Suburban Goddess

I’ve spent years bashing sales reps. Years. Now, within three short days, I have learned to keep my big mouth shut.

This is a hard life.

The sales part is easy, at least where I’m concerned. I’m selling a product I like, that pretty much sells itself. The hard part is keeping up with all the appointments, cancellations, paperwork, phone calls, locations, DRIVING (while applying makeup), and all the various little unknowns that I never considered these people having to deal with.

Ugh.

However, on the flip side, there are definately some perks as well. One, I get to see daylight. Two, Starbucks is my office. If an appointment cancels, I go shopping. I get to hang out wih new moms all day, play with kids my daughter’s age, and make them smile and laugh. By the time a call is over, I not only have made a new sale, but also a new friend. I believe in my product (photography), and everyone wants pictures of their kids, so money really isn’t an issue.

I’ve learned many, many valuable lessons in the past few days. Call ahead, give yourself a cushion, be prepared to be stood up, learn to be flexible, and organize, organize, organize your paperwork. The position is a design/sales hybrid, so in my down time, I’m playing with some really cool software and looking at disgustingly cute kids all day.

I’ve learned not to judge, either. Just because someone lives in a trailer doesn’t mean they won’t spring for the biggest package, and people in multi-million dollar homes might not buy a darn thing.  Suddenly my financially diverse background is starting to pay off; I can move across worlds without batting an eyelash. At the end of the day, a mom is a mom… and we all like talking about our kids.

I love this job.

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