Advertising consultant vs outside sales

The differences between advertising consultants and outside sales can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both an advertising consultant and an outside sales. Additionally, an outside sales has an average salary of $77,292, which is higher than the $43,405 average annual salary of an advertising consultant.

The top three skills for an advertising consultant include sales territory, SEO and cold calls. The most important skills for an outside sales are customer service, product knowledge, and ongoing support.

Advertising consultant vs outside sales overview

	Advertising Consultant	Outside Sales
Yearly salary	$43,405	$77,292
Hourly rate	$20.87	$37.16
Growth rate	-8%	4%
Number of jobs	62,538	333,400
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 74%	Bachelor's Degree, 60%
Average age	44	47
Years of experience	4	4

Advertising consultant vs outside sales salary

Advertising consultants and outside sales have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Advertising Consultant	Outside Sales
Average salary	$43,405	$77,292
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $87,000	Between $56,000 And $104,000
Highest paying City	-	Arlington, VA
Highest paying state	-	New Hampshire
Best paying company	-	Morgan Stanley
Best paying industry	-	Manufacturing

Differences between advertising consultant and outside sales education

There are a few differences between an advertising consultant and an outside sales in terms of educational background:

	Advertising Consultant	Outside Sales
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 74%	Bachelor's Degree, 60%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	SUNY College of Technology at Alfred

Advertising consultant vs outside sales demographics

Here are the differences between advertising consultants' and outside sales' demographics:

	Advertising Consultant	Outside Sales
Average age	44	47
Gender ratio	Male, 51.9% Female, 48.1%	Male, 78.3% Female, 21.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.1% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 13.5% Asian, 4.6% White, 71.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%	Black or African American, 3.8% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 14.3% Asian, 5.2% White, 72.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	10%	6%

Differences between advertising consultant and outside sales duties and responsibilities

Advertising consultant example responsibilities.

Manage and creaat multiple PPC advertising campaigns, generating conversions for companies selling everything from gumballs, cleaning services to motorhomes.
Analyze account performance and trends to determine adjustments to the account and find ways to help the dealer maximize their ROI.
Provide cogent analysis of effectiveness and ROI of marketing solutions.
Educate clients on multi-media opportunities including the transition of traditional media to digital formats.
Perform copywriting, media buying, ad placement, and crew hiring tasks.
Work include creative marketing, long term strategizing for national and international clients, and copywriting.

Outside sales example responsibilities.

Plan logistical outside sales route, planned/schedule sales calls with web-base CRM program, manage various sales cycles.
Manage and create all content distribute via various social media outlets: Facebook, twitter, feedback blogs, etc.
Perfect the craft of upselling customers.
Prepare material estimates/bids for houses, windows, doors, trusses, etc.
Increase existing customer base and generate new dealer and customer relationships within the HVAC equipment and sales.
Estimate, price, bid and follow up to all mechanical HVAC and plumbing plan and spec projects.

Advertising consultant vs outside sales skills

Common advertising consultant skills

Sales Territory, 13%
SEO, 8%
Cold Calls, 6%
SEM, 5%
Search Engine, 4%
Market Research, 4%

Common outside sales skills

Customer Service, 30%
Product Knowledge, 9%
Ongoing Support, 4%
Work Ethic, 4%
CRM, 4%
Flyers, 4%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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