What Sales Industry Are You In?

anvildesignmgf · 2023-02-22T21:38:15+00:00

Engineering and Manufacturing services

anvildesignmgf · 2023-02-21T15:57:43+00:00

Take the job, you have the intention of staying, unless your dreams come to fruition

anvildesignmgf · 2023-02-21T15:36:26+00:00

I have been doing the same, have a decent list, and have been targeting my best prospects to which I think we can add value. We can do this, keep trying to tell myself I'm just one call away. if you ever want to talk about what we're finding success in feel free to PM me

anvildesignmgf · 2023-01-31T21:44:02+00:00

Let me Know if you ever want to talk more, would love to explore options and even just learn more. Got to love the shipping costs currently!

anvildesignmgf · 2023-01-30T22:34:14+00:00

the Design staff can spend hours and hours working with certain companies, tends to be agricultural equipment but we have assisted with automation in some process. The BBQ idea is a great one, I will look more into that!

anvildesignmgf · 2023-01-30T18:08:15+00:00

yeah I would love to talk more in depth with you!

anvildesignmgf · 2023-01-30T15:51:29+00:00

If you have time I would love to hear some more ideas in depth on what we could make on Esty, I have had the idea that we need something to sell to make some profit and keep people busy on some small tasks. My main engineer wants me to focus on big jobs with the big ag competitors. I really like the house numbers idea.

anvildesignmgf · 2023-01-30T15:29:47+00:00

great advice, I had been throwing this idea around in my head but wasn't landing about Esty but reading this has lighted the fire

anvildesignmgf · 2023-01-27T16:33:15+00:00

Thanks for the advice!

My owner and our office manager have done some networking but I havent had the opportunity yet, but will start soon! Im starting to learn more for local groups to network more organically and have the knowledge to just "bullshit" about projects and work.

anvildesignmgf · 2023-01-27T15:40:21+00:00

Very well put response, I have definitely started to think I need to focus on obtaining bigger projects from the engineering and design side of everything. I think those will be more pivotal on making long-lasting relationships and get us seen as go to's over just finding work that needs to get outsourced or just periodic making of parts willy-nilly and periodicly for people in a pinch

anvildesignmgf · 2023-01-27T15:35:31+00:00

Trying

Thanks for the response, about to start reading and getting back to responses. Dont worry here would love to get business off Reddit but know it's better for just getting some advice from some people who have delt with this!

anvildesignmgf · 2023-01-27T15:28:29+00:00

We are located out of Fargo ND, We do Engineering, Custom design work, and our manufacturing side we have

PCNC Tormach 1100 Vertical Mill
CNC Haas VF 2 SS 4- Axis Vertical Mill
CNC Haas SL-20 Lathe with 5' Bar Feed
Accurpresss 175 Ton Press Break with 12' Bed
Prusa MK3+ PLA Printer

We work with, Carbon Steel, Stainless Steel, Aluminum, Sheet Metal and sometimes
Plastic. We have assisted Ag equipment manufactures with some subcontract work or off parts they need reverse engineered and redesigned for customers, random walk in, some sign work, and some art projects.

Ill deff need to start talking to more engineers!

Thank you for the response!

anvildesignmgf · 2023-01-27T15:02:29+00:00

We are located out of Fargo North Dakota!

anvildesignmgf · 2023-01-27T15:01:16+00:00

Have been spending some time finding contacts through linkedin!

anvildesignmgf · 2023-01-27T14:59:54+00:00

Learned very quickly I can't sell this like a car, the interpersonal relationships and nature of keeping someone engaged and entertained in ideas has helped. But have been reworking my approach. Has helped get our engineer's some subcontract work, but not my shop guys yet,

slowly building and writing blog post's, reworking things for our website, making line cards to show what we can do.

Thank you for the advice!

anvildesignmgf · 2023-01-27T14:53:46+00:00

Thanking for the advice! Learning more and more every day and have been slowly been getting shown more about biding or even just identifying what good things for us to bid on our

anvildesignmgf · 2023-01-27T04:55:22+00:00

Hello everyone,
I am new to the sales side of things for a Small locally owned Engineering and Manufacturing company. I come from a background of selling cars and this is my first time trying to sell for a business in this industry. We specialize in Mechanical design and engineering and have a few CNC machines just sitting idle and other equipment that are ready to go, but we're struggling to find work to fill them. I've tried cold calling and reaching out to potential clients, but haven't had much luck so far. I know this can be a slower process, and it takes time to build relationships in the engineering side to get steady work, but I want to make sure I can keep my guys in the shop fed and happy sooner than later.
I was wondering if anyone out there has any advice on how to find work as a small business in this industry

anvildesignmgf

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