Distribute promotional literature or samples to customers.

Distribute promotional literature or samples to customers. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 8 occupations and seen in 8 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Promote products, services, or programs. in Selling or Influencing Others .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 8 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 4 (50%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

The Anthropic Economic Index observes real AI use on 1 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.004% per task.

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Provide product samples, coupons, informational brochures, or other incentives to persuade people to buy products. · Demonstrators and Product Promoters · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
• Send samples of clients' work and other promotional material to potential employers to obtain auditions, sponsorships, or endorsement deals. · Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes · importance 4.5 · direct LLM exposure
• Inform customers of available options for advertisement artwork, and provide samples. · Advertising Sales Agents · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Provide customers with product samples and catalogs. · Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Provide customer with brochures and publications containing travel information, such as local customs, points of interest, or foreign country regulations. · Travel Agents · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Distribute product samples or literature that details products or services. · Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Stock or distribute resources, such as samples or promotional or educational materials. · Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products · importance 3.3 · no direct exposure
• Distribute promotional materials at meetings, conferences, or trade shows. · Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Demonstrators and Product Promoters
• Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes
• Advertising Sales Agents
• Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
• Travel Agents
• Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers
• Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products
• Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Distribute promotional literature or samples to customers.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/detailed-activities/distribute-promotional-literature-or-samples-to-customers}
}