Have you ever had a customer take offense to the fact your company has a sales person in their territory? Sales and Selling |
- Have you ever had a customer take offense to the fact your company has a sales person in their territory?
- Why do struggling SDRs ask reddit for help about their work and not their team?
- Real Estate Agents
- Sales managers, what is advice you wish you had when you first stepped into the role?
- Landed an (entry level) Dream Job in SaaS Against all Odds
- Cold calling help
- How your sales career impacted your personal life?
- What do say when a lead “doesn’t know” their budget?
- BDR Struggling to stick it out
- Struggling to book a meeting.
- Why do SaaS companies require SaaS experience even for entry level SDR roles?
- Wife got offered a manager job at a women's boutique, commissions question
- What’s the best sales lead API for checking a phone number against a job title and name?
- Must use lists of companies to prospect i.e. "Top 100 companies to work for" and is it pointless to reference a list from Jan 2021?
- Got assigned a toxic and controlling manager at my new job for training
- Student looking to interview a sales representative for class assignment ☺️
- Got 0 sales and its been like 5months since i launched my small business
- LinkedIn Profile Question
- Sick of car sales, what can I transition into?
| Posted: 12 Sep 2021 05:36 AM PDT I just started a new job for a company out of state with no previous salesperson covering the territory in person. I am introducing myself to the current customer base and I am meeting with our largest customer in my territory next week. Since we haven't had local representation in the past, the largest customer is only, $250,000 YTD which I would consider to be a mid size account. When I set the appointment, the customer seemed to have their backs against the wall and were basically asking why I would be covering this territory. The goal is to provide support to them and help drum up OEM business for them which I advised them. Obviously I will be signing up other customers in different parts of the territory. Never had an existing customer be offended by the fact a company would have a sales person in their area as support. Has anyone had customers react like this? [link] [comments]  |
| Why do struggling SDRs ask reddit for help about their work and not their team? Posted: 12 Sep 2021 10:05 AM PDT I am not bashing anyone on here asking for help. The fact that people seek help in other outlets already shows someone's drive. Was just curious as to why ask a a sales forum when you can ask your manager or a top rep? Often times I see that many questions can't be answered, as advice varies from industry, market and many other factors. Or maybe some people don't have such a luxury to ask their team if it's struggling by itself. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 12 Sep 2021 09:52 AM PDT This is a change my mind type of post. I have a bias against real estate agents and their overall necessity to exist in their current capacity in this post internet world. I don't think they "sell" anything. I think houses sell themselves. I think as long as you have good photography and your house is posted on MLS, your house will sell just fine. I've moved/sold 2 of my houses over the last 7 years. I provided my agent with the door lock code, and the perspective home buyers just came by at a set time and walked themselves through. The agent only came to my house to sign the real estate agreement. I never saw them after that. To pay these people 40K (800K @ 5%) for this seems asinine. To play devils advocate against myself, both of my houses were "turn-key", very nice, landscaped, no issues, newer, etc. The agent dropped their commission from 2.625% to 2.5% at the end. But I am still not convinced they should earn this much money in this age. It also bothers me that so many of them do it part time, therefore taking business from full time agents. I actually went out of my way to make sure they did real estate full time, but long story short I found out they were full of shit, and they had another 9-5 day job. So are there agents out there that actually have to SELL a house nowadays? What am I missing? [link] [comments]  |
| Sales managers, what is advice you wish you had when you first stepped into the role? Posted: 12 Sep 2021 10:29 AM PDT Just stepped into sales leadership after being a successful Saas AE. What is some of best advice you can give? [link] [comments]  |
| Landed an (entry level) Dream Job in SaaS Against all Odds Posted: 11 Sep 2021 05:38 PM PDT None of my friends or family are involved in sales, so it's hard to share just how accomplished I'm feeling right now. I had a rough patch in college and there was a time where it was uncertain if I was every going to return. After 7 years I beat the odds, got my degree, and managed to land my top choice sales job. The interview process was brutal, and I ended up doing 8 interviews for an entry level position over the span of nearly 3 months. All along the way, I encountered people going for the same position that seemed way more qualified on paper than I could have ever hoped to be. I really showed up during the interviews and demo roleplays and earned my seat at the table. I just completed my first week and I could not be happier. I never imagined I could work at a company as reputable or competitive as where I ended up. All my training peers still seem significantly more qualified than I do on paper, but we'll see what the metrics have to say about it in the months to come. Sorry for the rant, but I just had to get it off my chest to some fellow sales professionals. I couldn't have done it without all the wisdom from you people here [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 12 Sep 2021 03:55 AM PDT Hi, hope you can help. I've been in sales for about 4 years now but previously I worked in a shop where it was face to face selling mobile phones and I succeeded massively and wanted change. I have changed jobs and I am now cold calling and I have a few questions and I want some advice with what I'm struggling with. I'm not if it comes into play but I have ADHD and I'm medicated taking elvanse, just thought I'd put that out there.
