Parenting and raising a self-reliant daughter is a delicate balance between allowing her to discover things on her own and making sure she’s not feeling neglected. Your involvement in your daughter’s life will always be beneficial. But if you do too much, or even everything for your daughter, you’re not only robbing her of opportunities to learn life skills but also sending a message that you don’t trust in her abilities.

Independence boosts self-value and self-esteem, and according to veteran startup mentor, executive, and author Martin Zwilling, being independent is a key ingredient for entrepreneurial success. Even if your daughter has no interest in becoming an entrepreneur, you can still encourage her to develop a self-starter attitude that will benefit her in life, regardless of the path she chooses, with the following suggestions.

BE HER ROLE MODEL.

Your daughter needs someone to look up to and learn from, and you’re the best candidate for the job! It’s not that tough–you just have to remember to lead by example. You may even have already noticed that your daughter observes and models your words and actions. It’s never too early or late to do a self-evaluation and ensure your behavior promotes independence. Strive for progress, not perfection, as a role model.

COACH FROM THE SIDELINES

Age-appropriate chores are great tools that teach basic life skills. When assigning household duties to your daughter, include time for training and proper handover, so she learns to complete tasks on her own without you continually looking over her shoulder. This set-up allows her to feel a sense of accomplishment and understand what it’s like to make meaningful contributions.

SET HIGH BUT ATTAINABLE STANDARDS

While your daughter learns the ropes and accomplishes tasks independently, continue to set her up for success with evidence-based growth mindset practices such as cultivating a passion for learning, valuing effort, teaching grit, and setting high academic attainment expectations. This approach helps your daughter become more independent because she will learn that skills improve with practice, mastery takes time and effort, and persistence pays off.

STRIVE FOR CONSISTENCY

Aim for a daily routine. The more consistent, the better. Eventually, your daughter will become less reliant on you and take charge of her responsibilities without constant reminders from you. Solving problems on her own, especially the ones she can handle, will become second nature to her.

BE ON THE SAME PAGE

Get everyone in your household on board and share the responsibility of fostering independence in your daughter. If you and other family members, including involved grandparents and nannies or babysitters are not on the same page, it can be a source of confusion for your daughter. It’s for your daughter’s benefit that you form a united front with everyone who interacts with her regularly.

MAINTAIN YOUR BOND

Carve out quality time with your daughter and check in on her. Encourage her to share her feelings and express her fears and frustrations. Keeping the lines of communication open with your daughter gives you insight into how well she’s coping with challenges, stress, and failure, which you can use as a teachable moment for resilience and independence.

Whenever you encourage your daughter’s sense of autonomy, you provide your daughter with the belief that she can competently handle life’s ups and downs. You also give her the chance to strengthen her ability to view challenges as opportunities, one of the many traits most important for budding young entrepreneurs

This post originally appeared on The Startup Squad Blog.

I've always built businesses, from a childhood gummy bear business to adult gigs at IMAX and Coupons.com. I founded The Startup Squad to help girls reach their potential and my book series, The Startup Squad, is published by Macmillan. I live in Silicon Valley with my wife and two daughters.

Tinybeans and Red Tricycle are seeking an Independent Account Representative in the Atlanta area! If you are a passionate and tech-savvy strategic seller, self-motivated and proactive and familiar with the Atlanta area, read on to see if you fit the bill!

photo: Michelle Rose

Our Mission

Tinybeans is a publicly-traded tech company that is in active growth mode, continuing to invest in fulfilling our mission—to connect parents and their families with the most trusted tools on the planet to help them thrive. We feel fortunate to be welcoming more users to our platforms than ever before and playing an even more important role in parents’ lives.

