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Pro Staff FAQ

AS A GROWING SMALL FAMILY AND VETERAN OWNED BUSINESS, WE OFTEN RECEIVE NUMEROUS EMAILS, PHONE CALLS, AND SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGES ASKING US HOW SOMEONE CAN BECOME A PRO STAFF TEAM MEMBER. IN AN ATTEMPT TO ANSWER THE MOST FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS WE HAVE CREATED THIS PRO STAFF AGREEMENT. 

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What is a Pro Staff Team Member?

Pro Staff Team Members are hand selected representatives that reflect the values and vision of Hot Lips Lures. These representatives are expected to provide content through various mediums to help effectively market our products. You scratch our backs, we'll scratch yours. Not only will we promote you as a Pro Staffer, we'll also help you elevate your brand presence and more. This is not a paying position with the company, but is an incentive based position in which the Pro Staff member is compensated with either discounted or free products.  We do not sponsor your fishing hobby or financially launch your professional angling career.  Pro Staffers are expected to use and be passionate about the products that we market.

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What a Pro Staff Team Member is not.

A lot of casual anglers that aspire to be Pro Staff Team Members think that it is about promoting themselves.  They feel that having a company attached to them, that it gives them a sense of legitimacy that propels their career.  While some of this can be helpful to a certain degree, we are not here to grow your social media following. You should have that prior to even inquiring about a Pro Staff position.  If you think it’s all about filming your fishing trips, showing a picture occasionally on your social media with our products or company tagged, and that fills the requirements to be Pro Staff, then please don't waste our time or yours.  You need to love our products so much that you are willing to spend your money and time talking to anyone that will listen to you about them.  Potential customers and current customers see right through disingenuous content.

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What is expected of a Pro Staff Team Member?

We need you to share your favorites. Share what your favorite Hot Lips Lures are in your area and why. Share your tips and techniques and how you like to fish our baits. Partner with us to create great content and post about it on your social sites. Are you articulate enough to write polished content that is ready for printed materials or blogs? Do you have the ability to effectively create video and photographic content promoting our products?  Are you an accomplished enough angler to be able to provide content that not just talks about our product but explains why it’s effective?  Do you have the self-awareness, verbal and social skills necessary to effectively communicate to retailers, customers, tournament officials, and media personalities?  These are just a few of our expectations for Pro Staff Members.

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Rewards for being a Pro Staff Member

Rewards are based on the amount of work you do for us.  If you do the bare minimum to stay in our good graces you will receive bare minimum discounts.  If you overachieve and exceed our expectations then we will be more than generous with your rewards.  This is not about what you feel you deserve as much as it is about how well you perform. We will, however, share your content on our pages. You will be listed on our website and various social media platforms as part of our Pro Staff. Any applicable links to your social media or pertinent information about yourself can be included.

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Minimum Qualifications

  • 18 years of age or older is suggested, but exceptions can be made for the right individual/situation

  • Can effectively read, write, and verbally communicate

  • Customer of Hot Lips Lures

  • Have an established means of promoting our products

    • Youtube Channel

    • Social Media Pages

    • Website

    • Blog

    • Podcast

    • Traditional media such as print, television, or radio

  • 100% Independently finance your trips to create content


Rules of Conduct

1. Politics

Your politics are none of our business.  Our politics are none of your business.  We are not in business for politics.  Any public endorsement or public statements in regards to politics while using the same platforms that you endorse our products is prohibited. 

2. Be Truthful

Yes, the perception of anglers is that we all lie.  We like to embellish the size of our latest catch, we might skirt around being 100% truthful on where we caught our fish to protect our spots.  Those are unavoidable and not grievous acts of dishonesty, but if you went out on your latest trip and did not use our product, then don't promote our product using any images from that trip.  If people spot the little lies, they will assume everything you say is a lie.  We don't expect you to use our products exclusively, but we do expect that you will be honest in the content you provide us and your followers.

3. Positive Attitude

The challenges of the world are hard enough.  We don't need to complicate it more than necessary by dealing with negative attitudes.  Maintaining a positive and fun image is what our brand is all about.  Pro Staffers are expected to exude positivity and fun in their content as well as interactions with other team members.  

4. Bring Ideas and Solutions 

Part of being Pro-Staff is providing ideas and solutions to help grow the business based on your skills and expertise.  You are the field experts! Your feedback is crucial to providing a high quality product to our customers.  We need problem solvers not problem creators!

6. Be a Good Human

This includes treating others with respect, being helpful when needed, be a steward for the environment, and an ambassador for the angling community.  You might not agree with someone but you should engage them with dignity and respect the other person's point of view.  

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