Any insight/advice for a junior in high school looking into a sales career? Sales and Selling |
- Any insight/advice for a junior in high school looking into a sales career?
- Sales books for people who don't want to specifically work in sales?
- Any sales people from the Sacramento market on this sub?
- Does anyone know of a good lead scraper to get phone numbers of local businesses?
- For those of you who can sell ice to Eskimos ... what do you do with that extra money.
- In an uncomfortable situation
- What are the top three tasks you use your CRM for and how frequently do you update it?
- Wouldn't eskimos be more inclined to not buy ice?
- Enterprise SDR's - what does a normal day look like for you?
- Feeling overwhelmed
- Has anyone sold enterprise architecture related products?
- Ever Hitched a Ride to/from a Sales Call?
- Moving Company Sales
- Entry Level Saas Sales Resume Questions.
- Is selling cars stressful?
- Should you ask a close client for a letter of recommendation to help you get another job?
- Sales Presentation Interview - Feedback if you could
- Best Way to Approach Customers That Aren't Shopping in My Department? (Retail Sales)
| Any insight/advice for a junior in high school looking into a sales career? Posted: 05 May 2018 07:36 AM PDT As the title says, I'm currently a junior in high school (soon to be senior) and I have been thinking about pursuing a career in sales. The idea of it sounds appealing to me, and obviously the cash. But is sales really as lucrative as this sub makes it seem? Will hard work and a little bit of finesse really earn me a six figures? What is it really like working in sales? [link] [comments]  |
| Sales books for people who don't want to specifically work in sales? Posted: 05 May 2018 10:14 AM PDT I don't want to be a salesman, but I think getting better in sales would improve my life alot since it seems to be a skill that translates to so many area of my life. I considered reading SPIN selling, but it seems like that book is geared more towards car salesmen or telemarketers (That kinda scares me away from it, even though I've heard nothing but good about it). Id be interested in a book that talks about networking, building relationships and pitching/negotiating correctly. In my area of work there is a big emphasis on everything being "genuine and organic" so the traditional always be closing / numbers game philosophy might be suicide for me, and from what I've seen most books follow this philosophy. Can you recommend me a book with a different approach? [link] [comments]  |
| Any sales people from the Sacramento market on this sub? Posted: 05 May 2018 09:34 AM PDT Im moving the heck out of the Bay Area, thank God, and looking to network with some sales people in sac. I'm Looking for a new opportunity in the local market. [link] [comments]  |
| Does anyone know of a good lead scraper to get phone numbers of local businesses? Posted: 05 May 2018 05:35 AM PDT Hi. I'm looking to start cold calling and I'm trying to find a free lead scraper that will scrape the web for businesses in a specific area and provide things like their business name, phone number and maybe a website. Thanks. [link] [comments]  |
| For those of you who can sell ice to Eskimos ... what do you do with that extra money. Posted: 04 May 2018 06:03 PM PDT I've had a good month and besides giving my employees a small bonus I don't want to blow through this cash. I paid off two large debts and have another one to go - where do I go from here. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 May 2018 06:38 PM PDT I work for my brother, who by all standards is a success. He started a business 5 -6 years ago and it has become a multi-million dollar company. He's beginning to sell franchises and is eventually looking to sell the corporate locations and live off the royalties. I'm currently working for him in sales and am making decent money for being fresh out of college (still have 3 semesters left but am taking time off to test the waters with his company). I've made about 10k after taxes in a little over 3 months and am making enough to pay off loans and have about 13k left to pay off. Onto what's uncomfortable, which is the workplace and my conditions. My schedule gets changed frequently and I occasionally get yelled at for not showing up on my days off or I get called in to work on those days I'm not supposed to be on. They just recently changed my hours from 10-7 and that's really not great for my work. I miss out on a lot of potential leads that we have waiting in the morning and when I'm the only one working late, there isn't as much opportunity so I expect to make less. On top of that we all took a 20% pay cut in order to hire a sales manager to work over us. It was needed but I really don't like how they are docking my pay because of problems they refused to fix. They haven't set terms of engagement for the sales staff, listed off proper discounts, or really given any standards of what to expect other than production. Which is part of the reason they think we need a manager. They blasted the advertising giving us a bunch of uncontacted leads and leads that aren't being followed up with, wondering why our conversions are low. They emphasize big sales but aren't allowing us enough time to properly input data and spend adequate time with each client to ensure a smooth process for them. It's extremely frustrating. I could leave the company, but my brother eventually wants me to be the CEO and manage the company for him as he has other endeavors. But he hasn't really been reliable based off his word in the past. My dad has a company he really wants to leave to me but I feel like it's dumb to give up the opportunity to potentially manage a multimillion dollar national company. My fathers business is the same industry and I know them both well. I just would like to hear what your thoughts are people of reddit [link] [comments]  |
| What are the top three tasks you use your CRM for and how frequently do you update it? Posted: 05 May 2018 01:10 AM PDT I'm interested in the top 3 things you use your CRM for. What are the most important actions you take and how frequently do you do them? For me (with my salesman hat on) it would be: 1.) updating opportunities after I receive new information 2.) adding new records (prospects/opportunities/contacts etc) 3.) logging activity with prospects and customers for future record (e.g. sales conversations or meeting notes) What are your top three and how often do you do them? What would make you use it more frequently? I sell enterprise class software, so updates are weekly (usually in bulk) and mostly for the benefit of management reporting. I don't get much value from the info in Salesforce myself. [link] [comments]  |
| Wouldn't eskimos be more inclined to not buy ice? Posted: 05 May 2018 11:02 AM PDT I hear the saying "sell ice to eskimos," but honestly I would not buy ice if I were an eskimo. Eskimos live surrounded by ice. Having to pay for something you can easily get for free is just a terrible deal for the eskimo. This saying makes no sense. [link] [comments]  |