Tinybeans is a private, protected, app-based social media platform where parents capture and share their children’s life stories. Red Tricycle is a website-based content platform that offers locally-oriented daily inspiration for parents to lean in to creating memorable family fun. With our acquisition of Red Tricycle in March 2020, the Tinybeans family of brands now offers our brand partners a community of deeply engaged, every day users on two of the most brand safe platforms in the world, delivering a combined monthly reach of 25 million pre-natal to pre-teen parents

Your Part in Our Mission:

As an Independent Account Representative in a commission-only role, you’ll be a mission-critical part of our company’s success, playing a key role in ensuring that our most valued customers have positive experiences with our platform right from the beginning. You will drive the sales cycle and conversion, develop relationships with new customers, and help customers get the most out of the partnerships that they form with Tinybeans & Red Tricycle brands. 

You are a passionate and tech-savvy strategic seller, with experience in digital/experiential media and a proven track record within sales for national accounts based out of the southeast (CPG, Pharmaceutical, Travel and similar industries) and local accounts (family-focused, Atlanta-based businesses such as museums, schools, hospitals and similar industries) . You are an extremely self-motivated and proactive executive and you operate well in an entrepreneurial culture. You are goal-oriented and resourceful, making strategic decisions to drive the sales pipeline and drive conversion to successfully deliver on your goals. 

How You Can Make an Impact:

 

  • Operate as an Independent Account Representative
  • Grow existing accounts and drive rapid expansion of the new business funnel
  • Customize various sales aids, visual presentations, research reports and sales support data to close deals
  • Help to identify market opportunities to engage the client base and build brand awareness within the advertising community
  • Develop partner solutions that clearly achieve client objectives while staying true to the Tinybeans brands and audiences

What You Bring to the Table:

 

  • 3-5+ years of digital media sales experience required with a proven track record of meeting & exceeding sales goals
  • The ability to work independently to craft creative and efficient solutions to marketers’ requests for proposals
  • A self-starter who can handle all aspects of the position, from prospecting to putting together media plans and proposals, to crafting your own pitch and brainstorming campaign ideas for clients
  • Intellectual curiosity–you are creative in the way you go about tackling problems, and embrace failure as a means to spark innovation and growth
  • Strategic and consultative skills, with the ability to build strong, performance-based partnerships with National & Local clients and agencies
  • The ability to thrive in an entrepreneurial environment

Think you’re the right fit for the job? Send your resume and a cover letter to jobs@tinybeans.go-vip.net with the job title in the subject line.

 

The Tinybeans marketing team is a scrappy group of fast-moving, data-driven and creative thinkers who nurture and grow Tinybeans and Red Tricycle users across all platforms. The Growth Marketing Manager is a contract role that will help to drive top-of-funnel email acquisition through four large quarterly initiatives, as well as ongoing partnership and acquisition programs.

The Growth Marketing Manager (possible Director level depending on experience) will report to the Chief Marketing Officer. We’re looking for an extraordinary growth marketer who has a proven track record of driving significant email and traffic growth through execution of campaigns and tactics that meet the company KPIs. 

You will be responsible for planning, managing and executing four large consumer campaigns across a variety of digital and offline channels and working with cross functional teams to acquire and retain users. The ideal candidate is a self-starter, innovative, problem solver who gets things done and is excited about growth.

 

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

  • You will own four large quarterly growth initiatives end-to-end to drive user growth, traffic, revenue and brand awareness. Responsibilities including planning, partnership outreach, implementation, tracking, execution, optimization and reporting. 
  • Additionally, you will work cross-functionality with marketing, sales and product teams to ensure quarterly programs satisfy all campaign performance metrics. 
  • You will also be responsible for executing ongoing initiatives to drive growth across all organic channels including e-mail, organic search, social and display. 
  • You will utilize data and insights to have a deep understanding of Tinybeans users to identify ideal partners & opportunities for growth – optimization and new channel exploration.
  • You will own performance marketing reporting and provide actionable insights back to relevant stakeholders. Collaborate with the data analytics team to ensure tracking and channel attribution. 

