I have spent my whole life working on and perfecting my sales craft. I feel like I have succeeded as I have held jobs in inside sales, outside sales, B2B/B2C, Territory and regional sales manager and channel sales manager. It sounds like a lot, but I've never job hopped, it's just my career titles over the past 28 years. Regardless of the product or the audience, it's all almost the same process at the end of the day when you peel back the layers of the sales onion.
My last career before this one is my defining moment in my career history and that was CEO / President of Forget Me Not Ceremonies Inc. I worked hard with no experience starting a company of this magnitude. Learned all the legal, national and international procedures and processes for starting a company. This company I built in 2018 was to host online/livestreamed memorial services, it was tough sledding at first, but once we got a grove figured out out pricing by looking at what the industry was doing, we picked up incredible speed, we originally started with fixed camera systems in chapels, then we moved into portable mobile systems and then finally I created a lead generation system. Overall the who experience was awesome, yes some hairy moments with the board, but nothing to dire. Hiring, sales processes, marketing, budgeting, office management, tracking, reporting, creating flows for support. I did it all with the very good team I hired!
My job before this was in the automotive, RV, Power sports & Marine industries. This job was one of my favorites as I knew it so well it stopped being work or even challenging. I worked here for 9 years on 100% commission travelling Atlantic Canada, here I also made my largest annual earnings ever. I worked with, trained and pitched every single dealership in sales techniques, products and monitored their success by following the numbers and continued education. I put on about 70,000km a year or more, I did this solo as a 1 man team. This lead to my job above as I lost a good friend the nationaMore...
James Bullard
Identity Strategist@The Bullard Brand
Verified
James Bullard is an identity strategist, dynamic storyteller, performer, and creator inspiring through his writing, public speaking. And through his transformative podcast, Radical Joy, he amplifies voices that ignite curiosity and hope. Leveraging right-brain thinking into creative problem solving, he empowers individuals and organizations in guiding their potential to fruition. With a magnetic stage presence, James blends humor, vulnerability, and actionable insights to spark change. A published author, his work resonates with readers seeking clarity. A champion of bold living, James uses his platforms to cultivate joy and guide others toward their most authentic selves.More...