Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Pixlel is a Pennsylvania-based startup building an AI-powered website builder and local SEO platform for small trade and service businesses. The Sales Associate will drive new customer acquisition by following up with leads, making cold calls, conducting sales demonstrations, qualifying prospects, and helping develop the company's sales processes and team.
Responsibilities
- Follow up quickly and consistently with inbound and outbound leads
- Make cold outbound calls to small-business owners and decision-makers in target trades (roofing, HVAC, plumbing, landscaping, electrical, and similar)
- Build relationships with local business owners and understand their business needs
- Clearly explain Pixlel's website, SEO, and digital marketing solutions in plain English
- Conduct sales calls and product demonstrations
- Identify pain points around websites, Google visibility, lead generation, and online presence
- Qualify prospects and move them through the sales process
- Follow up with prospects through phone, email, and other communication channels
- Maintain accurate notes and activity within our CRM
- Schedule and conduct meetings with qualified prospects
- Provide feedback from the field to help refine messaging, pricing, and product priorities
- Help shape the sales playbook as one of Pixlel's earliest sales hires, including a path toward leading or building out the sales team over time
Skills
- Personable and genuinely likable — someone prospects want to keep talking to
- Strong, confident speaking voice — comfortable and effective on the phone
- Extroverted with high social energy — this role involves a high volume of live conversations
- Intuitive — able to read a prospect's tone and adjust the approach on the fly
- A genuinely good, active listener — sales here is about understanding a business owner's problem, not just pitching
- Intrinsically motivated — a self-starter who doesn't need heavy oversight to stay productive
- Leadership potential — someone who can eventually help train, mentor, or manage future sales hires
- Sales background required , ideally with experience selling into the tech/software space and to small business clients
Benefits
- Performance-based earning potential
- Opportunity to receive equity in the company
- In-office, hybrid, or remote work
- Direct access to and mentorship from the founding team
- Real influence over how the sales organization is built from the ground up
- Meaningful upside as the company scales
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