 

WHAT WILL SET YOU UP FOR SUCCESS

  • Strong project management skills: ability to lead and collaborate with cross-functional partners, prioritize high impact activities, and keep complex projects moving forward.
  • •3+ years of full-time experience in marketing roles specifically with a proven track record of driving growth of email and web traffic.
  • Preferred experience Mobile app marketing, including ASO and conversion funnel optimization, but not required.
  • Experience executing multifaceted marketing campaigns; including but not limited to sweepstakes, social arbitrage, partnership marketing. 
  • Proficiency in Excel, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Google Analytics, Looker, and other industry standard optimization tools as well as tracking platforms.
  • Exceptional organizational, budgetary and time management skills.
  • Strong analytical skills with ability to identify trends and provide action oriented insights.
  • Ability to collaborate and work cross-functionally, specifically with product, sales and design teams.
  • Experience at a media company or other consumer-facing business or organization.
  • Self motivated and experience working remotely.

 

Please send your resume and cover letter to jobs@tinybeans.go-vip.net

 

There are times where parenting my teens felt like all I did was keep prodding them forward. Whether it’s encouraging my daughter to get a job or pushing my son to pick up his room, I felt like my teens would never outgrow their tendency to procrastinate.

But over time—and with a good deal of trial and error—I’ve been able to help my children move away from much of their procrastinating behavior and onto being self-starters.

  1. Consider What Is Triggering Procrastination: It would have been easy for me to brush my children’s procrastination off as them just being lazy. For one thing, it takes all responsibility off of me to do anything but call judgment down on them, and it provides a clear solution—make my teens stop being lazy. But in reality, children often have complex reasons why they procrastinate. Some children are held paralyzed by fear of failure, much like my oldest boy when it came time to tackle his major research paper for his English class. The project counted for 30% of his overall grade and English had never been his strongest subject. Luckily, his teacher held quick conferences with each student and notified me when it turned out that my son hadn’t gotten beyond choosing his research topic. By remaining calm and talking to my son about why he hadn’t started, I was able to understand that his procrastination had nothing to do with laziness and everything with fear of failing and potentially needing to go to summer school.
  2. Demonstrate How To Make Tasks Manageable: Procrastination can also be triggered by children feeling overwhelmed by the task at hand. In our home, Saturday mornings are usually spent tidying the house up after a long week. But while my other children managed to corral their rooms into order, my youngest daughter was crying in the middle of her messy room. She had had a full week of school performance and a small party with her friends to celebrate the end of their play. The result was that her room was a bigger mess than she knew how to deal with on her own. So, after an hour, there were only a few toys pushed around until she became discouraged. Instead of leaving her there and just telling her to hurry up and clean, I sat with her on the floor and helped her break down the task into manageable portions, from picking up all the clothes first, next the toys, and then making the bed. By helping my children see tasks as many manageable parts, rather than an insurmountable mountain, they are less likely to put off a task that seems too hard.
  3. Provide Time Management Techniques: Time management is a tough skill for many adults to master. But once a teen has the techniques they need to properly manage what needs to be done, they are far less likely to procrastinate. Some of the things I taught my son as he approached his English paper were:
  • Create an outline of dates when things are due like your outline, research bibliography, first draft, peer review, and final draft.

  • Once you see how many days are between each step, set aside time each day to get a bit more of the work done.

  • Talk to either mom or dad if you aren’t sure you have enough time laid out.

  • Do the English work first, then go on to other homework assignments.

Providing my oldest son with these management techniques especially helped, as he suffers from several behavioral disorders and greater structure helps teens struggling with these disorders.

  1. Help Your Teen Problem-Solve: A lack of problem-solving skills can be another thing that causes teens to procrastinate. Since I don’t want my children to become stalled by every challenge, I’ve worked to help them to develop strong problem-solving skills. My oldest son knew the basics of problem-solving when he had become stalled by his major paper, but he had allowed his fear to make him believe that the simple techniques wouldn’t work. So, I made it a point to walk him through the basics of problem-solving again:
  • Pinpoint the issue that is holding you back.

