Advertising Sales Representative
Best Version Media
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Description
Turn your love of community into a career.
Best Version Media is looking for a driven, community-minded sales professional to join us as an Advertising Sales Representative.
About Best Version Media
Founded in 2007, Best Version Media (BVM) has spent nearly two decades bringing North American communities together one person, one home, one business at a time. Today, BVM publishes over 1,300 local magazines and reaches billions of digital impressions across North America, helping thousands of local business owners grow.
What You’ll Do
This is a field-based, in-person sales role. You’ll build your own book of business in your local territory, on a schedule you control, selling advertising placements across BVM’s local print magazine and companion digital, social, and website products.
- Consult: Meet face-to-face with standout local business owners to showcase what makes their community great.
- Strategize: Build powerful, multi-channel branding programs using our media suite, print, digital, social, websites, and reputation management.
- Scale: Leverage our proven training and time-tested sales system to grow your own book of business, building community engagement that pays you and your community for years to come.
What You’ll Earn
This is a 1099 independent contractor role with no base salary or draw (full commission). Representatives earn a recurring commission on sales, with commission rates generally ranging from 70-80% based on monthly sales volume and performance relative to the baseline* cost structure. Bonuses are available during start-up and on an ongoing basis.
*Baseline is the back-end cost associated with the magazine & digital product’s cost to produce, distribute, bill clients, etc, and does not come out of the representative’s pocket.
What You Bring
- Sales Acumen: A drive to help local businesses grow through the art of advertising sales, strong communication, negotiation, and closing skills. Experience with digital or print advertising is a plus, but the right attitude matters most; we provide the training.
- Growth Mindset: A resilient, never-give-up attitude paired with a proactive approach to learning and continuous self-improvement.
- Community Focus: A genuine interest in building and nurturing relationships with local business owners, putting their success first.
Why Best Version Media?
- Support: Comprehensive training and ongoing professional support, we’re a community in ourselves.
- Proven Success: Nearly 20 years serving local communities, with over 1,300 publications and a reach of billions of digital impressions across North America.
- Culture & Rewards: Our why is simple: bring communities closer, one relationship at a time, and we celebrate the people who make that happen.
- Earn incentive trips, awards, and friendly contests along the way, all within a flexible schedule built to keep you present for what matters most: friends and family.
Ready to make an impact in your local community?
Apply directly today — no fees, no redirects. Just you and your next opportunity with Best Version Media.
About this role
Best Version Media is seeking a self-driven sales professional to build and manage their own advertising business in the San Diego area. You'll work independently in the field, meeting with local business owners to sell advertising across BVM's portfolio of print magazines, digital platforms, social media, and websites. The role combines relationship-building with strategic consulting—helping clients develop multi-channel marketing programs tailored to their needs while growing your own client base on a flexible schedule you control.
This is a 1099 contract position with full commission compensation (70-80% depending on performance), meaning there's no base salary but significant earning potential tied directly to your sales. The company provides comprehensive training and a proven sales system to help you succeed, plus bonuses during your startup phase and ongoing. You'll need strong sales fundamentals, solid communication and negotiation skills, and genuine interest in local business success; prior advertising experience is helpful but not required if you bring the right mindset and work ethic.
The opportunity suits someone who thrives on independence, values community engagement, and wants to build recurring revenue from established relationships. BVM offers flexibility to balance work with personal priorities, along with incentive trips and recognition within a supportive culture. If you're comfortable with commission-only income and excel at direct sales, this role lets you create your own earning trajectory while staying rooted in your local market.
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