Jobs in Advertising Sales - Recent Trends

So your looking for jobs in advertising sales. This is aand there are losers. Think about it, did people stop
great industry that is online going to get better forbuying horses at the introduction of the first
those promoting local online search marketing products.automobile? No, but over time and as the automobile
According to the New York Times "Search Marketingbecame the desired method of transportation the
is probably the best advertising platform ever invented"world changed. Companies making horse buggies and
Did You Know...alike went out of business to make way for new and
Google Gets 76 Billion Searches Per Month of the 113better products.
Billions searches performed online in 2009 as reportedWe can site several other industries went through this.
by Comscore, the leader in researching the digitalThe typewriter lost to the computer and
world.word-processing. Eight track's cassette tape, CD's lost
Are you currently selling offline advertising. If so, theto the IPod. Film processing gave way to digit
time to make a shift to the online world in now. Let'scameras. Fax machines gave way to email. Pay
face it, the Internet has changed the world. Old, tiredphones started to die with the birth of the cell phone,
and ineffective methods of advertising are beingand there are many more examples of old industries
tossed aside as more people and companies relay onbeing tossed aside for better and more desirable
Google, Yahoo, Bing as well as other major searchoptions.
engines to get their information on companies productsLet's look at what is happening right now...
and services.Newspapers are closing their doors in record numbers...
The money that is projected to flow from offlineThe Yellow Pages are becoming less and less
advertising platforms to more effective onlineeffective...
advertising companies will largest transfer of wealth inWhy?
recent years. It is projected that over half of thisBecause people and companies do do not use them
market, or over 75 billion dollars will move online in theto get their information any longer.
next 5 to 7 years.So if your looking for jobs in advertising sales do not
If you are currently looking at jobs in advertising sales,rule out one of the best opportunities in the country
the local search marketing opportunity is ripe for thetoday. Online Advertising Sales to Local Businesses!
takers. The internet has created more millionaires thatThe online search marketing and paid search
any other industry. Without a doubt the local searchmarketing industry will continue to grow through this
marketing craze will be just another way for many torecent economic downturn.
create generational wealth online.Many offline advertising companies are mixed on what
Did you know that Google reported annual revenues inthey need to do. Some are in denial not wanting to
2009 of 22 Billion dollars and profits of over 4 Billion.stay the course hoping things will return to normal as
That is amazing for a company that is just over 12business gets better. Others are trying to incorporate
years old. More so, did you know 21 Billion wasonline tools to existing business models without
generated from advertising revenue. Not bad for adestroying their company in the process. The bad
company that got into the advertising a little overnews is, some companies and industries are going to
seven years ago...fall victim to new and better ways of doing things.
Did you know Time Warner, the media meccaThe fact is, the advertising industry as a whole is going
reported revenue of just over 9 Billion in 2009. Whatthrough a major transformation giving birth to new and
does this mean? I means the world is changing and theinnovative companies providing businesses a better
way we do business is changing as well. Those thatway to reach the customers looking for their products
recognize this and take action have the most to gain.and services.
As with all great shifts of wealth there are winners