Thinking about great sales movies for inspiration and humor. I'll start: Boiler Room.
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Got to go Tommy Boy, itโs one go the few sales movies where they arenโt super greedy and doing fraud.
Does this suit make me look fat?
No, your face does.
No, your face does.
I mean as sales savages all weโre trying to do is have a conversation, if they see the value then letโs continue the conversation and if not thatโs ok too, because I have 100 more peeps to call today.
Glengarry Glen Ross.
Star-studded cast. Excellent movie!
Wolf of Wall Street (peep the dp lol)
Obviously not the whole thing but I go back to that early cold call scene just to fire me up when Iโm getting ready to dial
Obviously not the whole thing but I go back to that early cold call scene just to fire me up when Iโm getting ready to dial
Boilerroom, Wolf on Wall Street are the most like the bullpen back in the day at Xerox.
Booger sugar, cars we couldnโt afford, suits, parties, all of it.
Booger sugar, cars we couldnโt afford, suits, parties, all of it.
Thinking more about this, and Entourage the series, specifically Ari Gold, and it came and went, but How to Make it in America. Both show how to rise and grind.
Xerox alum for life!
didn't you know asbestos is bad for you?
Forest Gump, his mom really hits the sales cycle hard to get him into school.
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
Can Jerry Maguire and Pursuit of Happyness qualify as 'Sales movies'?
I would say so - any movie that includes business, motivation, negotiations and human relationships.
The Founder
Going to name a show here, just to get people talking about it. - Better Call Saul - Is there a better salesman than Saul Goodman in modern TV?
are you suggesting that all good lawyers are excellent salespeople @Khosla?
Tin men
there are too many IMO
Boiler Room>>>>>> Wolf of Wall St.
Also The Courier is great. A salesman saves the world from nuclear war (true story).
Also The Courier is great. A salesman saves the world from nuclear war (true story).
Rudy. Play Like A Campion and never give up.
Haven't heard this one yet, and not great for the car sales stereotype but always made me laugh for the antics.
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
Also agree with @Kosta_Konfuciuswith Tommy Boy
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
Also agree with @Kosta_Konfuciuswith Tommy Boy
The documentary Salesman (1969) by the Maysles Brothers is the by far the best & most terrifyingly accurate depiction of practicing our craft ever committed to celluloid.
This is not subjective. Tis fact.
The other movies called out here are cool, I like them too. But, I also sincerely believe that anyone entertaining a career in sales should be *forced* to watch this documentary.
And, while Iโm at it, Iโll make a friendly suggestion to @GeneralCorp & teamโฆ yโall should add this film to the list of prerequisites required to attend Tech Sales U., or work it into the curriculum.
If this doc. doesnโt scare the shit out of you, you only think youโre in sales.
Happy viewing, all!
This is not subjective. Tis fact.
The other movies called out here are cool, I like them too. But, I also sincerely believe that anyone entertaining a career in sales should be *forced* to watch this documentary.
And, while Iโm at it, Iโll make a friendly suggestion to @GeneralCorp & teamโฆ yโall should add this film to the list of prerequisites required to attend Tech Sales U., or work it into the curriculum.
If this doc. doesnโt scare the shit out of you, you only think youโre in sales.
Happy viewing, all!
Wolf on Wall Street!!! ๐บ
Glengarry Glen Ross.
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