I want to succeed, I hate doing anything but succeed and I think that goes against me, I'm in a period where I'm struggling to put the final nail in the coffin when it comes to booking appointments. I'm trying to hard so any tips that calm people down would be amazing as well. Any advice is great and appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
| How your sales career impacted your personal life? Posted: 12 Sep 2021 03:03 AM PDT Hey'll, I work in a small SaaS company and our sales seems to be similar in many aspects. According to me, their sales career and especially their vision of sales impacted so much their life. They're like deformed by their job (let's say it added more arrogance to their highly arrogant french behavior). Most of them have worked only in this company since they have finished their studies. I was considering switching my career to sales (I'm an engineer) but I'm afraid that move will change my personality. Want advice to avoid that? Thank you all! [link] [comments]  |
| What do say when a lead “doesn’t know” their budget? Posted: 12 Sep 2021 09:48 AM PDT I usually ask what amount are you trying to stay under? .. sometimes.. people seem to lollygag and they say they don't know.. Lol really? You don't know how much money you have and can spend? Even a rough idea? Then they ask what I have.. I don't want to waste time with a person who can't even give a rough budget idea AND tell me how soon they'd actually be able to buy .. did this in the past and had people waste my time for weeks only to tell me they would be paid some low amount "in a few weeks" lol.. Learned my lesson. How do you turn this around? My main thing is not wanting to waste time on people who tell me some insanely low number .. and I don't want to show customers things that don't fit their budget.. Any good follow up question ideas etc? I also deal with enough people that if someone tells me they're just looking or going to buy in months, I usually don't waste another minute on them.. I get them on a newsletter and just mark a time to follow up down the road to see if they still have a need. [link] [comments]  |
| BDR Struggling to stick it out Posted: 11 Sep 2021 02:46 PM PDT I am a BDR for a very large, well known company. My job consists of prospecting leads and making ~200 dials a day. My quota is based on how many of those prospects I transfer to Sales Executives and also how many closed deals are made off of them. I am a very hard worker and have absolutely no problem hitting my dials. I usually exceed most of my coworkers in activity daily. This past month they changed the way we are allowed to prospect and I am struggling so hard to make these transfers/even get people to pick up the phone. I've expressed I think my number is showing up as spam and even put in an IT ticket for it. No one really seems to care. Two others on my team are literally doing so well I struggle to understand what they are doing different. I know it's not my approach. I literally talk to no one, just dial. I would love to stay with this company because I know it is a great opportunity but I'm scared if I don't hit my quota I will not be offered the next position. Sitting in my apartment dialing non stop is realllllly tough when no one is answering. If I'm written up 3 x in a 5 month period I am fired. I have been with the company for 5 Months now and never written up but will be eligible for promotion in November. I will for sure miss quota this month so that will def push my promotion back until 2022. Is it worth it to stick around? Will this company simply being on my resume for 6 months potentially get me a higher position at another company? I have been in sales in the past (booze distribution). [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 11 Sep 2021 05:38 PM PDT I work from home for a Cyber Security Company all I really need to do is book a meeting from the marketing list provided primarily through cold call and email. I make about 100 calls a day 50 emails a day and I struggle to book a meeting in past month that wasn't inbound. We took a cold call training course with this other company and wants us to use a script that goes like Hi X? This is X X from X did I catch you at a bad time? Into opening statement and discovery but I rarely get to that without getting clicked any advice? [link] [comments]  |
| Why do SaaS companies require SaaS experience even for entry level SDR roles? Posted: 11 Sep 2021 10:49 PM PDT So maybe I phrased the title wrong, but what's so special about selling software as a service that alot of companies won't look at you unless you have that specific industry experience, even if you've been selling B2B? Understanding specific technologies I get, but if you have a basic understanding of algorithms, emerging tech, even coding, why would that matter? Is it just that there's so many people trying to get into it? I figure all that actually matters is a willingness to learn the product and a baseline ability to sell and be personable. Coming from Defense/Firearms/armor, I understand not hiring someone that knows absolutely nothing about them as your customers definitely will. But if you have no industry experience but can explain to me why a particular weapon is good and what it might be used for that's enough of a baseline to train someone up... TLDR: why are SaaS companies so anal. [link] [comments]  |
