry (qualified) sales people. Commission only is the big turn-off. We've received lots of resumes but calling people back is, at times, a joke. They submit a resume then don't respond to phone calls or emails. About 65% of "applicants" we have actually contacted just blast their resume to anything remotely connected to their interest (keywords) and haven't even looked at our web site or understand the job. Guess Job Hunting 101 was an elective course they should have taken.

We've found that tech school web people rarely have sales skills - they want to design - not sell. With the down-sizing in the newspaper and magazine arenas, we've contacted some of our contacts to see if they have a discharged co-worker on the streets needing a sales job - but nothing panned out.

Because of our sales methods, we are also reaching out to DAV (Disable American Veterans, and other physically-challenged persons) who can use a phone / internet / email / home office. They can work from home and generate leads, sell, make commissions and residual income too. The DAV's has given for our country, and we wish to give back to them. No success (so far) - we just haven't found any conduit to these persons needing work - but we're still trying hard. A deaf web designer was begging us for a job and we said "if you think you can sell our products . . . .we'll give it a try." He never called back.

Bottom line - we've found a few sales reps. The internet exposure has been well worth it. You need to sift through the resumes to find those nuggets of gold.

Bob