  • Start brainstorming solutions. Even if they sound dumb at first, the process can help kick out a real solution.

  • Choose the best solution from your brainstorming session.

  • Carry out the solution. If it doesn’t quite work, choose the next best solution.

With problem-solving steps broken down into manageable chunks, it is far easier to think clearly and tackle an issue that was previously a major roadblock.

  1. Reinforce Teens With Positivity: Providing my teens with positive reinforcement can be difficult at times, especially when all I want to do is ask why they can’t just get off their behinds and take care of their responsibilities. But, taking this negative attitude with children can lead to resentment, added stress, anxiety, and other mental health issues. Instead, to help build up my children, I opt for positive reinforcement. I am a firm believer that children—and people in general—respond best to positivity and will make lasting changes with the right support. So, while a snide comment about laziness may get my oldest daughter off the couch and off to do the dishes, finding a positive frame like, “Thanks for staying on top of the dishes most of the week. Do you mind wrapping up the stuff currently in the sink?” is a better option.
  2. Model Self-Starting Behavior: Lastly, I had to model this kind of go-getter, problem-solving behavior for my children. As I am self-employed, I usually am a self-starter, but I’ve had to step up my game a bit more when it comes to things like picking up my office and managing my own tasks around the house. Since I know that my children are unlikely to listen to anything I say about procrastination if I’m a procrastinator myself, I have done my best to continually model what I expect from them.

Now, I’m not saying my children became perfect. But, with the structure in place to help them succeed, all they need now are gentle reminders instead of the lengthy lectures and reminders that used to be required to get them moving on what they need to do.

 

Tyler Jacobson is a happy husband, father of three, writer and outreach specialist with experience with organizations that help troubled teens and parents. His areas of focus include: parenting, social media, addiction, mental illness, and issues facing teenagers today.

 

Digital Content Writer

Red Tricycle is looking for a talented writer to join our team and contribute timely, fresh, and fun stories for our online communities. Our audience wants to laugh, be engaged, and stay informed about everything trending in the parenting universe.

You’ll be responsible for finding topics based on what’s trending or clickable on Facebook and creating 25 (per week) timely, short-form articles for use primarily on Facebook. We are not looking for first person content. Witty, highly relatable humor is a must. Here are a few examples of what we’re looking for:

  • Interesting parenting-related studies (“New Study Shows Moms Need a Full Year for Recovery After Giving Birth”)
  • Click-worthy trending articles (product recalls, celeb parenting/baby news)
  • Funny posts (“14 products from the 90s we secretly wish were still around” or compilations of hilarious parenting tweets/memes centered around common themes)
  • User Generated Content (you tell us what to ask our audience, you create posts based off their answers)

The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills (both written and verbal), be highly organized, self-motivated, totally in-tune with the digital media parenting space (what’s new, what’s cool, what’s so last year) and possess a keen desire to excel. This position reports directly to Red Tricycle’s Marketing Director.

The ideal candidate must:

  • Possess an excellent gut instinct about what makes parents click and engage, especially on Facebook
  • Have a keen understanding of the parenting universe, including what parents will think is hilarious and what’ll have them at each other’s throats
  • Know how to write super-clickable headlines
  • Have the ability to provide 20-30 headline/content suggestions per week
  • Know where to find what’s trending and about to trend on social media, beyond their own Facebook account. Must be familiar with Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, Reddit, and Tumblr
  • Be able to use WordPress like a black-belt ninja
  • Have a firm grasp of the English language, excellent grammar and punctuation skills…and, have the ability to adapt their writing style to the Red Tricycle editorial brand.
  • Be active in the writing and blogging community with published work (either print or online) – being able to take pictures is a big plus!

