"What you want?"

I haven't posted to this blog in almost 3 years, but since I've moved to El Paso, Texas for 4 months and not everyone has access to my official journal, I'll be posting here as well.

Basically I've moved to El Paso for 4 months to work with a company named APX. They are dealers for Honeywell, (the people that make your thermostat), and we're here promoting their new home security system. Basically what I'm doing is going around a neighborhood and knocking doors looking for homeowners that want to help us with a little advertising. If they will put up a sign for us in their front yard that says they have a home security system with APX, we will give them a home security system at no cost, ever. We'll also wave the installation fee for helping us out with the advertising. Then we just ask that they pay the monthly monitoring rate and that's it. No strings, no hidden fees, no big deal. The system is even wireless so we don't have to run cables or anything in their home. We customize the system for their home and usually install it the same day. It's not really sales, it's more like marketing.

Depending on the type of contract we have the homeowner agree to and the monitoring rate they agree to, depends on how much I get paid as a salesperson. I made my first sale yesterday and I'm getting quite a chunk of change for it. I'm really helping the guy out too. This way he can protect his son better than he could before. I almost got a system for an elderly woman yesterday who really needed one. I was going to help her out by cutting her a break on the monitoring rate so it would fit into her budget, but the credit problems she's had since her husband passed away were the only thing holding us back. I felt really bad too since I knew she needed the system and it would have really benefited her.

But I live in a sweet apartment and as hard as the job is, it's worth it. I'm here with an amazing group of people and they keep me pumped up and ready to get out on the doors every day. I have nowhere to go but up and I'm looking forward to doing really well this summer. However, first, I must sleep.