Re: Salesman Ratio

["Russell Brill" <russwbrill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Does anyone in the group hire employees to perform Sales and Installation???
If yes, how does/did it workout???

Russ

"Stanley Barthfarkle" <sbarth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "J Barnes" <trishnjames@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Does anyone here subscribe to this theory?  I understand one of my
>> competitors says he has 2 salesmen for every installer he has.  They do
>> custom homes and pre-wire most of them.  Seems like you would end up with
>> a bunch of extra salesmen to me.? What ratio do you guys have?
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> High-end resi is more like 2 installers for every salesperson. Depends on
> your target market, I guess. Seems to me that 2 productive salespeople
> ought to keep 3 or 4 installers very busy.
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