You must also have the following attributes:

  • A self starter, able to work on your own with a given set of instructions
  • Have the ability to be flexible, creative, self-sufficient and a team player
  • You must be a master of finding random information on the internet
  • You may not be a mindreader, but you can certainly figure stuff out on your own
  • Outstanding attention to details
  • Strong organizational and time-management skills and ability to meet deadlines
  • Outgoing, positive attitude, highly self-motivated, self-sufficient, and confident

About Red Tricycle:

Red Tricycle fuels the parenting universe with daily inspiration for family fun. We believe the best memories are created when families do fun things together and we believe every day is an opportunity to create new stories. Our mission is to help every parent feel like a rock star by inspiring them to do fun things with their kids. Each month Red Tricycle reaches twelve million parents with ideas that are aspirational and actionable that you can do at home, in your city or wherever your adventures take you.

To apply, please email our Marketing Director at sara@tinybeans.go-vip.net. In addition to a resume and cover letter, please include 5 headlines of articles you’d propose to write. To get a feel for our audience, check out our Facebook page.

Red Tricycle, a digital city guide for parents, is hiring a Website & Newsletter Producer to lead its efforts in managing all digital content for the company’s website and email newsletters. This position will be responsible for content and advertising management of the website as well as the operations of daily local and national newsletters.

The ideal candidate needs to be a digital media pro with proven ability to deliver top notch results under tight deadlines. The candidate must be a laser-focused multi-tasker who thrives in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment.

Responsibilities include:
• Maintain, manage, and update web pages via our WordPress CMS
• Work within email marketing software to compile and manage all daily newsletters assets, including copy, photos and ads
• Manage ad trafficking operations using tools such as OpenX or Google DFP for managing display ad units on site
• Work fluidly with all departments, including editorial, ad sales, and marketing to ensure efficient and timely delivery of newsletters
• Use web analytic tools to run weekly reporting
▪ Inputting information into our internal trafficking system for initial & post campaign set up. Inputs include creative file uploads, editing & formatting of URLs, as well as updates to campaign targeting and budgets.
▪ Ensure ad campaigns are set up efficiently & accurately according to the clients signed contract.
▪ Examine and troubleshoot any set up issues as a result of technical capabilities and effectively translate information to both technical and non-technical teams.
▪ Perform quality assurance checks on advertising material to ensure that content, targeting, and creative are 100% accurate.
▪ Quickly learn operating systems, mobile device categorizations and capabilities, etc. to ensure proper targeting is applied to each campaign.
▪ Clearly express all workflow processes & company products involved in each campaign trafficked.
▪ Create and maintain campaign report s, analyze campaign performance and make recommendation for optimization

Required Skills:
▪ Must be highly organized, extremely detail-oriented, and able to multi-task in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment
▪ Exhibit excellent interpersonal skills and a comfort in working within a team
▪ Experience using DART/DFP and Google Analytics and eNewsletter servicing software, such as Contactology
▪ Solid MS Excel skills
▪ Experience in digital media and journalism, preferably producing content for media web sites.
• Familiarity with WordPress, Google Analytics/Webmaster Tools
• Basic knowledge of HTML and CSS
• Strong leadership skills and the ability to balance creative thinking with strong attention to detail
• Excellent grammar, organizational & communication skills.
• A self-starter with an entrepreneurial spirit and ability to be self-disciplined
• Operates well under pressure and tight deadlines
• Ability to work seamlessly with different departments

About You

If this all sounds exciting to you, you should come work with us. Here are some statements that should apply to you:

You are self-motivated and enjoy taking ownership of projects.

You feel comfortable doing things, even when no one is telling you exactly what to do.

You can execute with flexibility and speed.

You enjoy being part of small team, and understand your critical role in helping other team members and making the organization successful.

Your understand and thrive in the speed, chaos & vibrancy of a start-up environment.

You are solution-oriented and enjoy figuring out how to make things happen.

