For some of my advertising programs where I needed "Direct Salespeople" I've done the following;

Call a local Radio Station and ask to speak with a "Ad Sales Person" (or a local newspaper and ask for a "Display Ad Salesperson")

When the salesperson gets on line ask them if they'd be interested in looking at "earning some money ON THE SIDE". The words, "ON THE SIDE" explain that you are lookingfor a "part-time" salesperson.

I meet with them for coffee...show them what I am selling...explain the money they can earn and whalla...I've gotten some of the best salespeople for my projects.

These people are TRAINED direct sales people. They KNOW HOW to walk into a business...present a program and ask for the order. And, they are never paid enough by the Radio Station or Newspaper...this is why I've found many to sell my programs while they're making calls.

Also...as far as selling websites;
Something that has worked for others has been to put a "Sample" website onto a Floppy Disk (using a web compiler) and send it to prospects. The Floppy Pre-Sells your program and many times the sale can be handled via phone.

Don Alm

> Hi Dien, thanks for your reply.

> I've actually spoken briefly with Thomas
> about this in the past, and there are a
> couple of reasons why this approach wouldn't
> work for me.

> 1) I don't have any friends, and even if I
> did, I don't personally believe in mixing
> business with friendship. Hiring friends
> only helps you lose friends if and when they
> need to be fired.

> 2) When I asked Thomas about the university
> hiring system, he told me that it's not
> available to the general public, only within
> the university itself, and I'm not a
> university student.

> What I'm really after here is some advice on
> whether or not actually hiring people or
> setting them as independant contractors [ie,
> independantly operating and not technically
> employed by me], and also some information
> on how I could go about finding interested,
> suitable people without having to spend
> large amounts of money first.

> Or, alternatively, information on some
> low-cost, high yield advertising methods
> that could increase public awareness of my
> products without my needing to employ
> salespeople would also be useful.

> Thanks anyway. =)

> - Shannon L.