Before I research this, I wanted to ask the Yahoo! Answers community first.
I am a fully credentialed special ed. teacher in mild/moderate disabilities in Southern California. I am currently pursuing my masters in Educational Therapy at one of the California State Universities.
Because of my daughter’s vast software collection and my own internet knowledge, I am very familiar with many educational software programs as well as educational freeware websites.
Can I use this knowledge as a part-time to full-time consultant/ corporate salesman? Let me add that I am also an experienced puppeteer who can build his own foam and cloth puppets for potential clients.
Can anyone out there share any information on marketing educational software?
YES, but alot of times those jobs are very cliquish and you have to "know" people! You can contact the software comapanies themselves and see if they have sales positions. Also, the big publishing companies like McGraw Hill, etc. may be interested in your services. If you don’t have networking contacts, call the HR Departments and find out about sales oppertunites.
Another avenue is to set yourself up as a business and purchase the software wholesale and sell iton your own as a retailer. You will need to set up a DBA and get a sales tax number. Then you contact the software companies and ask about making wholesale purchases. This route will be easier to get into but riskier because you may need to invest in inventory first. Good LUck!
YES, but alot of times those jobs are very cliquish and you have to "know" people! You can contact the software comapanies themselves and see if they have sales positions. Also, the big publishing companies like McGraw Hill, etc. may be interested in your services. If you don’t have networking contacts, call the HR Departments and find out about sales oppertunites.
Another avenue is to set yourself up as a business and purchase the software wholesale and sell iton your own as a retailer. You will need to set up a DBA and get a sales tax number. Then you contact the software companies and ask about making wholesale purchases. This route will be easier to get into but riskier because you may need to invest in inventory first. Good LUck!
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Former CEO of a Small Business Development Agency.
Absolutely. What software companies want the most is credibility that their educational software makes a difference in the educational process. As an educator you are in a position to do studies that show the differences software can have on learning.
Merit Software a rather small educational software house has been part of studies and have measured the results. If you can package a way to show tangible results based on software usage you could be extremely valuable to educational software companies.
References :
http://www.meritsoftware.com/