*caution* - long post haha.skip this post if u want bah.just penning some thoughts.

i think this week has been a good experience for me.

i came into yellowpages,had the fun of my life doing saigang and calling for followups,chase payment and read up on dc for 2wks.it was fun with the interns,reihorng and sam.

then it was calling for dc for 2 weeks.which was ok la,stress cos we fooled around too much prev and got into deep shit.plus dc isnt that nice to sell.experienced a meet up anyway.

got used to dc,then i changed job again.got to handle incoming calls for the newspaper ad as well as random calls where pple make their complains,look for sales rep whose name they've forgotten(and think im God and know everything).

this wk was to sell yellowpages and iyp cos they're closing and it's a mad rush to call wadeva cards left.turns out to be one of the best wks and the one which i learnt the most from.

i resented it at 1st.making us call cards that the perms have alr called,knowing full well that the movie ticket promised for 5NBs is pretty much out of reach.plus there are so many packages and prices for yp that it was pretty confusing at 1st.didnt know how to start talking to customers,fumbled my way through each call and getting more dejected as the minutes trickled by.

then i finally somehow got used to it and tada i got my 1st deal.sheer luck but i did try my best to sell(i had to explain everything in CHINESE for like more than 20min to an extremely fickleminded guy).and i learn some little tricks to allow everything to run more efficiently hee.then all the fun started.

somehow i didnt realised it till today.but everyday time did pass faster(cos for dc i had to save up my cards but for yp i can just keep calling and calling) and it was pretty enjoyable after awhile.guess because the agm was sick the entire wk and the office atmosphere was certainly better).not only that,i felt that i learnt alot selling this than dc cos nobody ever understands dc so it's difficult to really be engaged with the customer.

and today michelle talked to me and asked like how's everything.so we had a tiny chat and i told her actually there wasnt any incentive for us to call alot cos well we dont have commission and all our cards are passed to someone else once the deal is clinched.she understood and was very nice..and she even knew that it wasnt really about the movie tickets.well...it really wasnt.it's a dumb incentive..it just cost the company the commission for selling the cheapest listing to customers.she said she knows that in the end it's all abt the money.yeah partly.but maybe not.i didnt feel like leaving the office today.just felt like calling till i finished my list.somehow it's a different kind of challenge and a sense of achievement when we can close a deal that matters.and i kind of wanted my 5 NBs for this wk.it IS a big thing.not all perms can achieve that even.i dont want to get the movie tickets because keith gave me one of his accts.ya im mad i know.but i like to achieve things by myself.it gives me a great sense of achievement.i like to take pride in my work and performance means alot to me.

in the end it's still 4.still good i guess.and michelle said i should try for a sales job next time cos she thinks im quite good at it and can earn alot.haha well i think im far from good.michelle is the superb one.of course she's been in sales much longer than i am la.but still she's really really good.it was really nice talking to her.at least i feel someone cares.

may i jiayou bah,and maybe i MIGHT just come back to YP next yr in may again.hahaha.
must seehow next wk goes 1st.as in emily lol.

+ val-* @ 11:03 PM

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