About Red Tricycle

Red Tricycle is the #1 resource for families planning their weekends. We offer inspiration, discovery and solutions to get people off of the sofa and onto their next family adventure. We serve a fast-growing online community of busy urban parents in 9 major markets. The company is continuing to scale at an aggressive pace, with the help of a commercial marketing deal with zulily and Series A financing (lead by Maveron), and is focused on improving our product offering and better engaging our already loyal community.

As a team, we work really hard, move fast and are focused on delivering an exceptional solutions to our community (readers, advertisers, partners, community)

If this sounds good, seriously, get in touch. We need your help. 
This is a full-time position located in our Sausalito, Ca office. Please submit a resume and cover letter to the email address above. Please, no phone calls.

The opportunity:

The ideal candidate is a mover & shaker with spectacular communication, presentation, and negotiation skills, a salesperson extraordinaire that loves to spend their time prospecting, networking & closing. The position will be responsible for both small retail accounts as well as larger regional accounts.

Our advertising sales reps are responsible for all phases of the advertising sales process: qualifying, cold calling, prospect development, writing proposals, and closing new business. Our independent contractors enjoy the freedom of setting their own hours, working from home and doing a job that they are passionate about and is rewarding.

The ideal candidate should:
. Possess prior sales or marketing experience preferably in media
. Hold a Bachelor’s degree (BA, BS, BBA) or higher
. Be detail oriented and have excellent organizational & communication skills.
. Be a self-starter with an entrepreneurial spirit and ability to be self-disciplined
. Have a computer, telephone, fax line, and internet connection
. Have reliable transportation

Red Tricycle provides training for all new sales reps. Growth opportunities are available!

About Us:

Voted “Best Parenting Web Resource” by Forbes magazine,  Red Tricycle is a digital city guide for parents, operating in six US cities behind an ad supported revenue model. The company is profitable, has major national advertisers including Starbucks, baby Gap and Amazon, more than 250 local advertisers and a high renewal rate.

An early stage start-up, the Bay Area-based company was founded in 2006 and is now ready to embark on its next growth stage and begin scaling its sales force, geographic distribution and content management ability. We’re in need of a few sales superstars to join the Red Tricycle team.

To apply, submit cover letter telling us why you’re a great candidate (here’s where your sales skills would come in handy) and resume to admin@tinybeans.go-vip.net.

The Company:

Red Tricycle is a fast-growing digital media company that provides local, community-based content to a growing online audience of parents in key markets nationwide. Their content connects with parents in an authentic and genuine way through a variety of multimedia touchpoints. As a result, Red Tricycle helps brands start conversations and build relationships in an organic, well-timed and relevant context.

Current clients include Microsoft, Amazon, Old Navy, Disney, IKEA, TIAA-CREF, Blue Shield, Paramount, Dreamworks, WholeFoods and GAP.

This venture-backed start-up has been called “the Daily Candy for Moms” and has a devout following among hundreds of thousands of playground moms as well as mommy influencers, including Randi Zuckerberg, Jessica Seinfeld and Pink.

Red Tricycle is looking for a few bright, creative, and totally awesome people to help deliver on our mission to help parents have more fun with their kids. 

POSITION: National Account Director

LOCATION: New York, NY

Job Description

Red Tricycle is looking for a dynamic, strategic, savvy Media Sales Professional to join our sales team in New York City. This role will primarily be responsible for the generation and growth of online advertising revenue for Red Tricycle focusing on Ad Agencies and national brands.The ideal candidate has a proven track record in online and/or traditional media sales at a top publisher or media site, with experience in the family market. Responsibilities include meeting target revenue goals in the defined region. We’re looking for an energetic self-starter with a consultative sales approach who is pro-active in driving revenue and increasing client base. You must be results-driven, have strong analytical skills and be committed to creating new business opportunities.Responsibilities

  • Proactively Prospect, Qualify, Grow, and Maintain a regional territory account list
  • Hit target revenue quota (quarterly)
  • Develop and cultivate deep relationships with client and agency teams. Engage and strategize with senior level executives at client companies to demonstrate how Red Tricycle can drive revenue to their business
  • Pitch new business to advertising agencies and direct clients. Proactively manage performance oriented accounts to drive incremental revenue
  • Proactively provide smart client research and industry specific information Identify and understand trends within client markets and industries

