Sales Internship Program (Summer 2027) (Paid Internship)

selfpublishing.com; United States; On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

In-person internship

Potential full-time SDR offer

Job summary

selfpublishing.com is seeking a Sales Intern to join our team in Westlake (Austin) for a hands-on SDR experience. You will call warm leads who requested resources, learn about writers' goals, and schedule strategy calls with publishing experts.

This in-person summer internship emphasizes daily outbound activity, coaching, and leaderboard competition. You’ll gain exposure to discovery calls, objection handling, and CRM usage while contributing to live events and user growth.

Qualifications

• College student in any major; sales curiosity encouraged.
• Excellent communication and active listening on calls.
• Self-motivated, coachable, and able to hit daily targets.

Responsibilities

• Make outbound calls to warm leads who opted into free resources.
• Run discovery conversations to understand goals and blockers.
• Book qualified strategy calls on Publishing Strategists' calendars.
• Track calls and next steps in our CRM.
• Receive weekly coaching to improve performance.
• Compete on the team leaderboard and hit targets daily/weekly.
• Attend live events to book appointments in person for top performers.

Skills

Sales

Communication

Phone skills

CRM

Education

College student

Tools

CRM

Job description

company

About selfpublishing.com

role

About The Role

Do you love competing, helping people, and seeing your name climb a leaderboard?

Then please read on…selfpublishing.com is a back-to-back-to-back INC 5000 company & we're launching our Summer 2027 Sales Internship Program . Our mission is to TRANSFORM THE LIVES of authors by helping them write and publish books, grow their businesses, and launch their author careers!

As a Sales Intern, you'll work as a Sales Development Rep (SDR) on our team. You'll call warm leads, people who already raised their hand by grabbing a free book, training, or challenge from us. You'll learn about their book, find out what's been holding them back, and book them a free strategy call with one of our Publishing Strategists.

We get 400+ new leads every day . No cold calling strangers. These are people who want to write a book and need someone to help them take the next step.

This is an in-person summer internship based in our Westlake (Austin) office.

What You'll Be Doing

You’ll be on the phones from week 1, with daily coaching to get you sharp fast. Your north star? Booking qualified strategy calls for our Publishing Strategists.

• Call warm leads who opted into our free resources, like Chandler Bolt's book Published or the 24 Hour Book Outline Challenge
• Run discovery conversations about what they want to write and what's been stopping them
• Book qualified strategy calls on our Publishing Strategists' calendars
• Track every call and next step in our CRM
• Review your calls with a coach each week and level up fast
• Compete on the team leaderboard and hit daily and weekly targets
• Top performers may join us at live events to book appointments in person

What You'll Learn

• The same sales playbook and scripts our full-time SDRs use
• How to run a discovery call that helps people open up about their goals
• How to handle objections without being pushy
• How a high-growth sales team turns leads into real revenue
• How to work a pipeline, use a CRM, and manage your own numbers

Who We're Looking For

• College students in any major (business, marketing, communications, and sales programs are a great fit)
• Competitive. Maybe you play a sport, compete in debate, or just hate losing
• Great with people and comfortable starting conversations with strangers
• Coachable. You take feedback and use it on the very next call
• Self-motivated, organized, and able to hit daily targets on your own
• You believe books change lives (bonus if you love to read)
• Top interns may earn a full-time SDR offer. We promote from within.