Cheers

At the moment I work in a computer game and hardware shop, I worked in clothes retail and I have worked at a local cinema.

I am 22 and I should have really followed my fathers footsteps into the kitchen and bedroom business, but sadly he passed away and so I was left to find my own way.

The reason I initially applied for Everest is because I wanted a new challenge and to create stability for my family, which I think I can do.

Rcg does your company branch out to lincolnshire much?

No, I used to get more responses on some posts, but had to delete them as they were too renegade. Lol.

RCG

I emailed you directly with my thoughts. My sentiment is similar to Andy McCafferty, although Andy’s experience is clearly greater than mine.

Sounds like good advice to me.

RCG

Yes you are right commission only is scary and it isn’t easy to make the decision to go down that route, it is something I did about 30 years ago and I have earned a decent living ever since.

Like you I would say I am a natural born salesman, some would possibly say “arrogant” in my early years, I saw it as confidence, enthusiasm and self belief.

I didn’t start out in the window industry but have been in it now for almost 20 years, I started with what was then one of the most expensive companies around but unlike Everest no one had heard of them, in fact they had a crazy name ‘Glasnost’, not so crazy now as the guy who started it ‘Brian Kennedy’ is a big name in the industry and an extremely wealthy man. Although I new nothing about windows I had around 10 years experience in direct selling and knew how to sell to people, the training I got was very basic, a couple of hours with the branch manager showing me a window and telling me it was the best product on the market.

As I was new to the industry I didn’t know just how expensive we were, I just believed what my manager had told me about the product being the best, I took my window sample and away I went, all of our sales leads were door canvass or telephone canvass, about 90% of what we sold was on finance, I very quickly became one of the best salesmen in the company (actually I believe I was the best, that arrogance thing again) and earned a very nice living.

I tell you all this for a reason Alexander, and that is to try to give you a basis on which to make some kind of educated decision. By comparison to me going into the window industry you have, as far as I know, little or no direct selling experience, on the other hand the company I started with were virtually unknown, the training was poor and we had very few sales tools, Everest however are the best known name in our industry, the training you get will be first class and you will have all the selling tools you need.

Everest are expensive but in general terms people who have Everest to quote expect them to be expensive, due to a massive TV campaign, albeit may years ago, the public have a perception of them being the best.

So all in all if you believe you will make a good salesman and you think the window industry is for you, Everest will supply you with great training and sales tools backed by an excellent lead generating machine (you may however in the early days have to knock doors to generate your own leads, that is how they used to work, I don’t know about now) and give you an excellent grounding in direct selling.

If you are successful with Everest and you want to move on for any reason then most other companies like West Yorkshire Windows would welcome you with open arms.

The main decision that you have to make is with a baby on the way do you take a chance on a commission only job with no guaranteed income for the opportunity to perhaps earn considerably more than you do now.

If you do decide to join Everest do it with total commitment, enthusiasm and a positive mental attitude and I wish you all the best.

Andy

The only scary step really is with it being a commission based job with no ‘basic salary’ I am not sure that I am financially able to risk not having an income.

Is there a forum for this blog? Already finding people to be knowledgable and helpful

With such a fantastic product which is obviously so much better than anything else on the market and now with the scrappage scheme making them so affordable, Alexander should coin it in.

Good luck with your new venture Alexander!

Andy