Minimum Job Requirements:

  • Candidates must have a deep understanding of the Parent/ Family market with a strong client and agency relationships
  • Proven track record of consultative selling, managing long-cycle projects, and driving revenue through the development of long-term strategic relationships
  • Excellent communication, analytical, time management and presentation skills
  • BA/BS Degree

Preferred Job Requirements:

  • 5 + years of Media Sales experience
  • Relationships with top marketing decision makers at traditional companies and agencies
  • Demonstrated track record of structuring and managing negotiations to successful closure, delivery, and renewal
  • Understand how technology works and the ability to explain in ordinary terms

Good to Know:

  • This job is ideally suited for a candidate in search of a really fun job that will change the world, make you feel good about what you’re contributing to the community. It’s a gig that you won’t be able to stop talking about among your friends and family (to the point that it’s secretly starting to annoy them? Shhh! You didn’t hear it from us).
  • Yep, start-ups are risky, but with big risk comes big reward. Do you dream of a weekend home, private school, an extra bathroom or early retirement? With your talent and our brand, we can make it happen.
  • This is a job for a Maverick, so throw those corporate handcuffs out the window. If your client can dream it, and you can sell it, we can make it happen – custom content, sponsorship, native advertising, event marketing, their logo on every baby bottle in NYC – the sky’s the limit.


We’re in need of a sale superstar to join the Red Tricycle team.

The ideal candidate is a mover & shaker with spectacular communication, presentation, and negotiation skills, a salesperson extraordinaire that loves to spend their time prospecting, networking & closing. The Los Angeles position will be responsible for both small retail accounts as well as national accounts and developing ad agency relationships.

Our advertising sales reps are responsible for all phases of the advertising sales process: qualifying, cold calling, prospect development, writing proposals, and closing new business. Our independent contractors enjoy the freedom of setting their own hours (and working from home!).

The ideal candidate will:
. Possess prior sales experience with a proven track record of success including cold calling and lead management – preferably in magazine, newspaper or online ad sales
. Hold a Bachelor’s degree (BA, BS, BBA) or higher
. Be detail oriented and have excellent organizational & communication skills
. Be a self-starter with an entrepreneurial spirit and ability to be self-disciplined
. Have a computer, telephone, fax line, and internet connection
. Have reliable transportation

Red Tricycle provides training for all new sales reps. Growth opportunities
are available!

For consideration, please submit a cover letter and resume to jobs @ redtri . com.

Pssst, why don’t you sell us a bit in the cover letter?


We’re in need of a sale superstar to join the Red Tricycle team.

The ideal candidate is a mover & shaker with spectacular communication, presentation, and negotiation skills, a salesperson extraordinaire that loves to spend their time prospecting, networking & closing. The Portland (Eastside) position will be responsible for both small retail accounts as well as national accounts and developing ad agency relationships.

Our advertising sales reps are responsible for all phases of the advertising sales process: qualifying, cold calling, prospect development, writing proposals, and closing new business. Our independent contractors enjoy the freedom of setting their own hours (and working from home!).

The ideal candidates will:
. Possess prior sales experience with a proven track record of success including cold calling and lead management – preferably in magazine,
newspaper or online ad sales
. Hold a Bachelor’s degree (BA, BS, BBA) or higher
. Be detail oriented and have excellent organizational & communication
skills
. Be a self-starter with an entrepreneurial spirit and ability to be self-disciplined
. Have a computer, telephone, fax line, and internet connection
. Have reliable transportation

Red Tricycle provides training for all new sales reps. Growth opportunities are available!

For consideration, please submit a cover letter and resume to jobs @ redtri . com.

Pssst, why don’t you sell us a bit in the cover cover letter?