| Wife got offered a manager job at a women's boutique, commissions question Posted: 12 Sep 2021 07:20 AM PDT A boutique inside of an expensive retailer offered her a full time position and I have no idea what typical pay structure for a manager is. Base pay is pretty low (high teens) but that seems to be par for the course. Commissions are 2% of sales . I am wondering if it's typical for managers to get commissions off of their subordinates? In other words, is it 2% all sales in the boutique regardless if she actually sold the item? Is 2% typical in boutique retail? Seems a bit low, her previous position is less prestigious retailer paid 8%. Are sales commissions typically negotiable? Can someone shed some light or maybe provide link to a good source of information? [link] [comments]  |
| What’s the best sales lead API for checking a phone number against a job title and name? Posted: 12 Sep 2021 05:11 AM PDT If I want to look up a person via a phone number and verify them what company makes the best api for that? Not RocketReach or Lusha. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 12 Sep 2021 03:37 AM PDT Looking at more avenues to generate meetings. What are some of the best online lists I can use to generate meetings? Examples - Glassdoor best places to work, greatplacestowork best workplace to work, LinkedIn latest analysis, Gartner etc... Prospects function - HR location - Europe. Is it pointless to reference from a PR article/list from Jan 2021? I want to be pro-active and ready to prospect using the list as soon as it's published rather than using an out-dated list from 2020 or Jan 2021 but still curious. [link] [comments]  |
| Got assigned a toxic and controlling manager at my new job for training Posted: 11 Sep 2021 07:23 PM PDT Third week at my new job. It was going good at first it's, a lot of hard work but I was pretty motivated to push through it and confident I was going to succeed as I have in my past sales roles. Out of nowhere, I find out a manager that I met during a small meeting was going to train me. Was fine with it at first because he seemed supportive and wanted to help me succeed. But then within a few minutes, I realize the dude is manipulative as hell, controlling, and coercive. My self esteem literally has gone down the drain since being paired with him since I falsely put my trust in him. I admit i am partly to blame for letting myself be vulnerable to it (I can be a people pleaser when I'm anxious/in new situations) and he clearly saw that and took advantage of it, but now I don't know what to do. I was supposed to get some busy work done today but he coerced me and tried doing subtle manipulation tactics so much that I literally have no desire to work and had to spend all day regulating my emotions because of how much it felt like he was taking advantage of me and I didn't know how to handle it. Would appreciate any advice on how to move forward with this. Thanks [link] [comments]  |
| Student looking to interview a sales representative for class assignment ☺️ Posted: 11 Sep 2021 09:27 PM PDT Hey! My name is Promise. I am a 4th year Neuroscience major at The University of Texas at Austin. I am currently looking for a business/corporate sales representative to interview for my sales communication class assignment. If interested, please feel free to Direct Message me or comment below— I will truly appreciate it and be forever grateful! [link] [comments]  |
| Got 0 sales and its been like 5months since i launched my small business Posted: 11 Sep 2021 02:41 PM PDT Hello everyone how are you doing today? So i want to get an advice from you all , so i launched my small business in making digital starmaps for like 5 months till now and I've been struggling for getting sales , like there's 0 sales and I'm starting to give up on it 😔 i tried everything posting in grps , advertising, fb ads and even posts in fiverr but nothing 🙃 so anyone went through this , can you please give me advice 😢 [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 11 Sep 2021 08:25 PM PDT Currently looking for new AE roles and I have my LinkedIn profile's Public Visibility set to "Off". Will this have any effect on the Recruiters viewing my page after I submit an application through Linkedin/jobs? If so, would it even matter since the applications require a Resumè? TY. [link] [comments]  |
| Sick of car sales, what can I transition into? Posted: 11 Sep 2021 07:06 PM PDT Little back story. I worked in oil and gas pretty much all of my adult life. 2020 happened, oil fell on its face, layoffs happened, you know the story. Got into car sales about a year and a half ago and pretty much immediately was a top 5 salesman. The problem is I'm sick of it. I despise going to work. So my question is, now that I have some experience what is a good sales career to transition into? I don't want just another job, I'd like to find a career I can retire from. [link] [comments]  |
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