| Enterprise SDR's - what does a normal day look like for you? Posted: 04 May 2018 04:25 PM PDT Not many people work at the Enterprise level and I know it can be quite daunting. I have only worked with SMBs before so I have little experience. I have an offer on the table for an Enterprise SDR role in MarTech. Deal size is around $160k, sales cycle 6-12 months. I was curious.. For your major KPIs: About how many calls per day do you make? About how many emails per day do you send out? About how many appointments are you expected to set? What other actions do you perform, especially within your first 60 days? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 May 2018 11:53 PM PDT So I just started working for a POS Systems company about 3 days ago. So far, I've established an appointment with a local Merchant but once there, he threw some questions that I was absolutely unprepared to answer (luckily he's a friend of mine, so the sale is still on) I know my company, the services we offer, but on an individual product to product basis, I'm still finding myself scratching my head. I've got most of the PDF files of the products downloaded but damn, there's an absolute plethora of information on each individual product. This is my first job in Sales, I've always worked blue collar jobs so I'm not used to having to actually study up on this stuff. I want to be out in the field, selling our services and being the best that I can be but I'm just overwhelmed. Don't want to keep bugging my Sales Team with questions because I don't want them to start questioning my ability. What advice do you all have? What has helped you understand the information about your products? [link] [comments]  |
| Has anyone sold enterprise architecture related products? Posted: 04 May 2018 06:10 PM PDT I'm currently in the process of interviewing for an SDR position in a software company offering an enterprise architecture development tool. Things about the company/product:
Important points from the interview:
Does anyone have any tips/experience to share about this? Any information is much appreciated, thank you! [link] [comments]  |
| Ever Hitched a Ride to/from a Sales Call? Posted: 04 May 2018 12:54 PM PDT On my way to my last sales call of the day, my truck started making some weird noises. Luckily I found a repair shop within a couple blocks and they were able to get it up on the lift within minutes. Unfortunately repairs were estimated at 2 hours. I called my last appointment and let her know I was on my way, explained the situation, and got a Lyft to her house for our appointment. Sales call went really well...to the point that she offered to drive me back to the repair shop. She was impressed that even with my car troubles I was still able to get to our appointment EARLY. As of this moment, I'm sitting in a Tim Horton's waiting for the repair shop to wrap up. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 May 2018 09:03 PM PDT Anyone have some experience in this field and have any insights? Applying for a position and would like to know how to cater to the market [link] [comments]  |
| Entry Level Saas Sales Resume Questions. Posted: 04 May 2018 03:24 PM PDT Hey r/sales. Seriously love this sub, it has been incredibly helpful resource in terms of figuring out information about the hiring process. Anyway, I am an entry level job seeker attempting to break into an SDR position at a software company. I am in a weird situation. I am a very recent Law School Dropout. Furthermore, I don't have any official sales experience. However, there are a few points about my experience that may be good selling points to employers.
Basically, have a few resume questions. A) Do you think I should include my experience in Law school (2 years) on my resume? I am undecided on this. I definitely have an interest in legal technology, especially in the E-discovery world, so I think it may be valuable. However, I am worried that employers will think of me as a dropout/flake. I can see arguments on both sides. B) As far as including my personal training stint on my resume, do you think it should be included? It wasn't a registered business or anything, it was just a little side hustle I had while in school and am worried that may be a problem in case of some kind of background check. C) Im having trouble figuring out how to articulate the fact that I am very comfortable on the phone. There is no identifiable metrics that would allow me to convey "success." I wasn't some kind of debt collector, my job was simply to remind people that they had bills they still needed to pay. Apologies for the lengthy post. [link] [comments]  |
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| Should you ask a close client for a letter of recommendation to help you get another job? Posted: 04 May 2018 08:28 PM PDT |
| Sales Presentation Interview - Feedback if you could Posted: 04 May 2018 02:00 PM PDT I'm going for my round 3 and first onsite interview. I am required to complete a 30 minute presentation of the software platform (cheat sheets were provided) with a scenario of me being in the room with the 2 identified buyers. In this scenario, I am in the position of being required to close this deal as it's end of quarter and I need to meet my numbers. OK r/sales, what's your advice for the close in this scenario, I'm going in for the sale of my career and I need to tighten in those closing questions after my preso song and dance has been done! [link] [comments]  |
| Best Way to Approach Customers That Aren't Shopping in My Department? (Retail Sales) Posted: 04 May 2018 04:05 PM PDT Hello all! I've worked at Target Tech for about a year now selling phones and home solutions, and as of late I've really buckled down on getting rid of bad habits, and incorporating best practices from other stores. I've reached out to my superiors on how to start engaging customers that aren't shopping in the electronics department, and how to transition unrelated issues into something that IS related to our products, and its totally changed the way I look at interactions. However, I still feel as if Im just not getting something. If at all possible I'd like to engage customers in a way that doesnt come off as aggressive, or invasive to them. I struggle with anxiety in general, and took this job to help overcome that instinct. I've never been one for the aggressive style of pulling people aside at random, and giving a pitch, but perhaps it might be the only way to truly be successful? I've learned many ways to overcome objections to our services and products, done my research so I always have an answer on the spot about what we offer. Im essentially in a place where the products can sell themselves. There's even free gift cards we give them just for getting it at Target as opposed to somewhere else. Its just STARTING that initial conversation in a way that doesn't make them immediately throw up their defenses, and block out everything I have to say. In short, the main thing I have trouble with is walking up to, and starting conversations with random customers that wanted nothing to do with the Electronics department in the first place. Any tips would be fantastic. Thanks in advance! [link] [comments]  |
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