Introverted Student Gains Confidence and High Earnings Through Flexible Sales Appointments

Speaker 0: Hi. I'm Diego Sepeda, and I'm from Sacramento, California. I am at I am at a Toast teacher. Okay. So before Vector Marketing, I was, like, a soccer referee. I played soccer my whole life, so I figured that was a great place to start and make some quick and easy money. But in all honesty, I applied to a bunch of other places because I didn't see being a soccer referee as a super sustainable job as someone just graduating from high school. So, yeah, that was pretty much what I was getting myself involved into beforehand. So it was kind of a mix of both. I actually got a letter in the mail with them reaching out to me, but both of my parents actually both worked for Vector. My dad was a manager at one point, and my mom worked for the corporate side. So I in a way, was kinda destined to do this job, and, you know, I guess I I found my way into it even after not wanting to do it at first. I would say my situation is a little bit different than the average person considering both of my parents to do this job. But, I mean, in terms of family, I didn't really get much push pushback because of that, obviously. But in terms of friends, when they found out, I definitely got a good amount of pushback because they've might have heard one thing or another about the job. And, yeah, I definitely got a little bit of it for sure. For me, was kind of a mix of two things. One, it was the pay. The base pay of $27.50 an appointment is definitely a good amount of money. That's basically $27.50 an hour depending on how long your appointment is. And then also, just from what my parents have told me, I'm an introvert at heart, and this job really gets you out of your shell. So, you know, talking to people can definitely get me out of that more and overall build my people skills and my communication skills. My best customer story would probably be when I went to do an appointment. It was, like, maybe around, like, the middle of the summer, like, my sec twentieth, thirtieth appointment ever. And this person went into it not wanting to buy anything literally at all. Like, they were kinda pretty upfront. They're like, I I like the stuff that I have right now. It's they were just kinda completely shut off to the idea. But as the the demo continued to progress and I had both of the spouses in front of me, they really started to like the product. And, eventually, they caved and they ended up actually getting our second biggest set. So that was definitely a really like, I don't know. It was just a great experience because I obviously made a lot of money off the sale, and then also just seeing how I can change people's minds on a on a product like that was cool. It's okay. I would say the most surprising thing is the community. All of the people that you're working with are very like minded. We all wanna see each other succeed in one way or another. So we're especially at, like, team meetings or just seeing other people that are, like, in the office that we're all working towards a very similar goal. We're all trying to hit a sales goal or whatever. Just, you know, pushing each other, wanting to see each other succeed and and do good. So whatever your version of success may be is really I don't know. It's just it's kinda like being part of a team if you've ever played sports before. Like, everyone wants to everyone wants to win the next game. So yeah. A skill for me that I've learned through vector marketing is just people skills and, like, communication. I like I mentioned earlier, I'm a very big introvert at heart. I'm not the one to go out and try to meet new people or start conversations or public speaking. I absolutely hated it. I was not the type to do or want to do anything like that before. So this job also initially scared me because of that. But this really broke me out of my shell. And, like, even now when I have class presentations that I have to do in my classes in college, I feel a lot more confident and just more outspoken because of the countless amounts of appointments that I've done. I think it's a great thing to have good people skills and good communication skills because, mean, I everyone needs to communicate their ideas whether that's in college or in the workforce or so on and so forth. So yeah. I personally am not. I think it's a great job that I can definitely do part time while in school or definitely more full time over the summer, but I am a civil engineering major, and that's what I really want to pursue with the the rest of my life. So so yeah. Yeah. Dude, we're all broke college students. Go let's go make some money. This job is super flexible. You're not required to log in to your hours. Like, you don't have to be somewhere at the same place, so that could be a blessing or a curse. And I found it as a blessing because it's forced me to be responsible and disciplined with my schedule that I make for myself, and I think that's something that will obviously really, like, successfully translate into my adult life. And, I mean, the pay is like no other. If you can really get your sales job down and you only work four or five appointments, but you're able to make a thousand dollars a week, Nowhere else is gonna pay you a thousand dollars for five hours of work in a week. So, I mean, it's a it's a give and take for sure. Yeah. Of course.