Hoyt PSE Mathews those jobs practically never come open because they are such good jobs.

Gonna have to make some contacts and if you don't have any the best way to gain a few is to work in a pro shop and take it from there.

 

My bow mechanics that I go to for everything now has been only in shops with Hoyt and PSE. Has been trying to get a job for a while now with them and has had 0 luck


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If that is your passion, put yourself out there. If was meant to be it will be. Can’t hurt to try. Took me 15 years to get the job that I had the most passion for and wanted. You absolutely nothing to lose. Good luck!

 

I appreciate the replies!


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Probably wouldn't hurt to go to some ASA shoots and come in first a few times and have a great personality and get to know all the people working in the tents at bow companies LOL

 

First you have to sell yourself to them to sell for them. Knock on doors.

 

Being a sales rep for a archery manufacture is not an easy job. You have to be very knowledgeable about bow mechanics and be a very good salesperson.....I know a guy that ran a very large archery dept in a major sporting goods store...He was an outstanding bow mechanic and a terrific salesman. He left the sporting goods store for about a year and went to work for PSE. It was not as glamorous as he thought it would be. They were very demanding....He's happy to be back working at the sporting goods store. I witnessed several guys that started shooting a bow and then wanted to open an archery shop...Running an archery business or working for a archery company is not all fun and games, it's work.

 

First and foremost, you must be a very good salesperson. If you are a very good salesperson and don't mind living out of a suitcase it can be a very good job. That said there are way higher paying sales jobs than in the archery industry. If you have not had professional sales training, don't waste your time or theirs. :wink:

 

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Read/Listen to Jim, who is a master salesperson.

A degree in marketing might help. I can't say for sure that it would but I can't imagine it would hurt.

Yeah, it would hurt if you want to be a salesperson.

Sales is different from marketing. You'd think they have the same goals, but they don't. Marketing gets the leads; sales gets the money. Oversimplified, yes.

Plus there is a metric tonne of bad marketing advice out there. and none worse than that taught by tenured professors incapable of selling ice water to a thirsty man in a desert.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlVDGmjz7eM

If you want to sell, get sales training.

So you may consider the source, I've several years of commission-only sales experience, and for the past several years have been a marketing writer.

 

A degree in marketing might help. I can't say for sure that it would but I can't imagine it would hurt.

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Again thanks for the replies! I have worked in a bass pro archery shop (ha), a pro shop over the past couple years and currently still work on bows out of my house. I’m definitely getting some answers im looking for though


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I've been in sales for over 15 years and I'm currently a regional sales manager for a fortune 500 company. We have hundreds of competitors (local and national) but because we all carry numerous product lines there is always a way to get a piece of the customer's business. With a small amount of bow manufacturers I would think sales in that field would be pretty tough.

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Thank you for the compliment 4 Fletch. Too many people believe salespeople are born. Sales is a profession that is taught, just like carpentry, electrician, plumbers all have to be taught. Commission sales is a tough position to have while learning.:secret: