There have been questions about Google’s desire and willingness to ramp up face to face sales in local markets. Their attempted acquistion of Groupon seemed be to focused on a quick development of an on-the-ground, locally focused sales team. Discussions about their early efforts and ability to succeed in selling local revolve around this question. Last week’s job postings indicated that they were looking for new hires in Seattle for “Commerce Sales team [members which will] play a critical role in growing Google’s new Commerce related businesses, such as Google Offers, through large-scale SMB acquisition programs.”


Today while searching the Google Jobs posting for similar positions (Field Rep, Field Sales Manager, First Sales Team Lead & Head of Field Sales for Commerce Sales) I found at least 64 Offers postings for the following cities:

• Commerce Sales – San Francisco
• Commerce Sales – Atlanta
• Commerce Sales – New York
• Commerce Sales – Austin
• Commerce Sales – Boston
• Commerce Sales – Washington, D.C.
• Commerce Sales – Denver
• Commerce Sales – Seattle
• Commerce Sales – Los Angeles
• Commerce Sales – Oklahoma City
• Commerce Sales – Minneapolis
• Commerce Sales – St. Paul
• Commerce Sales – Pittsburgh
• Commerce Sales – Chicago
• Commerce Sales – Houston
• Commerce Sales – Philadelphia
• Commerce Sales – Baltimore
• Commerce Sales – Dallas

I guess that puts to rest the question of whether Google is developing a local sales presence.