I have done the ground work for a new business; created the website, marketing collateral, business plan, pricing and market research. I am at a point where I need someone to market and sell for me. I have a full time job and a family to support, so I cannot jump ship yet. I don't know how to get this last step started. What is the best approach to do this? Are Elance and Odesk good options? Thanks!
If you're an entrepreneur starting out, you CANNOT outsource sales and marketing. If you are not able to sell your own product, the business that YOU created, no one else will. Furthermore, if you haven't even tried selling yourself, how do you even begin to understand what the characteristics of the right sales people for the job are to make sure you hire the right people? You mentioned you had a full-time job and can't jump in yet because of financial reasons. That doesn't mean that you can't start selling your product, understanding why your customers are interested or not interested between the hours of 5PM to 9PM. Or 9PM to 2AM. Having a full-time job is not an excuse to outsource sales and marketing.
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