Working as a Credit Card Marketing Representative
A Goldmine for Marketing Representatives
At that time, I had no idea that Marketing and Sales were not the same thing. My mother had always cautioned me against taking a job that paid by commission only, so I was loathe to even call on any of the listed positions. Most offered instant wealth and incredible business opportunities - ads for jobs that I knew were scams - so I ignored those and called on an advertisement for Marketing Representatives at Bush Intercontinental Airport.
As it turns out, it was the best call I ever made.
For over a year, I worked as a Marketing Rep for Trendline Marketing, Inc. My job consisted of standing at a booth in the airport, talking to people and inviting them to sign up for the Chase Continental Credit Card. We offered free t-shirts and stuffed airplanes as premiums, and targeted business people who traveled thousands of miles a year for their jobs. I was paid $10.00 an hour, or $2.00 an application, whichever was greater. Most days, I averaged between 90 and 100 applications a day, which translated to $22.00 to $25.00 per hour.
And all I had to do was sit at a booth!
After that, I was able to move on to bigger and better things. The following year, I traveled with Nascar to thirty-two different cities, marketing the MBNA Nascar Visa. The company paid for my airfare, my meals, my rental cars, my hotels, and my gas. I made $1.50 per application, and averaged about 1,300 applications per weekend. I was traveling for free, living with very few expenses, working two days a week, and pulling in close to $80,000 per year. It was amazing.
The next year, I traveled with the PGA Champions Tour, and after that, I worked with Toys 'R' Us, Shell gas stations, and Kohl's department stores. It was an amazing experience, and I met hundreds of wonderful people.
If you are afraid of marketing, and unsure of your future when it comes to commission pay, you might want to try the credit card marketing industry. Companies all over the U.S. are looking for new marketing representatives who have no problem talking to people and who have excellent communication skills. There is a large market for people who are bi-lingual, and people who have extremely flexible hours.
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9 Comments
Post a CommentI been Marketing Presidents Choice Mastercard for one year. I agree with Lady it is a tough way to make a living. With our incentive for the customer they receive a 20$ gift card only after using the card once and the gift card is in the form of points applied to the card not an actual cash certificate, the fact they need to wait for it in the mail also does not do the incentive justice oh yes they get a stupid free bag for applying. It was not bad I do admit when I started hence why I stayed a year but the stupid fatcats at head office decided to keep me in the 3 stores over and over again for a year in a population centre of under 80,000 so after 6 months of saying the same line to the same people I felt like a fu&king tool and now even embarrassed to go to work. People now don't respect me, are rude or just walk by me with arrogant attitudes. Thank God I'm a student and was just doing this as a part-time gig but now that class is done for the summer the company wants me doing this f
I do have to question how the guy did 1300 apps in 2 days. how many hours did he work? because that would be more than one per minute in an 8 hr day. how could he have people filling out apps in 30 seconds? it sounds a little farfetched
i market credit cards now in 2010 at an airport for Chase thru a marketing company and i can tell you thqat now since the economy has gone down, it is way harder to make money in this industry. We average 15 an hr for 6 hours making 90 dollars a shift and some marketers only make 60 a shift. we market by yelling out to people to get a free flight. most people say no thanks i do not want any more credit cards. its a hard way to make a living and i am one of the top ones there.
Trendline is the biggest group of sharks around. They will not pay you on time. They are out of business becasue of the way they conducted business. Their owner Ed is on drugs and will steal from you.
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We are a national group of Professional Reps who work independently - for a flat fee - month to month. All of our reps have years of experience - your never too old to be a Rent-A-Rep.
Can you suggest the best way to promote this product? It requires you to slow people down to get to talk to them. For example, you ask someone passing by "are you flying US Airways", you get a NO and the customer never stops to talk to you. How do you guys do it. What do you do to get people to slow down and talk to you???
Thank you
Trendling Marketing was the best company I have ever worked for. They are biggest and the best marketing company around.
They are still that way today. I have friends working for them today. I would recommend them highly.
Fred Taylor
I would not recommend Trendline Marketing. They do not pay their reps and the company is going out of business.