I came across Another Job Opportunity WHILE PARTYING!

So last night was our high school grad and all the teachers go downtown to have some drinks with the students who graduate and those who have graduated a few years ago.

I got talking to one of my old teachers telling him my story, how im broke, jobless, but am just willing to do and work any job. He right away says "Nate! I got a great opportunity for you. I have a product that I bought, but the people who said they were going to sell it backed out, so now I'm stuck with it. Would you like to sell it?" All I did was be enthusiastic, did a few Jagerbombs with him!! told him I wanted to sell, and do anything to make some money. The opportunity came out of nowhere!

I told him "Hell YEAH!" And proceeded to asking him about the product and how I could make money selling it. Basically there magnetic bookmarks. Now him and a buddy saw these in a convenience store a while back, but the colors and presentation and aesthetic appeal were SHIT! So he looked into manufacturing them, and made over 100, 000 units! Now they come in boxes of 200 magnetic bookmarks and basically you go around selling them to gas stations, charities, convenience stores for a buck a piece.

He said I get to keep $40 when I sell one of these boxes! He said its easy and a great product to sell. So I'm gonna go for it. Its great because he's already stockpiled this product and I don't have any upfront costs. All the other companies out there or business opportunities like this, want you to buy $1000 worth of product to sell firsthand. Well I dont have $1000, so I'm gonna go with this opportunity and hopefully It works out for the best.

Just remember every conversation and meeting is a possible job or business opportunity. So be yourself, tell them your story and if they like you, they might have something for you.

I have an interview this afternoon at Hyla Niagara, where I'd be selling the "HYLA" water filtration system. It seems like a pretty cool product and I'll be blogging about my interview.

Doing the Groundwork!

I started looking online for some jobs today and came across quite a few different opportunites. There were obviously the Get Rich Quick Schemes that kept popping up, but looking through Kijiji I actually found and called a few possible solid leads. The first one is selling a plant called the HYLA http://www.hyla-us.com/html/. I got an interview for this job on Friday and will be blogging more about it.

The second product I came across was one called CORE4. This is a brand new company based out of the US that sells a weight loss product. It's a MLM (multi-level-marketing) company and the income is solely based on commissions.

For those of you who don't know what a MLM company is, I'll give you a quick summary of what I've learned so far. Multi-level basically means that the company has a product they sell on multiple levels. These multiple levels are their sales representatives "me and you". For the sales representatives to make any money, not only do they have to sell the product directly to consumers, but sell it to other potential salespeople. By gathering a sales force directly under you, you eventually start making income off of their sales. I actually know one of these multi-level marketers personally and have a meeting with her tomorow morning!!

The third product I came across was "Prepaid Legal" http://www.prepaidlegal.com. Now I know this product is Legitamate as one of my neighbors actually sells this product as a part-time job. It's also traded on the New York Stock Exchange. From what I know so far, this is also a MLM type company, and you make your income solely based on commission. I like this product, but am unsure of market saturation, and the ability to actually sell this product in Canada. I have a meeting in Toronto on Friday with someone who's actually making a 6 figure income from this product.

The Fourth company is one called S.O.S (Southern Ontario Security). Basically from what I know, I would be going door to door selling security systems. I have an interview for this job on Monday. This may be a good way to further my sales experience and try out some different wild and crazy methods of selling to see which ones actually work.

The Fifth company/product I came across is called "GoogleMoneyMaster". This one seems like a scam as they shamelessly promote people's "supposed" success stories making $5000 a week. It does have googles name though and I'm intrigued to find out more.

Keep checking for more updates through my twitter account "SalesGuineaPig" and my blog.
I will be sitting in on a sales show tonight, and will let you know how it goes.