BDS Marketing Employer Reviews

Full-day building relationships at 1 regularly-assigned retailer for specific programs of brand advocacy.

Management team is wonderful and are always available for all needs.
The hardest part was leaving the company. I enjoyed gaining experience in sales, but unfortunately it was a temporary experience.

Great flexible workplace to learn and practice marketing strategies - sales & merchandising.

They offer great benefits & healthcare

sale sale sale and then some more sale sale sale... I mean do not misunderstand me I call this a win win learn type business

A typical work day consisted of checking my work email once I arrived at the Dell kiosk at Polaris Fashion Place Mall. After that, I would familierize myself with any new promotions that were going on. The rest of my day would consist of meeting and talking to customers who stopped by the kiosk and help them with any questions or concerns they may've – more... had about buying a new computer. My manager was nice and easy going, and very flexible with our schedules, and my co-workers made each day a little more exciting. I learned many things while working at the Dell kiosk, including the many different offerings from Dell, and from the certifications and trainings that were required for the job. The hardest part of the job would've been the slow days when there wasn't much going on and time seemed to drag on. The most enjoyable part would be playing with the pets of the ladies who worked at the Moochie & Co. store next to the kiosk. – less

Dell Showcase. I was responsible for inventory, scheduling and monthly reviews for all employees as well as hiring decision. I maintained the status of the top 5 stores in the nation along with top sales store in the Mid-West Region. My responsibilities also included day to day operations of the store, outside marketing and all customer relations.

TRAINING RETAIL SALES ASSOCIATES
merchandising
product placement
relationship building

Great place
• Opened a new store location and assisted in recruiting and training new staff.
• Directed and supervised employees engaged in sales, inventory-take and reconciling credit card receipts.
• Determined staff promotions and demotions, ad terminated employees when necessary
• Completed weekly schedules according to payroll policies and budget.
• – more... Worked closely with the area sales manager to formulate and build the store brand. – less

Trained new employees and managed 1-2 employees in a retail sales driven environment. In my first month of taking control of my store we achieved 129% of our previous months sales goals.
Increased Dell product brand recognition and delivered merchandizing and specialized training to sales associates for all products sold via Dell.com
Doubled and tripled – more... sales of printers and cameras in Office Depot and
Staples by building brand awareness.
Jumped in to close “on the spot” sales opportunities, thereby reinforcing and demonstrating sales behaviors of pre-qualifying and closing.
Differentiated Canon products from the competition by delivering specialized customer presentations on features, benefits and advantages.
Upgraded knowledge and skills through on-going education initiatives.
Promoted use of Cyberscholar.com to Retail Sales Associates.
Achieved 100% Canon advocacy in every store.
Built positive relationships with store managers and associates, focusing on enhancing Canon’s brand presence. – less

I have been with this company for over a year and i could't be happier

I loved working here. If my spot wasn't temp, i would not have left. Great place to work. Management is great and culture of company is great.

I am a college student who needed flexible work on the side while finishing up my studies in school. Flipping burgers, 40hrs a week is no go.

This company has highly motivated supervisors, managers, and corporate big bosses. They all have work phone numbers and cellphones numbers. They can be reached right away when facing challenges working out in – more... the field. They even do text messaging! They are responsive and goal oriented. They grind into my skull about deadlines, and scheduling which is great. It indicates they care about our clients who we are paying us to perform the work out on the field.

They have great clients all very well known brands that you represent (brand ambassadors).

There are two divisions in this company. BDS Marketing is more focused on sales and numbers. The second is Channel Partners more focused on merchandising, training, setting up displays, and lots of driving around from store to store. Yes, lots. Each for 1hr maybe. This means, in a day, you work 4 hours (4 stores) but you spend 2 hours just driving from store to store. Not cool when you live in Seattle in the downtown high traffic regions.

The company is very well structured, the upper managements are helpful and always there when you need help. They DO care about us individual reps out on the field. Makes you guilty when you are not performing at your best, because you don't want to let anyone down. They are so nice to you!

You will build relationships with sales associate and managers at Office Depot, Office Max, Best Buy, Fry's Electronics, etc. Wherever. Its always new. – less

Working for BDS Marketing is a fun and challenging job. It keeps me on my toes with new camera developments as well as being able to communicate new and exciting camera specs to future buyers. It is not like any other retail job I have experienced. I am my own manager while on the floor, keeping a professional appearance and outlook is up to me. It – more... proves difficult at times having other Best Buy workers around for me to talk to, but I am most likely to talk about new cameras coming out than what happened the night before. – less

Typical day starts when I begin to train the associates at any place I decide to begin that day. For example: I choose Best Buy associates to train first. I go in and train the people I need to train and I go to the next place. I make about 15 phone calls in my car and I eat breakfast and lunch in my car.

Well I was extremely excited to join this company. During my hiring process I was told I would have off weekends and on a rare occasion work a Saturday. Was told it would be a 9 to 5 type of job. I was told I would have certain territories. Well a month in and I only have had off one weekend and that was only because it was during my week of training. – more... I've been given more areas than what was originally told to me and work life balance flexibility was an absolute lie. Working 6 days a week sometimes 10 hours or more a day. We get compensated an extra 200 if he hit a certain amount of hours however with traveling and after tax it pretty much is nothing. I left a good job with time put in for this job only because of the great flexibility and schedule we were promised to have. Also our goals for stores to visit are un realistic. And stores we do visit 3 times a week question why we even visit so much. We were also told the contract was signed for another year however we find out that it has only been agreed on and we could very well be let go at end of year. communication is terrible and we are always thrown last minute change to schedule. – less

Project windows are usually 2 weeks to complete, so this is a good job to work around other employment.

As a current employee, I have enjoyed my time with BDS for the most part. The pay is decent and I get drive time and mileage. The managers are good and very personable and seem to like what they do as well (however, communication could be better at times). Depending on what program you are on you get sent demo items which is cool because you get to – more... check out the newest electronics as soon as they come out. You get to make your own schedule for the most part, which is nice. The job itself (assisted selling) is fairly easy if you're outgoing.

However, there is one main problem with BDS, and it's no one's fault, but just the nature of the company: You absolutely cannot depend on any future income beyond your next paycheck. There will be times when you're getting 40 hrs/week for a couple months straight and it's nice, but then you come to depend/expect on that money. Then the quarter ends and you could be working 5 hrs/week for the next couple months or your program could be cut entirely. It's just not stable employment. And to their credit, if you work hard and are good at what you do, they will try their best to give you as many hours/stores as possible or get you on an additional program, but it's not always enough. – less

Learned a lot about different marketing aspects and building customer rapports. Closing B2B deals and growing as a business. Fun people to work with. Hardest part was balancing harrassing customers and hard closing. The most enjoyable part was acheiving team goals and my co-workers.

BDS marketing works setting up temporary field marketing positions. Such positions vary from fun, to terribly boring, depending on the location you are assigned to and the brand you are representing. For the most part I enjoyed the work and the environment, but the work is heavily seasonal, almost always part time, and there is little room for advancement – more... in the company. If you realize it's just a job, and want to make some part time money, I would suggest this company. – less

Basically, you are sent to different retail outlets (Walmart, Staples, Best Buy, Etc.) and Sell products that are low in sales. You dont work with co-workers, from what I remember, and there isn't really a hard part of the job. If you know the product that you are going in to sell, then it's not really that hard.