Inside Sales & Advertising Telemarketer

Guide Book Publishing•Ballwin, MO

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Guide Book Publishing is hiring a part-time Inside Sales & Advertising Telemarketer to promote direct-mail advertising opportunities to local businesses in micro-communities across 24 states. The role is based in the company’s St. Louis office and involves high-volume outbound phone outreach, building and enriching prospect lists with AI-assisted research, pitching advertising space, explaining return on investment, and securing advertising contracts. The position offers a base pay/draw, uncapped commission on cash-in sales, and performance incentives. The schedule is 27.5 hours per week, Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., with some flexibility to negotiate slight changes for school hours. The posting states that realistic first-year total earnings for meeting standard production goals are $28,000–$34,000.

Requirements

Comfort making 50–60 calls per day and conducting high-volume outreach.
Ability to work on-site at the St. Louis office during scheduled hours.
Comfort using basic AI search prompts and tools such as ChatGPT or Gemini to find business information.
Basic proficiency with Excel, email, and web tools.
High energy, persuasiveness, reliability, resilience, and the ability to build quick rapport.

Nice To Haves

One or more years of experience in cold calling, telemarketing, inside sales, or high-volume customer outreach; the employer is willing to train an enthusiastic candidate.

Responsibilities

Make 50–60 or more outbound calls per day to local business owners and decision-makers.
Use AI prompts and research tools to build and enrich prospect call lists for new geographic assignments.
Pitch direct-mail advertising spaces, explain their return on investment, and secure advertising contracts.
Work in the St. Louis office and collaborate with the team for real-time support.
Meet daily activity targets and monthly and assignment sales targets.