Are you Bonkers?

Bonkers About Babies has been such a huge success in the Peterborough and Huntingdon area that we have decided to expand and launch new magazines across the UK. To enable us to do this we need some like–minded Mums to work with us. There are several ways of joining Bonkers.

If you are self confident, have a year or more sales or marketing experience and most importantly, very passionate about babies you could be one of our Sales Consultants. We have provided some information on this below but please contact us for more details. If you already have both sales and design skills you may want to consider our Business Partnership. If you are already quite experienced in both marketing and design then perhaps a franchise is a better option. Please contact us directly for more information.

–What will I have to do as a Sales Consultant?
–What help & support will you give me?
–What equipment will I need to get started and what are the costs?
–What can I expect to earn?

–What will I have to do as a Sales Consultant?
Your main responsibility will be to contact potential advertisers in your dedicated region to talk to them about our magazines. You will advised of the minimum number of adverts per issue you will need to achieve to make each issue viable. This will include repeat advertisers.

The aim is to get to the point that the majority of advertisers are booking multiple issue packages which will then provide you with a regular income with very little input from you.

You will also be responsible for researching your local area for new advertisers, toddler groups and distribution points and for selling adverts on our website www.bonkersaboutbabies.co.uk.

Depending on your location, you may be asked to assist with one or more of our Baby Shows. A fee will be agreed with you for any work in advance.

Those are the minimum tasks. We are open to ideas on future development. If, going forward, you would like to get more involved in other elements of the magazine production or the growth of Bonkers About Babies we’d be happy to discuss how we can involve you.

This is a flexible opportunity, which we understand is especially important if you have children. How you manage your time is entirely up to you. Because it’s a baby related business, your clients won’t be at all surprised to hear a baby or child in the background. They also won’t mind if you need to call them back after you’ve fed your child or put them to bed. You will not be expected to work specific hours of the day / week, the only requirement is to get enough ads in to make each issue viable.

–What help and support will you give me?
If you are local we will provide you with 2 days of training on general sales techniques, information about the baby market and of course on how to get started. If not we will provide you with this over several telephone consultations.

We will then provide you with as much ongoing help and support as you need.

We will provide you with access to a database in which you will be able to record all client related data.

We will also give you back issues of our magazines for you to use as marketing material and will provide you with copies of all of our company information including our terms and conditions, company logos, booking forms etc.

–What equipment do I need to get started and what are the costs?
There are no upfront fees or ongoing licensing fees to pay. All you will need is a reasonably new PC or laptop, broadband access, a mobile phone and a home phone line.

The main cost you will incur is the increase in your phone bill. Although we will contribute towards your monthly phone bill you may need to change your package. Many phone companies including BT offer packages where you pay a specific amount each month (typically from £25–30) and all your landline calls are then included in that price. Calls to mobiles will still be in addition however if you have a mobile phone package where you get lots of inclusive minutes it makes most sense to use your mobile for all mobile phone calls.

–What will I earn?
As a Sales Consultant you will be self employed. We will pay you on a profit split basis. You will need to sell enough advertising to cover the costs of producing and distributing each issue, anything you sell after that is profit and you will receive 50%. You can expect to earn approximately £1000 per bi–monthly issue. You will also receive 40% of all website sales and fees for writing articles and doing other research or tasks.

For more information on any of our opportunities, please contact us for an informal chat.